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𝐄𝐑𝐍𝐒𝐓 𝐕𝐎𝐍 𝐒𝐂𝐇𝐔𝐂𝐇 — 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐈𝐋𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐒𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐄𝐈𝐆𝐍 𝐎𝐅 𝐃𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐃𝐄𝐍: 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐃𝐔𝐂𝐓𝐎𝐑 𝐖𝐇𝐎 𝐆𝐀𝐕𝐄 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐔𝐒𝐒 𝐀 𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐃𝐎𝐌 𝐈. 𝐁𝐎𝐇𝐄𝐌𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐁𝐄𝐆𝐈𝐍𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐒 — 𝐀 𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐂𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐁𝐎𝐑𝐍 𝐁𝐄𝐓𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐍 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐋𝐃𝐒 (1846–1860s) 𝐄𝐫𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐯𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐜𝐡 was born on 23 November…

𝐇𝐞𝐧𝐫𝐢 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜̧𝐨𝐢𝐬 𝐉𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐩𝐡 𝐕𝐢𝐞𝐮𝐱𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐬 (𝟏𝟕 𝐅𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟏𝟖𝟐𝟎 – 𝟔 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝟏𝟖𝟖𝟏) was a Belgian composer and violinist. 𝐇𝐞𝐧𝐫𝐢 𝐕𝐢𝐞𝐮𝐱𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐬: 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐧 𝐧𝐨.𝟏, 𝐨𝐩. 𝟏𝟎, 𝐞𝐧 𝐦𝐢 𝐦𝐚𝐣𝐞𝐮𝐫, 𝐕𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐚 𝐒𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐤𝐚 (𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐧) - 𝐎𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞 𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐞…

𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐃 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐔𝐒𝐒 — 𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐒𝐄𝐑𝐕𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐃𝐈𝐆𝐘 𝐓𝐎 𝐒𝐘𝐌𝐏𝐇𝐎𝐍𝐈𝐂 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐎𝐋𝐔𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐑𝐘 (𝟏𝟖𝟔𝟒–𝟏𝟖𝟗𝟔) 𝐈. 𝐌𝐔𝐍𝐈𝐂𝐇 𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐆𝐈𝐍𝐒 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐀 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐓 𝐅𝐀𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑 (𝟏𝟖𝟔𝟒–𝟏𝟖𝟖𝟎) 𝐑𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐆𝐞𝐨𝐫𝐠 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐬 (1864–1949) was born on 11 June 1864 in Munich, into a deeply musical…

𝐒𝐈𝐑 𝐄𝐃𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐃 𝐄𝐋𝐆𝐀𝐑 — 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐕𝐎𝐈𝐂𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐄𝐃𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐃𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐄𝐍𝐆𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐃: 𝐋𝐈𝐅𝐄, 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐔𝐆𝐆𝐋𝐄 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐓𝐑𝐈𝐔𝐌𝐏𝐇 (𝟏𝟖𝟓𝟕–𝟏𝟗𝟑𝟒) 𝐈. 𝐇𝐔𝐌𝐁𝐋𝐄 𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐆𝐈𝐍𝐒 𝐈𝐍 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐂𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐑𝐄 (𝟏𝟖𝟓𝟕–𝟏𝟖𝟕𝟎𝐬) 𝐒𝐢𝐫 𝐄𝐝𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐦 𝐄𝐥𝐠𝐚𝐫 (𝟏𝟖𝟓𝟕–𝟏𝟗𝟑𝟒) was born on 2 June 1857 in Lower Broadheath,…

## **𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐍 𝐖𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐄𝐋𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐍 (𝟏𝟖𝟒𝟗–𝟏𝟗𝟏𝟐)** **A Rigorous Essay on His Life and Professional Activity** ## **𝐈. 𝐎𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐔𝐧𝐮𝐬𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 (𝟏𝟖𝟒𝟗–𝟏𝟖𝟕𝟓)** **Hermann Winkelmann** was born on **March 8, 1849, in Brunswick (Braunschweig), Germany**.…

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗢𝗠𝗔𝗡 𝗪𝗛𝗢 𝗦𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗘𝗗 𝗧𝗪𝗢 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗥𝗘𝗩𝗢𝗟𝗨𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦 — 𝗡𝗔𝗗𝗘𝗭𝗛𝗗𝗔 𝗩𝗢𝗡 𝗠𝗘𝗖𝗞, 𝗧𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗜𝗞𝗢𝗩𝗦𝗞𝗬 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗗𝗘𝗕𝗨𝗦𝗦𝗬 ## 𝗡𝗮𝗱𝗲𝘇𝗵𝗱𝗮 𝘃𝗼𝗻 𝗠𝗲𝗰𝗸: 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗧𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗸𝗼𝘃𝘀𝗸𝘆 𝘄𝗵𝗼, 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘁, 𝗴𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝗯𝘂𝘀𝘀𝘆 𝗮 “𝘀𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵” (𝟭𝟴𝟳𝟲–𝟭𝟴𝟵𝟬 / 𝟭𝟴𝟴𝟬–𝟭𝟴𝟴𝟮)…

𝗖𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲 𝗦𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘁-𝗦𝗮ë𝗻𝘀 (𝟭𝟴𝟯𝟱–𝟭𝟵𝟮𝟭) was a 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗵 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗿, 𝗽𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁, 𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿, He was born on 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟵, 𝟭𝟴𝟯𝟱, 𝗶𝗻 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘀, 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲, and displayed 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗮 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗴𝗲. He was already 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴…

𝗝𝗘𝗔𝗡 𝗦𝗜𝗕𝗘𝗟𝗜𝗨𝗦 — 𝗣𝗦𝗬𝗖𝗛𝗢𝗟𝗢𝗚𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗜𝗧, 𝗛𝗢𝗕𝗕𝗜𝗘𝗦, 𝗔𝗡𝗘𝗖𝗗𝗢𝗧𝗘𝗦 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗖𝗨𝗥𝗜𝗢𝗦𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗘𝗦 Jean Sibelius remains one of the most fascinating personalities in music history: a nationalist visionary, a hypersensitive introvert, a nature mystic, and a man haunted…

**Marin Marais (1656–1728) **was a French Baroque composer and virtuoso of the viola da gamba, and one of the leading musicians at the court of Louis XIV. A student of Sainte-Colombe and later a…

# **Andromeda Remastered 4 ** **ANDRCD9024** **Bruckner** – Symphonies Nos. 4, 7 & 8 – Otto Klemperer (1954–1957) **ANDRCD9025** **Schubert** – Symphonies Nos. 8 & 9 – Hans Knappertsbusch (Live 1950–1957) **ANDRCD9027** **Strauss** –…

In the photograph, **the graves of Johann Strauss (son) and Johannes Brahms can be seen side by side in Vienna**. Both composers are buried in the **Zentralfriedhof**, Vienna’s central cemetery, where many of the…

# **Wagner: Die Walküre - Thomas Schippers**, NHK Symphony Orchestra (Recorded 11th April, 1967, Festival Hall, Osaka) - Stereo [[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fJvvj63aWM](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fJvvj63aWM)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fJvvj63aWM)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fJvvj63aWM) Act 1 [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piP_Nue851g&t=23s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piP_Nue851g&t=23s)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piP_Nue851g&t=23s) Act 2 [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5654MBBZth0](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5654MBBZth0)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5654MBBZth0) Act 3 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Uiw0eu6LCQm](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Uiw0eu6LCQm) Complete Siegmund — Jess Thomas…

# **Carlos Kleiber conducts Tristan und Isolde (1973 live; Windgassen, Ligendza, Frick, Neidlinger) ** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZvUTC4bcwY](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZvUTC4bcwY)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZvUTC4bcwY) **Württembergische Staatsoper** Chorus - Württembergische Staatsoper Tristan - **Wolfgang Windgassen** Isolde - **Catarina Ligendza** Brangaene - **Grace Hoffman** Marke…

# **Giuseppe Verdi: Aida - Birgit Nilsson, Franco Corelli, Grace Bumbry, Mario Sereni - Teatro dell’Opera di Roma - Zubin Mehta** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/giuseppe-verdi-147060106?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/giuseppe-verdi-147060106?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)

# **Haydn - Symphonies Nos. 74 - 75 - 76 - Cologne Chamber Orchestra - Helmut Müller-Brühl ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/haydn-symphonies-146635629?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/haydn-symphonies-146635629?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) ## **Symphony No. 74 in E-flat major, Hob. I:74 (c. 1781)** **Grace, balance, and controlled…

# **Haydn - Symphonies Nos. 66 - 67 - 68 - Nikolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia - Bela Drahos ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/haydn-symphonies-146634996?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/haydn-symphonies-146634996?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) **Symphony No. 66 in B-flat major, Hob. I:66 (c. 1775)** **Light as structure, not superficiality**…

# **Mozart: A Phobia for a Musical Instrument** One of the most curious—and revealing—anecdotes about **Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart** concerns his **aversion to the flute**, an instrument he openly disliked, and at times almost mocked.…

## Tchaikovsky on Mozart Opinions, Quotes, and Primary Sources 1. Mozart as the Supreme Musical Ideal For Tchaikovsky, Mozart was not merely a great composer of the past but **the supreme embodiment of musical…

# **Why Beethoven Is the Most Loved Composer in History — Even More Than Bach and Mozart** To say that **Beethoven is the most loved composer in history** does not mean denying the incomparable…

# **Anecdotes and Curiosities from the Life of Paul Kletzki** ## **1. The boy who memorized orchestral scores before he could shave** In Łódź, musicians would give the teenage Kletzki orchestral parts to test…

# **Laurence Cummings: A Narrative Portrait of a Modern Handelian Maestro** ## **I. A Conductor Formed by the Keyboard: Roots of a Baroque Interpreter** Laurence Cummings belongs to that rare category of early-music conductors…

Grace Bumbry

Opera star Grace Bumbry (right) and her teacher Lotte Lehmann

Grace Bumbry and Shirley Verret