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Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) was a German violinist, organist, conductor and composer, born in Eisenach into the most prominent musical family in history. In 1703 he obtained his first job in Arndstat and in 1707 he moved to Mülhausen as an organist, where he married his cousin Maria Barbara with whom he had seven children. After the death of his wife in 1720, he remarried Mary Magdalene with whom he would have another thirteen children. In 1723 he moved to Leipzig where he would reside until his death at the age of 65. Considered one of the three main geniuses in the History of Music along with Mozart and Beethoven, his influence has been notable on Haydn , Mozart , Beethoven , Mendelssohn , Schumann , Chopin ... and many other renowned composers.

The Suites for Orchestra, BWV 1066-1069 (called ouvertures by their author), are four pieces by Johann Sebastian Bach , probably composed between 1725 and 1739 in Leipzig . The term ouverture refers to the opening movement in the French overture style, in which a stately opening section in relatively slow tempo in binary time is followed by a rapid fugal section in ternary time, then completed by a brief recapitulation of the music introductory. In a broader sense, the term was used in Baroque Germany to refer to a series of dance pieces in the French Baroque style preceded by an ouverture of this type.

Suite for Orchestra No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068. Its movements are: 1 Ouverture .- 2 Air .- 3 Gavotte I/II .- 4 Bourrée .- 5 Gigue ; of them, today we offer the second, Air (aria) , which is one of the most famous pieces of baroque music in a version conducted by Ton Koopman (1944), Dutch organist, harpsichordist and conductor and, currently, one of the best specialists in baroque music.

Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904), born in Nelahozeves (then Bohemia and now Czechia ), is considered one of the great masters of the second half of the 19th century and the main representative of Czech nationalism. In 1847 he entered the primary school of his town, where he received his first musical lessons. During the 1860s he played viola in the Bohemian Provisional Theater Orchestra , conducted from 1866 by Bedřich Smetana . In 1873 he was awarded all kinds of important international awards for his collection of Slavic Dances . Throughout his life he wrote abundant vocal, chamber, symphonic and operatic music. His New World Symphony is a well-known work and its themes have been widely used in popular music.

The Slavic Dances are a set of 16 dances written for orchestra, although originally for four-hand piano, and published in two groups. He wrote them at the request of his publisher and was inspired by Brahms 's Hungarian Dances , although with notable differences; While Brahms uses Hungarian folk melodies, Dvorak only uses the rhythms of Slavic folk music.

Today we can see Slavic Dance No. 1 under the direction of Kristian Jarvi (1972), Estonian director, son of Neeme Järvi and brother of Paavo Järvi .

Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809), Austrian composer whose brother Michael Haydn was also a notable composer, was one of the main pillars on which classicism was based (1750-1810). At six years of age he began his studies of harpsichord and violin. At the age of eight he was admitted as a choralist at St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna where he continued his musical studies. After changing his voice, he had to survive by working multiple jobs, while studying composition analyzing the works of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach . He maintained a close friendship with Mozart and was Beethoven 's teacher. He laid the main foundations of the sonata form and the formal structure of the string quartet and the symphony. He died at the age of 77 in Vienna .

The Piano Trio No. 45 in E ♭ major , Hob. Joseph Haydn 's XV:29 is the third in a set of three trios dedicated to the eminent pianist Therese Jansen Bartolozzi . The trio is structured in three movements: I (0´00´´) POCO ALLEGRETTO. Instead of the expected strict sonata form, this march-like first movement in Eb major is presented in ABA form, with the B section as a version of the main theme in Eb minor , and the A section returning with variations. There is then a broad coda leading to some remote modulations before a confident return to the opening section. II (8´17´´) ANDANTINO ED INOCENTEMENTE, brief movement in the key of Bb major with the theme exposed first on the piano, then on the violin and then in canon. After a key change back to Eb , the music ends suspended on the dominant chord, making its function more of a long introduction to the third movement than a separate movement. III (11'02'') FINAL. GERMANY. READY ASSAI. Next, without interruption, is a three-beat dance in the German vernacular style, using a folk melody as the main material. Plays of gypsy violins and hurdy gurdies alternate with more serious material.

Today it is offered to us by the Trio Metabole made up of Besa Cane on violin, Julien Lazignac on cello and Matthieu Stefanelli on piano.

César Franck (1822–1890) was a French composer and organist of Belgian origin. His father, Nicolás Joseph Franck , was a modest bank employee, who at the beginning of 1835, settled in Paris with his entire family. As the conservatory of this city did not allow access to foreigners, he had to apply for French nationality and thus César was able to enter its Conservatory on October 4, 1837, at the age of fourteen. In 1858 Franck became organist of the Church of Saint Clotilde , equipped with a magnificent Cavaillé-Coll , before which he would sit until the end of his days. In 1872 he was appointed professor of organ at the Conservatory ; an event that, at last, ensures a decent salary. In November 1890, after a traffic accident, his life was extinguished.

The cyclic form is a musical construction technique through which a theme, melody, or thematic material is used as a unifying element of various sections or movements of a musical composition. Sometimes the theme appears at the beginning and at the end. For example, in Brahms ' Symphony No. 3 . On other occasions it may appear in different parts, such as in Berlioz 's Symphonie fantastique . The term is usually applied to music composed from the 19th century onwards, although the most famous cases include Beethoven 's Symphony No. 5 , César Franck 's Symphony in D minor or Berlioz 's Symphonie Fantastique , as well as the Sonata . for piano in B minor and numerous other compositions by Franz Liszt .

The Symphony in D minor is the most famous orchestral work and the only symphony of César Franck ; It is the clearest example of cyclical symphonic writing in the Romantic tradition. The fact that Franck finally decided to compose a symphony is a strange fact, due to the rarity of this musical form in the French tradition of the 19th century , which saw the symphony as an exclusive refuge of the German tradition. The reception of Franck 's symphony was greatly affected by the politicized world of French music and the anti-German sentiment aroused by the Franco-Prussian War to the point that Franck had to turn to the Conservatory orchestra, which was obliged to perform the new works by faculty members.

Structure : I (0´41´´) LENT – ALLEGRO NON TROPPO .-. II (18´37´´) ALLEGRETTO .-. III (28´15´´) ALLEGRO NON TROPPO. Today it is offered to us by the Frankfurt Radio Symphony conducted by the French maestro Marc Minkowski .

Coleman Hawkins (1904-1969) was an American jazz clarinetist and, above all, tenor saxophonist whose performances always remained within the purest classical style. At a time when the sax was a rare instrument of lesser status, Hawkins gave it recognition in the world of jazz . At the age of twelve he was already performing with the tenor sax as a professional. At 19, he moved to New York where he performed accompanying different blues singers and as a member of different orchestras. He spent five years in Europe as the main guest of jazz ensembles and upon returning to the USA he created his own orchestra, despite which he continued performing with the most renowned musicians of the genre.

Bruce Springsteen (1949) is one of the most successful American songwriter and singer with the sale of more than 120 million albums and ten albums that have been number one. Winner of 20 Grammy Awards, two Golden Globes and an Oscar , he began his musical career in the late 1960s playing with groups such as Steel Mill and Dr. Zoom & the Sonic Boom . Throughout his musical career, which spans more than five decades to the present, he has published works such as Born to Run (1975), Darkness on the Edge of Town (1978) and The River (1980), valued as three of the best rock albums of all time. The themes of his songs vary between autobiographical feelings, stories of invented characters or social concerns.

Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632-1687) was a French composer of Italian origin (he was born in Florence ) and naturalized French at the age of 21 (his real name was Giovanni Battista Lulli ). He soon stood out as a violinist and dancer and at the age of twenty he joined the service of Louis XIV as musical director of the royal family; From then on, its importance in the development of ballet

classic has been essential. In 1672 he became director of the Academie Royale de Musique, renewing the essence of the opera with greater solemnity in its staging, a decisive impact on the clarity of the text and careful elaboration in its ballets and choruses. His musical production is fundamentally based on three pillars: opera, ballets and religious music.

Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme ( The Bourgeois Gentleman ) is a comedy-ballet by Molière in five acts with music by Jean-Baptiste Lully ; It was premiered by Molière 's company on October 14, 1670 at the court of Louis XIV at the Château de Chambord .

Basque dances (in Basque, Euskal Dantzak ) are a very important part of Basque culture and the fundamental part of its folklore. Each historical territory, or province, has its own and each town also has its own that is customary to dance at its major festivals. Among the most notable dances we will mention the pilgrimage or plaza dances , based on the dances that were celebrated in the pilgrimages and whose participation was popular and spontaneous. The sword dances that have an obvious parallel with the European ones of the same type. The end-of-festival dances that are performed to mark the end of some festivities, the end of a cycle and the beginning of another. Among the traditional dances we must mention, among many others: Agurra, Fandangoa, Banakoa, Zortzikoa and Arin Arina .