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𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗲𝗳 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗴𝗲𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘄 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗺 𝗞𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗞𝗹𝗮𝘂𝘀 𝗠𝗮̈𝗸𝗲𝗹𝗮̈: 𝗔 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗺𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗮𝗺’𝘀 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 Few orchestras in the world have constructed their identity through so small and so…

𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗨𝗗𝗜𝗢 𝗔𝗕𝗕𝗔𝗗𝗢 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗘𝗥 𝗣𝗛𝗜𝗟𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗠𝗢𝗡𝗜𝗞𝗘𝗥 “𝗜’𝗺 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗼 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲.” 𝗔 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆, 𝗱𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘂𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗲𝗳 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿, 𝟭𝟵𝟵𝟬–𝟮𝟬𝟬𝟮 𝗔𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗷𝗮𝗻: 𝗮𝗻 𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮 𝗮𝘁 𝗮 𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗱𝘀 When 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗼 𝗔𝗯𝗯𝗮𝗱𝗼 was…

𝗙𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗗𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗜𝗻 𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗝𝗲𝘄𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗸𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝘇𝘆𝗺𝗼𝗻 𝗚𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗴, 𝗚𝗶𝗹𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗸, 𝗡𝗶𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗶 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝘂𝗱𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗝𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗽𝗵 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝘅𝗶𝗹𝗲 Around 1930, a photograph preserved…

𝗪𝗜𝗟𝗛𝗘𝗟𝗠 𝗙𝗨𝗥𝗧𝗪𝗔̈𝗡𝗚𝗟𝗘𝗥 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗘𝗥 𝗣𝗛𝗜𝗟𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗠𝗢𝗡𝗜𝗞𝗘𝗥 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗮𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰, 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗲𝗳 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿, 𝟭𝟵𝟮𝟮–𝟭𝟵𝟯𝟰 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝟭𝟵𝟱𝟮–𝟭𝟵𝟱𝟰 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗱 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮’𝘀 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘆 In the early history of…

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗘𝗥 𝗣𝗛𝗜𝗟𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗠𝗢𝗡𝗜𝗞𝗘𝗥 𝗜𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗙𝗜𝗥𝗦𝗧 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗟𝗗 𝗪𝗔𝗥 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰, 𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘁𝗶𝘀𝗺, 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗮 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗵𝘂𝗿 𝗡𝗶𝗸𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗵 𝟭𝟵𝟭𝟰–𝟭𝟵𝟭𝟴 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗮𝗿 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹 When the First World War broke out in the summer…

𝗝𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗼𝗻 𝗢𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗻𝘀, 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗛𝗶𝘀 𝗥𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝗧𝗼 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗰𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝘀 𝗔 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗝𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗼𝗻 — born on 𝗝𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟭𝟬, 𝟭𝟵𝟭𝟬, in 𝗟𝘆𝗼𝗻, France, and died on 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝟭, 𝟭𝟵𝟳𝟲, in Paris — was…

𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗼𝗱𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗧𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗔 𝗦𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗢𝗳 𝗛𝗶𝘀 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲, 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗿, 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗼𝗱𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗧𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘀 — born 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟭, 𝟭𝟴𝟯𝟱, in 𝗘𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘀, East Frisia, and died 𝗝𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟰, 𝟭𝟵𝟬𝟱, in 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗴𝗼 — was one of…

𝗔𝗥𝗡𝗢𝗟𝗗 𝗥𝗢𝗦𝗘́ 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗚𝗨𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗩 𝗠𝗔𝗛𝗟𝗘𝗥 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗙𝗘𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗟 𝗧𝗥𝗨𝗦𝗧, 𝗙𝗔𝗠𝗜𝗟𝗬 𝗧𝗜𝗘𝗦, 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗜𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗥 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗟𝗗 𝗢𝗙 𝗩𝗜𝗘𝗡𝗡𝗔 The relationship between 𝗔𝗿𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗝𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗳 𝗥𝗼𝘀𝗲́ 𝟭𝟴𝟲𝟯–𝟭𝟵𝟰𝟲 and 𝗚𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘃 𝗠𝗮𝗵𝗹𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟴𝟲𝟬–𝟭𝟵𝟭𝟭 was one of the most significant intersections of…

𝗔𝗡𝗔𝗧𝗢𝗟𝗘 𝗙𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗨𝗟𝗔𝗥𝗜 𝗔 𝗖𝗛𝗥𝗢𝗡𝗢𝗟𝗢𝗚𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗜𝗧 𝗢𝗙 𝗔 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗗𝗨𝗖𝗧𝗢𝗥 𝗢𝗙 𝗕𝗔𝗟𝗟𝗘𝗧, 𝗥𝗨𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗔𝗡 𝗣𝗔𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗢𝗡, 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗢𝗥𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗟 𝗖𝗢𝗟𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗔𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗹𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗶 was born in 𝗞𝗶𝗲𝘃 on 𝟮𝟬 𝗔𝘂𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝟭𝟵𝟬𝟳 and died in 𝗟𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗻 on 𝟮𝟭 𝗔𝘂𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝟭𝟵𝟵𝟱, one…

𝗙𝗟𝗢𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘 𝗠𝗔𝗬 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗝𝗢𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗦 𝗕𝗥𝗔𝗛𝗠𝗦 𝗩𝗢𝗟𝗨𝗠𝗘 𝗜 — 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝟰 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴: 𝗝𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗺, 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘇𝘁, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻 𝟭𝟴𝟱𝟯 Chapter 4 is one of the turning-points…

𝗙𝗟𝗢𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘 𝗠𝗔𝗬 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗝𝗢𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗦 𝗕𝗥𝗔𝗛𝗠𝗦 𝗩𝗢𝗟𝗨𝗠𝗘 𝗜 — 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝟮 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝘅𝘀𝗲𝗻, 𝗪𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗻, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝟭𝟴𝟰𝟱–𝟭𝟴𝟰𝟴 Chapter 2 follows Johannes Brahms from the protected promise of…

𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗟’𝗦 𝗙𝗨𝗡𝗘𝗥𝗔𝗟 𝗔𝗧 𝗪𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗔𝗕𝗕𝗘𝗬 — 𝗔 𝗙𝗨𝗟𝗟 𝗡𝗔𝗥𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗟𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗻, 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹 𝟭𝟳𝟱𝟵: 𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀, 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲, 𝗪𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗺𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗜. 𝗟𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗹’𝘀 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵 When 𝗚𝗲𝗼𝗿𝗴 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗹 died in…

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗛 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗨𝗗𝗜𝗢 𝗠𝗢𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗗𝗜 — 𝗔 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗣𝗟𝗘𝗧𝗘 𝗡𝗔𝗥𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗔𝗡𝗔𝗟𝗬𝗦𝗜𝗦 𝗜𝗹𝗹𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀, 𝗲𝘅𝗵𝗮𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗿 𝗜. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗲: 𝗔 𝗠𝗮𝗻 𝗕𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗧𝘄𝗼 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱𝘀 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗼 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗶 died…

𝗦𝗶𝗿 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗻 𝗘𝗹𝗶𝗼𝘁 𝗚𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗿 (𝗯. 𝟭𝟵𝟰𝟯): 𝗔 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗕𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗵, 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗶, 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝘁𝗵, 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗮 𝗼𝗳 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗥𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘄𝗮𝗹 𝗜. 𝗔 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗘𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝘆, 𝗥𝗵𝗲𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗰, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝗶𝗿 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗻 𝗘𝗹𝗶𝗼𝘁 𝗚𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗿,…

𝗡𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗮𝘀 𝗠𝗰𝗚𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗻 (𝗯. 𝟭𝟵𝟱𝟬): 𝗔 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗕𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗽𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗱, 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗹, 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗝𝗼𝘆𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗥𝗲𝗯𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗼𝗾𝘂𝗲 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗜. 𝗔 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗝𝗼𝘆, 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗡𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗮𝘀 𝗠𝗰𝗚𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗻, often affectionately known as…

𝗔𝗹𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗕𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗹 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁: 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲, 𝗔𝗿𝘁, 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆, 𝗖𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗻𝗲𝗰𝗱𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀 Alfred Brendel occupies a singular place in the history of twentieth-century pianism. He was not the glamorous prodigy, not the thunderous virtuoso, not…

𝗚𝗨𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗩 𝗠𝗔𝗛𝗟𝗘𝗥 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗔𝗟𝗠𝗔 𝗦𝗖𝗛𝗜𝗡𝗗𝗟𝗘𝗥 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗘𝗗𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗔𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗞𝗔𝗥𝗟𝗦𝗞𝗜𝗥𝗖𝗛𝗘 — 𝗩𝗜𝗘𝗡𝗡𝗔, 𝟵 𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗖𝗛 𝟭𝟵𝟬𝟮 The marriage of 𝗚𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘃 𝗠𝗮𝗵𝗹𝗲𝗿 and 𝗔𝗹𝗺𝗮 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗹𝗲𝗿 took place in 𝗩𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗮, at the 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘀𝗸𝗶𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲, on 𝗦𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝟵 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵…

𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗼 𝗔𝗯𝗯𝗮𝗱𝗼: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗲 ⠀ 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗜 – 𝗠𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗻: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗼 𝗔𝗯𝗯𝗮𝗱𝗼 was born on 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝟮𝟲, 𝟭𝟵𝟯𝟯, in 𝗠𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗻, into one of…

𝗜𝘃𝗼 𝗣𝗼𝗴𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗵: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗗𝗲𝗳𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲, 𝗩𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗱𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 ⠀ 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗜 – 𝗕𝗲𝗹𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝗮𝗻 𝗨𝗻𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗜𝘃𝗼 𝗣𝗼𝗴𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗵 was born on 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬, 𝟭𝟵𝟱𝟴, in 𝗕𝗲𝗹𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲, then part of…

𝗚é𝘇𝗮 𝗔𝗻𝗱𝗮: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗼𝗲𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗜 – 𝗔 𝗛𝘂𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗕𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴: 𝗕𝘂𝗱𝗮𝗽𝗲𝘀𝘁, 𝟭𝟵𝟮𝟭 𝗚é𝘇𝗮 𝗔𝗻𝗱𝗮 was born on 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟵, 𝟭𝟵𝟮𝟭, in 𝗕𝘂𝗱𝗮𝗽𝗲𝘀𝘁, a city whose musical culture was…

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗗𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗼𝘀𝗶𝗺𝗮 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘇𝘁 — 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗶𝗱𝗼𝘄 𝗼𝗳 𝗪𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗪𝗮𝗵𝗻𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗱 Cosima Liszt — better known to history as 𝗖𝗼𝘀𝗶𝗺𝗮 𝗪𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗿 — died in Bayreuth on 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹 𝟭,…

𝗕𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗦𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀 — 𝗔 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝟭 — 𝗕𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗹𝘆𝗻 𝗕𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 (𝟭𝟵𝟮𝟵–𝟭𝟵𝟯𝟯) Beverly Sills was born Belle Miriam Silverman on May 25, 1929, in Brooklyn, New York, to immigrant parents of Russian-Jewish descent. Music entered…

𝐒𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐧𝐞𝐬: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐝𝐢 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐓𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫, 𝐍𝐨𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝 There are baritones whose greatness lies in vocal beauty alone, and others whose greatness comes from something broader and…

𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘇 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘇𝘁 𝟭𝟴𝟭𝟭-𝟭𝟴𝟴𝟲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗚é𝘇𝗮 𝗭𝗶𝗰𝗵𝘆 𝘇𝘂 𝗩á𝘀𝗼𝗻𝘆𝗸𝗲ö 𝟭𝟴𝟰𝟵-𝟭𝟵𝟮𝟰. 𝗣𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵 𝗯𝘆 𝗘𝗱𝗲 𝗞𝗼𝘇𝗶𝗰𝘀, 𝟭𝟴𝟴𝟭. 𝗢𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗥𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗘𝗻𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 The relationship between Franz Liszt (1811–1886) and Géza Zichy (1849–1924) stands as one of the…