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𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝗝𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗽𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻 {𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗻: 𝗪𝗶𝗲𝗰𝗸} (13 September 1819–20 May 1896) - 𝗣𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗼 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗼 𝗶𝗻 𝗔 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗼𝗿, 𝗢𝗽. 𝟳, written in 𝟭𝟴𝟯𝟯–𝟭𝟴𝟯𝟱. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHnYlORpL5Q Orchestra: 𝗔𝗹𝗺𝗮 𝗠𝗮𝗵𝗹𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗮 Conductor: 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗳𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗮 𝗥𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗱𝗶 Soloist: 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗼 𝗡𝗶𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗶 Year of…

𝗔𝗡𝗗𝗥𝗘́-𝗘𝗥𝗡𝗘𝗦𝗧-𝗠𝗢𝗗𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗘 𝗚𝗥𝗘́𝗧𝗥𝗬: 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗠𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗢𝗙 𝗢𝗣𝗘́𝗥𝗔 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗜𝗤𝗨𝗘 𝗪𝗛𝗢 𝗚𝗔𝗩𝗘 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗛 𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗥𝗘 𝗔 𝗛𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗧 𝗔𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗲́-𝗘𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘁-𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲 𝗚𝗿𝗲́𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗕𝗼𝗿𝗻: 𝟴 𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟭𝟳𝟰𝟭, 𝗟𝗶𝗲̀𝗴𝗲 — 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗕𝗲𝗹𝗴𝗶𝘂𝗺 𝗗𝗶𝗲𝗱: 𝟮𝟰 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟴𝟭𝟯, 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆, 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 Among the composers who shaped…

Mozart – Lucio Silla The 2017 Brussels production of 𝗠𝗼𝘇𝗮𝗿𝘁’𝘀 𝗟𝘂𝗰𝗶𝗼 𝗦𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗮 was generally received as 𝗮 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗸, 𝗽𝘀𝘆𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 reading of one of Mozart’s early opera seria works. Critics…

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗙𝗜𝗥𝗦𝗧 𝗞𝗡𝗢𝗪𝗡 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗞 𝗕𝗬 𝗙𝗥𝗘́𝗗𝗘́𝗥𝗜𝗖 𝗖𝗛𝗢𝗣𝗜𝗡 Chopin - Polonaise Op.Posth B.1 No.11 in G minor (Vladimir Ashkenazy) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mczBEsrCaW8 Composed in 𝟭𝟴𝟭𝟳, when Chopin was approximately 𝟳 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗹𝗱. He had been born on…

𝟭𝟴𝟲𝟱. 𝗝𝗶𝗵𝗹𝗮𝘃𝗮. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗽𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝗚𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘃 𝗠𝗮𝗵𝗹𝗲𝗿, aged 𝟱 𝗼𝗿 𝟲, holding what appears to be 𝗮 𝗽𝗶𝗲𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 — possibly one of his own early manuscripts. According to a vivid…

𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻 𝗣𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗯𝗲𝗹 (𝟭𝟲𝟱𝟯–𝟭𝟳𝟬𝟲): 𝗔 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗕𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗡𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗴, 𝗩𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗮, 𝗧𝗵𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗮, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗻 𝗢𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 Canon In D Major - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlprozGcs80 𝗜. 𝗔 𝗡𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗞𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗯𝘆 𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗣𝗶𝗲𝗰𝗲, 𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝗮 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗠𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻 𝗣𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗯𝗲𝗹…

𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘂𝘀𝘀 – 𝗖𝗮𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗰𝗶𝗼 – 𝗪𝗼𝗹𝗳𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗵 https://www.patreon.com/posts/richard-strauss-147365951?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮: 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗱, 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰, 𝗟𝗼𝘃𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝘂𝗻𝘀𝗲𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗮𝗻 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗖𝗮𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗰𝗶𝗼, the last opera of 𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘂𝘀𝘀, is one of the most refined…

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁, 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝘀𝗲𝘆 & 𝗛𝗮𝘄𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗸𝗼𝗳𝗶𝗲𝘃 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁. 𝟭𝟴𝟵𝟲 — Indian Gallop 𝟭𝟴𝟵𝟳 — March (I); Waltz (I); Rondo 𝟭𝟴𝟵𝟴 — March (II); March (I) for piano four hands…

𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐨𝐧 𝐏𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐨𝐧 Dear members of my Facebook groups and followers of my professional profile, I would like to invite you to join me on 𝐏𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐨𝐧, where you will find a…

𝗚𝗔𝗕𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗟 𝗙𝗔𝗨𝗥É - 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗣𝗟𝗘𝗧𝗘 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗞𝗦 - 𝗘𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗢 Audio Recordings in Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/gabriel-faure-147902542?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link 𝗖𝗗𝘀 𝟭-𝟱: 𝗣𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗼 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀 Ballade · Barcarolles · Impromptus · Mazurka · Nocturnes · Piano Sonata · Pièce en forme de…

𝗕𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻’𝘀 𝗣𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗼 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗼 𝗡𝗼. 𝟱 𝗶𝗻 𝗘-𝗳𝗹𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗷𝗼𝗿, 𝗢𝗽. 𝟳𝟯 — “𝗘𝗺𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗼𝗿” 𝗔 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗻𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗜. 𝗩𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗮 𝗨𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝗶𝗲𝗴𝗲 — 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗮𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗕𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻, 𝟭𝟴𝟬𝟴–𝟭𝟴𝟬𝟵 When…

𝗧𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗸𝗼𝘃𝘀𝗸𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝟭𝟴𝟲𝟰 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝟭𝟴𝟲𝟱 By 1864, Tchaikovsky was fully immersed in his studies at the St. Petersburg Conservatory, where 𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗼𝗿𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗪𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝗮𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 under Anton Rubinstein. Unlike many…

𝗠𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗕𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗿𝗲𝘃 (𝟭𝟴𝟯𝟳–𝟭𝟵𝟭𝟬) was 𝗮 𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗳𝗶𝗴𝘂𝗿𝗲 in the rise of 𝗥𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗺 in the nineteenth century. 𝗟𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳-𝘁𝗮𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁, he became 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗲 behind 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘆 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗳𝘂𝗹, or 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝘃𝗲, mentoring composers…

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…

𝗪𝗜𝗟𝗛𝗘𝗟𝗠 𝗙𝗨𝗥𝗧𝗪Ä𝗡𝗚𝗟𝗘𝗥 — 𝟮𝟬 𝗢𝗙 𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗠𝗢𝗦𝗧 𝗖𝗘𝗟𝗘𝗕𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗗 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗠𝗢𝗦𝗧 𝗥𝗘𝗟𝗜𝗔𝗕𝗟𝗬 𝗗𝗢𝗖𝗨𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗗 𝗤𝗨𝗢𝗧𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦 The list below is built mainly from documented translations of his own essays, colloquia, and Beethoven writings, as cited in a…

**𝐊𝐀𝐑𝐋 𝐄𝐋𝐈𝐀𝐒𝐁𝐄𝐑𝐆 (1907–1978): 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐃𝐔𝐂𝐓𝐎𝐑 𝐖𝐇𝐎 𝐆𝐀𝐕𝐄 𝐋𝐄𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐃 𝐈𝐓𝐒 𝐕𝐎𝐈𝐂𝐄** Karl Ilyich Eliasberg was born in **Minsk on 10 June 1907** and died in **Leningrad on 12 February 1978**. In the broad history of…

𝐇𝐞𝐧𝐫𝐢 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜̧𝐨𝐢𝐬 𝐉𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐩𝐡 𝐕𝐢𝐞𝐮𝐱𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐬 (𝟏𝟕 𝐅𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟏𝟖𝟐𝟎 – 𝟔 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝟏𝟖𝟖𝟏) was a Belgian composer and violinist. 𝐇𝐞𝐧𝐫𝐢 𝐕𝐢𝐞𝐮𝐱𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐬: 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐧 𝐧𝐨.𝟏, 𝐨𝐩. 𝟏𝟎, 𝐞𝐧 𝐦𝐢 𝐦𝐚𝐣𝐞𝐮𝐫, 𝐕𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐚 𝐒𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐤𝐚 (𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐧) - 𝐎𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞 𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐞…

𝐂𝐄𝐒𝐀𝐑 𝐅𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐊 — 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐌𝐘𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐂 𝐀𝐑𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐓𝐄𝐂𝐓 𝐎𝐅 𝐅𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐇 𝐒𝐘𝐌𝐏𝐇𝐎𝐍𝐈𝐂 𝐑𝐎𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐈𝐒𝐌 (𝟏𝟖𝟐𝟐–𝟏𝟖𝟗𝟎) 𝐈. 𝐀 𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐋𝐃 𝐁𝐄𝐓𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐍 𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 (𝟏𝟖𝟐𝟐–𝟏𝟖𝟑𝟓) 𝐂𝐞𝐬𝐚𝐫 𝐀𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐞 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐤 (𝟏𝟖𝟐𝟐–𝟏𝟖𝟗𝟎) was born on 10 December 1822 in Liège, then part of the United…

𝗚𝗲𝘇𝗮 𝗔𝗻𝗱𝗮 (1921–1976) 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝘃𝗼𝗻 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗷𝗮𝗻 (1908–1989) Karajan and Anda met for the first time in Berlin in the early 1940s but did not work together. After the war, Walter Legge brought them…

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