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# **Mozart: Emperor Joseph II and the Remark about “Too Many Notes”** The remark traditionally attributed to **Emperor Joseph II**—that Mozart’s music contained “too many notes”—is one of the most famous, and most misunderstood,…

# **Karl Böhm in Dresden - Brahms / Schumann ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/karl-bohm-in-145886410?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/karl-bohm-in-145886410?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) **Johannes Brahms — Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98** Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden **Franz Schubert — 3 Marches Militaires, D.733: No. 1…

# **Schubertian melody: emotion made into time ** The **single defining characteristic that places Franz Schubert above any other composer in that specific realm** is **his uniquely natural ability to transform inner emotional experience…

# **Beethoven on Mozart — Opinions, Quotes, and Primary Sources** ## **1. “I shall never forget Mozart’s *****Requiem*****.”** Beethoven admired Mozart’s *Requiem* intensely. In an 1801 conversation relayed by his friend Franz Gerhard Wegeler,…

# **THE ROMANCE OF RICHARD WAGNER AND COSIMA LISZT:** PASSION, SCANDAL, AND A LIFE BUILT ON ART AND TURMOIL** Their story is one of the most **intense, controversial, and transformative love affairs** in classical…

# **THE WORLD OF THE SCHUBERTIADE ** ## **CHAPTER I — Vienna Awakens: The City that Created Schubert’s World** In the early decades of the 19th century, Vienna was a city suspended between imperial…

# **Anton Holzapfel and the Sonnleithners: The Schubertiade Households** ## **I. The Social and Cultural Landscape of Early 19th-Century Vienna** In the Vienna of the 1810s and 1820s, salons were the lifeblood of musical…

# **Schubertiade 1868, Author: ****[Moritz von Schwind](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/es:Moritz_von_Schwind)**** (1804–1871)** Drawn from memory, the picture shows Franz Schubert at the piano as well as **Josef von Spaun, Johann Michael Vogl, Franz Lachner, Moritz von Schwind, Wilhelm…

# **Moritz von Schwind (1804–1871): The Young Artist Devoted to Schubert** ## **I. Early Life and Arrival in Vienna: A Sensitive Youth in Search of Artistic Identity** When **Moritz von Schwind** arrived in Vienna…

# **Schubert’s Friend: Leopold Kupelwieser (1796–1862) — The Loyal Painter-Friend** Leopold Kupelwieser entered Franz Schubert’s life at a moment when the composer was increasingly seeking not only intellectual companionship but emotional anchorage. Born in…

# **Composers Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and Anatoly Lyadov. ** # **Portrait of Franz Liszt on the wall** (Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

# **Josef von Spaun (1788–1865): The Brotherly Protector** Among the many friends who drifted through Franz Schubert’s short, luminous life, **Josef von Spaun** stands as the most steadfast, devoted, and quietly heroic figure. He…

# **The Fröhlich Sisters and Their Relationship with Schubert** Among the many homes that welcomed Franz Schubert in Vienna, few were as cultured, warm, and influential as that of the **Fröhlich sisters**. Their apartment…

# **SCHUBERT’S LAST 48 HOURS** # ***Vienna, 17–19 November 1828*** ## **I. The Penultimate Morning – 17 November 1828** The light that entered Franz Schubert’s small room in his brother Ferdinand’s apartment on the…

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The Vienna State Opera – A Living Monument to Music I. Origins and Imperial Ambition (1850s–1869) In the mid-19th century, Vienna stood at the heart of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, already one of the most…

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Year 1880. Card received by Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) from Anton Bruckner (1824-1896). Unsigned card, with two lines of music: a fragment of the trio in the march in Franz von Suppe (1819-1895)‘s Faninitza, and…