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𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝗮 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘇𝘁, née 𝗟𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗿 — 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘇 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘇𝘁’s mother as a young woman. Portrait profile. 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘇 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘇𝘁 was a Hungarian pianist and composer. October 22, 1811 – July 31, 1886.

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗚𝗨𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗩 𝗠𝗔𝗛𝗟𝗘𝗥 𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗘 𝗜𝗡 𝗟𝗝𝗨𝗕𝗟𝗝𝗔𝗡𝗔: 𝗔 𝗠𝗘𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗬 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗚 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗗𝗨𝗖𝗧𝗢𝗥 Walking through 𝗟𝗷𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗷𝗮𝗻𝗮, one may unexpectedly encounter this evocative statue of 𝗚𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘃 𝗠𝗮𝗵𝗹𝗲𝗿, one of the greatest composers and conductors in the…

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗢𝗩𝗘 𝗔𝗙𝗙𝗔𝗜𝗥𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗡𝗦— 𝗚𝗜𝗢𝗩𝗔𝗡𝗡𝗜 𝗕𝗔𝗧𝗧𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗔 𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗚𝗢𝗟𝗘𝗦𝗜: 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗚 𝗜𝗧𝗔𝗟𝗜𝗔𝗡 𝗚𝗘𝗡𝗜𝗨𝗦 𝗪𝗛𝗢𝗦𝗘 𝗦𝗢𝗥𝗥𝗢𝗪 𝗕𝗘𝗖𝗔𝗠𝗘 𝗟𝗘𝗚𝗘𝗡𝗗 𝗚𝗶𝗼𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗶 𝗕𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗼𝗹𝗲𝘀𝗶 belongs to that small and haunting company of composers whose lives were so brief…

𝗟𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘇𝗼 𝗦𝗮𝗹𝘃𝗶 — 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗵-𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘂𝗿𝘆 𝗧𝗲𝗻𝗼𝗿 𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗕𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗗𝗼𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗶 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗶 𝗟𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘇𝗼 𝗦𝗮𝗹𝘃𝗶 was one of the notable Italian tenors of the nineteenth century, a singer whose career belonged to the…

𝗘𝗗𝗩𝗔𝗥𝗗 𝗚𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗚 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗕𝗥𝗢𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗥 𝗝𝗢𝗛𝗡 𝗜𝗡 𝗟𝗘𝗜𝗣𝗭𝗜𝗚, 𝟭𝟴𝟲𝟬: 𝗙𝗔𝗠𝗜𝗟𝗬, 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗜𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚, 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗚 𝗚𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗚’𝗦 𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗠𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 The photograph usually identified as 𝗘𝗱𝘃𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗚𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗟𝗲𝗶𝗽𝘇𝗶𝗴, 𝟭𝟴𝟲𝟬 captures a very…

𝗩𝗹𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗿 𝗔𝘀𝗵𝗸𝗲𝗻𝗮𝘇𝘆: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗽𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗼𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗩𝗹𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗿 𝗔𝘀𝗵𝗸𝗲𝗻𝗮𝘇𝘆 belongs to that rare category of pianists whose youth already contained the promise of a complete artistic personality.…

𝗔𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗼 𝗧𝗼𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗶 and the young 𝗬𝗲𝗵𝘂𝗱𝗶 𝗠𝗲𝗻𝘂𝗵𝗶𝗻 photographed on board the 𝗜̂𝗹𝗲 𝗱𝗲 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 during their transatlantic journey from 𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮 back to 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲, 𝟮𝟭 𝗠𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝟵𝟯𝟮. Photo: 𝗜𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗼 / 𝗚𝗲𝘁𝘁𝘆 𝗜𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘀

𝗔𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗼 𝗧𝗼𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗶, second from the left, photographed with the young Italian conductor 𝗚𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗼 𝗖𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶 on 𝟮 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟵𝟱𝟮. Photo: 𝗗𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 / 𝗛𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘃𝗲 / 𝗚𝗲𝘁𝘁𝘆 𝗜𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘀.

𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝗹á𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗼 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀.

𝗣𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗮𝗻 𝘂𝗻𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗮𝗻 — 𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗲𝗱𝗹𝘆 𝗟𝘂𝗱𝘄𝗶𝗴 𝘃𝗮𝗻 𝗕𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻 — 𝗽𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗼𝗻𝘆𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴.- 1788

A young Maria Callas

𝗔 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗚 𝗠𝗢𝗗𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗣𝗘𝗧𝗥𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗖𝗛 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗦𝗢𝗥𝗚𝗦𝗞𝗬 (𝟭𝟴𝟯𝟵–𝟭𝟴𝟴𝟭)

Ferruccio Busoni, the young prodigy, photographed in Vienna in 1877, age 11

𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗺 𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗵𝗮𝘂𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝟭𝟵𝟬𝟳 – 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗔𝗽𝗲𝘅 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗩𝗶𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗼𝘀𝗼 𝟭. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 By 1907, Wilhelm Backhaus (born in Leipzig in 1884) was no longer the prodigious child who…

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘆 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗸𝗼𝗳𝗶𝗲𝘃 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗯𝗼𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸𝘀

𝐀 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐨𝐬 𝐊𝐥𝐞𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐫

𝐑𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐨𝐲. 𝐏𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐭. 𝐆𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫. 𝟏𝟖𝟔𝟒–𝟏𝟗𝟒𝟗.

𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐔𝐑 𝐍𝐈𝐊𝐈𝐒𝐂𝐇 — 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐌𝐀𝐆𝐍𝐄𝐓𝐈𝐂 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐆 𝐌𝐀𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐎: 𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝐀 𝐇𝐔𝐍𝐆𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐕𝐈𝐎𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐈𝐒𝐓 𝐓𝐎 𝐄𝐔𝐑𝐎𝐏𝐄’𝐒 𝐌𝐎𝐒𝐓 𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐃𝐔𝐂𝐓𝐎𝐑 (1855–1895) 𝐈. 𝐁𝐈𝐑𝐓𝐇, 𝐁𝐎𝐑𝐃𝐄𝐑𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐒, 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐒𝐓 𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐋 𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐓𝐘 (1855–1873) 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐫 𝐍𝐢𝐤𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐡 (1855–1922) was born on 12 October…

𝐁𝐄𝐋𝐀 𝐁𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐎𝐊 — 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐅𝐈𝐄𝐑𝐂𝐄 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐆 𝐑𝐄𝐁𝐄𝐋 𝐖𝐇𝐎 𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐆𝐄𝐃 𝐀 𝐍𝐄𝐖 𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐋 𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐔𝐀𝐆𝐄 (𝟏𝟖𝟖𝟏–𝟏𝟗𝟎𝟓) 𝐀 𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐋𝐃 𝐎𝐅 𝐒𝐈𝐋𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐃𝐈𝐒𝐂𝐈𝐏𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐄 (𝟏𝟖𝟖𝟏–𝟏𝟖𝟖𝟖) 𝐁𝐞𝐥𝐚 𝐕𝐢𝐤𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐬 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐨𝐤 (1881–1945) was born on 25 March 1881 in Nagyszentmiklos,…

# **A young Carlos Kleiber**

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗚 𝗝𝗢𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗡 𝗦𝗘𝗕𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗔𝗡 𝗕𝗔𝗖𝗛 — 𝗛𝗢𝗪 𝗔 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗡𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗟 𝗕𝗢𝗬 𝗕𝗘𝗖𝗔𝗠𝗘 𝗔 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗖𝗘 When we imagine Johann Sebastian Bach, we often picture the mature master of Leipzig, the composer of the Passions and…

**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…

# **Mendelssohn - The Young Felix Mendelssohn - The Atlantis Ensemble - Original Instruments ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/mendelssohn-145088126?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/mendelssohn-145088126?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) **CD 1** **Piano Quartet in C minor, Op. 1 (1824)** 1 Allegro vivace 2 Adagio 3 Scherzo -…

# **Mendelssohn - Octet, Op. 20 - Eroica Quartet: How could someone so young have written something so perfect?** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/mendelssohn-op-145087239?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/mendelssohn-op-145087239?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)** ** **A Miracle of Youth, a Blueprint for Romantic Chamber Music, and One of…