TDCM: Week of February 12th Rushmore of Composers: Proto-Italy

 

Listening Through The Dictionary of Composers and Their Music 

Mount Rushmore of Composers: Proto-Italy

Luigi Cherubini, 1760-1842

Muzio Clementi, 1752-1832

Niccolò Paganini, 1782-1840

Antonio Vivaldi, 1678-1741

Music

Cherubini's Symphony in D Major

Clementi's Piano Concerto in C Major

Paganini's Violin Concertos 1 & 2

Vivaldi's La Stravaganza

Cherubini's String Quartet No. 1

Clementi's Two Capriccios

Paganini's 24 Caprices

Vivaldi's The Four Seasons

Cherubini's String Quartet No. 3

Clementi's Symphony No. 4

Paganini's Sonatas

TDCM: Week of February 5th Rushmore of Composers: Ireland

 

Listening Through The Dictionary of Composers and Their Music 

Mount Rushmore of Composers: Ireland

Charles Villiers Stanford, 1852-1924

John Field, 1782-1837

Herbert Hamilton Harty, 1879-1941

Arnold Bax, 1883-1953

Music

Stanford's Irish Rhapsody No. 1

Field's Piano Concerto No. 2

Harty's An Irish Symphony

Bax's The Tale the Pine Trees Knew

Stanford's Piano Concerto No. 2

Field's Sonatas

Harty's With the Wild Geese

Bax's Tintagel

Stanford's Symphony No. 3

Field's Nocturnes

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Harty's A Comedy Overture

Bax's Symphony in F Major

Stanford's Irish Rhapsody No. 4

Field's Rondos

TDCM: Week of January 29th Rushmore of Composers: Scandinavia

 

Listening Through The Dictionary of Composers and Their Music 

Mount Rushmore of Composers: Scandinavia

Edvard Grieg, 1843-1907

Jean Sibelius, 1865-1957

Hugo Alfvén, 1872-1960

Niels Gade, 1817-1890

Music

Grieg's Piano Concerto in A Minor

Sibeilus' Symphony No. 2

Alfvén's Symphony No. 2

Gade's Symphony No. 1

Grieg's Holberg Suite

Sibelius' Symphony No. 5

Alfvén's Swedish Rhapsody No. 1

Gade's Piano Sonata in E Minor

Grieg's Peer Gynt Suite

Sibelius' Violin Concerto

Alfvén's Symphony No. 5

Gade's Echoes of Ossian

Grieg's Symphony in C Minor

Silbelius' Symphony No. 3

TDCM: Week of January 22nd Rushmore of Composers: Czechia & Slovakia

 

Listening Through The Dictionary of Composers and Their Music 

Mount Rushmore of Composers: Czechia & Slovakia

Antonin Dvořák, 1841-1904

Bedřich Smetana, 1824-1884

Leoš Janáček, 1854-1928

Bohuslav Martinů, 1890-1959

Music

Dvořák's Symphony No. 9 The New World

Smetana's Ma Vlast

Janáček's In the Mists

Martinů's Symphony No. 6

Dvořák's Serenade for Strings

Smetana's String Quartet No. 1

Janáček's On an Overgrown Path

Martinů's Oboe Concerto

Dvořák's Symphony No. 4

Smetana's Piano Trio in G Minor

Janáček's Sinfonietta

TDCM: Week of January 15th Rushmore of Composers: Hungary

 

Listening Through The Dictionary of Composers and Their Music 

Mount Rushmore of Composers: Hungary

Franz Liszt, 1811-1886

Ernst von Dohnányi, 1877-1960

Bela Bartok, 1881-1945

Zoltán Kodály, 1882-1967

Music

Liszt's Dante Symphony

Dohnányi's Piano Concerto No. 1

Bartok's Konzert für Orchester

Kodály's Háry-János-Suite

Liszt's Piano Concerto No. 1

Dohnányi's Variations on a Nursery Tune

Bartok's Der wunderbare Mandarin

Kodály's Symphony in C Major

Liszt's Symphonic Poem No. 6

Dohnányi's Symphony No. 1 in D minor

TDCM: Week of December 11th Rushmore of Composers: Poland

 

Listening Through The Dictionary of Composers and Their Music 

Mount Rushmore of Composers: Poland

Frédéric Chopin, 1810-1849

Ignacy Jan Paderewski, 1860-1941

Andrzej Panufnik, 1914-1991

Karol Szymanowski, 1882-1937

Music

Chopin's Nocturnes

Paderewski's Piano Concerto in A minor

Panufnik's Sinfona Sacra

Szymanowski's Song of the Night

Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 1

Paderewski's Symphony in B Minor

Panufnik's Violin Concerto

Szymanowski's Mazurkas

Chopin's 24 Preludes

Paderewski's Piano Concerto

TDCM: Week of December 4th Rushmore of Composers: USA

 

Listening Through The Dictionary of Composers and Their Music 

Mount Rushmore of Composers: USA

George Gershwin, 1898-1937

John Williams, b. 1932

Philip Glass, b. 1937

Howard Hanson, 1896-1981

Music

Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue

Williams' Schindler's List OST

Glass' Metamorphosis

Hanson's Symphony No. 2

Gershwin's Piano Concerto in F

Williams' A New Hope OST

Glass' Glassworks

Hanson's Symphony No. 3

Gershwin's An American in Paris

Williams' Jurassic Park OST

Glass' Symphony No. 1

Hanson's Symphony No. 4

Gershwin's Songbook

Williams' Superman OST

Glass' Etudes, Book 1

Hanson's Symphony No. 4

Williams' Raiders of the Lost Ark OST