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senfonikankara

Important Piano Composers

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jsbach-official

Lol @antoniovivaldi-official where ya at lololol strings u got nothing on me

antoniovivaldi-official-blog

Don’t do this

official-claraschumann

so my husband is on here but I am not

claraschumann-official

@official-claraschumann *sigh* yes, again, my dear… please do not forget the works i’ve written to piano and for voice

official-claraschumann

I AM FIGHTING EVERY SINGLE PERSON ON HERE

official-violas

@official-piano get a load of this!

official-viola

@violin-official @official-violin @official-cello @cello-official @official-violas @official-piano

Help me welcome @harp-official to the strings family!

official-violas

Welcome! @harp-official!

1000brokenreeds

why are these so… accurate

official-melodica

@official-violas, @official-viola, self resentment isn’t okay, k?

official-violas

We know, but it’s just so hard :(

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Very Official Instruments (3/15/16, 7th update)

follow the talking inanimate musical instruments hooray

Keyboards

@official-piano, @official-pianoforte

@clavichord-official

@official-melodica

@official-keyboard

@official-harpsichord, @harpsichord-official

Strings

@official-violas, @official-viola

@cello-official, @official-cello

@official-violin

Woodwinds

@official-oboes

@official-englishhorn

@official-bass-clarinet

@official-bassoons

@official-flute

@official-clarinets

@official-piccolo

@barisax-official

@official-contra-clarinet

@official-saxophones

@offical-soprano-sax

@official-flaute

Brass

@official-trombone

@official-frenchhorn

@official-trumpet, @trumpets-official

@official-euphonium

@official-tuba

@official-mellophone

Percussion:

@official-marimba

@cannon-official, @official-cannon

@official-hammer

@official-percussion

Vocal:

@official-soprano

@alto-official, @official-alto

@official-coloratura

@soprano-two-official

Electronic

@theremin-official

Notation:

@officialbassclef

Condiments:

@mayonnaise-official

Pure Evil:

@thatonecrappymusicstand-offical

Reblog from the source for the most recent update!

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Directory of Composers (11th Update 3/15/16)

Follow them all for maximum fun!

Medieval:

Hildegard von Bingen 1098-1179 German @hildegardvonbingen-official

Renaissance:

Josquin des Prez 1450/55-1521 Franco-Flemish @josquin-official

John Dowland 1563-1626 English @johndowland-official

Baroque:

Lucrezia Orsina Vizzana 1590-1662 Italian @lucreziaorsinavizzana-official

Barbara Strozzi 1619-1677 Italian @barbarastrozzi-official

Dieterich Buxtehude 1637-1707 Danish-German @buxtehude-official

Johann Pachelbel 1653-1706 German @tacobell-pachelbel-official

Arcangelo Corelli 1653-1713 Italian @arcangelocorelli-official

Antonio Vivaldi 1678-1741 Italian @antoniovivaldi-official

Johann Sebastian Bach 1685-1750 German @jsbach-official @papabach

George Frideric Handel 1685-1759 German/British @georg-fred-handel-official

Classical:

Joseph Haydn 1732-1809 Austrian @josephhaydn-official

Antonio Salieri 1750-1825 Italian @official-antoniosalieri @antoniosalieri-official

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1756-1791 Austrian @wolfgangamadeusmozart-official

Domenico Dragonetti 1763-1846 Italian @domenicodragonetti-official

Ludwig van Beethoven 1770-1827 German @vanbeethoven-official

Johann Nepomuk Hummel 1778-1837 Austrian @johannhummel-official

Franz Schubert 1797-1828 Austrian @franzschubert-official

Romantic:

Carl Maria von Weber 1786-1826 German @cmvonweber-official

Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel 1805-1847 German @fannyhensel-official

Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy 1809-1847 German @felixmendelssohn-official

Frederic Chopin 1810-1849 Polish @fredericchopin-official @fryderykchopin-official

Robert Schumann 1810-1856 German @robertschumann-official

Franz Liszt 1811-1886 Hungarian @franzliszt-official

Richard Wagner 1813-1883 German @richardwagner-official

Clara Schumann 1819-1896 German @claraschumann-official @official-claraschumann

Anton Bruckner 1824-1896 Austrian @official-anton-bruckner

Alexander Borodin 1833-1887 Georgian @alexanderborodin-official

Johannes Brahms 1833-1897 German @johannesbrahms-official

Camille Saint-Saëns 1835-1921 French @saint-saens-official

Modest Mussorgsky 1839-1881 Russian @modestmussorgsky-official @mussorsky-official

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 1840-1893 Russian @tchaikovsky-official @pyotrtchaikovsky-official

Antonín Dvořák 1841-1904 Czech @antonindvorak-official

Edvard Grieg 1843-1907 Norwegian @edvardgrieg-official

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov 1844-1908 Russian @rimsky-korsakov-official

John Philip Sousa 1854-1932 American @johnphilipsousa-official

Cécile Chaminade 1857-1944 French @cecilechaminade-official

Giacomo Puccini 1858-1924 Italian @puccini-official

Gustav Mahler 1860-1911 Austrian @mahler-official

Richard Strauss 1864-1949 German @official-richardstrauss

Vladimi Rebikov 1866-1920 Russian @vladimirrebikov-official

Sergei Rachmaninoff 1873-1943 Russian @sergeirachmaninoff-official

Ottorino Respighi 1879-1936 Italian @ottorinorespighi-official

20th-Century:

Claude Debussy 1862-1918 French @claudedebussy-official

Erik Satie 1866-1925 French @eriksatie-official

Ralph Vaughan Williams 1872-1958 English @ralphvaughanwilliams-official

Alexander Scriabin 1872-1915 Russian @alexanderscriabin-official @scriabin-official

Arnold Schoenberg 1874-1951 Austrian @schoenberg-official

Gustav Holst 1874-1934 English @gustavholst-official

Maurice Ravel 1875-1937 French @maurice-ravel-official

Béla Bartók 1881-1945 Hungarian @belabartok-official

Igor Stravinsky 1882-1971 Russian @igorstravinsky-official

Alban Berg 1885-1935 Austrian @albanberg-official

Rebecca Clarke 1886-1979 English @rebeccaclarke-official

Sergei Prokofiev 1891-1953 Russian @sergeiprokofiev-official

Leo Ornstein 1893-2002 American @leoornstein-official

Paul Hindemith 1895-1963 German @paul-hindemith-official

George Gershwin 1898-1937 American @georgegerschwin-official @gershwin-official @georgegershwin-official

William Walton 1902-1983 English @williamwalton-official

Aram Khachaturian 1903-1978 Soviet Armenian @aramkhachaturian-official

Dmitri Shostakovich 1906-1975 Soviet @dmitrishostakovich-official

Olivier Messiaen 1908-1992 French @oliviermessiaen-official

John Cage 1912-1992 American @johncage-official

Benjamin Britten 1913-1976 English @benji-britten-official

Leonard Bernstein 1918-1990 American @bernstein-official

John Williams 1932-present American @johnwilliams-official

Steve Reich 1936-present American @stevereich-official

Philip Glass 1937-present American @philipglass-official

Please reblog from the source for the latest update!

orchestraproblemsuniverse

You know the difference between a viola and an onion? People don’t cry when they cut up a viola

official-violas

HEY!! @official-viola

classical-crap

how to play the fiddle

step 1: buy a violin

step 2: damage the violin

step 3: have terrible posture

step 4: never learn how to play in tune properly

step 5: don’t learn anything past first position

step 6: move your bow really fast

step 7: grow a beard

congratulations you’ve learned how to play the fiddle

atoneindvorak

This sounds way more like viola to me

itsaviolathing

^ excuse you

official-melodica

Fiddle, viola, same same

official-viola

I will FIGHT you @official-violas back me up here

takemeonajoyride

@official-violas @official-viola I am behind this 100%

official-violas

I’m with you @official-viola

classical-crap

Violas here, violas there, VIOLAS EVERYWHERE

here a viola

there a viola

everywhere a viola viola

official-violas

You called? @official-viola

instrumentastrology

I can’t imagine someone getting butterflies in their stomach or thinking of me before they fall asleep. I can’t imagine someone really wanting to be with me forever. I can’t imagine being someone’s late night love fantasy. I can’t imagine someone wanting to hold me or lift me up on their shoulder. I can’t imagine someone sliding a bow across my strings I am a viola :((

official-flute

@official-violas @official-viola

lifeiscello

"Idk why being a musician is so hard lol you already know how to play your instrument it's not like it's difficult or takes time lol stop being dramatic it's the easiest thing in the world."

felixmendelssohn-official

Here’s January! Please enjoy these lovely ladies, they were certainly interesting to learn.

Included: @hildegardvonbingen-official & @barbarastrozzi-official

cecilechaminade-official

It’s wonderful, Felix!! I love it!!!

(also, @lucreziaorsinavizzana-official)

amusicianontheroof

Do you speak viola?

http://www.guillaume-jouis.com/en/yes-i-speak-viola-2/

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For other instruments please visit http://www.guillaume-jouis.com/en/show-off-your-musical-personality/

@official-viola @official-violas @itsaviolathing

mylyngraceramos

[thoughts cont.]

I feel like “These fingerings suck!“ is the unofficially-official motto of violinists, from rooks to pros. Let’s be real…I’ve said that shit + we’ve all said that shit.