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𝗡𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗮𝘀 𝗠𝗰𝗚𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗻 (𝗯. 𝟭𝟵𝟱𝟬): 𝗔 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗕𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗽𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗱, 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗹, 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗝𝗼𝘆𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗥𝗲𝗯𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗼𝗾𝘂𝗲 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗜. 𝗔 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗝𝗼𝘆, 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗡𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗮𝘀 𝗠𝗰𝗚𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗻, often affectionately known as…

𝗖𝗔𝗥𝗟𝗢 𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗚𝗢𝗡𝗭𝗜: 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗩𝗢𝗜𝗖𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗗𝗜 𝗔 𝗕𝗶𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝘆 𝗶𝗻 20 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀, 𝗖𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗻𝗲𝗰𝗱𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀 1. 𝗕𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗶𝗻 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗶 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘆 Carlo Bergonzi was born on 13 July 1924 in Vidalenzo, near Parma, in…

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗖𝗛𝗜𝗟𝗗𝗛𝗢𝗢𝗗 𝗢𝗙 𝗙𝗘𝗟𝗜𝗫 𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗟𝗦𝗦𝗢𝗛𝗡 (𝗜) “𝗔 𝗛𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗘𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁” (𝟭𝟴𝟬𝟵–𝟭𝟴𝟭𝟲) 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝟭: 𝗕𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗶𝗻 𝗧𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀 Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy was born on 𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟯, 𝟭𝟴𝟬𝟵, in Hamburg, into a family that embodied the…

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝟯 𝗨𝗻𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗽𝘂𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗶𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰, 𝗔𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝗔𝗹𝗹 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗹𝗹 𝗔𝗴𝗲𝘀 Strictly speaking, 𝗻𝗼 𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗲 can ever be completely undisputed, because music is too vast, too varied,…

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…

𝐖𝐚𝐠𝐧𝐞𝐫: 𝐓𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞 - 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐦 𝐅𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞𝐫 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGAKgoclJ6A&t=389s 𝐋𝐮𝐝𝐰𝐢𝐠 𝐒𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐮𝐬 — Tristan 𝐊𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐅𝐥𝐚𝐠𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐝 — Isolde 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐛𝐨𝐦 — Brangäne 𝐉𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐟 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐥 — König Marke 𝐃𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐅𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫-𝐃𝐢𝐞𝐬𝐤𝐚𝐮 — Kurwenal 𝐑𝐮𝐝𝐨𝐥𝐟 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐜𝐤 — Seemann /…

## **𝗠𝗢𝗭𝗔𝗥𝗧 𝗜𝗡 𝗦𝗪𝗔𝗙𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗗’𝗦 𝗕𝗜𝗢𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗣𝗛𝗬: Chapter 4 — An Instrument at the Command of Music** **1) From Calais to London: fame arrives first (April 1764)** Nannerl notes the **tides at Calais**, then the family…

𝗬𝗘𝗛𝗨𝗗𝗜 𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗨𝗛𝗜𝗡 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗖𝗛𝗜𝗟𝗗 𝗪𝗛𝗢 𝗥𝗘𝗗𝗘𝗙𝗜𝗡𝗘𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗩𝗜𝗢𝗟𝗜𝗡 𝗔 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗱𝗶𝗴𝘆 𝗕𝗼𝗿𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮 (1916) 𝗬𝗲𝗵𝘂𝗱𝗶 𝗠𝗲𝗻𝘂𝗵𝗶𝗻 (1916–1999) was born on April 22, 1916, in New York, into a family of Russian-Jewish intellectuals who…

# **Mozart’s Tonal Circle: Restraint as a Quiet Revolution (Book: **Mozart, His Character, His Work by Alfred Einstein**)** **Impossible—yet precisely here Mozart’s revolutionary nature reveals itself**, even though **he never advertises it** and **never…

# **J.S.Bach: The Organ as a Living Mechanism** From his earliest childhood, **Johann Sebastian Bach** was exposed not only to the *sound* of the organ, but to its **physical and mechanical reality**. In the…

# **André Cluytens — Anecdotes and Curiosities from a Life in Music** André Cluytens (1905–1967) remains one of the most **subtle, intelligent, and paradoxically understated conductors** of the twentieth century. Revered by musicians, quietly…

## **Yannick Nézet-Séguin — Anecdotes and Curiosities from a Musical Life** **A Conductor Who Began as a Pianist-Partner** Before he ever stood regularly on the podium, Nézet-Séguin spent countless hours **accompanying singers and instrumentalists…

# **Mozart and the Violin** Although Mozart is remembered above all as a pianist and composer, **his relationship with the violin reveals one of the clearest signs of his exceptional musical cognition**: the ability…

# **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.…

# **LEONTYNE PRICE — A LIFE ** ## **Chapter 1 — Origins in Laurel, Mississippi: A Childhood Shaped by Dignity, Faith, and Song (1927–1944)** Leontyne Price was born Mary Violet Leontyne Price on February…

# **ANECDOTES ABOUT KATHLEEN BATTLE** *The angelic voice, the perfectionist temperament, the legend of impossible beauty* ## **1. The Telephone Audition that Started Everything** Kathleen Battle’s first professional break came when conductor Thomas Schippers…

# **THE DEATH OF BEDŘICH SMETANA — A COMPLETE ANALYSIS** Bedřich Smetana’s death in 1884 stands among the most tragic and complex in the history of music. Unlike the peaceful departures of Verdi or…

# **Richard Wagner’s Final Year — A Narrative Psychological Portrait** In the last year of his life, Richard Wagner moved through the world like a man walking inside a storm of his own making.…

𝗦𝗶𝗺𝗼𝗻 𝗥𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 — 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗻 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 — 𝗕𝗼𝘅 𝗦𝗲𝘁 𝟰𝟱𝗖𝗗𝘀 https://www.patreon.com/ClassicMusicComposersGroup/posts/simon-rattle-45-161001895?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link 𝗖𝗗 𝟭 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘇𝘁: A Faust Symphony, S108 𝗖𝗗 𝟮 𝗠𝗮𝗵𝗹𝗲𝗿: Symphony No. 10 in F sharp major 𝗖𝗗 𝟯–𝟰 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗲𝗻𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗴: Gurrelieder 𝗖𝗗 𝟱…

𝗗𝘃𝗼𝗿̌𝗮́𝗸 — 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰 𝗣𝗼𝗲𝗺𝘀 — 𝗭𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗲̌𝗸 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗮𝗹𝗮 𝗗𝘃𝗼𝗿̌𝗮́𝗸: The Water Goblin — Vodník, Op. 107 𝗗𝘃𝗼𝗿̌𝗮́𝗸: The Noon Witch — Polednice, Op. 108 𝗗𝘃𝗼𝗿̌𝗮́𝗸: The Golden Spinning Wheel — Zlatý kolovrat, Op. 109 𝗗𝘃𝗼𝗿̌𝗮́𝗸:…