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# **𝗠𝗢𝗭𝗔𝗥𝗧 𝗜𝗡 𝗦𝗪𝗔𝗙𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗗’𝗦 𝗕𝗜𝗢𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗣𝗛𝗬 - Chapter 17 — Last Return, Last Departure ** **I. Vienna: Sociability, Dance, and the Theatre of Identity** The year **1783** opens with Mozart in a state of outward…

# **The Romantic World of Puccini – A New Critical Appraisal of the Operas – Iris J. Arnesen ** [https://classicalarchive.org/the-romantic-world-of-puccini-a-new-critical-appraisal-of-the-operas-iris-j-arnesen/](https://classicalarchive.org/the-romantic-world-of-puccini-a-new-critical-appraisal-of-the-operas-iris-j-arnesen/)** ** **The Romantic World of Puccini: A New Critical Appraisal of the Operas**, by…

# **Recognition in Mozart’s Operas – Jessica Waldoff ** [https://classicalarchive.org/recognition-in-mozarts-operas-jessica-waldoff/](https://classicalarchive.org/recognition-in-mozarts-operas-jessica-waldoff/)** ** ## **Recognition in Mozart's Operas** *by Jessica Waldoff* **Scope and central idea** **Recognition in Mozart’s Operas** is a **focused analytical monograph** that examines…

# **Prokofiev - Cinderella - Ravel - Ma Mere l'Oye - Martha Argerich - Mikhail Pletnev** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/prokofiev-ravel-149312318?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/prokofiev-ravel-149312318?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)

# **More Than a Servant: Bach and Artistic Dignity** Throughout his career—most acutely in **Leipzig**—**Johann Sebastian Bach** resented being treated as a **mere employee** rather than recognized as an **artist of intellectual authority**. This…

Mario Del Monaco ( Florence , July 27, 1915 – Mestre , October 16, 1982) was an Italian tenor . He is widely considered the greatest dramatic tenor of the 20th century . His…

# **ERNEST SCHELLING — A LIFE** ## **I. Origins, Childhood Genius, and the Formation of an Artist** Ernest Henry Schelling was born on **July 26, 1876**, in Belvidere, New Jersey, into a family that…

# **Chopin’s early compositions ** ## 1. The First Polonaises: Childhood Pieces That Already “Sound Polish” Chopin’s earliest surviving works are **polonaises** written when he was still a child, especially the **Polonaise in G…