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Can you guess this piece? Here’s a hint: Sadly, spring doesn’t last forever

Can you guess this piece? Here’s a hint: How can you NOT want to dance in the spring?

Can you guess this piece? Here’s a hint: Someone’s kinda gloomy in Scandinavia

The story of this legendary seducer has inspired many wonderful works of art, including paintings, a full-scale opera, and this fiendishly difficult orchestral masterpiece. The composer wrote a famous collection of orchestral works that not only tell a story through music, but also delve deep into the emotional core of each story.

Can you guess this piece? Here’s a hint: Medieval priests knew how to party!

Can you guess this piece? Here’s a hint: Spring calms even the fieriest of tempers

This selection is based on an architectural design for a great European city. Although the structure was never constructed, it’s magnitude on paper inspired this closing movement of a larger work. The artist was a close friend of the composer and the work from which this piece is taken was dedicated to him

In the hands of a famous twentieth-century composer and conductor, this eighteenth-century satire has remained relevant. We follow our hero and heroine through all manner of unlikely adventures as they search for pure happiness. Although the operetta had a long and complex production history, the composer recorded a “final” version in 1989.

In this classic Russian fairy tale, three princesses are kidnapped by a nasty goblin king. The tale is so popular that it even became the inspiration for a full-scale ballet by one of Russia’s most notable composers. The intense music and beautiful story have made it into a ballet classic.

While this arranger's romantic orchestral style isn’t “authentic” to this Baroque piece, he was still an important figure in American cultural life and was cemented by an appearance in “Fantasia.” Although chummy with Mickey Mouse, he famously received a less-gentle ribbing from Bugs Bunny, who impersonated him in an animated short…