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# **Joseph Haydn and Nicola Porpora: A Transformative Encounter** When **Joseph Haydn** was struggling to survive in Vienna in the early **1750s**, poor, largely self-taught, and without influential patrons, a chance encounter would prove…

# **Joseph Haydn — Survival and Self-Education in Vienna (1749–1755)** After his abrupt dismissal from the choir of **St. Stephen’s Cathedral** in **late 1749** (when his voice broke), Haydn entered what he later described…

# **Haydn: Choirboy at St. Stephen’s Cathedral (1740–1749)** In **1740**, when **Joseph Haydn** was just **eight years old**, his musical abilities brought him to **Vienna**, where he was admitted as a **boy soprano at…

# **Haydn: Separation from His Family and Early Hardship in Vienna** **1738 (age 6)** – Haydn leaves Rohrau for the first time, sent to **Hainburg an der Donau** to live with **Johann Matthias Franck**,…

# **Joseph Haydn — 50 Curiosities and Anecdotes from an Extraordinary Life** 1. **He was born into humble circumstances**: Haydn was born in **1732 in Rohrau**, the son of a wheelwright and a cook.…

# **Joseph Haydn: Born into Humble Origins** **Joseph Haydn** was born on **31 March 1732** in the small village of **Rohrau**, near the Hungarian border of Lower Austria. His beginnings were strikingly modest, especially…

# **Mozart: Early Compositions and the Astonishing Years from 7 to 11** By the age of six, **Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart** was already composing with ease: **five minuets, a sonata, and an allegro**, works that,…

Fountain with a bronze statue of Mozart's mother as a child, a work by Toni Schneider-Manzell

# **Anna Maria Pertl Mozart (1720–1778): The Silent Pillar Behind a Genius** **Anna Maria Pertl**, the mother of **Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart**, occupies a paradoxical place in music history: **indispensable, yet largely invisible**. Her life…

# **Mozart: His Favorite Instrument — the Clarinet** Although **Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart** was universally admired as a master of the **keyboard** and an excellent **violinist**, his **true instrumental affection** lay elsewhere. Among all orchestral…

# **Bach - Jauchzet & Lobet - Ensemble BachWerkVokal, Gordon Safari ** Bach, J S: Lobe den Herrn, meine Seele, **BWV 69a** Bach, J S: **Cantata BWV 51** 'Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen' Bach,…

# **Plácido Domingo — Anecdotes and Curiosities from a Life on Stage** **1. He did not plan to become a tenor** Domingo was originally trained as a **baritone**. His transition to tenor was gradual…

# **Domingo, Placido. (b. 1941) Signed Photograph, "Il Trovatore."**

# **Plácido Domingo: A Life in 20 Chapters** **Chapter 1 — Madrid, 1941: Born into the World of Zarzuela** **Plácido Domingo** was born on **21 January 1941 in Madrid**, into a family where music…

**Placido Domingo in 1971 production of *****Luisa Miller***** as Rudolfo**; the 1979 production was his second *Luisa Miller*. Met Opera Archive photo taken from Placido Domingo's [website](http://placidodomingo.com/).

# **Placido Domingo / Montserrat Caballe**

# **Plácido Domingo (age 17) singing with his mother, Pepita Embil.**

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# **Shostakovich Collection - Box Set 28CDs** **CD 1** **Shostakovich: Symphony No. 1 in F minor, Op. 10** **Shostakovich: Symphony No. 2 in B major, Op. 14 for Chorus & Orchestra “To October”** **Shostakovich:…

# **Bela Bartok - The Hungarian Soul - Box Set 20 CDs ** **CD 1** **Bartók: Suite No. 2, Sz. 34, BB 40** Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française, Charles Bruck **Bartók: Two Pictures,…

# **Mozart: The Instrument He Feared in Childhood** As a child, **Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart** was not only sensitive to sound—he was **acutely vulnerable to it**. One of the lesser-known but well-attested details of his…

# **Mozart: A Phobia for a Musical Instrument** One of the most curious—and revealing—anecdotes about **Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart** concerns his **aversion to the flute**, an instrument he openly disliked, and at times almost mocked.…

## **Mozart: His Physical Appearance** Descriptions of **Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart**’s physical appearance, preserved in contemporary testimonies, letters, and early biographies, present a figure **very different from the idealized image** often suggested by later romantic…