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this is a tribute do an actress who passed away 3 years ago. listen to the music used in making this clip. it is something out of this world. i would like to know the title and if possible the author s name of this masterpiece. thank you.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mu-Zpu07Fyc
Hello, andre,
Someone beat me to it. They posted on YouTube: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Swan Lake: Waltz. This is correct. Tchaikovsky also wrote another wonderful ballet that I personally think goes hand in hand with Swan Lake, and that's Sleeping Beauty. And of course, most people are familiar with The Nutcracker. In general, Tchaikovsky wrote exquisite music, so if you like this piece, you will undoubtedly find other things he wrote to be equally beautiful.
I remember the actress, too. She played her character well, but I remember relatively little about the character, although I watched the show for a handful of years.
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I am no longer answering questions asking me to identify music. Most music is either on YouTube, which crashes my browser, or on another site that crashes my browser. I am available for other questions.
Experience
I have been playing piano since I was 3, and I am now 66 years old. I took formal lessons for about 11 years, and took some piano and organ performance courses in college. I also sang in the Masterworks Chorale for a number of years, and can sing anything from baritone to first soprano. We performed twice a year, usually a major choral work, ranging from requiem masses to Carmina Burana. I also attended recorder society meetings once a month. We would read compositions and perform them together. I took several children to their music lessons and rehearsals and usually stayed and watched intensely. Our children studied violin, viola, flute, guitar, clarinet, French horn, trumpet, and trombone.
Education/Credentials
I studied piano and organ in college, and took courses in music theory. I have also taken seminars in pre-Columbian folk music with Xochimoki, as well as played a short while in a gamelan, and a balalaika orchestra, where I played autoharp.
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