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𝐉𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐒 𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆 (𝟏𝟗𝟐𝟓–𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟓) - 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐍𝐎𝐁𝐋𝐄 𝐕𝐎𝐈𝐂𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐖𝐀𝐆𝐍𝐄𝐑 — 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐍 𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐎𝐑 𝐖𝐇𝐎 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐐𝐔𝐄𝐑𝐄𝐃 𝐁𝐀𝐘𝐑𝐄𝐔𝐓𝐇 𝐀𝐍 𝐔𝐍𝐋𝐈𝐊𝐄𝐋𝐘 𝐁𝐄𝐆𝐈𝐍𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆 — 𝐊𝐀𝐍𝐒𝐀𝐒, 𝟏𝟗𝟐𝟓 𝐉𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐠 (𝟐𝟒 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟏𝟗𝟐𝟓 – 𝟐𝟎 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟓) was born in…

𝐉𝐎𝐍 𝐕𝐈𝐂𝐊𝐄𝐑𝐒 (𝟏𝟗𝟐𝟔–𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟓) - 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐅𝐈𝐄𝐑𝐂𝐄 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐏𝐇𝐄𝐓 𝐎𝐅 𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐀 — 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐃𝐑𝐀𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐂 𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐎𝐑 𝐖𝐇𝐎 𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐒𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐌𝐄𝐃 𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐀 𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐎 𝐀 𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐀𝐋 𝐃𝐑𝐀𝐌𝐀 𝐀 𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐋𝐃𝐇𝐎𝐎𝐃 𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐀𝐍𝐀𝐃𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐏𝐑𝐀𝐈𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐒 — 𝟏𝟗𝟐𝟔 𝐉𝐨𝐧 𝐕𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬 (𝟐𝟗 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟗𝟐𝟔 –…

𝐁𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐧 - 𝐒𝐲𝐦𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐲 𝐍𝐨.𝟑 - 𝐀𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐨 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 in Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/collection/2053627 𝐁𝐄𝐄𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐍’𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐑𝐃 𝐒𝐘𝐌𝐏𝐇𝐎𝐍𝐘, “𝐄𝐑𝐎𝐈𝐂𝐀”: 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐇𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘 𝐎𝐅 𝐈𝐓𝐒 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 Beethoven’s Third Symphony in E-flat major, Op. 55, universally known as the “Eroica”, stands at…

𝐆𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐔𝐋𝐀 𝐉𝐀𝐍𝐎𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐙: 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐈𝐋𝐕𝐄𝐑-𝐆𝐎𝐋𝐃 𝐕𝐎𝐈𝐂𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐌𝐎𝐙𝐀𝐑𝐓, 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐔𝐒𝐒, 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐏𝐔𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐓 𝐋𝐘𝐑𝐈𝐂 𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐀𝐋 𝐎𝐅 𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐓𝐖𝐀𝐑 𝐄𝐔𝐑𝐎𝐏𝐄 Gundula Janowitz belongs to that very rare group of sopranos whose voices seem to exist almost beyond ordinary…

# **𝗠𝗢𝗭𝗔𝗥𝗧 𝗜𝗡 𝗦𝗪𝗔𝗙𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗗’𝗦 𝗕𝗜𝗢𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗣𝗛𝗬 - Chapter 7 — *****Exsultate, Jubilate*** **1) Salzburg Again: Return, Frustration, and the Sense of Confinement** When **Leopold and Wolfgang returned to Salzburg on 28 March 1771**, the city…

𝗠𝗔𝗛𝗟𝗘𝗥: 𝗘𝗔𝗖𝗛 𝗦𝗬𝗠𝗣𝗛𝗢𝗡𝗬 𝗔 𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗘 To say that each Mahler symphony is a world is not a decorative phrase. It is one of the few formulas that comes close to the truth. In Mahler’s…

𝐌𝐨𝐳𝐚𝐫𝐭 - 𝐈𝐝𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐨 - 𝐊𝐚𝐫𝐥 𝐁𝐨𝐡𝐦 - 𝐖𝐢𝐞𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐰 𝐎𝐜𝐡𝐦𝐚𝐧 / 𝐏𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐞𝐫 / 𝐄𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 / 𝐈𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐚 𝐕á𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐲 / 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐧 𝐖𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐥𝐞𝐫 / 𝐄𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐁ü𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐞𝐫 / 𝐒𝐢𝐞𝐠𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐕𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐥 / 𝐑𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐤𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐫 𝐋𝐞𝐢𝐩𝐳𝐢𝐠 / 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐚𝐭𝐬𝐤𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞 𝐃𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐞𝐧 https://www.patreon.com/posts/mozart-idomeneo-152586801?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link…

𝐃𝐀𝐌𝐄 𝐉𝐀𝐍𝐄𝐓 𝐁𝐀𝐊𝐄𝐑 — 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐕𝐎𝐈𝐂𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐍𝐎𝐁𝐋𝐄 𝐌𝐄𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐇𝐎𝐋𝐘: 𝐀 𝐋𝐈𝐅𝐄 𝐃𝐄𝐕𝐎𝐓𝐄𝐃 𝐓𝐎 𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐂 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐈𝐍𝐍𝐄𝐑 𝐓𝐑𝐔𝐓𝐇 (1933– ) 𝐈. 𝐀 𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐋𝐃𝐇𝐎𝐎𝐃 𝐈𝐍 𝐈𝐍𝐃𝐔𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐈𝐀𝐋 𝐄𝐍𝐆𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐃 (1933–1950) 𝐃𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐭 𝐁𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫 (born 21 August 1933) entered…

𝐌𝐨𝐳𝐚𝐫𝐭: 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐍𝐨. 𝟏𝟎 𝐢𝐧 𝐁-𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫, 𝐊𝐕 𝟑𝟔𝟏 (“𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐧 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐚”) — 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐮𝐦 𝐀𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐮𝐦 (𝟏𝟗𝟕𝟑) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogEYg0hkEMI&t=240s 𝐌𝐨𝐳𝐚𝐫𝐭’𝐬 “𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐧 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐚”: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐓𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐄𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞: 𝐀 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐬 𝐁𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠…

## **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**.…

𝗪𝗛𝗬 𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗗 𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗨𝗦𝗦 𝗖𝗔𝗡 𝗕𝗘 𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗕𝗟𝗬 𝗖𝗔𝗟𝗟𝗘𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗠𝗢𝗦𝗧 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗣𝗟𝗘𝗧𝗘 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗣𝗢𝗦𝗘𝗥 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝟮𝟬𝗧𝗛 𝗖𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗬 Calling any single composer “the most complete” is always a value judgment, because “completeness” depends on what we choose…

𝐁𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐧’𝐬 𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐜𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐡𝐦𝐬’𝐬 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 “𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐦” 𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐲𝐦𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜 𝐕𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞 Johannes Brahms lived under a shadow that was both inspiring and terrifying: the presence of Ludwig van Beethoven as the…

# **DIVERTIMENTO, CASSATION, SERENADE - (Book: **Mozart, His Character, His Work by Alfred Einstein**)** Mozart was born into an age when **the sharp boundaries** that later (by around **1800**) separated **chamber from symphonic**, **theatrical…

# **The Art and Orchestral Conducting Style of Arturo Toscanini** 1) **The Toscanini Myth and the Real Toscanini** Arturo Toscanini remains one of the defining figures in the modern history of conducting, not only…

# **The encounter between Giovanni Punto (Bohemian Composer) and Ludwig van Beethoven (Vienna, 1800) ** Giovanni Punto, born **Jan Václav Stich** on **28 September 1746** in Žehušice, Bohemia, stands as one of the most…

# **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.…

# **Wagner: Tristan und Isolde - Ludwig Suthaus - Kirsten Flagstad - Century's record.: Wilhelm Furtwängler ** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGAKgoclJ6A&t=381s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGAKgoclJ6A&t=381s) ## **Why This *****Tristan und Isolde***** Is the Recording of the Century** To call a single…

# **Mozart and the Musicians: Orchestras, Opera Singers, and the Reality Behind the Genius** Mozart’s relationship with **orchestral musicians and opera singers** was complex, deeply human, and often misunderstood. Far from being a distant…

# **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…

# **LEONTYNE PRICE — A LIFE ** ## **Chapter 1 — Origins in Laurel, Mississippi: A Childhood Shaped by Dignity, Faith, and Song (1927–1944)** Leontyne Price was born Mary Violet Leontyne Price on February…

# **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…

# **Mendelssohn - The Young Felix Mendelssohn - The Atlantis Ensemble - Original Instruments ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/mendelssohn-145088126?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/mendelssohn-145088126?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) **CD 1** **Piano Quartet in C minor, Op. 1 (1824)** 1 Allegro vivace 2 Adagio 3 Scherzo -…

# **Maria Callas – A Life in 20 Chapters** ## **Chapter 1 – Origins in a Divided Family (1923–1937)** Maria Kalogeropoulos was born in New York on December 2, 1923, into a Greek immigrant…

# **BENIAMINO GIGLI — A LIFE IN 20 CHAPTERS** *A full, expansive biography* ## **Chapter I — Recanati: The Birth of a Voice (1890–1900)** Beniamino Gigli was born on **March 20, 1890**, in the…