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𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐦 𝐅𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞𝐫 (1886–1954) was a German conductor and composer, and one of the most influential and legendary conductors of the 20th century. Born in 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐧 into a distinguished intellectual family, he received an extensive…

𝐎𝐭𝐭𝐨 𝐊𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐫 (1885–1973) was a German conductor and composer, and one of the most important interpreters of the 20th century. Born in 𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐮, then part of the German Empire, he studied in Frankfurt and…

𝐑𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐬 (1864–1949) was a German composer and conductor, and one of the most important musical figures of the late Romantic and early modern eras. Born in 𝐌𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐡, he was the son of the…

𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐳 𝐁𝐮𝐬𝐜𝐡 (1890–1951) was a German conductor and one of the most distinguished interpreters of opera and the symphonic repertoire of his generation. Born in 𝐒𝐢𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐧, Germany, into a remarkable musical family, he studied…

𝐁𝐫𝐮𝐧𝐨 𝐖𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐫 (1876–1962) was a German-born conductor, pianist and composer, and one of the most distinguished conductors of the 20th century. Born in 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐧, he began his career as a pianist before turning to…

𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐳 𝐖𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐡 (1930–1966) was a German lyric tenor, widely regarded as one of the finest singers of the 20th century. Born in 𝐊𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐥, Germany, he studied at the 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐠 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐀𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐲 and made his…

𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐋 𝐁𝐄𝐂𝐀𝐌𝐄 𝐁𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐒𝐇... 𝐁𝐔𝐓 𝐍𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑 𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐏𝐏𝐄𝐃 𝐁𝐄𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐆𝐄𝐑𝐌𝐀𝐍 When 𝐆𝐞𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜 𝐇𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐥 (𝟏𝟔𝟖𝟓–𝟏𝟕𝟓𝟗) left his native 𝐆𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲, few could have imagined that he would become 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧. After working in…

𝗢𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝘀𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵 𝗰𝗼𝗽𝘆. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗶𝗻 𝗚𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻, 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘀: “𝗪𝗼𝗹𝗳𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗲𝘂𝘀 𝗠𝗼𝘇𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝘀𝗶𝘅-𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿-𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗼𝘆.”

Italian composer and conductor 𝗩𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗱𝗲 𝗦𝗮𝗯𝗮𝘁𝗮 (top right) enjoys himself during a rehearsal with German conductor 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗹 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗵𝘁 (below, centre), photographed in August 1941 at the Lucerne Festival.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗼-𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 ‘𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴’ 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗚𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗽𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰 𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘀, 𝗟𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗻, 𝟭𝟵𝟯𝟲 (𝗯/𝘄 𝗽𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗼) From left to right: 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗹 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗵𝘁 (1880–1967) was a German conductor; 𝗧𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘀 𝗕𝗲𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗺 (1879–1961) was a British conductor; 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗺…

Conductor 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗺 𝗙𝘂𝗿𝘁𝘄𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲𝗿 (center), 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗣𝗳𝗶𝘁𝘇𝗻𝗲𝗿 (second from the right), and German Reich Minister 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗙𝘂𝗻𝗸 (right) at a reception at the Hotel Adlon in Berlin.

𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗺 𝗙𝘂𝗿𝘁𝘄𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲𝗿, 𝗚𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿, 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗭𝗶𝘁𝗹𝗮, 𝟭𝟵𝟯𝟰. 𝗭𝗶𝘁𝗹𝗮 𝗟𝘂𝗻𝗱 was the first Danish wife of 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗺 𝗙𝘂𝗿𝘁𝘄𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲𝗿. They married in 1923, and the marriage produced no children. The relationship deteriorated relatively…

𝗦𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗚𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝟭𝟵𝟱𝟳 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝗴𝘂𝗲 𝗦𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹 During the 𝟭𝟵𝟱𝟳 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝗴𝘂𝗲 𝗦𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹, 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘇 𝗞𝗼𝗻𝘄𝗶𝘁𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗻𝘆 conducted the 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝗴𝘂𝗲 𝗥𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗼 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮 in a concert that achieved great success.…

𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗶 - 𝗥𝗶𝗴𝗼𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗼 - 𝗙𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘀𝗮𝘆 - 𝗦𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝗚𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻 https://www.patreon.com/ClassicMusicComposersGroup/posts/verdi-rigoletto-163224348?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link

𝗕𝗶𝘇𝗲𝘁 : 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗻 (𝗟𝘂𝗱𝘄𝗶𝗴 - 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗰𝗸 - 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝘇𝗲𝗹𝘆 - 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘆) - 𝗛𝗼𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗶𝗻 - Sung in German https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DbcrlpUrIs&list=PLKYRqrKiVhgqn9-4WTjcej1BRcKuVEM5e&index=1 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮 𝗟𝘂𝗱𝘄𝗶𝗴 (Carmen) 𝗥𝘂𝗱𝗼𝗹𝗳 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗰𝗸 (Don José) 𝗠𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗮 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝘇𝗲𝗹𝘆 (Micaëla) 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘆 (Escamillo) 𝗨𝗿𝘀𝘂𝗹𝗮 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿 (Frasquita)…

𝗣𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗶 - 𝗟𝗮 𝗕𝗼𝗵è𝗺𝗲 (𝗟𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗿 - 𝗞𝗼𝗻𝘆𝗮 - 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗶𝗰𝗵 - 𝗙𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿-𝗗𝗶𝗲𝘀𝗸𝗮𝘂) 𝗔𝗹𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗼 𝗘𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗲 - SUNG IN GERMAN https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6LZYd-ZYFE&list=OLAK5uy_nVRn_G3rp5ntDNukhW93W4OPkubQH22G0&index=1 𝗣𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝗟𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗿 (Mimi) 𝗦á𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗿 𝗞ó𝗻𝘆𝗮 (Rodolfo) 𝗥𝗶𝘁𝗮 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗶𝗰𝗵 (Musetta) 𝗗𝗶𝗲𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗙𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿-𝗗𝗶𝗲𝘀𝗸𝗮𝘂 (Marcello) 𝗞𝗹𝗮𝘂𝘀 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗺 (Colline) 𝗛𝗼𝗿𝘀𝘁…

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗕𝗘𝗘𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗡 𝗠𝗢𝗡𝗨𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗜𝗡 𝗠𝗘𝗫𝗜𝗖𝗢 𝗖𝗜𝗧𝗬: 𝗔 𝗚𝗘𝗥𝗠𝗔𝗡 𝗧𝗥𝗜𝗕𝗨𝗧𝗘 𝗧𝗢 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗠𝗘𝗫𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗡 𝗣𝗘𝗢𝗣𝗟𝗘 The 𝗕𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁, located in the 𝗔𝗹𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗮 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹 of 𝗠𝗲𝘅𝗶𝗰𝗼 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝘆, is one of the most striking musical monuments in Latin…

𝗙𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗭 𝗗𝗔𝗡𝗭𝗜: 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗜𝗡𝗗 𝗠𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗪𝗛𝗢 𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗞𝗘𝗗 𝗠𝗢𝗭𝗔𝗥𝗧’𝗦 𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗦𝗠 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗟𝗬 𝗚𝗘𝗥𝗠𝗔𝗡 𝗥𝗢𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗦𝗠 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘇 𝗜𝗴𝗻𝗮𝘇 𝗗𝗮𝗻𝘇𝗶 𝗕𝗼𝗿𝗻: 𝟭𝟱 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝟭𝟳𝟲𝟯, 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘄𝗲𝘁𝘇𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗻, 𝗚𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗗𝗶𝗲𝗱: 𝟭𝟯 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹 𝟭𝟴𝟮𝟲, 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘀𝗿𝘂𝗵𝗲, 𝗚𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘇 𝗗𝗮𝗻𝘇𝗶 was one of the…

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗢𝗩𝗘 𝗔𝗙𝗙𝗔𝗜𝗥𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗡𝗦— 𝗛𝗘𝗜𝗡𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗛 𝗦𝗖𝗛Ü𝗧𝗭: 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗜𝗗𝗢𝗪𝗘𝗗 𝗙𝗔𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗥 𝗢𝗙 𝗚𝗘𝗥𝗠𝗔𝗡 𝗦𝗔𝗖𝗥𝗘𝗗 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖 𝗛𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗦𝗰𝗵ü𝘁𝘇 stands at one of the most important crossroads in the history of European music. He belongs to…

𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗺 𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗵𝗮𝘂𝘀 was one of the most celebrated and respected German pianists of the twentieth century, renowned for his rigorous approach, formidable technique, and absolute fidelity to the scores. He was born in 𝗟𝗲𝗶𝗽𝘇𝗶𝗴…

𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘇 𝗪𝘂̈𝗹𝗹𝗻𝗲𝗿 (28 January 1832, Münster – 7 September 1902, Braunfels) was a German composer and conductor. He conducted the premieres of 𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗪𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗿’s operas Das Rheingold and Die Walküre, but was severely criticised…

𝗪𝗢𝗟𝗙𝗚𝗔𝗡𝗚 𝗔𝗠𝗔𝗗𝗘𝗨𝗦 𝗠𝗢𝗭𝗔𝗥𝗧 – 𝗭𝗮𝗶𝗱𝗲, 𝗞. 𝟯𝟰𝟰 / 𝟯𝟯𝟲𝗯 – 𝗜𝗮𝗻 𝗣𝗮𝗴𝗲 - 𝗨𝗻𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗚𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗦𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗲𝗹 𝗶𝗻 𝗧𝘄𝗼 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝘀 - 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗱: 𝟭𝟳𝟳𝟵–𝟭𝟳𝟴𝟬 - 𝗟𝗶𝗯𝗿𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗼: 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻 𝗔𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗰𝗵𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿 https://www.patreon.com/posts/mozart-zaide-ian-159120540?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link 𝗭𝗮𝗶𝗱𝗲 is one of Mozart’s most…

Friedrich Wieck, was a famous German piano teacher. It was thanks to him that Clara Schumann studied music from such a young age.

𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗿 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗵𝗺𝘀 𝟭𝟴𝟯𝟯–𝟭𝟴𝟵𝟳, created by the Austrian sculptor 𝗥𝘂𝗱𝗼𝗹𝗳 𝘃𝗼𝗻 𝗪𝗲𝘆𝗿 𝟭𝟴𝟰𝟳–𝟭𝟵𝟭𝟰. The monument is located in 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗸, 𝗩𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗮, 𝗔𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗮.