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Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky | At School Doors, 1897
Descending from peasant class, Nikolai Bogdanov-Belsky dedicated a significant portion of his work to rural schoolchildren.His heroes hover indecisively at the classroom door, solve problems at the...
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Mozart | Concerto for Flute and Harp | 1 - Allegro
Mozart wrote the "Concerto for Flute, Harp, and Orchestra in C major" in April 1778, during his seven-month sojourn in Paris.It was commissioned by Adrien-Louis de Bonnières, duc de Guînes (1735-1806),...
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Louis-Ernest Barrias | Romantic / Art Nouveau sculptor
Louis-Ernest Barrias (1841-1905) was a French sculptor of the Beaux-Arts school.In 1865 Barrias won the Prix de Rome for study at the French Academy in Rome.Barrias was involved in the decoration of...
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Václav Brožík | Academic painter
Václav Brožík (1851-1901) was a Czech painter who worked in the academic style.Brožík was born on 6 March 1851 in Třemošná, Bohemia, Austrian Empire (now the Czech Republic).He came from a poor family,...
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Franz Liszt | La Campanella
"La campanella" (Italian for "The little bell") is the subtitle given to the third of Franz Liszt's six Grandes études de Paganini, S. 141 (1851). It is in the key of G-sharp minor."La campanella" is a...
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Elli Michler | I wish you Time
I don't wish you all sorts of gifts.I just wish you, what most people don't have.I wish you the time to be happy and to laughand if you use it, you can make something out of it.I wish you the time for...
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Rocco Normanno, 1974 | Caravaggio's inspired painter
Rocco Normanno was born in Taurisano, a small town in the province of Lecce.There, he completed his secondary education at the Professional Institute for Commerce, and, in 2003, he graduated from the...
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JoAnn Peralta | Romantic painter
Fine Artist JoAnn Peralta's fine art paintings have captivated collectors with her keen sense of mood and lush brushwork since 2004.Each painting invokes a timeless romantic flair towards life and sets...
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Augustus Edwin Mulready | From morn til night, 1889
“From morn til night” is an oil on canvas artwork by British genre painter Augustus Edwin Mulready, created in 1889.The painting is part of the collection of the Christie's London.Augustus Edwin...
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Francesca (Fanny) Carlini | Fruttivendolo veneziano
Francesca (Fanny) Carlini (Venezia, 1859-1944), figlia del ritrattista Giulio Carlini (Venezia, 1826-1887), segue con buon successo la strada del padre.E’ una delle prime donne a diplomarsi...
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Radetzky March
The "Radetzky March", Op. 228, is a march composed by Johann Strauss (Senior) which was first performed on 31 August 1848 in Vienna to celebrate the victory of the Austrian Empire under Field Marshal...
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Peter Paul Rubens | Old woman and boy with candles, 1616-1617
An old woman gazes ahead, shielding her eyes from the candlelight, while the boy behind her holds his candle, ready to be lit.The panel is painted in the style of Caravaggio, whose work Peter Paul...
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Léopold Robert | Romantic genre painter
Louis Léopold Robert (1794-1835) was a Swiss painter.He was born at La Chaux-de-Fonds (Neuchâtel) in Switzerland, but left his native place with the engraver Jean Girardet at the age of sixteen for...
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The Dying Swan
The Dying Swan (originally The Swan) is a solo dance choreographed by Mikhail Fokine to Camille Saint-Saëns's Le Cygne from Le Carnaval des animaux as a pièce d'occasion for the ballerina Anna Pavlova,...
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Paquita
Paquita is a ballet in two acts and three scenes originally choreographed by Joseph Mazilier to music by Édouard Deldevez and Ludwig Minkus.Paul Foucher received royalties as librettist.Paquita is the...
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Johann Sebastian Bach | The Prelude and Fugue in C major, BWV 846
The Prelude and Fugue in C major, BWV 846, is a keyboard composition written by German composer and musician of the late Baroque period Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750).It is the first prelude and...
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Offenbach's Can-can | The scandalous Moulin Rouge's dance
The French Cancan dance is an eight-minute performance facing the audience, during which dancers measuring 5’7” tall lead the dance to a piece of music by German-born French composer Jacques Offenbach...
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Sidney Richard Percy | Angera Maggiore, 1866
This exquisite painting, completed in 1866, captures the tranquil beauty of Lago Maggiore, located in Northern Italy.In "Angera, Maggiore", Sidney Richard Percy (British landscape painter of the...
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Claude Debussy | Arabesque No. 2. | Allegretto scherzando
The second arabesque in G major is noticeably quicker and more lively in tempo.It opens with left hand chords and right hand trills.The piece makes several transpositions and explores a lower register...
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François-Alfred Delobbe | Genre painter
François-Alfred Delobbe, (13 October 1835, Paris - 10 February 1920, Paris) was a French painter in the Naturalist style.He was a student of Thomas Couture and William Bouguereau at the École des...
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Mozart: "A little night music", 1787
Eine kleine Nachtmusik (Serenade No. 13 for strings in G major), K. 525, is a 1787 composition for a chamber ensemble by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791).The German title means "a little night...
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Adolphe Alexandre Lesrel | Academic / genre painter
Adolphe Alexandre Lesrel (1839-1929) was a French painter.Throughout his career, Lesrel collected awards, medals and official recognitions.In 1889, at the Salon of the Society of French Artists and at...
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Claude Debussy | Danse Sacrée
"Dances for Harp and String Orchestra", in full in the original, "Danses pour harpe chromatique avec accompagnement d'orchestre d'instruments à cordes" (Dances for chromatic harp with string orchestra...
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Leopold Pollak | Genre painter
Leopold Pollak (1806-1880), was an Austrian genre and portrait painter.Born in Bohemia as the son of a Jewish merchant. Pollak showed an early talent for painting.In 1819, he enrolled at the Prague...
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The Story behind "Caruso" song
"Caruso" is a song written by Italian singer-songwriter Lucio Dalla (1943-2012) in 1986.It is dedicated to Enrico Caruso, an Italian operatic first lyric tenor then dramatic tenor.Following Lucio...
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