Posts / Photos

𝗛𝗔𝗬𝗗𝗡, 𝗕𝗬 𝗝. 𝗖𝗨𝗧𝗛𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗧 𝗛𝗔𝗗𝗗𝗘𝗡 - 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝟴 𝗣𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗖𝗘 𝗡𝗜𝗖𝗢𝗟𝗔𝗨𝗦 “𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗠𝗔𝗚𝗡𝗜𝗙𝗜𝗖𝗘𝗡𝗧” 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖, 𝗣𝗢𝗪𝗘𝗥, 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗣𝗔𝗧𝗥𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗚𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗔𝗥𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗖𝗥𝗔𝗧 𝗪𝗛𝗢 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗚𝗘𝗗 𝗛𝗔𝗬𝗗𝗡’𝗦 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗟𝗗 When 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗣𝗮𝘂𝗹 𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗻 𝗘𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗵𝗮́𝘇𝘆 died in 𝟭𝟳𝟲𝟮, 𝗝𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗽𝗵 𝗛𝗮𝘆𝗱𝗻 had been…

𝗝𝗢𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗡 𝗦𝗘𝗕𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗔𝗡 𝗕𝗔𝗖𝗛 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗡𝗘𝗗 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗡 𝗖𝗛𝗥𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗣𝗛 𝗪𝗢𝗟𝗙𝗙 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝟯 𝗕𝘆𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗟𝘂̈𝗻𝗲𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗪𝗲𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗿, 𝟭𝟳𝟬𝟬–𝟭𝟳𝟬𝟯 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗕𝗲𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝗵𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗮: 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝘆, 𝗩𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲, 𝗢𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗦𝗶𝗴𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗮…

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗢𝗩𝗘 𝗔𝗙𝗙𝗔𝗜𝗥𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗡𝗦 — 𝗩𝗢𝗟𝗨𝗠𝗘 𝗜𝗜 𝗥𝗨𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗧 𝗛𝗨𝗚𝗛𝗘𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗛𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗧 𝗢𝗙 𝗔 𝗩𝗜𝗢𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗜𝗦𝗧 — 𝗣𝗔𝗚𝗔𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗜, 𝗕𝗘𝗘𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗡, 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗠𝗬𝗧𝗛 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗜𝗡𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗨𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧 After the inward anguish of 𝗧𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗸𝗼𝘃𝘀𝗸𝘆, Rupert Hughes turns…

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗢𝗩𝗘 𝗔𝗙𝗙𝗔𝗜𝗥𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗡𝗦 — 𝗩𝗢𝗟𝗨𝗠𝗘 𝗜𝗜 𝗥𝗨𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗧 𝗛𝗨𝗚𝗛𝗘𝗦 𝗪𝗔𝗚𝗡𝗘𝗥, 𝗖𝗢𝗦𝗜𝗠𝗔, 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗖𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗢𝗙 𝗔 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗗𝗬𝗡𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗬 After the painful, humiliating, and emotionally exhausted story of 𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗪𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗿 and 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗮 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗲𝗿,…

𝗚𝗨𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗩𝗢 𝗗𝗨𝗗𝗔𝗠𝗘𝗟 — 𝗔 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘 Gustavo Dudamel is one of the most visible conductors of the twenty-first century: a Venezuelan musician formed by 𝗘𝗹 𝗦𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗮, projected internationally while still very young, and later placed…

𝗘𝗟𝗜𝗔𝗛𝗨 𝗜𝗡𝗕𝗔𝗟 — 𝗔 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘 𝗜𝗡 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗟𝗮𝘁𝗲-𝗥𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝗲 Eliahu Inbal belongs to that rare generation of conductors whose careers were shaped by the great European symphonic tradition,…

𝗛𝗔𝗬𝗗𝗡, 𝗕𝗬 𝗝. 𝗖𝗨𝗧𝗛𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗧 𝗛𝗔𝗗𝗗𝗘𝗡 - 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝟳 𝗕𝗘𝗧𝗪𝗘𝗘𝗡 𝗦𝗘𝗥𝗩𝗜𝗖𝗘 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗚𝗘𝗡𝗜𝗨𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗩𝗜𝗖𝗘-𝗖𝗔𝗣𝗘𝗟𝗟𝗠𝗘𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗔𝗧 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗞 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗗𝗔𝗜𝗟𝗬 𝗗𝗨𝗧𝗬 When 𝗝𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗽𝗵 𝗛𝗮𝘆𝗱𝗻 entered the service of the 𝗘𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗵𝗮́𝘇𝘆 family, he did…

𝗠𝗢𝗭𝗔𝗥𝗧: 𝗔 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘 𝗠𝗔𝗬𝗡𝗔𝗥𝗗 𝗦𝗢𝗟𝗢𝗠𝗢𝗡 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝟱 𝗔 𝗩𝗜𝗘𝗡𝗡𝗔 𝗦𝗢𝗝𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗡 ════════════════════════════ 𝗜. 𝗔 𝗥𝗘𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗡 𝗧𝗢 𝗦𝗔𝗟𝗭𝗕𝗨𝗥𝗚 𝗔𝗙𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗘𝗨𝗥𝗢𝗣𝗘 After the immense success of the Grand Journey, Leopold Mozart had reason to feel uncertain about…

𝗝𝗢𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗡 𝗦𝗘𝗕𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗔𝗡 𝗕𝗔𝗖𝗛 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗡𝗘𝗗 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗡 𝗖𝗛𝗥𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗣𝗛 𝗪𝗢𝗟𝗙𝗙 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝟮 𝗟𝗮𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗢𝗵𝗿𝗱𝗿𝘂𝗳, 𝟭𝟲𝟵𝟱–𝟭𝟳𝟬𝟬 𝗢𝗿𝗽𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗱, 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗻 The second chapter of Johann Sebastian Bach’s life…

🎼 𝗝𝗢𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗡 𝗦𝗘𝗕𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗔𝗡 𝗕𝗔𝗖𝗛 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗡𝗘𝗗 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗡 𝗖𝗛𝗥𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗣𝗛 𝗪𝗢𝗟𝗙𝗙 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝟭 𝗦𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗹𝘂𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗘𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗰𝗵, 𝟭𝟲𝟴𝟱–𝟭𝟲𝟵𝟱 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗙𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗪𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗛𝗲 𝗪𝗮𝘀 𝗕𝗼𝗿𝗻…

𝗠𝗢𝗭𝗔𝗥𝗧: 𝗔 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘 𝗠𝗔𝗬𝗡𝗔𝗥𝗗 𝗦𝗢𝗟𝗢𝗠𝗢𝗡 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝟰 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗙𝗔𝗠𝗜𝗟𝗬 𝗧𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗨𝗥𝗘 ════════════════════════════ 𝗜. 𝗠𝗢𝗡𝗘𝗬 𝗔𝗦 𝗗𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗬 The fourth chapter turns from the outward splendour of the Grand Journey to one of the deepest engines of…

𝗛𝗔𝗬𝗗𝗡, 𝗕𝗬 𝗝. 𝗖𝗨𝗧𝗛𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗧 𝗛𝗔𝗗𝗗𝗘𝗡 - 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝟲 𝗘𝗜𝗦𝗘𝗡𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗗𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗛𝗔́𝗭𝗬 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗟𝗗 𝗢𝗣𝗘𝗡𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗢𝗢𝗥 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗢𝗣𝗘𝗡𝗘𝗗 𝗔𝗙𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗔𝗡𝗢𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗥 𝗗𝗢𝗢𝗥 𝗖𝗟𝗢𝗦𝗘𝗗 When 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝘇𝗶𝗻 was forced by financial difficulty to dismiss his musical establishment,…

𝗠𝗢𝗭𝗔𝗥𝗧 — 𝗠𝗜𝗧𝗥𝗜𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘, 𝗥𝗘 𝗗𝗜 𝗣𝗢𝗡𝗧𝗢, 𝗞𝗩 𝟴𝟳 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗠𝗜𝗘𝗥𝗘, 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗣𝗢𝗦𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡, 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗧𝗥𝗜𝗨𝗠𝗣𝗛 𝗢𝗙 𝗔 𝗙𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗧𝗘𝗘𝗡-𝗬𝗘𝗔𝗥-𝗢𝗟𝗗 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗣𝗢𝗦𝗘𝗥 𝗠𝗶𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲, 𝗿𝗲 𝗱𝗶 𝗣𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗼, 𝗞𝗩 𝟴𝟳, was the first full-scale 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮 that Mozart composed…

𝗡𝗜𝗞𝗢𝗟𝗔𝗜 𝗟𝗨𝗚𝗔𝗡𝗦𝗞𝗬 — 𝗔 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗥𝗨𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗔𝗡 𝗣𝗜𝗔𝗡𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗖 𝗡𝗢𝗕𝗜𝗟𝗜𝗧𝗬, 𝗗𝗜𝗦𝗖𝗜𝗣𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗘, 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗜𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗥 𝗙𝗜𝗥𝗘 𝗡𝗶𝗸𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗶 𝗟𝘂𝗴𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗸𝘆, born in 𝗠𝗼𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘄 in 𝟭𝟵𝟳𝟮, belongs to that rare line of Russian pianists whose playing combines 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗲-𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹…

𝗠𝗢𝗭𝗔𝗥𝗧: 𝗔 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘 𝗠𝗔𝗬𝗡𝗔𝗥𝗗 𝗦𝗢𝗟𝗢𝗠𝗢𝗡 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝟯 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗝𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗡𝗘𝗬 ════════════════════════════ 𝗜. 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗘𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘 𝗙𝗥𝗢𝗠 𝗦𝗔𝗟𝗭𝗕𝗨𝗥𝗚 On 9 June 1763, the Mozart family left Salzburg for what would become one of the most extraordinary…

𝗛𝗔𝗬𝗗𝗡, 𝗕𝗬 𝗝. 𝗖𝗨𝗧𝗛𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗧 𝗛𝗔𝗗𝗗𝗘𝗡 - 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝟱 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗨𝗡𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗣𝗬 𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗥𝗜𝗔𝗚𝗘 𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗖 𝗔𝗠𝗕𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗗𝗢𝗠𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗖 𝗗𝗜𝗦𝗔𝗣𝗣𝗢𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗔 𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗟 𝗦𝗛𝗔𝗗𝗢𝗪 𝗔𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗠𝗢𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗢𝗙 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗙𝗘𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗟 𝗗𝗔𝗪𝗡 The years around 𝟭𝟳𝟱𝟵–𝟭𝟳𝟲𝟬 should have been, and in…

𝗭𝗗𝗘𝗡𝗘̌𝗞 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗟𝗔𝗕𝗔𝗟𝗔 — 𝗔 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝘇𝗲𝗰𝗵 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗕𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗗𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗮, 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗼𝘂𝗿, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮 𝗣𝗶𝘁 𝗭𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗲̌𝗸 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗮𝗹𝗮 was one of the essential Czech conductors of the twentieth century, especially…

𝗝𝗢𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗡 𝗦𝗘𝗕𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗔𝗡 𝗕𝗔𝗖𝗛 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗡𝗘𝗗 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗡 𝗖𝗛𝗥𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗣𝗛 𝗪𝗢𝗟𝗙𝗙 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗟𝗢𝗚𝗨𝗘 𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 “𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲” 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝟭.𝟮 — 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗮𝘀 𝗞𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗹𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲, 𝗖𝗿𝗮𝗳𝘁, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 To understand Johann Sebastian Bach only as a…

𝗝𝗢𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗡 𝗦𝗘𝗕𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗔𝗡 𝗕𝗔𝗖𝗛 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗡𝗘𝗗 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗡 𝗖𝗛𝗥𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗣𝗛 𝗪𝗢𝗟𝗙𝗙 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗟𝗢𝗚𝗨𝗘 𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 “𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲” 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝟭.𝟭 — 𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗮𝘀 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗮 𝗖𝗵𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗻 Johann Sebastian Bach has often been imagined…

𝗠𝗢𝗭𝗔𝗥𝗧: 𝗔 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘 𝗠𝗔𝗬𝗡𝗔𝗥𝗗 𝗦𝗢𝗟𝗢𝗠𝗢𝗡 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝟮 𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗟𝗬 𝗗𝗔𝗬𝗦 ════════════════════════════ 𝗜. 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗙𝗔𝗠𝗜𝗟𝗬 𝗕𝗘𝗚𝗜𝗡𝗦 The second chapter turns from 𝗟𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗠𝗼𝘇𝗮𝗿𝘁 as an individual man to the formation of the household in which Wolfgang…

𝗪𝗜𝗟𝗟𝗜𝗔𝗠 𝗦𝗛𝗔𝗞𝗘𝗦𝗣𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗘 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗺 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗲 — 𝟭𝟱𝟲𝟰–𝟭𝟲𝟭𝟲 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗺 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗲 was not merely the greatest dramatist of the English language; he became one of the most inexhaustible literary sources for…

𝗛𝗔𝗬𝗗𝗡, 𝗕𝗬 𝗝. 𝗖𝗨𝗧𝗛𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗧 𝗛𝗔𝗗𝗗𝗘𝗡 - 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝟰 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗙𝗜𝗥𝗦𝗧 𝗤𝗨𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗘𝗧𝗦 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗙𝗜𝗥𝗦𝗧 𝗦𝗬𝗠𝗣𝗛𝗢𝗡𝗬 𝗛𝗔𝗬𝗗𝗡 𝗕𝗘𝗚𝗜𝗡𝗦 𝗧𝗢 𝗦𝗣𝗘𝗔𝗞 𝗜𝗡 𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗢𝗪𝗡 𝗩𝗢𝗜𝗖𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗠𝗢𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗪𝗛𝗘𝗡 𝗦𝗨𝗥𝗩𝗜𝗩𝗔𝗟 𝗕𝗘𝗖𝗔𝗠𝗘 𝗦𝗧𝗬𝗟𝗘 By the middle of the…

𝗣𝗜𝗘𝗥𝗥𝗘 𝗕𝗘𝗔𝗨𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗜𝗦 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗥𝗘𝗟𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦𝗛𝗜𝗣 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖 𝗣𝗶𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗲 𝗕𝗲𝗮𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗶𝘀 — 𝟭𝟳𝟯𝟮–𝟭𝟳𝟵𝟵 𝗣𝗶𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗲 𝗕𝗲𝗮𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗶𝘀 is one of the French writers who most profoundly influenced the history of classical music, above all because he created…

𝗠𝗢𝗟𝗜𝗘̀𝗥𝗘 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗥𝗘𝗟𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦𝗛𝗜𝗣 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖 𝗠𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗲̀𝗿𝗲 — 𝟭𝟲𝟮𝟮–𝟭𝟲𝟳𝟯 𝗠𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗲̀𝗿𝗲 occupies a special place among French writers connected with classical music because his relationship with music was not only indirect or posthumous. Unlike…