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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 5: Child Prodigy Composers
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Giacomo Puccini 1: About Giacomo Puccini
Giacomo Puccini 1: About Giacomo Puccini
By the time Italian composer Giacomo Puccini was born in 1858, there had already been four generations of musicians in h... Read more
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Giacomo Puccini 2: A Brief History of Italian Opera
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Giacomo Puccini 4: Classical Music that Turned into Musical Theater
Giacomo Puccini 4: Classical Music that Turned into Musical Theater
Jonathan Larson, the composer of the musical "Rent," used the same plot for this musical as Puccini did for La Boheme. O... Read more
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Giacomo Puccini 3: Bohemian Music
Giacomo Puccini 3: Bohemian Music
Giacomo Puccini's opera La Boheme is about struggling artists in Paris. Its title means "the bohemian lifestyle." But Bo... Read more
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