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𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐦 𝐊𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐟𝐟: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐨𝐞𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐨 𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐌𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐁𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐃𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦 There are pianists who astonish by force, brilliance, and the sheer dazzle of their fingers, and there are others whose…

Composer Richard Strauss with opera singer Viorica Ursuleac at the debut performance of his opera "Arabella" in the Semper Opera House in Dresden, Photograph, 1,7, 1933

𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭, 𝐆𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐖𝐨𝐥𝐟𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐡, 𝐆𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐨𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐨 𝐄𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐳𝐤𝐨𝐩𝐟, 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐄𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐖𝐚𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐍𝐢𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐢 𝐆𝐞𝐝𝐝𝐚 𝐚𝐭 𝐚 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐭 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐳𝐤𝐨𝐩𝐟'𝐬 𝐇𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞, 𝟕𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟗𝟓𝟕. (𝐏𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐲 𝐄𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐀𝐮𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐡/𝐆𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐲 𝐈𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬)

𝐄𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐳𝐤𝐨𝐩𝐟 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐖𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐠𝐞: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 Elizabeth Schwarzkopf and Walter Legge formed one of the most influential, complex, and frequently debated personal and artistic partnerships in the…

𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐎 𝐃𝐄𝐋 𝐌𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐂𝐎 (𝟏𝟗𝟏𝟓–𝟏𝟗𝟖𝟐) - 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐎𝐑 𝐎𝐅 𝐅𝐋𝐀𝐌𝐄 — 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐅𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐋𝐄𝐒𝐒 𝐕𝐎𝐈𝐂𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐑𝐄𝐃𝐄𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐄𝐃 𝐎𝐓𝐄𝐋𝐋𝐎 𝐀 𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐋𝐃 𝐎𝐅 𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐂 — 𝐅𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄, 𝟏𝟗𝟏𝟓 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐨 𝐃𝐞𝐥 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐜𝐨 (𝟐𝟕 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝟏𝟗𝟏𝟓 – 𝟏𝟔 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟗𝟖𝟐) was…

Karajan with opera singer Grace Bumbry as Carmen in 1967

𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐍 𝐌𝐀𝐀𝐙𝐄𝐋 — 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐋𝐃 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐃𝐈𝐆𝐘 𝐖𝐇𝐎 𝐁𝐄𝐂𝐀𝐌𝐄 𝐀 𝐌𝐀𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐎 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐅𝐄 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐀𝐒𝐂𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐎𝐅 𝐀 𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐋 𝐏𝐇𝐄𝐍𝐎𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐎𝐍 𝐁𝐈𝐑𝐓𝐇 𝐎𝐅 𝐀 𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐋 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐃𝐈𝐆𝐘 — 𝟏𝟗𝟑𝟎 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐧 𝐕𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐌𝐚𝐚𝐳𝐞𝐥 was born on 𝟔 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡…

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…

𝐂𝐋𝐄𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐒 𝐊𝐑𝐀𝐔𝐒𝐒 — 𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐍𝐀 𝐂𝐇𝐎𝐈𝐑𝐁𝐎𝐘 𝐓𝐎 𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐂 𝐏𝐎𝐖𝐄𝐑: 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐆𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐎𝐅 𝐀 𝐌𝐀𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐎 (𝟏𝟖𝟗𝟑–𝟏𝟗𝟐𝟗) 𝐈. 𝐁𝐎𝐑𝐍 𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐎 𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐍𝐄𝐒𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐑𝐄 — 𝐀 𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐋𝐃 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐀 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐋𝐃 𝐂𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐇𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐊𝐫𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐬 was born in Vienna…

𝗛𝗲𝗹𝗴𝗮 𝗗𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗵 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗳𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗷𝗮𝗻’𝘀 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗪𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝟭𝟵𝟲𝟵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝟭𝟵𝟳𝟯. 𝗦𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝘀 𝗜𝘀𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗲 𝗶𝗻 “𝗧𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻 𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗜𝘀𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗲” 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝘀 𝗕𝗿𝘂𝗻𝗻𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗲 𝗶𝗻 “𝗦𝗶𝗲𝗴𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗱” 𝗮𝗻𝗱…

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗩𝗢𝗜𝗖𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗖𝗢𝗨𝗟𝗗 𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗢𝗨𝗟 — 𝗔𝗻𝗲𝗰𝗱𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀, 𝗖𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗗𝗶𝗲𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗙𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿-𝗗𝗶𝗲𝘀𝗸𝗮𝘂 Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (1925–2012) reshaped the idea of what a singer could be. He was not merely a…

𝗟𝘂𝗱𝘄𝗶𝗴 𝘃𝗮𝗻 𝗕𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻 (1770–1827) — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗚𝗘𝗗𝗬 𝗢𝗙 𝗦𝗜𝗟𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗗 𝗢𝗙 𝗔 𝗥𝗘𝗩𝗢𝗟𝗨𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗥𝗬𝗧 Understanding Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827) psychologically means tracing the transformation of a personality shaped by trauma, ambition, idealism, illness,…

𝗟𝗲𝗼𝗻𝘁𝘆𝗻𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗲 — 𝗔𝗻𝗲𝗰𝗱𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗘𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗛𝗲𝗿 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 Leontyne Price (born 1927) is one of the most beloved sopranos in opera history and one of the most important artists of the 20th…

# **Jacopo Peri (1561–1633)** **Jacopo Peri** occupies a unique and permanent place in music history as one of the **inventors of opera**. Composer, singer, organist, and court musician, he stood at the center of…

# **Francesca Caccini (1587–c.1641)** ## **Francesca Caccini (1587–c.1641)** **Francesca Caccini** was one of the most extraordinary musicians of the early Baroque era: a celebrated **composer, singer, instrumentalist, teacher, and court musician**, and one of…

# **Giulio Caccini (1551–1618)** **Giulio Caccini** was one of the most decisive figures at the birth of the Baroque era and one of the creators of **opera, monody, and the modern solo song**. Singer,…

# **Johann Mattheson (1681–1764)** was one of the most fascinating figures of the German Baroque: a composer, opera singer, diplomat, music theorist, journalist, and both friend and occasional rival of Handel. ## Origins and…

# **Farinelli — Anecdotes and Curious Episodes from the Life of the Most Famous Castrato in History ** Carlo Broschi (1705–1782), known to the world as **Farinelli**, became the most celebrated singer of the…

# **Emblems of Eloquence – Opera and Women Voices in XVII Century Venice – Wendy Heller ** [https://classicalarchive.org/emblems-of-eloquence-opera-and-women-voices-in-xvii-century-venice-wendy-heller/](https://classicalarchive.org/emblems-of-eloquence-opera-and-women-voices-in-xvii-century-venice-wendy-heller/)** ** Below are **10 women—singers and composers—mentioned or discussed in *****Emblems of Eloquence: Opera and Women’s…

# **Luciano Pavarotti — A Life (III)** ## **The Icon, the Human Being, and the Long Farewell (1986–2007)** **Luciano Pavarotti** The final phase of Luciano Pavarotti’s life, stretching from **1986 to 2007**, is the…

# **Concert and Mechanical Principles (Book:** Mozart, His Character, His Work by Alfred Einstein) Let us begin with a simple, almost trivial observation: **for a pianist, broken chords and arpeggios are the most natural…

**Wilhelm Furtwangler in 1908.** In this photograph, Furtwangler is a dead ringer for the young Samuel Clemens.** Furtwangler was 22 years old in 1908**, and working as a repetiteur at the Court Opera in…

# **Sergiu Celibidache and the Art of Conducting — When Time Became Music ** ## Sergiu Celibidache and the Philosophy of Sound Sergiu Celibidache did not believe that music was something you “played.” He…

# **Johann van Beethoven (1740–1792)** **Johann van Beethoven**, the father of **Ludwig van Beethoven**, stands as one of the most consequential—and tragic—figures in the composer’s life. Neither a great musician nor a negligible one,…