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RELEASE - AFRO CELT SOUND SYSTEM

  • group formed 1995
  • from album 'Volume 2: Release' - second album, released 1999
  • name of group = fusion origins - west African, traditional Irish, modern EDM
  • 3 languages symbolise styles' roots 
  • Irish singer-songwriter Sinéad O'Connor wrote lyrics/sings verses 1+3
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SAMBA EM PRELÚDIO - ESPERANZA SPALDING

  • originally written/composed 1962 - Roberto Baden Powell de Aquino (Brazilian guitarist, 1937-2000)
  • bossa nova - 'new trend', slower + more lyrical than samba 
  • samba (national dance of brazil) became popular in 20th cent.
  • title means = 'samba in the form of a prelude'
  • Esperanza recording released 2008 on album 'Esperanza' by Spalding (1984)
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MAIN TITLE/REBEL BLOCKADE RUNNER - JOHN WILLIAMS

  • from 'Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope'
  • Star Wars released 1977
  • films set in a distant galaxy 
  • composed by Williams (1932) - produced highly successful film scores
  • traditional aspect = leitmotifs (musical ideas associated with an event/object/character)
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DEFYING GRAVITY - STEPHEN SCHWARTZ

  • released 2003
  • lyrics/music written/composed by Stephen Schwartz (1948)
  • from musical 'Wicked!'
  • best-loved musical film of 20th cent. = 'The Wizard of Oz' (1939)
  • 'Wicked!' based on fantasy novel by (American author) Gregory Maquire
  • 'Defying Gravity' is act 1 finale - dramatic staging (moving lights/smoke + wind effects) 
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KILLER QUEEN - QUEEN

  • released 1974
  • from 3rd studio album 'Sheer heart attack' (1974)
  • rock group 'Queen' formed London (1970-71)
  • group known for 'Bohemian Rhapsody' (1975)
  • glam rock song about a high-class prostitute
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MUSIC FOR A WHILE - PURCELL

  • written 1962 - mid-baroque period
  • solo song and continuo accompaniment
  • incidental music - intended for performance in play (Oedipus)
  • Purcell regarded as one of greatest English composers
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PATHÉTIQUE - BEETHOVEN

  • piano sonata No. 8 in C minor Op.13 (1st movement) - 1799
  • classical period (1750-1825) but includes romantic features
  • Ludwig van Beethoven born Bonn (1970)
  • dedicated to Prince Karl
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BRANDENBURG CONCERTO - BACH

  • No.5 D major (3rd, last movement)
  • published 1850
  • late baroque era
  • intended for small court orchestra 
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