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# **Manuscripts with Minimal Revision: Mozart’s Mental Compositional Process** A striking feature of many surviving Mozart autographs—particularly from his **mature Viennese years (1781–1791)**—is the **remarkable continuity and cleanliness of the notation**. Pages often unfold…

# **KLAUS TENNSTEDT – A LIFE IN 20 CHAPTERS** ## **Chapter I – Childhood in Merseburg (1926–1939)** Klaus Tennstedt was born in Merseburg, in the German province of Saxony-Anhalt, in 1926. His childhood was…

𝗖𝗛𝗢𝗣𝗜𝗡: 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗣𝗜𝗔𝗡𝗢 𝗔𝗦 𝗔 𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗘, 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗢𝗥𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗔 𝗔𝗦 𝗔 𝗙𝗥𝗔𝗠𝗘, 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗢𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗔 𝗔𝗦 𝗔 𝗠𝗢𝗗𝗘𝗟 To say that Frédéric Chopin composed only music for the piano is a useful simplification, but it is…

𝗝𝗢𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗡 𝗦𝗘𝗕𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗔𝗡 𝗕𝗔𝗖𝗛 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗡𝗘𝗗 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗡 𝗖𝗛𝗥𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗣𝗛 𝗪𝗢𝗟𝗙𝗙 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗟𝗢𝗚𝗨𝗘 𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 “𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲” 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝟭.𝟮 — 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗮𝘀 𝗞𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗹𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲, 𝗖𝗿𝗮𝗳𝘁, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 To understand Johann Sebastian Bach only as a…

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…

𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗺 𝗙𝘂𝗿𝘁𝘄ä𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲𝗿 – 𝗗𝗶𝗲 𝗟𝗶𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗢𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗛𝗶𝘀 𝗢𝘂𝘁𝗽𝘂𝘁 Wilhelm Furtwängler is remembered above all as one of the greatest conductors of the 20th century, yet composition remained for him a lifelong…

# **Mozart’s works for Piano trio, Piano Quartets - (Book: Mozart, His Character, His Work** by Alfred Einstein) The transition from the keyboard-and-violin sonatas to the trio for keyboard, violin, and cello occurred in…

# **J.S.Bach - Orphanhood and the Discipline of Johann Christoph** In **1694**, when **Johann Sebastian Bach** was only **nine years old**, he lost his mother, **Elisabeth Lämmerhirt**. Less than a year later, in **1695**,…