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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) was a Russian composer most famous for his symphonies, the ballets Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty, and The Nutcracker, and the operas Eugene Onegin and The Queen of Spades. A composer of innovative and...
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Gustav Mahler
Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) was an Austrian-Bohemian composer best known for his song-cycles and his grand, sweeping symphonies, which often require expanded orchestras for their full performance. Mahler, a composer of Late-Romantic music and...
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Beethoven 9th Symphony - Herbert Von Karajan (1080p)
Conductor: Herbert Von Karajan
Berliner Philharmoniker
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Genevieve von Petzinger Why are these 32 symbols found in ancient caves all over Europe?
Written language, the hallmark of human civilization, didn't just suddenly appear one day. Thousands of years before the first fully developed writing systems, our ancestors scrawled geometric signs across the walls of the caves they sheltered...
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Antonin Dvorak - Symphony No.9 in E minor - Herbert von Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic, 1966 [BD1080p]
Antonín Dvořák Symphony No.9 in E minor, Op.95, B.178, "From the New World" Berliner Philharmoniker Herbert von Karajan, conductor Directed by Henri-Georges Cloutzot Recorded and originally released in 1966 Re-issued and remastered...
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Hildegard von Bingen: De Sancta Maria - Ave Maria, Responsorium
Blessed Hildegard of Bingen (German: Hildegard von Bingen) (1098 — 17 September 1179), also known as Saint Hildegard, and Sibyl of the Rhine, was a Christian mystic, German Benedictine abbess, visionary, and polymath. Elected a magistra by...
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Hildegard von Bingen - O Tu Suavissima Virga [Sequentia]
O Tu Suavissima Virga from Sequentia's "Canticles of Ecstacy" CD. Music by Hildegard von Bingen , performed by Sequentia.
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Richard Wagner
Richard Wagner (1813-1883) was a German composer of Romantic music most famous for his epic operas like The Ring, Tannhäuser, and Tristan and Isolde. Wagner was concerned throughout his career with the theme of redemption through love and...
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Knights' Revolt
The Knight’s Revolt (1522-1523) was a military action led by the German imperial knight Franz von Sickingen (l. 1481-1523) and encouraged by the knight and writer Ulrich von Hutten (l. 1488-1523) launched to restore the status of the imperial...
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Hildegard von Bingen - Ave Generosa
Album: Heavenly Revelations (Naxos)
Conductor:
Jeremy Summerly
Choir:
Oxford Camerata