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"Chopin: slams hands on piano. “Yes.”"
What is the Wrong Note Etude?
The 2008 Grammy for Best Crossover Classical Album was won by the Turtle String Quartet's "A Love Supreme," which was their take on works by this artist.
This fictional composer is the "lost son" of J.S. Bach.
Who is P.D.Q. Bach?
Copyright in the United States is life + this many years.
How much is 70?
The name of this sonata comes from a critics remark that the slow movement sounded like "moonlight on the surface of Lake Lucerne."
What is Piano Sonata 14 (Moonlight)?
"Not many people know that Tchaikovsky was a gardener in his spare time and he dedicated this very piece to his favourite rose bush"
What is Waltz of the Flowers?
This French conductor and composer won multiple Grammys for Best Orchestral Performance, with his first win in 1969, and his final in 2004.
Who was Pierre Boulez?
This piece has an unofficial music video, in which a Korean girl group provocatively dances to the music.
What is Dvorak's Ninth symphony?
The original scoring of this famous jazz rhapsody entered public domain in 2020.
What is Rhapsody in Blue?
This sonata invented jazz.
What is Piano Sonata 32?
"The only way to copyright music at that time was to make it so insanely hard that only you can play it.."
What is Hungarian Rhapsody 2?
This composer has won three Grammys for "best classical composition" for these works: harp concerto (2020), viola concerto (2018), and percussion concerto (2010).
Who is Jennifer Higdon?
This #1 Billboard hit from 1976 is a disco arrangement of a famous Beethoven symphony.
What is A Fifth of Beethoven?
What is the Carmen Fantasy?
This sonata is nicknamed "the hunt."
What is piano sonata 18?
"Those who can play this piece....have a special gift. They can make you cry, reflect on your life..... ...and steal your girl."
What is Clair de Lune?
After a major overhaul in 2012, future nominees in this category would instead be nominated for Album of the Year.
What was the Best Classical Album Grammy?
The melody of Ponchielli's "Dance of the Hours" was used in this comedy single from 1963.
What is "Hello Mother, Hello Father?"
A certain composer's estate, when questioned about this work going into public domain, said "[It] could be staged with a white cast, or someone could turn [this work] into rap music."
What is Porgy and Bess?
This sonata has three movements, entitled "farewell," "absence," and "reunion."
What is Piano Sonata 26 (Das Lebewohl)?
"This is the strangest Baby Yoda meme I've seen by far"
What is Baba Yaga (Pictures at an Exhibition)?
This contemporary chamber ensemble based in Chicago have won multiple grammys, including three for "best small ensemble performance."
Who are Eighth Blackbird?
This album, which peaked at #4 on the Billboard 100, consists of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra playing excerpts from famous pieces over a disco drumbeat.
What is Hooked on Classics?
Shostakovich's works will come into public domain after this date
When is 1/1/2026?
Beethoven later arranged this sonata for string quartet.
What is piano sonata 9?