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# **Mozart and Salieri: The Real Relationship** Few myths in music history have proven as persistent—or as misleading—as the idea of a murderous rivalry between **Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart** and **Antonio Salieri**. Popular culture, from…

# **Mozart: Haydn’s Famous Judgment: ***Before God, and as an honest man, I tell you that your son is the greatest composer known to me, either in person or by name* Among the many…

# **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,…

# **Mozart and the Transcription of Allegri’s *****Miserere***** (Rome, 1770)** When Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart arrived in **Rome in April 1770**, he was fourteen years old and already widely known across Europe as a prodigy.…

# **George Szell — Anecdotes and Curiosities from a Life of Discipline, Intelligence, and Control** George Szell (1897–1970) was one of the most formidable conductors of the 20th century. Feared by orchestras, admired by…

She was an indispensable voice for Karajan’s opera and concert projects in the 1950s and 1960s – Leontyne Price. [[https://karajan.org/stories/karajan-artists-leontyne-price/](https://karajan.org/stories/karajan-artists-leontyne-price/)](https://karajan.org/stories/karajan-artists-leontyne-price/) The soprano from Mississippi is one of the first Afro-American divas in classical music…

# **Franco Corelli, Leontyne Price, Rudolf Bing ** Metropolitan Opera audiences began an extraordinary love affair with American soprano Leontyne Price immediately upon her debut on January 27, 1961 Price was a known entity…

# **Antonio Caldara - La Passione di Gesù Cristo Signor Nostro - Fabio Biondi ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/antonio-caldara-145173511?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/antonio-caldara-145173511?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) *A monumental Venetian–Austrian oratorio, where Pietro Metastasio’s poetry meets Caldara’s spiritual depth* ## **1. A Masterpiece Born at…

# **Antonio Caldara - Morte e sepoltura di Christo - Oratorio - 1724 - Fabio Biondi ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/antonio-caldara-145171183?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/antonio-caldara-145171183?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)** ** *A monumental Viennese oratorio of grief, devotion, and Baroque drama* Antonio Caldara, one of the…

# **Haydn - String Quartets Op.2 - Leipziger Streichquartet** [[https://www.patreon.com/posts/haydn-string-op-144731982?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/haydn-string-op-144731982?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)](https://www.patreon.com/posts/haydn-string-op-144731982?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) The string quartets collected under **Op. 2** belong to the same early period as the Op. 1 set, when Haydn was still exploring the…

# **IGNAZ BRÜLL — A LIFE ** **A Brahms' friend ** **I. Origins, Childhood, and the Making of a Young Pianist** Ignaz Brüll was born on **November 7, 1846**, in the Moravian town of…

# **IGNAZ BRÜLL — A LIFE** ## **I. Origins, Childhood, and the Making of a Young Pianist** Ignaz Brüll was born on **November 7, 1846**, in the Moravian town of Proßnitz (today Prostějov, Czech…

# **Leopold von Sonnleithner (1797–1873): The Son Who Preserved Schubert** ## **I. A Young Man in a House of Culture: Early Life in the Sonnleithner Family** Leopold von Sonnleithner was born on **15 November…

# **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…

# **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…

# **Leopold Kupelwieser (1796–1862): A Life** Leopold Kupelwieser was born on October 17, 1796, in Markt Piesting, a quiet Lower Austrian town surrounded by hills and forests. His father, a respected court official, instilled…

# **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…

# **Schubert’s Friend: Eduard von Bauernfeld (1802–1890) — The Ironically Affectionate Comrade** Eduard von Bauernfeld entered Schubert’s world in the early 1820s, at the very moment when Vienna’s artistic life was turning inward, more…

# **Mahler - Symphony no. 2 - Ileana Cotrubas **– soprano - **Christa Ludwig **– contralto - **Zubin Mehta** conducting the Vienna Philharmonic and the Vienna State Opera Choir [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XX4uXYtvz_0](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XX4uXYtvz_0)

# **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…

# **The Final Days and Burial of Antonio Vivaldi** Vivaldi probably moved to Vienna with the intention of staging operas, especially because he settled near the Kärntnertortheater, one of the city’s main venues. However,…

# **THE DEATH OF ANTONIO VIVALDI — A COMPLETE ANALYSIS** *Illness, poverty, decline, and the mystery of a forgotten funeral* Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741) died not in Venice, the city of his glory, but in…