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Scottish Dance (Ecossaise) by Joseph Kuffner

Scottish Dance (Ecossaise) by Joseph Kuffner (1776-1856) Level Beginner Joseph Küffner was a German musician and composer, a contemporary of Beethoven. He was a violinist with the Würzburg court orchestra, and was later, when Würzburg became part of Bavaria (1802), assigned to take charge of military music. At this point he became bandmaster with a …

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Hungarian Dance No 5 by Johannes Brahms (Guitar Tab)

Hungarian Dance No 5 by Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) Johannes Brahms was a German composer and pianist, and one of the leading musicians of the Romantic period. Born in Hamburg, Brahms spent much of his professional life in Vienna, Austria, where he was a leader of the musical scene. Brahms is sometimes grouped with Johann Sebastian …

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O Christmas Tree by Ernst Anschutz (Guitar Tab)

O Christmas Tree by Ernst Gebhard Anschütz (1780-1861) “O Tannenbaum”, or, in its English version, “O Christmas Tree”, is a Christmas carol of German origin. A Tannenbaum is a fir tree (German: die Tanne) or Christmas tree (der Weihnachtsbaum). Its evergreen qualities have long inspired musicians to write several “Tannenbaum” songs in German. The best …

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BWV 34 My Heart Ever Faithfull by Johann Sebastian Bach (Guitar Tab)

BWV 34 My Heart Ever Faithful by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) In the early 1700s, Bach’s chorales enchanted listeners with their inventive harmonies, chromaticism, contrapuntal motion, and changes of tonal center. Since that time, music students the world over have studied the chorales as a paragon of “common practice” harmony and voice leading. And, by …

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Allegro En Si Bemol Majeur by George Frendrick Handel (Guitar Tab)

Allegro En Si Bemol Majeur by George Friedrich Händel (1685-1759) George Frideric Handel was a German-British Baroque composer, famous for his operas, oratorios, and concertos. Handel was born in Germany in the same year as Johann Sebastian Bach and Domenico Scarlatti. He received critical musical training in Italy before settling in London and becoming a …

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