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# **Les Maîtres du Baroque - Box Set 18 CDs ** 𝐂𝐃 𝟏 𝐀𝐥𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐨𝐧𝐢: Sonata à 5 No. 2 in C Major, Op. 2 No. 3 𝐀𝐥𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐨𝐧𝐢: Sonata à 5 No. 6 in G…

𝗟𝗢𝗥𝗗 𝗕𝗬𝗥𝗢𝗡 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖 𝗟𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗕𝘆𝗿𝗼𝗻, born George Gordon Byron in London on 22 January 1788 and dead at Missolonghi, Greece, on 19 April 1824, was one of the most…

𝗝𝗢𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗡 𝗦𝗘𝗕𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗔𝗡 𝗕𝗔𝗖𝗛 𝗖. 𝗙. 𝗔𝗯𝗱𝘆 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗺𝘀 — 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗩𝗜 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗲𝗶𝗽𝘇𝗶𝗴 𝗛𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱: 𝗙𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆, 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲, 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗶𝘂𝘀, 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗜. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗲𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗢𝗳 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗩𝗜 Chapter VI of C. F. Abdy Williams’s 𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗵…

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗴𝗼: 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗼𝗱𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗧𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗞𝗹𝗮𝘂𝘀 𝗠𝗮̈𝗸𝗲𝗹𝗮̈ 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗗𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗴𝗼 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮 The history of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra is the history of an American institution founded…

𝗙𝗟𝗢𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘 𝗠𝗔𝗬 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗝𝗢𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗦 𝗕𝗥𝗔𝗛𝗠𝗦 𝗩𝗢𝗟𝗨𝗠𝗘 𝗜𝗜 — 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝟲 𝗛𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱, 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗱 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗤𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝘁, 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝘆, 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹 𝗢𝗳 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗗𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺, 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝟭𝟴𝟳𝟲–𝟭𝟴𝟳𝟴 Chapter 6…

𝗝𝗢𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗡 𝗦𝗘𝗕𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗔𝗡 𝗕𝗔𝗖𝗛 𝗖. 𝗙. 𝗔𝗯𝗱𝘆 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗺𝘀 — 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗜𝗜𝗜 𝗠𝘂̈𝗵𝗹𝗵𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗻 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗪𝗲𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗿: 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗢𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗧𝗼 𝗠𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗢𝗳 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗢𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻 𝗜. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗲𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗢𝗳 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗜𝗜𝗜 Chapter III of C. F. Abdy Williams’s…

𝗕𝗼𝗶𝘁𝗼 - 𝗠𝗲𝗳𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗳𝗲𝗹𝗲 - 𝗣𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗿𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗶 - 𝗡𝗶𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗮 𝗚𝗵𝗶𝗮𝘂𝗿𝗼𝘃 - 𝗟𝘂𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗼 𝗣𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗿𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗶 - 𝗠𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗮 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗶 - 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘁𝘀𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗮𝘁 𝗖𝗮𝗯𝗮𝗹𝗹é - 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮 - 𝗢𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗲𝗿𝗼 𝗱𝗲 𝗙𝗮𝗯𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗶𝘀 https://www.patreon.com/posts/boito-pavarotti-149643187?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆, 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗶𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝗗𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗡𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝟭.…

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…

𝗪𝗜𝗟𝗛𝗘𝗟𝗠 𝗕𝗔𝗖𝗞𝗛𝗔𝗨𝗦 — 𝗔𝗡𝗘𝗖𝗗𝗢𝗧𝗘𝗦 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗖𝗨𝗥𝗜𝗢𝗦𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗙𝗥𝗢𝗠 𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘 “𝗜𝗿𝗼𝗻 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗲, 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗡𝗼𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝗣𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗨𝗻𝘂𝘀𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗶𝘁𝘆” 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝟭: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗼𝘆 𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗦𝗲𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗼 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗺 𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗵𝗮𝘂𝘀 was born in…

𝗕𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻’𝘀 𝗣𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗼 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗼 𝗡𝗼. 𝟱 𝗶𝗻 𝗘-𝗳𝗹𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗷𝗼𝗿, 𝗢𝗽. 𝟳𝟯 — “𝗘𝗺𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗼𝗿” 𝗔 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗻𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗜. 𝗩𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗮 𝗨𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝗶𝗲𝗴𝗲 — 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗮𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗕𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻, 𝟭𝟴𝟬𝟴–𝟭𝟴𝟬𝟵 When…

𝗠𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗹𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗵𝗻 & 𝗗𝘃𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗸 - Violin Concertos - 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗠𝗶𝗹𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗶𝗻 https://youtu.be/xH9Kb_MQMvc?si=xJRAJq-v51HYfNwE 𝗠𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗹𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗵𝗻: Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗠𝗶𝗹𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗶𝗻 (violin) 𝗦𝘄𝗶𝘀𝘀 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮, 𝗜𝗴𝗼𝗿 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘃𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝗗𝘃𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗸: Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 53…

𝗟𝗼𝘂𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝗙𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰 (𝗠𝗮𝘆 𝟯𝟭, 𝟭𝟴𝟬𝟰 – 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟱, 𝟭𝟴𝟳𝟱) Louise Farrenc (𝗠𝗮𝘆 𝟯𝟭, 𝟭𝟴𝟬𝟰 – 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟱, 𝟭𝟴𝟳𝟱) was a remarkable 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗵 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗿, 𝗽𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿 whose career defied many of the limitations placed…

𝗖𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲 𝗦𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘁-𝗦𝗮𝗲̈𝗻𝘀: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗗𝗮𝘆𝘀, 𝗛𝗶𝘀 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗛𝗶𝘀 𝗙𝘂𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗜. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗣𝗵𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗛𝗶𝘀 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 In the final years of his life, Camille Saint-Saëns had become one of the last living monuments…

# **𝗠𝗢𝗭𝗔𝗥𝗧 𝗜𝗡 𝗦𝗪𝗔𝗙𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗗’𝗦 𝗕𝗜𝗢𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗣𝗛𝗬 - Chapter 18 - Long and Laborious Effort** **I. Vienna in Motion: The Trattnerhof and the Economy of Genius** At the opening of **1784**, Mozart is no longer merely…

𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗹𝗼 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶 - 𝗢𝗽𝘂𝘀 𝟲 - 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶 - 𝗔𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗘𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗹𝗲 - 𝗣𝗮𝘃𝗹𝗼 𝗕𝗲𝘇𝗻𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘂𝗸 https://www.patreon.com/posts/arcangello-opus-155295185?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶’𝘀 𝗢𝗽𝘂𝘀 𝟲 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶 is one of the most important chapters in…

𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗶 – 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘀 – 𝗔𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗼 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗣𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗼𝗻: https://www.patreon.com/collection/2088572 𝗢𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗼, 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲 𝗱𝗶 𝗦𝗮𝗻 𝗕𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗼 – 1839 Premiered at La Scala, Milan, on 17 November 1839. 𝗨𝗻 𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗿𝗻𝗼 𝗱𝗶 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗻𝗼 – 1840 Premiered at La…

𝗧𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗸𝗼𝘃𝘀𝗸𝘆 - 𝗣𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗼 𝗡𝗼 𝟭 𝗢𝗽. 𝟮𝟯 - 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗮 𝗔𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗵 - 𝗞𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗞𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻 - 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗲 𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗱𝗲𝘀 𝗕𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗥𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗸𝘀 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCWH-xbLImc 𝗟𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 – 𝟭𝟵𝟳𝟭, 𝗔𝗺𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗮𝗺 (𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗴𝗲𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘄) 𝗜. 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗧𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗸𝗼𝘃𝘀𝗸𝘆'𝘀…

𝐆𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐯 𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐬𝐭 – 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐬 – 𝐑𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐬 – 𝐀𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐒𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐙𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚 – 𝐁𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐲𝐦𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐲 𝐎𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚 – 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐦 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐠 https://www.patreon.com/posts/gustav-holst-153584329?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link 𝐆𝐔𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐕 𝐇𝐎𝐋𝐒𝐓 — 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐄𝐓𝐒 (𝟏𝟗𝟏𝟒–𝟏𝟗𝟏𝟔) 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐆𝐈𝐍𝐒, 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐂𝐄𝐏𝐓, 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐋𝐄𝐆𝐀𝐂𝐘 𝐎𝐅 𝐀 𝐌𝐎𝐃𝐄𝐑𝐍…

𝐒𝐀𝐌𝐔𝐈𝐋 𝐒𝐀𝐌𝐎𝐒𝐔𝐃 — 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐅𝐈𝐄𝐑𝐘 𝐌𝐀𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐎 𝐎𝐅 𝐒𝐎𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐓 𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐌𝐈𝐄𝐑𝐄𝐒: 𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝐎𝐃𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐀 𝐓𝐎 𝐒𝐇𝐎𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐊𝐎𝐕𝐈𝐂𝐇’𝐒 𝐓𝐑𝐈𝐔𝐌𝐏𝐇 (𝟏𝟖𝟖𝟒–𝟏𝟗𝟔𝟒) 𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐅𝐄 𝐈𝐍 𝐎𝐃𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐀 (𝟏𝟖𝟖𝟒–𝟏𝟗𝟎𝟑) 𝐒𝐚𝐦𝐮𝐢𝐥 𝐀𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐒𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐮𝐝 (1884–1964) was born on 14 May 1884 in Odessa, then part…

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𝐁𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐧’𝐬 𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐜𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐡𝐦𝐬’𝐬 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 “𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐦” 𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐲𝐦𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜 𝐕𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞 Johannes Brahms lived under a shadow that was both inspiring and terrifying: the presence of Ludwig van Beethoven as the…