I was 16. She was a pianist who had studied with Emil von Sauer, who had studied with Franz Liszt. I met her because my father bumped in to an old friend of his in the GPO in Belfast. This friend ...

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However, it was not until 19th century, when European orchestral xylophone was used in Danse Macabre (a symphonic poem written by Camille Saint-Saens). Related:Puzzled by “The higher pitch of music, ...

At LSO St Luke's, two actors dressed in Peking Opera attire delivered their recitative lines in the traditional style, accompanied by an orchestra performing Richard Strauss's symphonic poem Ein ...

Walt hit upon casting Mickey as the everyman hero in an adaptation of Paul Dukas’ 1897 symphonic poem, “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice” (itself based on Wolfgang van Goethe’s 1797 poem).

Several other well-known composers such as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 – 91), Franz Schubert (1797 – 1828) and Felix Mendelssohn (1809 – 47) also died before they were 40 years old. However, these ...