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Cornelius GURLITT (1820-1901)
One often associates German composer Cornelius Gurlitt with easy, rather ‘plain’ repertoire. However, this delightful set of six pieces, entitled Spring Flowers, is anything but mundane! The set was first published in 1896, ‘Daffodil’ featuring as th
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Pyotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893)
Tchaikovsky was in the midst of writing Swan Lake in 1875 when the editor of the Russian music magazine Nouvellist commissioned him to write The Seasons – one solo piano piece for each month, appearing in the magazine in its respective month. The ‘So
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Pedagogues, Pedants And Pedals
When I was starting French at school, one of the teachers told us to think of the difference between ‘tu’ and ‘vous’ as the same between ‘thou’ and ‘you’ in English. I still remember the confusion this caused. ‘Thou’ in English is archaic, rare and f

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