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# **HENRY HOLDEN HUSS — A LIFE** ## **I. Origins, Musical Childhood, and Early American Formation** Henry Holden Huss was born on **June 21, 1862**, in Newark, New Jersey, at a time when the…

# **SIR DONALD FRANCIS TOVEY — A LIFE** ## **I. Origins, Childhood, and the Early Emergence of a Musical Mind** Donald Francis Tovey was born on **July 17, 1875**, in Eton, into an intellectually…

# **HENRY CHARLES LITOLFF — A LIFE** ## **I. Origins, Childhood, and Early Musical Awakening** Henry Charles Litolff was born in London on **August 7, 1818**, the son of a Scottish mother, Sophie Hayes,…

# **BERNHARD KLEE (1936–2025), A LIFE** ## **I. Early Years and Musical Formation (1936–1960)** Bernhard Klee was born on 17 April 1936 in **Schwerin**, in a Germany still grappling with the shadows cast by…

# **Schubertiade 1868, Author: ****[Moritz von Schwind](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/es:Moritz_von_Schwind)**** (1804–1871)** Drawn from memory, the picture shows Franz Schubert at the piano as well as **Josef von Spaun, Johann Michael Vogl, Franz Lachner, Moritz von Schwind, Wilhelm…

# **THE DEATH OF FANNY MENDELSSOHN — A COMPLETE ANALYSIS** ## **I. The Final Spring of 1847: A Life at Full Intensity** During the spring of 1847, **Fanny Mendelssohn** lived one of the most…

# **I Musici - Complete Analogue Recordings 1955-1979 - The Philips Legacy - Box Set 83 CDs ** **CD1 Antonio Vivaldi**: Violin Concertos op. 8 No. 1-4 “Four Seasons” (Felix Ayo, 1955) **CD2 Giuseppe…

# **The Warsaw Conservatory Years (1820–1826): A Growing Artistic Identity** When Frédéric Chopin entered his second decade of life, something in his musical nature shifted decisively. The charming prodigy who had delighted Warsaw salons…

# **CHOPIN – A LIFE (1810-1849)** # **Childhood in Żelazowa Wola and Warsaw (1810–1820)** ## **Early Life and Family Circle** Frédéric François Chopin was born on **1 March 1810** in the small Polish village…

# **ATAÚLFO ARGENTA — A LIFE IN 20 CHAPTERS** ## **Chapter I — Origins in the North** Ataúlfo Argenta was born on **19 November 1913** in Castro Urdiales, Cantabria, a small coastal town shaped…

# **THE DEATH OF FRANZ SCHUBERT — A COMPLETE ANALYSIS** # **Vienna, 19 November 1828 – 3:00 p.m. approx.** **Age: 31 years, 9 months** # **1. Context: The Last Weeks (October–November 1828)** The last…

The photograph was taken in January 1931, in the rooms of the musicologist E.J. Dent, a Fellow of King’s. Dent is the dapper, Wilfrid Brambell-esque figure seated at the table; alongside him, the Polish…

1906 Concert Antwerp 05-03-1906 – Symphony No. 5 Chronology: Year 1906 Location: Royal theater of Antwerp Nature: Fourth subscription concert Program: Mahler, Schubert-Liszt, Chopin, d’Albert, Weber Composition Mahler: Symphony No. 5 Soloist: Eugen d’Albert…

Great performers united by Beethoven's Triple Concerto Karajan, Sviatoslav Richter, Mstilav Rostropovich, David Oistrakh Ferenc Fricsay , Géza Anda, Wolfgang Schneiderhan, Pierre Fournier Daniel Barenboim, Itzhak Perlman y Yo-Yo Ma Beethoven ‎Triple Concerto Fricsay…

Walter Gieseking/Karajan Beethoven - Piano Concerto No 5 ‘Emperor’ - Gieseking, Rother, BRO (1944 Stereo Recording) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Q4wfkCpFCM

Robert Casadesus/George Szell Mozart Piano Concerto No. 27 / Robert Casadesus, Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Szell (1963) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVA00OdXcZE MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 15 in B flat major KV 450 / Casadesus · Szell · Cleveland…

Claudio Abbado/Mauricio Pollini Maurizio Pollini - Brahms: Piano Concerto No.2 - Wiener Philharmoniker - Claudio Abbado (1976) -Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6wdxe3H098

Glenn Gould and Herbert von Karajan in Berlin, Erich Lessing, 1957 Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37 I. Allegro con brio- Glenn Gould, piano-Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra-Herbert von Karajan Recorded 26 May…

English conductor Sir Colin Davis (r) and Chilean pianist Claudio Arrau (l) sit together in a recording studio in Dresden, captured in 1985. The two collaborated with the Staatskapelle Dresden at the Lukaskirche in…

CLARA SCHUMANN Clara Schumann - Complete Piano Works + Presentation (Century's recording : Jozef De Beenhouwer) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhDFHqOLgeQ&t=3s

Franz Xaver Scharwenka (6 January 1850 – 8 December 1924) was a German pianist, composer and teacher of Polish descent. FRANZ XAVER SCHARWENKA: PIANO CONCERTO NO.4 IN F MINOR, OP.82, FRANÇOIS XAVIER POIZAT (PIANO)…