/tags/italian-composers Italian composers en-US Copyright Tue, 27 Jun 2017 10:45:00 GMT /show/classical-101-by-request/2017-06-27/composer-claudio-monteverdi-was-born-450-years-ago I suppose the reason Claudio Monteverdi is my favorite composer is that I've always enjoyed the combination and the tension of words and music.I'm a… Tue, 27 Jun 2017 10:45:00 GMT /show/classical-101-by-request/2017-06-27/composer-claudio-monteverdi-was-born-450-years-ago Christopher Purdy /show/classical-101-by-request/2017-06-22/discovering-the-depth-of-music-by-ferdinando-paer It's not as if I've never heard of Ferdinando Paer. Recently I've gotten to know Paer's oratorio Il Santo Sepolcro (The Holy Sepulcher). I came across a… Thu, 22 Jun 2017 18:46:53 GMT /show/classical-101-by-request/2017-06-22/discovering-the-depth-of-music-by-ferdinando-paer Christopher Purdy