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𝐆𝐄𝐎𝐑𝐆𝐄 𝐅𝐑𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐂 𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐋: 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐌𝐎𝐒𝐓 𝐏𝐎𝐋𝐄𝐌𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐋 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐃𝐈𝐂𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘 𝐒𝐈𝐓𝐔𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 𝐈𝐍 𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐋𝐈𝐅𝐄 George Frideric Handel is often remembered as a figure of magnificence, authority, theatrical brilliance, and overwhelming musical confidence: the composer of Messiah,…

𝐉𝐎𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐍 𝐒𝐄𝐁𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐁𝐀𝐂𝐇: 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐌𝐎𝐒𝐓 𝐏𝐎𝐋𝐄𝐌𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐋 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐃𝐈𝐂𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘 𝐒𝐈𝐓𝐔𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 𝐈𝐍 𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐋𝐈𝐅𝐄 Johann Sebastian Bach is often imagined as the supreme embodiment of order, discipline, faith, and musical perfection: a devout Lutheran master whose…

𝐋𝐔𝐃𝐖𝐈𝐆 𝐕𝐀𝐍 𝐁𝐄𝐄𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐍: 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐌𝐎𝐒𝐓 𝐏𝐎𝐋𝐄𝐌𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐋 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐃𝐈𝐂𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘 𝐒𝐈𝐓𝐔𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 𝐈𝐍 𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐋𝐈𝐅𝐄 Ludwig van Beethoven is often presented as the supreme heroic figure in music: defiant, original, morally elevated, and artistically invincible. Yet his…

𝐅𝐄𝐋𝐈𝐗 𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐋𝐒𝐒𝐎𝐇𝐍: 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐌𝐎𝐒𝐓 𝐏𝐎𝐋𝐄𝐌𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐋 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐃𝐈𝐂𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘 𝐒𝐈𝐓𝐔𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 𝐈𝐍 𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐋𝐈𝐅𝐄 Felix Mendelssohn lived a life that seemed outwardly orderly, brilliant, elegant, and successful. Yet beneath that polished surface lay a series of deep…

𝐃𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐑𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐏𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐢’𝐬 𝐌𝐀𝐃𝐀𝐌𝐄 𝐁𝐔𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐅𝐋𝐘, 𝐬𝐨𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐨 𝐋𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐲𝐧𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐄𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐋𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐝𝐨𝐫𝐟. 𝟒/𝟏𝟔/𝟔𝟔.

Giacomo PUCCINI - at home with his favorite dog, Italian composer, 1858-1924

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𝐑𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚 “𝐃𝐢𝐞 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐰𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐮” (“𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧”) 𝐢𝐧 𝟏𝟗𝟑𝟓.

Richard Strauss study in villa at Garmisch

𝐑𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐬 (𝟏𝟖𝟔𝟒–𝟏𝟗𝟒𝟗), 𝐆𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫, 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐑𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝, 𝐜. 𝟏𝟗𝟑𝟒.

Richard Strauss in 1915

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

𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐀𝐈𝐒𝐒𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐎𝐃 𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐂

𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐓-𝐑𝐎𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐂 𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐎𝐃 𝐈𝐍 𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐂

𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐑𝐎𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐂 𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐎𝐃 𝐈𝐍 𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐂

𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐋𝐀𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐋 𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐋 𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐎𝐃

𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐁𝐀𝐑𝐎𝐐𝐔𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐄𝐑𝐒

𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐂𝐋𝐀𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐋 𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐂 Here are our own Composer Timelines for the following music periods: 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐫 𝐆𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐜 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐝 (𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐱. 𝟖𝟎𝟎–𝟏𝟒𝟎𝟎) 𝐑𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐝 (𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐱. 𝟏𝟒𝟎𝟎–𝟏𝟔𝟎𝟎) 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐪𝐮𝐞 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐝 (𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐱. 𝟏𝟔𝟎𝟎–𝟏𝟕𝟓𝟎) 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐝 (𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐱. 𝟏𝟕𝟓𝟎–𝟏𝟖𝟐𝟎) 𝐑𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐜…

𝐁𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐧 - 𝐒𝐲𝐦𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐲 𝐍𝐨.𝟑 “𝐄𝐫𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐚” - 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐦 𝐅𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞𝐫 - 𝐖𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐤𝐞𝐫 - 𝟏𝟗𝟒𝟒 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbHD189DAp0&t=234s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbxD-_yNIKw (Good Sound) The 1944 Vienna performance of Beethoven’s Third Symphony conducted by Wilhelm Furtwangler with the Wiener Philharmoniker is…

𝐁𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐧 - 𝐒𝐲𝐦𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐲 𝐍𝐨.𝟑 - 𝐀𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐨 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 in Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/collection/2053627 𝐁𝐄𝐄𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐍’𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐑𝐃 𝐒𝐘𝐌𝐏𝐇𝐎𝐍𝐘, “𝐄𝐑𝐎𝐈𝐂𝐀”: 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐇𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘 𝐎𝐅 𝐈𝐓𝐒 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 Beethoven’s Third Symphony in E-flat major, Op. 55, universally known as the “Eroica”, stands at…

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