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𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗱𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽 Dear members, My name is 𝗔𝗹𝗲𝘅 𝗥𝗼𝘀𝗮̀𝘀, and I am the creator and administrator of this group, as well as of a wide network of Facebook…

𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗱𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽 Dear members, My name is 𝗔𝗹𝗲𝘅 𝗥𝗼𝘀𝗮̀𝘀, and I am the creator and administrator of this group, as well as of a wide network of Facebook…

𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗱𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽 Dear members, My name is 𝗔𝗹𝗲𝘅 𝗥𝗼𝘀𝗮̀𝘀, and I am the creator and administrator of this group, as well as of a wide network of Facebook…

𝗚𝗲𝗼𝗿𝗴 𝗦𝗼𝗹𝘁𝗶 was scheduled to make his U.S. debut with the 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗴𝗼 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮 at the Ravinia Festival on July 14, 1953. However, his visa was denied only a few days before, pending clarification…

𝗠𝘆 𝗩𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗦𝘁. 𝗙𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻: 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗕𝗿𝘂𝗰𝗸𝗻𝗲𝗿’𝘀 𝗦𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 Entering the church was not simply like visiting a historical monument. It felt like crossing a threshold into 𝗕𝗿𝘂𝗰𝗸𝗻𝗲𝗿’𝘀 𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗹. The vastness of…

𝗙𝗟𝗢𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘 𝗠𝗔𝗬 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗝𝗢𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗦 𝗕𝗥𝗔𝗛𝗠𝗦 𝗩𝗢𝗟𝗨𝗠𝗘 𝗜 — 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝟯 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗛𝗮𝗺𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗴 𝗢𝗯𝘀𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝟭𝟴𝟰𝟴–𝟭𝟴𝟱𝟯 Chapter 3 is one of the decisive transition chapters…

𝗕𝗘𝗘𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗡, 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗨𝗙𝗙𝗘𝗥𝗘𝗥 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗣𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗲𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗔𝗿𝘁, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗿 𝗕𝗲𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝗳𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 The section 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗨𝗙𝗙𝗘𝗥𝗘𝗥 from Beethoven, the Man and the Artist, as Revealed in His Own Words brings us to the most tragic…

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗧𝗥𝗨𝗘 𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗦𝗧 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗡𝗧 𝗦𝗨𝗡 𝗢𝗻 𝗔𝗿𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀 — 𝗕𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻’𝘀 𝗩𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗶𝘂𝘀, 𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗘𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 For 𝗟𝘂𝗱𝘄𝗶𝗴 𝘃𝗮𝗻 𝗕𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻, the artist was not merely a gifted professional, not simply…

𝗕𝗘𝗘𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗡 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗜𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗥 𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗠 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗢𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 — 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗪𝗮𝘀 𝗕𝗼𝗿𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗛𝗶𝘀 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗕𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗜𝘁 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗮𝗴𝗲 For 𝗟𝘂𝗱𝘄𝗶𝗴 𝘃𝗮𝗻 𝗕𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻, composing was never a calm technical exercise. It…

# 𝗠𝗢𝗭𝗔𝗥𝗧 𝗜𝗡 𝗦𝗪𝗔𝗙𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗗’𝗦 𝗕𝗜𝗢𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗣𝗛𝗬 - 𝗘𝗽𝗶𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘂𝗲 # 𝗘𝘁 𝗟𝘂𝘅 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗽𝗲𝘁𝘂𝗮 𝗟𝘂𝗰𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗘𝗶𝘀 ## 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗠𝗼𝘇𝗮𝗿𝘁 Death in the eighteenth century was never extraordinary in itself. Disease moved quickly through Europe, medicine…

𝗕𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘁: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗙𝗮𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗕𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 The history of orchestral conducting is not made only of great interpretations, legendary recordings, schools of performance, and unforgettable…

𝗥𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻 (𝟭𝟴𝟭𝟬–𝟭𝟴𝟱𝟲), at the age of 44 𝗗𝗿𝗮𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗲, by 𝗝𝗲𝗮𝗻-𝗝𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗽𝗵-𝗕𝗼𝗻𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗟𝗮𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝗗ü𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗱𝗼𝗿𝗳, 𝟭𝟰–𝟭𝟲 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟴𝟱𝟯 𝗛𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗛𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝘁, 𝗗ü𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗱𝗼𝗿𝗳 This is one of 𝘀𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗱𝗿𝗮𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗥𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁…

𝗟𝘂𝗱𝘄𝗶𝗴 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻 (1848–1899), at the age of 16 Son of 𝗥𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻 and 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻 Photography, around 1864 𝗥𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁-𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻-𝗛𝗮𝘂𝘀 𝗭𝘄𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗮𝘂 𝗟𝘂𝗱𝘄𝗶𝗴 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻 was the 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝘃𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗼𝗻 of 𝗥𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 and 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻. An earlier…

𝗝𝘂𝗹𝗶𝗲 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻 (1845–1872) was the third daughter of 𝗥𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻 and 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻, born into one of the most emotionally intense and artistically distinguished families of nineteenth-century Romantic music. She grew up in the…

PHOTO: 1890 - Clara Schumann 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝟯𝟲. 𝗜𝗻 𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱: “𝗜 𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗜 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝘂𝗽 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗮;…

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗛 𝗢𝗙 𝗔𝗡𝗧𝗢𝗡𝗜𝗢 𝗩𝗜𝗩𝗔𝗟𝗗𝗜 — 𝗔 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗣𝗟𝗘𝗧𝗘 𝗡𝗔𝗥𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗔𝗡𝗔𝗟𝗬𝗦𝗜𝗦 𝗜𝗹𝗹𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀, 𝗽𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘁𝘆, 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲, 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗜. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝗿𝗼𝗻𝘆: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗱 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗗𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗙𝗮𝗿 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗩𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗼…

𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗼𝘇 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘇𝘁 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗼, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 Berlioz/Liszt: Symphonie fantastique ― Idil Biret https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U88C1-3Vlmc&list=RDU88C1-3Vlmc&start_radio=1 The relationship between 𝗛𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗼𝘇 and 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘇 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘇𝘁 was one of the most fertile…

𝗖𝗵𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘇𝘁 𝗧𝘄𝗼 𝗢𝗽𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗣𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗼 When 𝗙𝗿é𝗱é𝗿𝗶𝗰 𝗖𝗵𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗻 arrived in Paris in 𝟭𝟴𝟯𝟭, he entered a city that had become the most brilliant musical capital of Europe. Paris was…

𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗶𝘂𝘀 𝗠𝗲𝘁 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗶𝘂𝘀: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗘𝗻𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗱 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗼𝗾𝘂𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗗𝗮𝘆 The history of classical music does not advance only through works, styles, schools, or institutions. It…

𝗡𝗶𝗸𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗶 𝗥𝗶𝗺𝘀𝗸𝘆-𝗞𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗮𝗸𝗼𝘃 𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀, 𝗮𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝗔𝗹𝗲𝘅𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗚𝗹𝗮𝘇𝘂𝗻𝗼𝘃. 𝟭𝟵𝟬𝟲.

𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗕𝗿ü𝗴𝗴𝗲𝗻 (𝟭𝟵𝟯𝟰–𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟰): 𝗔 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗕𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮, 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗯𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗜. 𝗔 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗮𝘆 𝗪𝗲 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗕𝗿ü𝗴𝗴𝗲𝗻 was born in…

𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗺 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗮 𝗺𝗮𝗷𝗼𝗿 𝗱𝗼𝗰𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗺𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝟭𝟴𝟵𝟬 In 1890, Mahler was about thirty years old and was already building his career as a conductor outside Vienna. Bruckner, born in…

𝗚𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘃 𝗠𝗮𝗵𝗹𝗲𝗿 — 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲: 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝟮 𝗩𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗮, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗕𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗶𝘂𝘀 𝗜. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗦𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗚𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘃 𝘁𝗼 𝗩𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗮 In the minds of Gustav Mahler’s parents, there was…