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Jose Feliciano is a popular singer, songwriter and guitarist from Puerto Rico who was popular in the 1970s-1990s. Thanks to the international hits Light My Fire (by The Doors) and the best-selling Christmas single Feliz Navidad, the artist gained immense popularity. The artist's repertoire includes compositions in Spanish and English. He also […]

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart has made a significant contribution to the development of world classical music. It is noteworthy that in his short life he managed to write over 600 compositions. He began writing his first compositions as a child. The childhood of a musician He was born on January 27, 1756 in the picturesque city of Salzburg. Mozart managed to become famous all over the world. Case […]

At the time when Johann Strauss was born, classical dance music was considered a frivolous genre. Such compositions were treated with derision. Strauss managed to change the consciousness of society. The talented composer, conductor and musician is today called the “king of the waltz”. And even in the popular TV series based on the novel "The Master and Margarita" you can hear the bewitching music of the composition "Spring Voices". […]

Today, the artist Modest Mussorgsky is associated with musical compositions filled with folklore and historical events. The composer deliberately did not succumb to the Western current. Thanks to this, he managed to compose original compositions that were filled with the steel character of the Russian people. Childhood and youth It is known that the composer was a hereditary nobleman. Modest was born on March 9, 1839 in a small […]

Alfred Schnittke is a musician who managed to make a significant contribution to classical music. He took place as a composer, musician, teacher and talented musicologist. Alfred's compositions sound in modern cinema. But most often the works of the famous composer can be heard in theaters and concert venues. He traveled extensively in European countries. Schnittke was respected […]

Young Plato positions himself as a rapper and trap artist. The guy began to be interested in music since childhood. Today, he pursues the goal of becoming rich in order to provide for his mother, who gave up a lot for him. Trap is a musical genre that was created in the 1990s. In such music, multilayer synthesizers are used. Childhood and youth Plato […]