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Music History and Facts

Dive into the rich tapestry of music history, explore fascinating facts about iconic composers, and uncover the stories behind legendary compositions.

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Top Interesting Facts About Frédéric Chopin

From sheer joy and delight to despair and weakness: peek into the exciting life and work of  Frédéric Chopin in... Read More
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Fun Facts About Metropolitan Opera In New York

From being a crime scene of a murder case to its construction of a golden ceiling threatening to drain the... Read More
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Feuding Families and Flemish Art: A Few Facts About Arcangelo Corelli

The biographies of the great Italian composer Arcangelo Corelli (1673-1713) testify of a turbulent life filled with strange gaps, replete with embellishments and anecdotal evidence. We try to piece together some of the lesser known facts on the composer’s life. Read More
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Mozart vs. Salieri: a Factual or Fictional Feud?

Examining the existing evidence to the intrigue at the centre of the Mozart myth. Read More
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Johannes Brahms: Interesting facts about the composer of Hungarian Dances

  Born in 1833 in Hamburg, Brahms was a freedom-loving man.  A devoted and faithful friend, he was a man who lived... Read More
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Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Your Pop Quiz Cheat Sheet

Fun facts about Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina - on his brief stint as a winemaker, poor singing, and post-plague contemplations of priesthood. Read More
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Alternate History: Florence Price and the Birth of ~an~ American Symphonism

Mordents Magazine introduces you to the life and work of a quintessentially American composer. Read More
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Orlande de Lassus: 12 Fun Facts

Mordents offers you a quick rundown of some of the most interesting points of this Renaissance composer's life. Read More
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Strange, mysterious, and tragic deaths of classical composers

Stray bullets, accidental electrocutions, and untreated wounds – the history of classical music is full of dreadful deaths, sometimes mysterious,... Read More
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