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𝗕𝗘𝗘𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗡 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗔𝗖𝗥𝗘𝗗 𝗗𝗨𝗧𝗬 𝗢𝗙 𝗘𝗗𝗨𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗢𝗻 𝗘𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 — 𝗩𝗶𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗲, 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲, 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗼𝗺, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗱𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗹 For 𝗟𝘂𝗱𝘄𝗶𝗴 𝘃𝗮𝗻 𝗕𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻, education was never merely a question of schooling, examinations, manners, or social…

𝗕𝗘𝗘𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗡 𝗜𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗢𝗢𝗗𝗦 𝗟𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 — 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗖𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗱𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗛𝗲 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗩𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗚𝗼𝗱 For 𝗟𝘂𝗱𝘄𝗶𝗴 𝘃𝗮𝗻 𝗕𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻, nature was not a pleasant background to life. It was not merely…

𝗕𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻’𝘀 “𝗠𝗼𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁” 𝗦𝗼𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗮: 𝗔 𝗡𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗜𝗻𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗗𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗮, 𝗟𝗼𝘃𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 Beethoven Piano Sonata No.14 in C sharp minor, Op.27-2 "Moonlight" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqaHP0FcJsU The work we now call the 𝗠𝗼𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗦𝗼𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗮 was composed by…

𝗠𝗢𝗭𝗔𝗥𝗧: 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗥𝗘𝗜𝗚𝗡 𝗢𝗙 𝗟𝗢𝗩𝗘 — 𝗝𝗔𝗡 𝗦𝗪𝗔𝗙𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗗’𝗦 𝗩𝗜𝗦𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗢𝗙 𝗠𝗢𝗭𝗔𝗥𝗧 Jan Swafford’s 𝗠𝗼𝘇𝗮𝗿𝘁: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗟𝗼𝘃𝗲 is one of the most ambitious recent attempts to rescue Mozart from the heavy mythological machinery…

𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘁: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗙𝗮𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗕𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 The history of classical music is often presented as a noble succession of geniuses: 𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗵, 𝗛𝗮𝘆𝗱𝗻, 𝗠𝗼𝘇𝗮𝗿𝘁, 𝗕𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻, 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁,…

𝗥𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻 (𝟭𝟴𝟭𝟬–𝟭𝟴𝟱𝟲), aged 34 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗹 𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝘆 𝗔𝘂𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗲 𝗛ü𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿, 𝟭𝟴𝟰𝟳, after a missing painting by 𝗝𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗽𝗳 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗵ö𝘂𝘀 𝗔𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗿 (𝟭𝟴𝟭𝟴–𝟭𝟴𝟴𝟲) of 𝟭𝟴𝟰𝟰 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗱𝘁𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘂𝗺 𝗕𝗼𝗻𝗻 This sheet, furnished with 𝗮 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘀𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗥𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻’𝘀 𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲,…

𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗲 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻, née 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗲𝗹, (Mother of 𝗥𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻) was born in 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝘀𝗱𝗼𝗿𝗳 on 𝟮𝟴 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟳𝟲𝟳, the eldest daughter of 𝗔𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗵𝗮𝗺 𝗚𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗼𝗯 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗲𝗹 (1737–1809) and 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲 𝗦𝗼𝗽𝗵𝗶𝗲 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗲𝗹, née 𝗟𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 (1745–1818). Through her mother’s…

𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻 at the age of 35 Photography by 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘇 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗳𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗹, 1854 𝗥𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁-𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻-𝗛𝗮𝘂𝘀 𝗭𝘄𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗮𝘂 This photograph shows 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻 in 1854, at the age of 35, during one of the most tragic and decisive…

𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝗪𝗶𝗲𝗰𝗸 (1819–1896) at the age of 16 Oil painting, around 1835 𝗥𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁-𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻-𝗛𝗮𝘂𝘀 𝗭𝘄𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗮𝘂 The portrait shows 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝗪𝗶𝗲𝗰𝗸 at a decisive moment in her youth, around the time when her friendly feelings for…

The Boston Symphony Orchestra community joins the music world in celebrating the life of outstanding pianist 𝗔𝗹𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗕𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗹, who appeared with the 𝗕𝗦𝗢 and in recital at 𝗧𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲𝘄𝗼𝗼𝗱 and 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗛𝗮𝗹𝗹 on numerous occasions…

𝗠𝗬 𝗩𝗜𝗦𝗜𝗧 𝗧𝗢 𝗚𝗨𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗩 𝗠𝗔𝗛𝗟𝗘𝗥’𝗦 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗣𝗢𝗦𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗛𝗨𝗧 𝗔𝗧 𝗟𝗔𝗞𝗘 𝗔𝗧𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗘𝗘 𝗔 𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗟 𝗣𝗜𝗟𝗚𝗥𝗜𝗠𝗔𝗚𝗘 𝗧𝗢 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗖𝗘 𝗪𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗘 𝗠𝗔𝗛𝗟𝗘𝗥 𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗡𝗘𝗗 𝗧𝗢 𝗡𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗡𝗘𝗗 𝗜𝗧 𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗢 𝗦𝗬𝗠𝗣𝗛𝗢𝗡𝗬 On 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝟮𝟮, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱, I had one of…

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…

𝗚𝗜𝗔𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗢 𝗣𝗨𝗖𝗖𝗜𝗡𝗜 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿: 𝗧𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗼𝘁, 𝗜𝗹𝗹𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀, 𝗕𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗹𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗻𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝘂𝘇𝘇𝗹𝗲 The last year of 𝗚𝗶𝗮𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗼 𝗣𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗶’s life was one of the most dramatic final chapters in the history of opera. It…

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗵𝗺𝘀 𝗯𝘆 𝗙𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝘆 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸𝘀 (𝗩𝗼𝗹𝘀. 𝟭–𝟮) - 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗗𝗼𝘄𝗻𝗹𝗼𝗮𝗱 https://classicalarchive.org/the-life-of-johannes-brahms-vol-12-by-florence-may/ 𝗙𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝘆 (𝟭𝟴𝟰𝟱–𝟭𝟵𝟮𝟯) was an English pianist who was the student and biographer of 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗵𝗺𝘀. 𝟭. 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲,…

Dear friends, Many of you have followed my publications with extraordinary generosity, interest, and kindness, and for that I am truly grateful. Preparing these posts takes time: reading, selecting sources, writing, revising, choosing images,…

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗛 𝗢𝗙 𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗜𝗔 𝗖𝗔𝗟𝗟𝗔𝗦 — 𝗔 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗣𝗟𝗘𝗧𝗘 𝗔𝗡𝗔𝗟𝗬𝗦𝗜𝗦 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗮𝘀 did not leave the world suddenly in the ordinary sense. Her physical death came on 𝟭𝟲 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟵𝟳𝟳, in her Paris apartment, but…

𝗚𝗨𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗩 𝗠𝗔𝗛𝗟𝗘𝗥’𝗦 𝗦𝗬𝗠𝗣𝗛𝗢𝗡𝗬 𝗡𝗢. 𝟯 𝗜𝗡 𝗗 𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗢𝗥: 𝗔 𝗥𝗜𝗚𝗢𝗥𝗢𝗨𝗦 𝗦𝗧𝗨𝗗𝗬 𝗢𝗙 𝗡𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘, 𝗖𝗢𝗦𝗠𝗜𝗖 𝗛𝗜𝗘𝗥𝗔𝗥𝗖𝗛𝗬, 𝗦𝗬𝗠𝗣𝗛𝗢𝗡𝗜𝗖 𝗘𝗫𝗣𝗔𝗡𝗦𝗜𝗢𝗡, 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗠𝗘𝗧𝗔𝗣𝗛𝗬𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗔𝗦𝗖𝗘𝗡𝗧 Gustav Mahler’s 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗡𝗼. 𝟯 𝗶𝗻 𝗗 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗼𝗿 is one of the most immense…

Lola Montez, an Irish dancer, mistress of Ludwig I, King of Bavaria, with whom Liszt had one of his many love affairs.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬 𝐆𝐥𝐮𝐜𝐤 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝 https://www.patreon.com/collection/2130564 (Complete Audio Operas in Patreon) Gluck composed around 𝟒𝟗 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐬, though not all survive complete. His output also includes 𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐬, 𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜, 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜, 𝐬𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐯𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜, 𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝…

𝗗𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗼 𝗦𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗶 (1685–1757) was an 𝗜𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻 composer and keyboard virtuoso of the late 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗼𝗾𝘂𝗲 period. Born in 𝗡𝗮𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘀, he was the son of 𝗔𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗼 𝗦𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗶 and received a strong musical education from an early…

𝗚𝗜𝗨𝗦𝗘𝗣𝗣𝗘 𝗗𝗜 𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗙𝗔𝗡𝗢: 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗚𝗢𝗟𝗗𝗘𝗡 𝗩𝗢𝗜𝗖𝗘 𝗔 𝗕𝗶𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝘆 𝗶𝗻 20 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀, 𝗖𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀, 𝗔𝗻𝗲𝗰𝗱𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝗟𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗰𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗡𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗟𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗜𝘁𝘀 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝗲 1. 𝗕𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗧𝗲𝗻𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗹𝘆 Giuseppe Di Stefano was…

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗧 𝟰𝟴 𝗛𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗟𝗨𝗗𝗪𝗜𝗚 𝗩𝗔𝗡 𝗕𝗘𝗘𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗡 𝗜. 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗣𝗘𝗡𝗨𝗟𝗧𝗜𝗠𝗔𝗧𝗘 𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚 — 𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗖𝗛 𝟮𝟰, 𝟭𝟴𝟮𝟳 The light that entered Beethoven’s room on the morning of 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝟮𝟰, 𝟭𝟴𝟮𝟳, was not the light of…

𝗠𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗹𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗵𝗻: 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗡𝗼. 𝟭, 𝗢𝗽. 𝟭𝟭 (1824)- 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗸𝗲𝗿 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝘃𝗼𝗻 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗷𝗮𝗻 (conductor) Recorded: 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟵𝟳𝟮, 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗻. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2IaWQ3qv8s&t=743s 𝗜. 𝗔𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗼 𝗱𝗶 𝗺𝗼𝗹𝘁𝗼 (𝗖 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗼𝗿) The symphony opens with a bold, vigorous gesture — a…

𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 - 𝗜𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗥𝗼𝘀𝗮𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲 - 𝗨𝘁𝗮𝗵 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮 - 𝗠𝗮𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗔𝗯𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗲𝗹 Complete Audio recording in Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/schubert-music-155671246?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 — 𝗜𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗥𝗼𝘀𝗮𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲 Schubert’s Incidental Music for Rosamunde, Fürstin von Zypern (Rosamunde,…