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 Carmina Burana also known as the Burana Codex is a manuscript collection, now in the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek in Munich, of more than 1000 poems and songs written in the early 13th century. The Latin title Carmina Burana or Songs of Beuern was assigned by Johann Andreas Schmeller in 1847.
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 Carl Orff (July 10, 1895 – March 29, 1982) is a 20th-century German composer, most famous for Carmina Burana (1937). He was also successful and influential in the field of music education. Orff was born in Munich, Germany and came from a Bavarian family that was very active in the German military.
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 The Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 is the last complete symphony composed by Ludwig van Beethoven. Completed in 1824, it includes part of the Ode An die Freude ("Ode To Joy") by Friedrich Schiller, with text sung by soloists and a chorus in the last movement. It is the first example of a major composer using the human voice on the same level with instruments in a symphony.
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 Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), the second-oldest child of the court musician and tenor singer Johann van Beethoven, was born in Bonn. Ludwig's father drilled him thoroughly with the ambition of showcasing him as a child prodigy. Ludwig gave his first public performance as a pianist when he was eight years old.
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 Though Giacomo Puccini is famous for his contribution to the world of opera through such works as La Boheme, Tosca, Madame Butterfly and Turandot, he actually began his musical career playing and composing church music.
The son of a well known composer and organist, he followed the family tradition, becoming organist of San Martino in Lucca, Italy, at the age of 14.
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 (born Lucca, 22 December 1858; died Brussels, 29 November 1924).
After studying music with his uncle, Fortunato Magi, and with the director of the Instituto Musicale Pacini, Carlo Angeloni, he started his career at the age of 14 as an organist at St. Martino and St. Michele, Lucca, and at other local churches. However, a performance of Verdi's Aida at Pisa in 1876 made such an impact on him that he decided to follow his instinct for operatic composition.
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 Have you ever visited www.mymerhaba.com? It is a website that offers detailed information for foreigners living in Turkey about life in general, in three languages. It also includes updated events calendars for Istanbul and Ankara. |
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The first concert of Istanbul European Choir in autumn 2008 will be the seasonal opening of