Baker’s Dozen III

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Great names in classical music: composers, performers etc

  1. Wilhelm Furtwangler
  2. David Helfgott
  3. J.S. Bach
  4. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  5. Joseph “Papa” Haydn
  6. Johann Strauss
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Great names in classical music: composers, performers etc

  1. Wilhelm Furtwangler
  2. David Helfgott
  3. J.S. Bach
  4. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  5. Joseph “Papa” Haydn
  6. Johann Strauss
  7. Lorenzo Da Ponte

Librettist of 28 operas, including three of Mozart’s most celebrated. Had an incredible life that I first learned about here on the SDMB.

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Great names in classical music: composers, performers etc

  1. Wilhelm Furtwangler
  2. David Helfgott
  3. J.S. Bach
  4. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  5. Joseph “Papa” Haydn
  6. Johann Strauss
  7. Lorenzo Da Ponte
  8. Johann Pachelbel

Only known for his Canon in D, but it’s chord progression is still used in contemporary music today.

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Great names in classical music: composers, performers etc

  1. Wilhelm Furtwangler
  2. David Helfgott
  3. J.S. Bach
  4. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  5. Joseph “Papa” Haydn
  6. Johann Strauss
  7. Lorenzo Da Ponte
  8. Johann Pachelbel
  9. Sergei Prokofiev
4765

Great names in classical music: composers, performers etc.

  1. Wilhelm Furtwangler
  2. David Helfgott
  3. J.S. Bach
  4. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  5. Joseph “Papa” Haydn
  6. Johann Strauss
  7. Lorenzo Da Ponte
  8. Johann Pachelbel
  9. Sergei Prokofiev
  10. George Frederick Handel

Wrote his remarkable Messiah in less time than it takes most groups to properly rehearse it today.

4766

Great names in classical music: composers, performers etc.

  1. Wilhelm Furtwangler
  2. David Helfgott
  3. J.S. Bach
  4. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  5. Joseph “Papa” Haydn
  6. Johann Strauss
  7. Lorenzo Da Ponte
  8. Johann Pachelbel
  9. Sergei Prokofiev
  10. George Frederick Handel
  11. Béla Bartók
4767

Great names in classical music: composers, performers etc.

  1. Wilhelm Furtwangler
  2. David Helfgott
  3. J.S. Bach
  4. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  5. Joseph “Papa” Haydn
  6. Johann Strauss
  7. Lorenzo Da Ponte
  8. Johann Pachelbel
  9. Sergei Prokofiev
  10. George Frederick Handel
  11. Béla Bartók
  12. Mstislav Rostropovich
4768

Great names in classical music: composers, performers etc.

  1. Wilhelm Furtwangler
  2. David Helfgott
  3. J.S. Bach
  4. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  5. Joseph “Papa” Haydn
  6. Johann Strauss
  7. Lorenzo Da Ponte
  8. Johann Pachelbel
  9. Sergei Prokofiev
  10. George Frederick Handel
  11. Béla Bartók
  12. Mstislav Rostropovich
  13. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

My previous girlfriend won two concert tickets for us by correctly answering a trivia question with the word “TCHAIKOVSKY!” at a free event we went to at a museum.

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Great names in movie music (and an example of their work)

  1. Alan Silvestri - Back to the Future
4769

Great names in movie music (and an example of their work)

  1. Alan Silvestri - Back to the Future
  2. Bernard Herrmann - 7 Hitchcock films including Psycho and Vertigo
4770

Great names in movie music (and an example of their work)

  1. Alan Silvestri - Back to the Future
  2. Bernard Herrmann - 7 Hitchcock films including Psycho and Vertigo
  3. John Williams - “Han Solo and the Princess” from The Empire Strikes Back
4771

Great names in movie music (and an example of their work)

  1. Alan Silvestri - Back to the Future
  2. Bernard Herrmann - 7 Hitchcock films including Psycho and Vertigo
  3. John Williams - “Han Solo and the Princess” from The Empire Strikes Back
  4. Henry Mancini - Moon River, from Breakfast at Tiffany’s
4772

Great names in movie music (and an example of their work)

  1. Alan Silvestri - Back to the Future
  2. Bernard Herrmann - 7 Hitchcock films including Psycho and Vertigo
  3. John Williams - “Han Solo and the Princess” from The Empire Strikes Back
  4. Hans Zimmer - The Lion King
4773

Great names in movie music (and an example of their work)

  1. Alan Silvestri - Back to the Future
  2. Bernard Herrmann - 7 Hitchcock films including Psycho and Vertigo
  3. John Williams - “Han Solo and the Princess” from The Empire Strikes Back
  4. Hans Zimmer - The Lion King
  5. Henry Mancini - Moon River, from Breakfast at Tiffany’s

Housekeeping

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Great names in movie music (and an example of their work)

  1. Alan Silvestri - Back to the Future
  2. Bernard Herrmann - 7 Hitchcock films including Psycho and Vertigo
  3. John Williams - “Han Solo and the Princess” from The Empire Strikes Back
  4. Hans Zimmer - The Lion King
  5. Henry Mancini - Moon River, from Breakfast at Tiffany’s
  6. Jerry Goldsmith - Star Trek: The Motion Picture
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Great names in movie music (and an example of their work)

  1. Alan Silvestri - Back to the Future
  2. Bernard Herrmann - 7 Hitchcock films including Psycho and Vertigo
  3. John Williams - “Han Solo and the Princess” from The Empire Strikes Back
  4. Hans Zimmer - The Lion King
  5. Henry Mancini - Moon River, from Breakfast at Tiffany’s
  6. Monty Norman & John Barry – James Bond Theme

-“BB”-

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Great names in movie music (and an example of their work)

  1. Alan Silvestri - Back to the Future
  2. Bernard Herrmann - 7 Hitchcock films including Psycho and Vertigo
  3. John Williams - “Han Solo and the Princess” from The Empire Strikes Back
  4. Hans Zimmer - The Lion King
  5. Henry Mancini - Moon River, from Breakfast at Tiffany’s
  6. Jerry Goldsmith - Star Trek: The Motion Picture
  7. Monty Norman & John Barry – James Bond Theme

More Housekeeping

4777

Great names in movie music (and an example of their work)

  1. Alan Silvestri - Back to the Future
  2. Bernard Herrmann - 7 Hitchcock films including Psycho and Vertigo
  3. John Williams - “Han Solo and the Princess” from The Empire Strikes Back
  4. Hans Zimmer - The Lion King
  5. Henry Mancini - Moon River, from Breakfast at Tiffany’s
  6. Jerry Goldsmith - Star Trek: The Motion Picture
  7. Monty Norman & John Barry – James Bond Theme
  8. Ennio Morricone - “The Ecstasy of Gold” (The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly)
4778

Great names in movie music (and an example of their work)

  1. Alan Silvestri - Back to the Future
  2. Bernard Herrmann - 7 Hitchcock films including Psycho and Vertigo
  3. John Williams - “Han Solo and the Princess” from The Empire Strikes Back
  4. Hans Zimmer - The Lion King
  5. Henry Mancini - Moon River, from Breakfast at Tiffany’s
  6. Jerry Goldsmith - Star Trek: The Motion Picture
  7. Monty Norman & John Barry – James Bond Theme
  8. Ennio Morricone - “The Ecstasy of Gold” (The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly)
  9. Danny Elfman - Beetlejuice
4779

Great names in movie music (and an example of their work)

  1. Alan Silvestri - Back to the Future
  2. Bernard Herrmann - 7 Hitchcock films including Psycho and Vertigo
  3. John Williams - “Han Solo and the Princess” from The Empire Strikes Back
  4. Hans Zimmer - The Lion King
  5. Henry Mancini - Moon River, from Breakfast at Tiffany’s
  6. Jerry Goldsmith - Star Trek: The Motion Picture
  7. Monty Norman & John Barry – James Bond Theme
  8. Ennio Morricone - “The Ecstasy of Gold” (The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly)
  9. Danny Elfman - Beetlejuice
  10. Randy Newman - Toy Story
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Great names in movie music (and an example of their work)

  1. Alan Silvestri - Back to the Future
  2. Bernard Herrmann - 7 Hitchcock films including Psycho and Vertigo
  3. John Williams - “Han Solo and the Princess” from The Empire Strikes Back
  4. Hans Zimmer - The Lion King
  5. Henry Mancini - Moon River, from Breakfast at Tiffany’s
  6. Jerry Goldsmith - Star Trek: The Motion Picture
  7. Monty Norman & John Barry – James Bond Theme
  8. Ennio Morricone - “The Ecstasy of Gold” (The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly)
  9. Danny Elfman - Beetlejuice
  10. Randy Newman - Toy Story
  11. Maurice Jarre - Theme from Lawrence of Arabia