Tag: Dora Pejačević
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Monday Link Round Up: November 15, 2021
News and music to start your week! Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel’s birthday was honored with a Google Doodle! November 14 marked the 216th birthday of the composer, pictured above. In case you missed it, you can see the animated doodle here. NPR interviewed Sheku and Isata Kanneh-Mason – sibling superstars of the classical music world. The…
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Monday Link Round Up: April 29, 2019
News and music to start your week! WQXR often posts listicles of note – this week they shared again their list of 12 Romantic Composers Not Named ‘Liszt’ or ‘Brahms’. Included are: Louise Farrenc, Clara Schumann, Augusta Holmès, Teresa Carreño, Cecile Chaminade, and Dora Pejačević. Last week we shared our findings in the 2019-2020 concert season…
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Dora Pejačević — another composer whose time has come?
With two upcoming performances of music by Dora Pejačević taking place in the next few weeks, we wonder if this remarkable but little-known composer, who was writing powerful orchestral works a century ago, is finally ready for rediscovery. [Wondering how to pronounce Pejačević?] A recipient of our Performance Grant, the Willamette Falls Symphony, will be performing…