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𝗚𝗶𝗼𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗶 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶 — 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗜𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗧𝗲𝗻𝗼𝗿 𝗢𝗳 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗻 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮 𝗚𝗶𝗼𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗶 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶 was one of the most celebrated Italian tenors of the twentieth century, a singer whose long career joined the late Verdian…

# 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗷𝗮𝗻 𝟭𝟵𝟲𝟬𝘀 - 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲 𝗗𝗚 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 - 𝗕𝗼𝘅 𝗦𝗲𝘁 𝟴𝟮𝗖𝗗𝘀 𝗖𝗗 𝟭 — 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘂𝘀𝘀, 𝗥.: Ein Heldenleben Op. 40 𝗖𝗗 𝟮 — 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗵𝗺𝘀: Hungarian Dances / 𝗗𝘃𝗼𝗿̌𝗮́𝗸: Slavonic Dances 𝗖𝗗 𝟯 —…

𝗔𝗿𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗲𝗻𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗴 — 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗸𝗹𝗮̈𝗿𝘁𝗲 𝗡𝗮𝗰𝗵𝘁 — 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝘃𝗼𝗻 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗷𝗮𝗻, 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗻 𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮 — 𝟭𝟵𝟳𝟰 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sCdkuuarhU 𝗔𝗿𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗲𝗻𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗴 — 𝗣𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗠𝗲́𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲, 𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝗲𝗺 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮, 𝗢𝗽. 𝟱 𝟭𝟵𝟬𝟮–𝟭𝟵𝟬𝟯 — 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗻 𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮, 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆…

𝗔𝗥𝗡𝗢𝗟𝗗 𝗦𝗖𝗛𝗢𝗘𝗡𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗚: 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗠𝗔𝗡 𝗪𝗛𝗢 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗚𝗘𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗔𝗡𝗚𝗨𝗔𝗚𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖 Few composers in the history of Western music provoked as much fascination, resistance, misunderstanding, and admiration as 𝗔𝗿𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗲𝗻𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗴. He was born in 𝗩𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗮…

𝗔𝗟𝗕𝗔𝗡 𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗚: 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗬𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗛𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗧 𝗢𝗙 𝗠𝗢𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗡𝗜𝗦𝗠 Among the great composers of the early twentieth century, 𝗔𝗹𝗯𝗮𝗻 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗴 occupies a singular and fascinating place. He was one of the central figures of the 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱…

𝟮𝟬 𝗥𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝗶𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘂𝘀’𝘀 𝗩𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗼 𝟭. 𝗝𝗮𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗮 𝗛𝗲𝗶𝗳𝗲𝘁𝘇 — Chicago Symphony Orchestra — Walter Hendl — 𝗥𝗖𝗔 / 𝗥𝗖𝗔 𝗟𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗼. Probably the most legendary account: incandescent, fast, sharply etched, and almost…

𝗦𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗮 - 𝗗𝗶𝗲 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗸𝗮𝘂𝗳𝘁𝗲 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝘂𝘁 (𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗲) - 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮 - 𝟭𝟴𝟲𝟲 - 𝗥𝘂𝗱𝗼𝗹𝗳 𝗞𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗲 https://www.patreon.com/posts/smetana-die-139010374?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗕𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗘𝗗 𝗕𝗥𝗜𝗗𝗘 — 𝗦𝗠𝗘𝗧𝗔𝗡𝗔’𝗦 𝗖𝗭𝗘𝗖𝗛 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗜𝗖 𝗠𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗣𝗜𝗘𝗖𝗘 𝗗𝗶𝗲 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗸𝗮𝘂𝗳𝘁𝗲 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝘂𝘁 — 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗲 — is undoubtedly…

# **The Legend of Gustav Leonhardt - Box Set 15CDs ** **CD 1** **Bach, J S**: Geschwinde, geschwinde, ihr wirbelnden Winde Cantata, BWV 201 Monika Frimmer (soprano), Max van Egmond (bass), David Wilson-Johnson (bass),…

𝗧𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗸𝗼𝘃𝘀𝗸𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗹𝘆 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗸𝗼𝘃 𝗣𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗥𝗲𝘂𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝟲/𝟭𝟴 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝟭𝟴𝟴𝟴 𝗔𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗹𝘆 𝗔𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗲𝘆𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗸𝗼𝘃 — 𝗥𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗿 𝗕𝗼𝗿𝗻: 𝟮𝟱 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟴𝟱𝟴 / 𝟲 𝗝𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟭𝟴𝟱𝟵, 𝗠𝗼𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘄 𝗗𝗶𝗲𝗱: 𝟭𝟲 𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆…

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…

𝗘𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 (𝟭𝟵𝟯𝟴– ) 𝗕𝗼𝗿𝗻: 𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟭𝟭, 𝟭𝟵𝟯𝟴, in 𝗟𝘂𝗰𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗲, 𝗦𝘄𝗶𝘁𝘇𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗘𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 is one of the most distinguished 𝗹𝘆𝗿𝗶𝗰 𝘀𝗼𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗼𝘀 of the 20th century, admired for her 𝗽𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗲, 𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗽𝗵𝗿𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴,…

𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗯𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝗕𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝘆 (𝗯. 𝟭𝟵𝟱𝟲) 𝗕𝗼𝗿𝗻: 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹 𝟭𝟰, 𝟭𝟵𝟱𝟲, in 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗰𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗿, 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗝𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲𝘆, 𝗨𝗦𝗔 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗯𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝗕𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝘆 is one of the most refined 𝗹𝘆𝗿𝗶𝗰 𝘀𝗼𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗼𝘀 of the late 20th century, admired for her 𝗽𝘂𝗿𝗲…

𝗞𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗹𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗕𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 (𝗯. 𝟭𝟵𝟰𝟴) 𝗕𝗼𝗿𝗻: 𝗔𝘂𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝟭𝟯, 𝟭𝟵𝟰𝟴, in 𝗣𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘀𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵, 𝗢𝗵𝗶𝗼, 𝗨𝗦𝗔 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗞𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗹𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗕𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 is one of the most distinguished 𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘀𝗼𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗼𝘀 of the late 20th century, renowned for her 𝗽𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗲,…

𝗥𝗲𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗧𝗲𝗯𝗮𝗹𝗱𝗶 (𝟭𝟵𝟮𝟮 – 𝟮𝟬𝟬𝟰) Born: February 1, 1922, in Pesaro, Italy Died: December 19, 2004, in San Marino One of the most beloved sopranos of the 20th century, she was celebrated for her…

𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐳𝐨𝐧: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐭 𝐎𝐟 𝐓𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐓𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐌𝐨𝐳𝐚𝐫𝐭, 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐭, 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐡𝐦𝐬 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐀𝐫𝐭 𝐎𝐟 𝐍𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞, 𝐍𝐨𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐧𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐞 There are pianists whose greatness lies in sheer command, and there are others whose…

𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐦 𝐊𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐟𝐟: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐨𝐞𝐭 𝐎𝐟 𝐁𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐓𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐋𝐲𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝 There are pianists whose greatness is built on force, brilliance, or spectacle, and there are others whose authority comes from something…

𝐃𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐝 𝐎𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐤𝐡: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐥 𝐎𝐟 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐕𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐧 𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐓𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐍𝐨𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝 There are violinists whose fame rests on brilliance, others on beauty of tone, and a very rare few whose…

𝐀𝐥𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐁𝐨𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐧: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐭-𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐫 𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐖𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐀𝐬 𝐈𝐟 𝐑𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐚 𝐖𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐃𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 There are composers whose lives seem wholly given over to music, and there are others whose greatness becomes even more astonishing because…

𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗗𝗜 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗢𝗪𝗡 𝗢𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗔𝗦 — 𝗪𝗛𝗜𝗖𝗛 𝗢𝗡𝗘𝗦 𝗗𝗜𝗗 𝗛𝗘 𝗩𝗔𝗟𝗨𝗘 𝗠𝗢𝗦𝗧? The safest answer is that 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗶 𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲, 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲, 𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲-𝗮𝗻𝗱-𝗳𝗼𝗿-𝗮𝗹𝗹 “𝗳𝗮𝘃𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮.” His preferences changed across his career, and…

𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘂𝘀𝘀, German composer, known for his operas, which include 𝗗𝗲𝗿 𝗥𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗻𝗸𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗿 and 𝗦𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗺𝗲; his lieder, especially his 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗟𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗦𝗼𝗻𝗴𝘀; and his tone poems 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗳𝗶𝗴𝘂𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗧𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗘𝘂𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗲𝗴𝗲𝗹’𝘀 𝗠𝗲𝗿𝗿𝘆 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗸𝘀, 𝗔𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝘀𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗵…

𝗝𝗢𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗡 𝗦𝗘𝗕𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗔𝗡 𝗕𝗔𝗖𝗛 — 𝗖𝗘𝗟𝗘𝗕𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗗 𝗤𝗨𝗢𝗧𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦 The most reliable ones are devotional inscriptions, annotations, or statements preserved through later documentary tradition; many of the best-known Bach aphorisms are modern circulation pieces and should be…

𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐦, 𝐌𝐲𝐭𝐡, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐆𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐈𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐲 Wagner stands at the center of a larger nineteenth-century phenomenon: the fusion of art with national self-imagination. He drew heavily on Germanic myth, medieval legend, heroic destiny, communal memory,…

# **David Schulenberg’s *****Music of the Baroque*** David Schulenberg’s ***Music of the Baroque*** first appeared in **2001**, published by **Oxford University Press** in New York. The first edition is generally listed at **xiv +…

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐅𝐀𝐌𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐎𝐅 𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐃 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐔𝐒𝐒: 𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐑𝐈𝐀𝐆𝐄, 𝐇𝐎𝐌𝐄, 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐎𝐍𝐋𝐘 𝐒𝐎𝐍 𝐑𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐬 is often remembered as the brilliant composer of Salome, Elektra, Der Rosenkavalier, and the great tone poems, but behind the public…