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An Explanation</span> <span class="qXLe6d dXDvrc"> <span class="fYyStc">WQXR</span> </span> </div><div class="Dks9wf"><table class="KZhhub"><tr><td class="udTCfd"><div> <div> <span class="qXLe6d FrIlee"> <span class="fYyStc">Music publishers usually assigned opus numbers to compositions or groups of compositions to indicate the chronological order of a composer's works.</span> <br/> <span class="fYyStc YVIcad">92 months ago</span> </span> </div> </div></td><td><div><table class="gNEi4d"><tbody><tr><td style="width:232px"> <div class="CO79Sb"> <img class="iUhyd" alt="" src="https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTEvGnflE3_KR2D78r2HZz48TilkTMc3gAQ5drFgPm6dyo1cfW8xQcxORFYzA&s" style="width:120px;height:66px"/> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></table></div></a></div></div> </div> </div><div> <div> <div class="ezO2md"><div><a href="/url?q=https://limelight-arts.com.au/features/ten-opus-1s-of-the-great-composers/&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwj93vPDyN-LAxXmyjgGHY57KqkQxfQBegQICRAC&usg=AOvVaw1uu0_1Az-qXwplhtCra-q1"><div><span class="CVA68e qXLe6d fuLhoc ZWRArf">Opus 1 - Ten first works of the great composers</span> <span class="qXLe6d dXDvrc"> <span class="fYyStc">Limelight magazine</span> </span> </div><div class="Dks9wf"><table class="KZhhub"><tr><td class="udTCfd"><div> <div> <span class="qXLe6d FrIlee"> <span class="fYyStc">Sergei Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No 1 in F#, Op 1 (1890–91). Rachmaninov was not 18, and still a student at the Moscow Imperial...</span> <br/> <span class="fYyStc YVIcad">152 months ago</span> </span> </div> </div></td><td><div><table class="gNEi4d"><tbody><tr><td style="width:232px"> <div class="CO79Sb"> <img class="iUhyd" alt="" src="https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQnpMJDJADj3qymHNub69zk6Bk0MHPe-ahlFReAwz79pLtn8eX0ZvozaqWoXQ&s" style="width:120px;height:66px"/> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></table></div></a></div></div> </div> </div><div> <div> <div class="ezO2md"><div><a href="/url?q=https://arcana.fm/2020/10/20/beethoven-2020-rondo-capriccio/&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwj93vPDyN-LAxXmyjgGHY57KqkQxfQBegQIAhAC&usg=AOvVaw0QGcIm8JhhjKsw_wnvzaSD"><div><span class="CVA68e qXLe6d fuLhoc ZWRArf">Listening to Beethoven #79 – Rondo a capriccio in G major, ‘Rage over a lost penny’</span> <span class="qXLe6d dXDvrc"> <span class="fYyStc">Arcana.fm</span> </span> </div><div class="Dks9wf"><table class="KZhhub"><tr><td class="udTCfd"><div> <div> <span class="qXLe6d FrIlee"> <span class="fYyStc">2020 Germany €20 Silver Coin Issue Ludwig van Beethoven 250 Years Rondo a capriccio in G major Op.129, 'Rage over a lost penny' for piano...</span> <br/> <span class="fYyStc YVIcad">52 months ago</span> </span> </div> </div></td><td><div><table class="gNEi4d"><tbody><tr><td style="width:225px"> <div class="CO79Sb"> <img class="iUhyd" alt="" src="https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT9-dVNkozIruSkmzYYGKijx8t-IORRZHmZJ0YH0rXAJpZQYO8c2kwgBvyEEQ&s" style="width:120px;height:68px"/> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></table></div></a></div></div> </div> </div><div> <div> <div class="ezO2md"><div><a href="/url?q=https://www.wqxr.org/story/91284-k-why&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwj93vPDyN-LAxXmyjgGHY57KqkQxfQBegQIAxAC&usg=AOvVaw0HCsEcJYcpWM-y-hR9I83f"><div><span class="CVA68e qXLe6d fuLhoc ZWRArf">K. Why?</span> <span class="qXLe6d dXDvrc"> <span class="fYyStc">WQXR</span> </span> </div><div class="Dks9wf"><table class="KZhhub"><tr><td class="udTCfd"><div> <div> <span class="qXLe6d FrIlee"> <span class="fYyStc">Mozart's music all have "K." numbers after it. It's a great question. A lot of composers' music is listed by opus number (abbreviated Op.).</span> <br/> <span class="fYyStc YVIcad">174 months ago</span> </span> </div> </div></td><td><div><table class="gNEi4d"><tbody><tr><td style="width:200px"> <div class="CO79Sb"> <img class="iUhyd" alt="" src="https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQ5WoZTLcCnMIF01crtXm1PIpVsZ74yf0MnNTBMU0EdrHZXtBH2OSzyN_vrJQ&s" style="width:120px;height:76px"/> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></table></div></a></div></div> </div> </div><div> <div> <div class="ezO2md"><div><a href="/url?q=https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg23231041-900-neuroscience-vs-art-lets-talk-across-the-divide/&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwj93vPDyN-LAxXmyjgGHY57KqkQxfQBegQIABAC&usg=AOvVaw30BwUu6Y7niTpf92rhWip4"><div><span class="CVA68e qXLe6d fuLhoc ZWRArf">Neuroscience vs art: Let's talk across the divide</span> <span class="qXLe6d dXDvrc"> <span class="fYyStc">New Scientist</span> </span> </div><div class="Dks9wf"><table class="KZhhub"><tr><td class="udTCfd"><div> <div> <span class="qXLe6d FrIlee"> <span class="fYyStc">Key 34 Jackson Pollock Blue poles, 1952 Enamel and aluminium paint with glass on canvas, 212.1 x 488.9 cm National Gallery of Australia,...</span> <br/> <span class="fYyStc YVIcad">98 months ago</span> </span> </div> </div></td><td><div><table class="gNEi4d"><tbody><tr><td style="width:232px"> <div class="CO79Sb"> <img class="iUhyd" alt="" src="https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSoR9MwYYZFjKbhwtSolyTIMCN8GYCzrZuVwzwjadxKJs--_NqMRK2lQ6ieiw&s" style="width:120px;height:66px"/> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></table></div></a></div></div> </div> </div><div> <div> <div class="ezO2md"><div><a href="/url?q=https://www.pianistmagazine.com/news/announcing-the-winner-of-the-2019-pianist-composing-competition/&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwj93vPDyN-LAxXmyjgGHY57KqkQxfQBegQIBRAC&usg=AOvVaw0QVFoK09dTHBbHF6cAb5ZT"><div><span class="CVA68e qXLe6d fuLhoc ZWRArf">Announcing the winner of the 2019 Pianist Composing Competition</span> <span class="qXLe6d dXDvrc"> <span class="fYyStc">Pianist Magazine</span> </span> </div><div class="Dks9wf"><table class="KZhhub"><tr><td class="udTCfd"><div> <div> <span class="qXLe6d FrIlee"> <span class="fYyStc">Congratulations go to Bob Rose from Huddersfield, England, who has won a Kawai CA-98 digital piano! 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