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𝗕𝗥𝗔𝗛𝗠𝗦 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗠𝗔𝗛𝗟𝗘𝗥 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗕𝗔𝗗 𝗜𝗦𝗖𝗛𝗟 𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗥 — 𝗔 𝗪𝗔𝗟𝗞 𝗕𝗘𝗧𝗪𝗘𝗘𝗡 𝗧𝗪𝗢 𝗔𝗚𝗘𝗦 The later encounter, often placed in 𝗕𝗮𝗱 𝗜𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗹 during Brahms’s last summer, has an almost symbolic quality. Bad Ischl was not…

𝗗𝘃𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗸 - 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲 𝗤𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝘁𝘀 - 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝗴𝘂𝗲 𝗤𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝘁 - 𝗗𝗚 https://www.patreon.com/posts/dvorak-complete-137333156?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link 𝗔𝗡𝗧𝗢𝗡Í𝗡 𝗗𝗩𝗢ŘÁ𝗞 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗣𝗟𝗘𝗧𝗘 𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗤𝗨𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗘𝗧𝗦 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗕𝗼𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗠𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗻í𝗻 𝗗𝘃𝗼řá𝗸 (𝟭𝟴𝟰𝟭–𝟭𝟵𝟬𝟰) wrote 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝘁𝘀, a body of chamber…

𝗚𝗜𝗨𝗦𝗘𝗣𝗣𝗘 𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗗𝗜 𝗜𝗡 𝗥𝗨𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗔 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝘁. 𝗣𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗴 𝗔𝗱𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲, 𝗟𝗮 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝘇𝗮 𝗱𝗲𝗹 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗼, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗱 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗲 Giuseppe Verdi’s Russian episode was brief in duration but highly important in artistic consequence. Unlike some…

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𝗕𝗥𝗨𝗖𝗞𝗡𝗘𝗥 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗗𝗩𝗢ŘÁ𝗞 𝗧𝘄𝗼 𝗣𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗥𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀, 𝗧𝘄𝗼 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀, 𝗧𝘄𝗼 𝗩𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗵𝗼𝗻𝘆 The relationship between 𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗻 𝗕𝗿𝘂𝗰𝗸𝗻𝗲𝗿 and 𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗻í𝗻 𝗗𝘃𝗼řá𝗸 is much more difficult to describe than the relationship between Brahms and Dvořák.…

𝗣𝘆𝗼𝘁𝗿 𝗜𝗹𝘆𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗧𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗸𝗼𝘃𝘀𝗸𝘆 – 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 (𝟭𝟴𝟱𝟭–𝟭𝟴𝟱𝟱) 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗜 – 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝗝𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗽𝗿𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 (𝟭𝟴𝟱𝟭–𝟭𝟴𝟱𝟮) By 1851, the eleven-year-old 𝗣𝘆𝗼𝘁𝗿 𝗜𝗹𝘆𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗧𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗸𝗼𝘃𝘀𝗸𝘆 was fully immersed in life at the…

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗩𝗜𝗢𝗟𝗜𝗡 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗖𝗘𝗥𝗧𝗢 𝗜𝗡 𝗗 𝗠𝗔𝗝𝗢𝗥, 𝗢𝗣. 𝟳𝟳, 𝗕𝗬 𝗝𝗢𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗦 𝗕𝗥𝗔𝗛𝗠𝗦, 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗜𝗧𝗦 𝗗𝗘𝗘𝗣 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗧𝗢 𝗝𝗢𝗦𝗘𝗣𝗛 𝗝𝗢𝗔𝗖𝗛𝗜𝗠 https://www.patreon.com/collection/2148724 The origins of 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗵𝗺𝘀’𝘀 𝗩𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗼 𝗶𝗻 𝗗 𝗺𝗮𝗷𝗼𝗿, 𝗢𝗽. 𝟳𝟳, lead us back to…

𝗣𝗥𝗜𝗩𝗔𝗧𝗘 𝗔𝗡𝗘𝗖𝗗𝗢𝗧𝗘𝗦 𝗔𝗕𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗕𝗥𝗔𝗛𝗠𝗦 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗢𝗡 𝗢𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗥 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗣𝗢𝗦𝗘𝗥𝗦 𝗔 𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗜𝗧 𝗢𝗙 𝗔 𝗦𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗘, 𝗛𝗢𝗡𝗘𝗦𝗧, 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗗𝗘𝗘𝗣𝗟𝗬 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗗 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗵𝗺𝘀 was never a composer of easy compliments. His judgments could be abrupt, ironic, severe,…

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗞 𝗢𝗙 𝗙𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗭 𝗦𝗖𝗛𝗨𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗧 - 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝟭𝟭 — 𝗦𝗨𝗖𝗖𝗘𝗦𝗦 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗞𝗡𝗘𝗦𝗦 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘇 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿: 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗴𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗱𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 (𝟭𝟴𝟮𝟴) With Chapter 11, Schubert’s…

𝗘𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗔𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗲𝘁: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗜 – 𝗔 𝗦𝘄𝗶𝘀𝘀 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗡𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗘𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗔𝗹𝗲𝘅𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗲 𝗔𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗲𝘁 was born on 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟭, 𝟭𝟴𝟴𝟯, in 𝗩𝗲𝘃𝗲𝘆, Switzerland, and died on 𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆…

𝗝𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶 𝗦𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗹𝗹: 𝗟𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 – 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗜 – 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗮 (𝟭𝟵𝟰𝟭–𝟭𝟵𝟱𝟬) 𝗝𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶 𝗦𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗶 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗱𝗲𝘁 was born on 𝗔𝘂𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝟭, 𝟭𝟵𝟰𝟭, in 𝗜𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗱𝗮, a small industrial town in 𝗖𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗮.…

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𝗪𝗼𝗹𝗳𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗲𝘂𝘀 𝗠𝗼𝘇𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗽𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗱, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘀 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗹𝗲𝘆 (𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗮𝗴𝗲), 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘃𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗻, 𝗱𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗙𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲, 𝗶𝗻 𝟭𝟳𝟳𝟬. It is an 𝗼𝗶𝗹 𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝘃𝗮𝘀, measuring 𝟭𝟯𝟬 × 𝟭𝟱𝟵 𝗰𝗺, attributed…

𝗕𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗦𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀 — 𝗔 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝟭 — 𝗕𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗹𝘆𝗻 𝗕𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 (𝟭𝟵𝟮𝟵–𝟭𝟵𝟯𝟯) Beverly Sills was born Belle Miriam Silverman on May 25, 1929, in Brooklyn, New York, to immigrant parents of Russian-Jewish descent. Music entered…

𝐒𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐧𝐞𝐬: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐝𝐢 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐓𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫, 𝐍𝐨𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝 There are baritones whose greatness lies in vocal beauty alone, and others whose greatness comes from something broader and…

𝐁𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐨 𝐆𝐢𝐠𝐥𝐢: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐧-𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐓𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐫 𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐓𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐋𝐲𝐫𝐢𝐜 𝐁𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐲, 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬, 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐏𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝 There are tenors whose fame rests on brilliance, others on heroic force, and a very few whose voices seem…

𝐕𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐌𝐚𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐥: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐆𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐝𝐢 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐈𝐚𝐠𝐨 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐅𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐟𝐟 There are singers whose fame rests on sheer vocal splendor, and there are others whose greatness lies equally in the intelligence…

𝐓𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐚 𝐑𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐨: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐢𝐨𝐧-𝐕𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐓𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐝𝐢, 𝐃𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐚, 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝 There are baritones whose greatness rests on style, others on refinement, and a very few whose very sound seems to…

𝐋𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐞 𝐑𝐲𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐤: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐞-𝐂𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐨𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐨 𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐓𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐖𝐚𝐠𝐧𝐞𝐫, 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐬, 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐝𝐢 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐏𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐞 There are singers whose greatness lies in beauty of sound, and there are others whose greatness lies in something…

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐇𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐥 - 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝟭𝟱: 𝗙𝗥𝗢𝗠 𝗖𝗥𝗜𝗦𝗜𝗦 𝗧𝗢 𝗜𝗠𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗧𝗔𝗟𝗜𝗧𝗬 — 𝗠𝗘𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗔𝗛, 𝗕𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗗𝗡𝗘𝗦𝗦, 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗙𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗟 𝗚𝗟𝗢𝗥𝗬 (𝟭𝟳𝟯𝟳–𝟭𝟳𝟱𝟵) By the later 1730s, Handel had already known triumph, domination, rivalry, collapse, and physical exhaustion. The…

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐇𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐥 - 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝟭𝟯: 𝗕𝗘𝗧𝗪𝗘𝗘𝗡 𝗖𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗧𝗦 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗚𝗘𝗦 — 𝗣𝗢𝗪𝗘𝗥, 𝗣𝗔𝗧𝗥𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗚𝗘, 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗜𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗣𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘 (𝟭𝟳𝟭𝟮–𝟭𝟳𝟮𝟬) After the dazzling success of 𝗥𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗱𝗼 in London, Handel entered one of the most important transitional phases…

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…

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐇𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐥 - 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝟭𝟮: 𝗟𝗢𝗡𝗗𝗢𝗡 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗤𝗨𝗘𝗥𝗘𝗗 — 𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗟𝗗𝗢 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗜𝗡𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗡𝗧 𝗙𝗔𝗠𝗘 (𝟭𝟳𝟭𝟬–𝟭𝟳𝟭𝟮) When Handel moved from 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 toward 𝗟𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗻, he was no longer the uncertain young musician who had once left…