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Join composer Tim Benjamin as he reveals the untold stories behind history's greatest music. From the earliest notation of medieval times to Beethoven's musical revolution, from Shostakovich's struggles under Stalin through to composers of the present day, discover the…
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10. Hero (opens the original)
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Episode 10 of Tim The Composer's podcast, with host Tim Benjamin, is about Beethoven's Third Symphony, known as the "Eroica" symphony. Originally dedicated to Napoleon, Beethoven removed the dedication, apparently in a rage, leaving it "to the memory of a great hero". Who was that hero, then, if not Napoleon? Why did Beethoven think of Napoleon in the first place? And why is this symphony in particular considered to be such a hugely important milestone in the history of music? Tim explores all t
9. Sensibility (opens the original)
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Episode 9 of Tim The Composer's podcast, with host Tim Benjamin, is about Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 20, in D minor (K.466), and Mozart's life and influences up to the time of the concerto's chaotic first performance in 1785. This was a time of radically changing styles, and the adoption of "empfindsamkeit" or "sensibility" into musical language aided by new instruments such as the fortepiano, for which the concerto was originally intended - with Mozart as the star soloist. Alongside the concer
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