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(Mat-te’-as Ga’-ôrg Mon) 1717–50 Austrian composer Although he died at the middle of the century, Monn was an important figure in the development of the symphony. A Viennese (he was organist at the Karlkirche), he wrote some 21 symphonies, which make early use of the procedures of classical sonata form; all are in three movements except one, from 1740 ...

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and modified as tastes changed. He took a deep interest in their settings and corresponded voluminously with the various composers. Introduction | Classical Era | Classical Personalities | Matthias Georg Monn | Classical Era | Classical ...

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b. 1959 English conductor and pianist Born in England to Italian parents, he studied in the US, working as assistant conductor at the New York City Opera and in Europe (including at Bayreuth). While music director of Norwegian Opera 1990–92 and La Monnaie, Brussels 1992–2002 he made distinguished debuts at Berlin, Vienna and the Met. He was ...

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1861–1931, Australian Melba made her debut in Brussels in 1887 at the Théâtre de la Monnaie and the following season sang at Covent Garden and the Paris Opéra. She sang Lucia at the Metropolitan Opera in New York in 1893, which began an intermittent relationship that lasted until 1910. Her musical mainstay, however, was Covent Garden. Melba ...

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January The Let It Be Sessions After inconclusive discussions about playing a concert, The Beatles agreed instead to film rehearsals for a ‘back-to-basics’ album, with Michael Lindsay-Hogg who had directed their singles’ promos. But the tensions that had dogged The White Album quickly resurfaced and the atmosphere was as cold as the sound stage at the Twickenham Film Studios. ...