Paul Müller-Zürich, born 1898Georg von Bertouch , born 1668Johann Stamitz , born 1717Philippe Manoury, born 1952Johann Gottlieb Janitsch , born 1708Jiří Bárta, born 1935Ferdinand David, born 1810Charles Édouard Lefebvre, born 1843Sergei Ivanovich Taneyev, died 1915Volkmar Andreae, died 1962Wladimir Vogel, died 1984Albert Bertelin, died 1951
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Without music we shall surely perish of drink, morphia and all sorts of artificial exaggerations of the cruder delights of the senses. . . . Man, as he develops, seeks constantly a keener pleasure, in the pursuit of which he either destroys himself or develops new faculties of enjoyment.
George Bernard Shaw
November 20th, 2005
Francis Poulenc, 1899-1963
 A native Parisian, Francis Poulenc associated with the most creative and experimental figures of that legendary time in the 1920’s that incubated the chief modernist trends of the early 20th century. Poulenc was part of the informal group of French composers known as “Les Six” whose agenda was to consciously craft a new music separate from the dominance of Germanic Romanticism, the intellectualisms of Schoenberg and the pat associations with Impressionism. Embracing clarity, simplicity, wit and even parody, they refined a genre influenced by Stravinsky and Satie called Neo-classicism. « more »
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about earsense
earsense celebrates and explores how music makes "sense" with a focus on the extraodinary genre of chamber music.
The centerpiece of earsense is a comprehensive database of chamber music composers, works, events and related media called chamberbase.
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| Works |
31,512 |
| Composers |
2,731 |
| Women Composers |
242 |
| Nationalities |
83 |
| Audio / Video |
8,607 |
| Works with Audio / Video |
2,656 |
| Scores (public domain) |
3,599 |
| Glossary defintions |
742 |
| Program notes |
135 |
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