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# **Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725)** # **Anecdotes and Curiosities from His Life and Work ** Alessandro Scarlatti was not only the **founder of the Neapolitan operatic school** and one of the most influential composers of…

## 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…

# **Schubertian melody: emotion made into time ** The **single defining characteristic that places Franz Schubert above any other composer in that specific realm** is **his uniquely natural ability to transform inner emotional experience…

# **Pauline Viardot — A Life in 20 Chapters** **The Voice of Europe, The Muse of Composers, and One of the Most Influential Artists of the 19th Century** ## **Chapter 1 — A Childhood…

# **Johann Adolf Hasse – *****L’Olimpiade***** (1756 / versions 1735–1762) - Frieder Bernius** *A Masterwork of Opera Seria, Olympian Virtuosity, and Metastasian Drama * [[https://www.patreon.com/posts/hasse-lolimpiade-145081214?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/hasse-lolimpiade-145081214?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)](https://www.patreon.com/posts/hasse-lolimpiade-145081214?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) ## **1. The Libretto: Metastasio’s Most Perfect Dramatic Architecture**…

# **A FULL ANALYSIS OF LOUIS SPOHR’S EIGHT SYMPHONIES** ## **I. Introduction — Spohr’s Symphonic World** To explore the eight symphonies of **Louis Spohr** is to enter the most refined borderland between the Classical…

# **Saint-Saëns - Les Barbares - Opera - 1901 - Laurent Campellone** [[https://www.patreon.com/posts/saint-saens-les-144677820?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/saint-saens-les-144677820?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)](https://www.patreon.com/posts/saint-saens-les-144677820?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) **SAINT-SAËNS — *****LES BARBARES*** *A Narrative History of the Opera* ## **I. Genesis of an Ambitious Project: France’s Operatic Landscape in…

# **HENRY HOLDEN HUSS — A LIFE** ## **I. Origins, Musical Childhood, and Early American Formation** Henry Holden Huss was born on **June 21, 1862**, in Newark, New Jersey, at a time when the…

# **JOSEPH MARX — A LIFE** ## **I. Origins, Childhood, and the Awakening of a Rich Inner World** Joseph Marx was born on **May 11, 1882**, in Graz, a city whose cultural life blended…

# **Saint Cecilia: Patron Saint of Music — History, Symbolism, and Musical Works Inspired by Her** Saint Cecilia, long revered as the **patron saint of music**, occupies a unique place at the intersection of…

𝗦𝗖𝗛𝗨𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗡 — 𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗖 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗞 𝗝𝗘𝗡𝗦𝗘𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗠𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗡𝗦 — 𝗢𝗫𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗗 𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗜𝗧𝗬 𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗦 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝟳 — 𝗖𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗧𝗦𝗛𝗜𝗣 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗥𝗜𝗔𝗚𝗘 𝗔 𝗟𝗢𝗩𝗘 𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗬 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗕𝗘𝗖𝗔𝗠𝗘 𝗔 𝗧𝗥𝗜𝗔𝗟 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗔𝗖𝗧𝗘𝗥 The courtship of 𝗥𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻 and 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗮…

𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗸𝗼𝗳𝗶𝗲𝘃 - 𝗧𝗼𝗰𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗶𝗻 𝗗 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗼𝗿, 𝗢𝗽. 𝟭𝟭 - 1912 - 𝗬𝘂𝗷𝗮 𝗪𝗮𝗻𝗴 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9UcVZRTb64 Perhaps it is 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗸𝗼𝗳𝗶𝗲𝘃’𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗼𝗽𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝗼 𝗽𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗼. Absolutely 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗮𝗰𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿. 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗶 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗸𝗼𝗳𝗶𝗲𝘃 composed the 𝗧𝗼𝗰𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗶𝗻 𝗗 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗼𝗿,…

𝗪𝗢𝗟𝗙𝗚𝗔𝗡𝗚 𝗔𝗠𝗔𝗗𝗘𝗨𝗦 𝗠𝗢𝗭𝗔𝗥𝗧 – 𝗭𝗮𝗶𝗱𝗲, 𝗞. 𝟯𝟰𝟰 / 𝟯𝟯𝟲𝗯 – 𝗜𝗮𝗻 𝗣𝗮𝗴𝗲 - 𝗨𝗻𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗚𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗦𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗲𝗹 𝗶𝗻 𝗧𝘄𝗼 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝘀 - 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗱: 𝟭𝟳𝟳𝟵–𝟭𝟳𝟴𝟬 - 𝗟𝗶𝗯𝗿𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗼: 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻 𝗔𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗰𝗵𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿 https://www.patreon.com/posts/mozart-zaide-ian-159120540?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link 𝗭𝗮𝗶𝗱𝗲 is one of Mozart’s most…

𝗥𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗼𝘃 – 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮 - 𝗡𝗲𝗲𝗺𝗲 𝗝𝗮𝗿𝘃𝗶 - 𝗗𝗲𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗶𝘁 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮 https://www.patreon.com/posts/rachmaninov-for-158807721?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link This Chandos disc is especially interesting because it presents 𝗥𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗼𝘃 not only as the great composer-pianist of the Russian late-Romantic tradition,…

𝗕𝗥𝗔𝗛𝗠𝗦 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗠𝗔𝗛𝗟𝗘𝗥 𝗔 𝗠𝗘𝗘𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗪𝗢 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗟𝗗𝗦 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗧 𝗚𝗨𝗔𝗥𝗗𝗜𝗔𝗡 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗠 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗣𝗛𝗘𝗧 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗠𝗢𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗡 𝗦𝗢𝗨𝗟 The meeting between 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗵𝗺𝘀 and 𝗚𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘃 𝗠𝗮𝗵𝗹𝗲𝗿 belongs to those rare…

𝗣𝗬𝗢𝗧𝗥 𝗜𝗟𝗬𝗜𝗖𝗛 𝗧𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗜𝗞𝗢𝗩𝗦𝗞𝗬 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗔𝗡𝗧𝗢𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗔 𝗠𝗜𝗟𝗜𝗨𝗞𝗢𝗩𝗔 𝗔 𝗥𝗶𝗴𝗼𝗿𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗰 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗴𝗲 The marriage of 𝗣𝘆𝗼𝘁𝗿 𝗜𝗹𝘆𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗧𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗸𝗼𝘃𝘀𝗸𝘆 and 𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗮 𝗜𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗻𝗮 𝗠𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘂𝗸𝗼𝘃𝗮 is one of the most painful episodes in the composer’s life.…

𝗚𝗨𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗩 𝗠𝗔𝗛𝗟𝗘𝗥’𝗦 𝗦𝗬𝗠𝗣𝗛𝗢𝗡𝗬 𝗡𝗢. 𝟮 𝗜𝗡 𝗖 𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗢𝗥, “𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗨𝗥𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡”: 𝗔 𝗥𝗜𝗚𝗢𝗥𝗢𝗨𝗦 𝗦𝗧𝗨𝗗𝗬 𝗢𝗙 𝗗𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗛, 𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗦𝗖𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘, 𝗦𝗬𝗠𝗣𝗛𝗢𝗡𝗜𝗖 𝗘𝗫𝗣𝗔𝗡𝗦𝗜𝗢𝗡, 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗠𝗘𝗧𝗔𝗣𝗛𝗬𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗗𝗥𝗔𝗠𝗔 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲 𝘀𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰 𝗰𝘆𝗰𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 (Audio Recordings in Patreon): https://www.patreon.com/collection/2129266 Gustav Mahler’s…

𝗧𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗸𝗼𝘃𝘀𝗸𝘆 - 𝗣𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗼 𝗡𝗼 𝟭 𝗢𝗽. 𝟮𝟯 - 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗮 𝗔𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗵 - 𝗞𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗞𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻 - 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗲 𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗱𝗲𝘀 𝗕𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗥𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗸𝘀 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCWH-xbLImc 𝗟𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 – 𝟭𝟵𝟳𝟭, 𝗔𝗺𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗮𝗺 (𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗴𝗲𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘄) 𝗜. 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗧𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗸𝗼𝘃𝘀𝗸𝘆'𝘀…

𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐋 𝐒𝐂𝐇𝐔𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐇𝐓 (𝟏𝟖𝟖𝟎–𝟏𝟗𝟔𝟕) 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐌𝐀𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐎 𝐎𝐅 𝐅𝐋𝐎𝐖 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐓𝐑𝐔𝐓𝐇 — 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐃𝐔𝐂𝐓𝐎𝐑 𝐖𝐇𝐎 𝐋𝐄𝐓 𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐂 𝐁𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐇 𝐁𝐈𝐑𝐓𝐇 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐋𝐘 𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 — 𝐀 𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐂𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐁𝐄𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐄 𝐀 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐃𝐔𝐂𝐓𝐎𝐑 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐥 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐭 (𝟑 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝟏𝟖𝟖𝟎 – 𝟕 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲…

𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗟𝗦𝗦𝗢𝗛𝗡 — 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗣𝗟𝗘𝗧𝗘 𝗦𝗬𝗠𝗣𝗛𝗢𝗡𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗔𝗨𝗗𝗜𝗢 𝗖𝗢𝗟𝗟𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗜𝗡 𝗣𝗔𝗧𝗥𝗘𝗢𝗡 https://www.patreon.com/collection/2014570 Complete Mendelssohn symphony cycles capture the composer’s evolution from youthful brilliance to mature lyrical mastery. The finest collections combine classical clarity, elegant phrasing, and transparent…

𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘅 𝗠𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗹𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗵𝗻 — 𝗔𝗻𝗲𝗰𝗱𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗘𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗛𝗶𝘀 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 Felix Mendelssohn’s life reads like a luminous novel of the Romantic era: a child prodigy raised in privilege, a tireless traveler, a charming social…

# **Monument dedicated to composer Johannes Brahms at Karlsplatz. Vienna ** Photograph by Gerhard Trumler. The monument dedicated to **Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)** stands in the small park near **Karlsplatz**, directly beside Vienna’s **Musikverein**, the…

# **Nikolaus Johann van Beethoven (1776–1848)** Nikolaus Johann van Beethoven, the youngest surviving brother of the composer **Ludwig van Beethoven**, was born in **Bonn on 2 October 1776**. His life unfolded largely in the…

# **Vieuxtemps - Cello Concertos - Heinrich Schiff - Neville Marriner ** [[https://www.patreon.com/posts/vieuxtemps-cello-147550012?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/vieuxtemps-cello-147550012?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)](https://www.patreon.com/posts/vieuxtemps-cello-147550012?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) Henri Vieuxtemps is remembered above all as a towering violin virtuoso and composer, yet his contribution to the cello repertoire—though limited…