Allegro in C Major by Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti

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Allegro in C Major by Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti (29 November 1797 – 8 April 1848). Donizetti was a prolific composer. He composed about 75 operas, 16 symphonies, 19 string quartets, 193 songs, 45 duets, 3 oratorios, 28 cantatas, instrumental concertos, sonatas, and other chamber pieces.

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Keywords: Gaetano Donizetti
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Hallelujah Chorus Messiah Handel

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Hallelujah chorus - Messiah, Performed by: Oratorio Chorus, Composed by: George Frideric Handel (23 February 1685 – 14 April 1759). Record format: Edison Diamond Disc, Matrix number: 4433-A-1-1 (6-1). Recording date: 1916, Release number: 80292-R, Release date: May 1916. NPS object catalog number: EDIS 43552.





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Messiah (HWV 56) is an English oratorio composed by George Frideric Handel, The libretto by Charles Jennens is drawn entirely from the King James and Great Bibles, and interprets the Christian doctrine of the Messiah, Composed in London during the summer of 1741 and premiered in Dublin, Ireland on 13 April 1742,

George Frideric Handel (23 February 1685 – 14 April 1759), was born in Germany, trained in Italy, and spent most of his life in England. Born in Halle in the Duchy of Magdeburg, he settled in England in 1712, becoming a naturalised subject of the British crown on 20 February 1727.

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Keywords: Hallelujah Chorus; Messiah; George Frideric Handel; Edison
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Parade of the Wooden Soldiers

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Parade of the Wooden Soldiers by Leon Jessel (1871-1942) published in Germany 1905. Date of Birth: 22 January 1871, Stettin, Pomerania, Germany, Date of Death: He was tortured by the Gestapo in a basement of the Police Bureau at Alexanderplatz, and subsequently died on January 4, 1942 in the Berlin Jewish Hospital, Berlin, Germany.



"Parade of the Wooden Soldiers" Leon Jessel/ orch. Gould/ trans. Patterson* Col Michael J. Colburn, conducting. Recorded in August 2009 by the Marine Band in the John Philip Sousa Band Hall at the Marine Barracks Annex in Washington, D.C.

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Keywords: Wooden Soldiers; Christmas; toys
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The Four Seasons Winter Antonio Vivaldi

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The Four Seasons is a set of four violin concertos by Antonio Lucio Vivaldi (March 4, 1678 – July 28, 1741). Composed in 1723, The Four Seasons is Vivaldi's best-known work, and is among the most popular pieces of Baroque music.



The concertos were first published in 1725 as part of a set of twelve concerti, Vivaldi's Op. 8, entitled Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione

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Keywords: The Four Seasons; Winter; Antonio Vivaldi
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Mozart Quartet in G 1st movement

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Quartet in G, 1st movement- part 1, Performed by: Roth String Quartet. Composed by: Mozart. Record format: Edison Needle Type disc test pressing. Matrix number: N-1195-A-1-1, Recording date: October 10, 1929. NPS object catalog number: EDIS 84282.

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Keywords: Mozart; String Quartet; Edison; National Park Service; (NPS)
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Menuett G flat major Ludwig von Beethoven

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Menuett G flat major & Valse bluette. Performed by: Kathleen Parlow - violin ; George Falkenstein - piano. Composed by: Ludwig von Beethoven. Record format: Edison Amberol cylinder. Release number: 4M-28026 (..6) Release date: September 1912. NPS object catalog number: EDIS 36520 Composition Licence: This MP3 (or other media file) is in the public domain because its copyright has expired.

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Keywords: Menuett G flat major; Ludwig von Beethoven
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William Tell Overture

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William Tell overture - part 2. Performed by: Sodero's Band. Composed by: G. Rossini
Record format: Edison Diamond Disc. Matrix number: 5577-A-7-1. Recording date: 1917
Release number: 80128-L. Release date: March 1914. NPS object catalog number: EDIS 43455

Gioachino Rossini

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Keywords: William Tell Overture; Gioachino Rossini; opera
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Ride of the Valkyries AUDIO

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Ride of the Valkyries - from "Die Valkyrie". Performed by: American Symphony Orchestra, Composed by: Richard Wagner (22 May 1813, Leipzig, Germany – 13 February 1883, Venice, Italy). Record format: Edison Diamond Disc. Matrix number: 7846-B-1-6. Recording date: 1921. Release number: 80638-R. Release date: December 1921
NPS object catalog number: EDIS 41877.

Arthur Rackham's illustration to the Ride of the Valkyries

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Artist/Composer: Edison National Historic Site
Keywords: Valkyries; Richard Wagner; Die Walküre; Grand Opera
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Strauss Waltz Medley

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Some of Johann Strauss's most famous works include the waltzes The Blue Danube, Kaiser-Walzer, Tales from the Vienna Woods, the Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka, and the Pizzicato Polka. Among his operettas, Die Fledermaus and Der Zigeunerbaron are the most well-known.



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Artist/Composer: United States Air Force Band
Keywords: Strauss; Waltz
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The Nutcracker Tchaikovsky AUDIO

Trepak from the Nutcracker was set to music by Tchaikovsky (staged by Marius Petipa and commissioned by the director of the Imperial Theatres Ivan Vsevolozhsky in 1891). Keywords, Christmas, holiday, carol, music, The Nutcracker, Tchaikovsky

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Performed by The U.S. Marine Corps Band, Generally speaking, works created by U.S. Government employees are not eligible for copyright protection in the United States. See Circular 1 "COPYRIGHT BASICS" PDF from the U.S. Copyright Office.

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