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𝗙𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗗𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗛 𝗡𝗜𝗘𝗧𝗭𝗦𝗖𝗛𝗘 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗥𝗘𝗟𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦𝗛𝗜𝗣 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗱𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗡𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘇𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗲 — 𝟭𝟴𝟰𝟰–𝟭𝟵𝟬𝟬 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗱𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗡𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘇𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗲 was not only one of the most influential philosophers of the modern age; he was also one of the thinkers…

𝗙𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗗𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗛 𝗦𝗖𝗛𝗜𝗟𝗟𝗘𝗥 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗱𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗿 — 𝟭𝟳𝟱𝟵–𝟭𝟴𝟬𝟱 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗱𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗿 occupies a special place among writers whose works entered the history of classical music. He was not only one of…

𝗢𝗦𝗖𝗔𝗥 𝗪𝗜𝗟𝗗𝗘 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖 𝗢𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗿 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗲, born in Dublin on 16 October 1854 and dead in Paris on 30 November 1900, was not a composer, nor was music the central…

𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗟𝗘𝗦 𝗗𝗜𝗖𝗞𝗘𝗡𝗦 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗗𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗻𝘀 was not a composer, nor was he primarily a musical thinker in the way that Goethe, Hoffmann, Tolstoy, or Thomas Mann could be said…

𝗠𝗢𝗭𝗔𝗥𝗧: 𝗔 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘 𝗠𝗔𝗬𝗡𝗔𝗥𝗗 𝗦𝗢𝗟𝗢𝗠𝗢𝗡 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝟭 𝗟𝗘𝗢𝗣𝗢𝗟𝗗 𝗠𝗢𝗭𝗔𝗥𝗧 ════════════════════════════ 𝗜. 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗙𝗔𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗥 𝗕𝗘𝗛𝗜𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗠𝗬𝗧𝗛 The life of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart cannot be understood without first entering the complicated world of 𝗟𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗠𝗼𝘇𝗮𝗿𝘁.…

𝗙𝗟𝗢𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘 𝗠𝗔𝗬 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗝𝗢𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗦 𝗕𝗥𝗔𝗛𝗠𝗦 𝗩𝗢𝗟𝗨𝗠𝗘 𝗜𝗜 — 𝗙𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗟 𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗔𝗟𝗢𝗚𝗨𝗘 𝗣𝗢𝗦𝗧 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀 𝗔𝘀 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗕𝗶𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝘆 𝗢𝗳 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗵𝗺𝘀 After the death of 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗵𝗺𝘀, Florence May’s biography changes its nature.…

𝗙𝗟𝗢𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘 𝗠𝗔𝗬 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗝𝗢𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗦 𝗕𝗥𝗔𝗛𝗠𝗦 𝗩𝗢𝗟𝗨𝗠𝗘 𝗜𝗜 — 𝗙𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗟 𝗦𝗨𝗣𝗣𝗟𝗘𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗔𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟭: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘂𝗲𝘀, 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗢𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗹𝘂𝗱𝗲𝘀, 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗹, 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹𝘀, 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗵𝗺𝘀 𝟭𝟴𝟵𝟳–𝟭𝟵𝟬𝟯 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗱 There is…

𝗛𝗔𝗬𝗗𝗡, 𝗕𝗬 𝗝. 𝗖𝗨𝗧𝗛𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗧 𝗛𝗔𝗗𝗗𝗘𝗡 - 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝟯 𝗔𝗧𝗧𝗜𝗖 𝗦𝗧𝗨𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗔𝗥𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗖𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗖 𝗗𝗢𝗢𝗥𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗚 𝗠𝗔𝗡 𝗙𝗜𝗡𝗗𝗦 𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗣𝗔𝗧𝗛 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗔𝗧𝗧𝗜𝗖 𝗔𝗦 𝗔 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗞𝗦𝗛𝗢𝗣 𝗢𝗙 𝗚𝗘𝗡𝗜𝗨𝗦 The young 𝗝𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗽𝗵 𝗛𝗮𝘆𝗱𝗻 did not find his…

𝗙𝗟𝗢𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘 𝗠𝗔𝗬 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗝𝗢𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗦 𝗕𝗥𝗔𝗛𝗠𝗦 𝗩𝗢𝗟𝗨𝗠𝗘 𝗜𝗜 — 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝟭𝟭 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗻 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹, 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗩𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘁 𝗧𝗼 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻, 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗦𝗼𝗻𝗴𝘀, 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗮’𝘀 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵, 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗵𝗺𝘀’𝘀 𝗜𝗹𝗹𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀, 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀,…

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗢𝗩𝗘 𝗔𝗙𝗙𝗔𝗜𝗥𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗡𝗦— 𝗔𝗣𝗢𝗟𝗟𝗢, 𝗢𝗥𝗣𝗛𝗘𝗨𝗦, 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗜𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗠𝗬𝗧𝗛 𝗢𝗙 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖: 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗜𝗩𝗜𝗡𝗘 𝗢𝗥𝗜𝗚𝗜𝗡 𝗢𝗙 𝗟𝗢𝗩𝗘, 𝗦𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗗, 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗛𝗨𝗠𝗔𝗡 𝗣𝗔𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗢𝗡 Before the lives of historical composers begin, music already belongs to…

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗢𝗩𝗘 𝗔𝗙𝗙𝗔𝗜𝗥𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗡𝗦— 𝗔𝗟𝗘𝗦𝗦𝗔𝗡𝗗𝗥𝗢 𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗗𝗘𝗟𝗟𝗔: 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗘𝗥 𝗢𝗙 𝗣𝗔𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗢𝗡, 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗢𝗩𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗛𝗢𝗥𝗧𝗘𝗡𝗦𝗜𝗔, 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗔𝗡𝗚𝗘𝗥𝗢𝗨𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗥𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗕𝗔𝗥𝗢𝗤𝗨𝗘 𝗥𝗢𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗘 𝗔𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗼 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗮 is one of the most theatrical figures in the…

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗢𝗩𝗘 𝗔𝗙𝗙𝗔𝗜𝗥𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗡𝗦— 𝗗𝗢𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗜𝗖𝗢 𝗦𝗖𝗔𝗥𝗟𝗔𝗧𝗧𝗜: 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗔𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗦𝗢𝗡 𝗢𝗙 𝗔𝗟𝗘𝗦𝗦𝗔𝗡𝗗𝗥𝗢 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗞𝗘𝗬𝗕𝗢𝗔𝗥𝗗 𝗣𝗢𝗘𝗧 𝗢𝗙 𝗜𝗧𝗔𝗟𝗬, 𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧𝗨𝗚𝗔𝗟, 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗦𝗣𝗔𝗜𝗡 𝗗𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗼 𝗦𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗶 stands in musical history as one of the most astonishing…

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗢𝗩𝗘 𝗔𝗙𝗙𝗔𝗜𝗥𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗡𝗦— 𝗔𝗟𝗘𝗦𝗦𝗔𝗡𝗗𝗥𝗢 𝗦𝗖𝗔𝗥𝗟𝗔𝗧𝗧𝗜: 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗢𝗟𝗘𝗠𝗡 𝗙𝗔𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗥 𝗢𝗙 𝗡𝗘𝗔𝗣𝗢𝗟𝗜𝗧𝗔𝗡 𝗢𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗔 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗬𝗡𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗬 𝗢𝗙 𝗗𝗢𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗜𝗖𝗢 𝗦𝗖𝗔𝗥𝗟𝗔𝗧𝗧𝗜 𝗔𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗼 𝗦𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗶 occupies a commanding but strangely shadowed place in the history of music.…

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗢𝗩𝗘 𝗔𝗙𝗙𝗔𝗜𝗥𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗡𝗦 — 𝗝𝗘𝗔𝗡-𝗣𝗛𝗜𝗟𝗜𝗣𝗣𝗘 𝗥𝗔𝗠𝗘𝗔𝗨: 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗜𝗟𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗠𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗢𝗙 𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗠𝗢𝗡𝗬, 𝗢𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗔, 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗗𝗢𝗠𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗖 𝗗𝗜𝗦𝗤𝗨𝗜𝗘𝗧 𝗝𝗲𝗮𝗻-𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗽𝗽𝗲 𝗥𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗮𝘂 belongs to that rare class of composers whose genius seems divided between two opposite…

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗢𝗩𝗘 𝗔𝗙𝗙𝗔𝗜𝗥𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗡𝗦 — 𝗝𝗘𝗔𝗡-𝗕𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗘 𝗟𝗨𝗟𝗟𝗬: 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗜𝗧𝗔𝗟𝗜𝗔𝗡 𝗪𝗛𝗢 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗤𝗨𝗘𝗥𝗘𝗗 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗛 𝗢𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗔 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗖𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗧 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗨𝗡 𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗝𝗲𝗮𝗻-𝗕𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲 𝗟𝘂𝗹𝗹𝘆 was one of the most brilliant, dangerous, and theatrical personalities…

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗢𝗩𝗘 𝗔𝗙𝗙𝗔𝗜𝗥𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗡𝗦— 𝗛𝗘𝗜𝗡𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗛 𝗦𝗖𝗛Ü𝗧𝗭: 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗜𝗗𝗢𝗪𝗘𝗗 𝗙𝗔𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗥 𝗢𝗙 𝗚𝗘𝗥𝗠𝗔𝗡 𝗦𝗔𝗖𝗥𝗘𝗗 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖 𝗛𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗦𝗰𝗵ü𝘁𝘇 stands at one of the most important crossroads in the history of European music. He belongs to…

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗢𝗩𝗘 𝗔𝗙𝗙𝗔𝗜𝗥𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗡𝗦— 𝗛𝗘𝗡𝗥𝗬 𝗣𝗨𝗥𝗖𝗘𝗟𝗟: 𝗢𝗥𝗣𝗛𝗘𝗨𝗦 𝗕𝗥𝗜𝗧𝗔𝗡𝗡𝗜𝗖𝗨𝗦, 𝗙𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗘𝗦 𝗣𝗨𝗥𝗖𝗘𝗟𝗟, 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗠𝗘𝗟𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗛𝗢𝗟𝗬 𝗚𝗟𝗢𝗥𝗬 𝗢𝗙 𝗘𝗡𝗚𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗛 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖 𝗛𝗲𝗻𝗿𝘆 𝗣𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗹 stands in English musical history with a strange and almost lunar splendour. He…

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗢𝗩𝗘 𝗔𝗙𝗙𝗔𝗜𝗥𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗡𝗦— 𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗨𝗗𝗜𝗢 𝗠𝗢𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗗𝗜: 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗜𝗗𝗢𝗪𝗘𝗗 𝗥𝗘𝗩𝗢𝗟𝗨𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗥𝗬 𝗕𝗘𝗧𝗪𝗘𝗘𝗡 𝗟𝗢𝗩𝗘, 𝗙𝗔𝗠𝗜𝗟𝗬, 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗖𝗛𝗨𝗥𝗖𝗛 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗼 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗶 occupies one of the decisive places in the history of Western music. He stands at…

𝗛𝗔𝗬𝗗𝗡, 𝗕𝗬 𝗝. 𝗖𝗨𝗧𝗛𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗧 𝗛𝗔𝗗𝗗𝗘𝗡 - 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝟮 𝗩𝗜𝗘𝗡𝗡𝗔 — 𝟭𝟳𝟱𝟬–𝟭𝟳𝟲𝟬 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗟𝗢𝗥𝗡 𝗘𝗫-𝗖𝗛𝗢𝗥𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗪𝗛𝗢 𝗕𝗘𝗖𝗔𝗠𝗘 𝗔 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗣𝗢𝗦𝗘𝗥 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗘𝗘𝗧𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗩𝗜𝗘𝗡𝗡𝗔: 𝗔 𝗕𝗢𝗬 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗔 𝗩𝗢𝗜𝗖𝗘, 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗠𝗢𝗡𝗘𝗬, 𝗕𝗨𝗧 𝗡𝗢𝗧 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗔 𝗙𝗨𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘…

𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗼 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶 — 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗢𝗳 𝗧𝗲𝗻𝗼𝗿𝘀, 𝗔 𝗩𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗢𝗳 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝗲, 𝗕𝗲𝗮𝘂𝘁𝘆, 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗼𝗶𝗰 𝗚𝗹𝗮𝗺𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗼 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶 was one of the most spectacular Italian tenors of the twentieth century, a singer whose name still…

𝗛𝗔𝗬𝗗𝗡, 𝗕𝗬 𝗝. 𝗖𝗨𝗧𝗛𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗧 𝗛𝗔𝗗𝗗𝗘𝗡 - 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝟭 𝗙𝗥𝗢𝗠 𝗥𝗢𝗛𝗥𝗔𝗨 𝗧𝗢 𝗦𝗧 𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗣𝗛𝗘𝗡’𝗦: 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗖𝗛𝗜𝗟𝗗 𝗪𝗛𝗢 𝗦𝗔𝗡𝗚 𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗪𝗔𝗬 𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗢 𝗗𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗬 𝗔 𝗚𝗘𝗡𝗜𝗨𝗦 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗚𝗜𝗖 𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗥𝗘 The life of 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘇 𝗝𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗽𝗵 𝗛𝗮𝘆𝗱𝗻 begins without…

𝗣𝗔𝗦𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗥𝗢𝗚𝗘 — 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗢𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗚𝗶𝗳𝘁: 𝟭𝟵𝟱𝟭–𝗘𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝟭𝟵𝟲𝟬𝘀 𝗣𝗮𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗥𝗼𝗴𝗲 was born in 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘀 on 𝟲 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹 𝟭𝟵𝟱𝟭. He belongs to the distinguished French pianistic tradition, but his…

𝗝𝗢𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗡 𝗦𝗘𝗕𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗔𝗡 𝗕𝗔𝗖𝗛 𝗖. 𝗙. 𝗔𝗯𝗱𝘆 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗺𝘀 — 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗩𝗜𝗜 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀: 𝗛𝗼𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗿, 𝗖𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗺, 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁, 𝗕𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀, 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝗜. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗲𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗢𝗳 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗩𝗜𝗜 Chapter VII of C. F. Abdy Williams’s…

𝗙𝗟𝗢𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘 𝗠𝗔𝗬 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗝𝗢𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗦 𝗕𝗥𝗔𝗛𝗠𝗦 𝗩𝗢𝗟𝗨𝗠𝗘 𝗜𝗜 — 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝟵 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗩𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗮 𝗧𝗼𝗻𝗸ü𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗹𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗶𝗻, 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝘆, 𝗛𝘂𝗴𝗼 𝗪𝗼𝗹𝗳, 𝗧𝗵𝘂𝗻, 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀, 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗼𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗼, 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝘅𝘀𝗲𝗻’𝘀 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵, 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗶𝗽𝘀𝘆 𝗦𝗼𝗻𝗴𝘀,…