DAY 8 THE GREAT MUSICAL MASTERPIECES OF CHRISTMAS
To me, it isn't Christmas unless I listen to The Nutcracker Suite a few times! To read about this history of this great story, musical score and ballet, click on these links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nutcracker_and_the_Mouse_King gives a synopsis of the elaborate tale of the Nutcracker aand the Mouse King, which is the original story of The Nutcracker Ballet that Tchaikovsky composed the music for.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpwuTiURwOM is a sample from the ballet!
The other great masterpiece...Handel's Messiah !
Here is an excerpt...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MS3vpAWW2Zc
To me, it isn't Christmas unless I listen to The Nutcracker Suite a few times! To read about this history of this great story, musical score and ballet, click on these links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nutcracker_and_the_Mouse_King gives a synopsis of the elaborate tale of the Nutcracker aand the Mouse King, which is the original story of The Nutcracker Ballet that Tchaikovsky composed the music for.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpwuTiURwOM is a sample from the ballet!
The other great masterpiece...Handel's Messiah !
Here is an excerpt...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MS3vpAWW2Zc
In keeping with this particular post..today's song is The Hallelujah Chorus
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