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The fame and legacy of Maria Callas are almost unsurpassed in the present day history of opera. Her popularity has transcended the most common boundaries of traditional music, and she’s been the motivation for several films, an opera, and an effective Broadway musical. Her comprehensive catalogue of recordings continues to …

Lee Hoiby continued the neo-Romantic custom of Samuel Barber and Gian Carlo Menotti (in whom he studied), forging an idiom that’s both melodic and accessible. He examined piano under Gunnar Johansson and Egon Petri, originally likely to turn into a pianist, but Menotti asked him to review composition on the …

Johannes Somary was a composer, conductor, organist, and co-founder from the Amor Artis chamber choir and orchestra in NEW YORK. Given birth to to Swiss parents in Zurich, Switzerland, Somary analyzed in the Yale University or college College of Music with Quincy Porter. In 1961, Somary produced good usage of …