Amy Marcy Cheney Beach (September 5, 1867 – December 27, 1944) was an American composer and pianist. She was the first successful American female composer, and is also known as the first female composer to have her symphony performed by a major orchestra. Additionally, Amy Beach was the first classical U.S. composer to achieve success… Read More
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July Composer Birthdays
We’re celebrating 9 composer birthdays during the month of July. Each composer has a link to our collection of texts for that individual. Gustav Mahler, born 7/7/1860 Texts from our collection: https://www.ipasource.com/composer/m/mahler-gustav-1860-1911.html Ottorino Respighi, born 7/9/1879 Texts from our collection: https://www.ipasource.com/composer/r/respighi-ottorino-1879-1936.html George Sainton Kaye Butterworth, born 7/12/1885 Texts from our collection: https://www.ipasource.com/composer/b/butterworth-george-sainton-kaye-1885-1916.html Gerald Finzi, born… Read More
June Composer Birthdays
We’re celebrating 13 composer birthdays during the month of June. Each composer has a link to our collection of texts for that individual. Sir Edward William Elgar, born 6/2/1857. Texts from our collection: https://www.ipasource.com/composer/e/elgar-sir-edward-1857-1934.html Charles Lecocq, born 6/3/1832. Texts from our collection: https://www.ipasource.com/composer/l/lecocq-charles-1832-1918.html Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni, born 6/8/1671. Texts from our collection: https://www.ipasource.com/composer/a/albinoni-tomaso-giovanni-1671-1751.html Robert Alexander… Read More
Featured composer: Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel
Fanny Hensel, née Fanny [Cäcilie] Mendelssohn Bartholdy (November 14, 1805 – May 14, 1847) had a lifelong dream of being considered a serious composer. It is said that her talent was equal to and perhaps surpassed that of her famous brother, Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy. Fanny and Felix were children of Abraham and Lea Mendelssohn. When Napoleon’s… Read More
La clemenza di Tito as set by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
La clemenza di Tito is an opera in two acts that premiered at the Estates Theatre in Prague on September 6, 1791, just a few hours following the coronation of Leopold II, Roman Emperor, as King of Bohemia. In 1791, impresario Domenico Guardasoni commissioned Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to compose an opera seria in honor of the coronation of Leopold… Read More
Seven arias from Giuseppe Verdi’s La battaglia di Legnano
Seven texts from La battaglia di Legnano, as set by Giuseppe Verdi, have recently been added to the IPA Source database. La battaglia di Legnano is a four-act opera, with a libretto set by Salvadore Cammarano. It was first performed in January of 1849, and was commissioned by the Teatro Argentina theatre. In the 1850’s, Verdi… Read More
Perfect for Bass – 8 concert arias as set by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (January 27, 1756 – December 5, 1791), born in Salzburg, Austria, was an important and respected composer. As an adult, he referred to himself as “Wolfgang Amadè Mozart,” but it is noted that his name had many variants. As a child, his baptismal record listed his name in Latin as Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus… Read More
Featured composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (part 2 of 2)
This is part 2 of a two-part series on the life of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Read part 1 here. Church works and Idomeneo Mozart’s desire to not stay in Salzburg had not diminished, but his need for employment and income won out and he returned in 1779. There, Mozart composed a series of church works,… Read More