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𝗙𝗟𝗢𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘 𝗠𝗔𝗬 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗝𝗢𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗦 𝗕𝗥𝗔𝗛𝗠𝗦 𝗩𝗢𝗟𝗨𝗠𝗘 𝗜 — 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝟰 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴: 𝗝𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗺, 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘇𝘁, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻 𝟭𝟴𝟱𝟯 Chapter 4 is one of the turning-points…

𝗙𝗟𝗢𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘 𝗠𝗔𝗬 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗝𝗢𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗦 𝗕𝗥𝗔𝗛𝗠𝗦 𝗩𝗢𝗟𝗨𝗠𝗘 𝗜 — 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝟯 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗛𝗮𝗺𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗴 𝗢𝗯𝘀𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝟭𝟴𝟰𝟴–𝟭𝟴𝟱𝟯 Chapter 3 is one of the decisive transition chapters…

𝗙𝗟𝗢𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘 𝗠𝗔𝗬 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗝𝗢𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗦 𝗕𝗥𝗔𝗛𝗠𝗦 𝗩𝗢𝗟𝗨𝗠𝗘 𝗜 — 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝟮 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝘅𝘀𝗲𝗻, 𝗪𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗻, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝟭𝟴𝟰𝟱–𝟭𝟴𝟰𝟴 Chapter 2 follows Johannes Brahms from the protected promise of…

𝗙𝗟𝗢𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘 𝗠𝗔𝗬 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗝𝗢𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗦 𝗕𝗥𝗔𝗛𝗠𝗦 𝗩𝗢𝗟𝗨𝗠𝗘 𝗜 — 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝟭 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗵𝗺𝘀 𝗙𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆, 𝗛𝗮𝗺𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗴, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗦𝗶𝗴𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗶𝘂𝘀 𝟭𝟳𝟲𝟬–𝟭𝟴𝟰𝟱 The first chapter begins far before the birth of Johannes…

𝗬𝗲𝘃𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘆 𝗠𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗸𝘆, 𝗗𝗺𝗶𝘁𝗿𝗶 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗵, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗗𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗱 𝗢𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗸𝗵 𝗶𝗻 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝗴𝘂𝗲 — 𝗠𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝟵𝟰𝟳 𝗬𝗲𝘃𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘆 𝗠𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗸𝘆 𝟭𝟵𝟬𝟯–𝟭𝟵𝟴𝟴 𝗗𝗺𝗶𝘁𝗿𝗶 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝟭𝟵𝟬𝟲–𝟭𝟵𝟳𝟱 𝗗𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗱 𝗢𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗸𝗵 𝟭𝟵𝟬𝟴–𝟭𝟵𝟳𝟰

𝗛𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗵𝗺𝘀 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝗠𝗮𝘆 𝟳, 𝟭𝟴𝟯𝟯. 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗹𝘂̈𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗛𝗼𝗳, 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗸𝘀𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝟮𝟰, 𝗛𝗮𝗺𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗴.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗵𝗺𝘀 𝗯𝘆 𝗙𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝘆 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸𝘀 (𝗩𝗼𝗹𝘀. 𝟭–𝟮) - 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗗𝗼𝘄𝗻𝗹𝗼𝗮𝗱 https://classicalarchive.org/the-life-of-johannes-brahms-vol-12-by-florence-may/ 𝗙𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝘆 (𝟭𝟴𝟰𝟱–𝟭𝟵𝟮𝟯) was an English pianist who was the student and biographer of 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗵𝗺𝘀. 𝟭. 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲,…

𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗪𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗿 *May 22, 1813 – February 13, 1883 + Composer, Dvl: 𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 and 𝗖𝗼𝘀𝗶𝗺𝗮 𝗪𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗿, 𝗛𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝘃𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗶𝗻 and 𝗣𝗮𝘂𝗹 𝘃𝗼𝗻 𝗝𝘂𝗸𝗼𝘄𝘀𝗸𝗶𝗷.- 1881 (Photo by ullstein bild/ullstein bild via Getty Images)

𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗪𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗿 *May 22, 1813 – February 13, 1883, composer. 𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 and 𝗖𝗼𝘀𝗶𝗺𝗮 𝗪𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗿 with their family. Seated on the left: the Russian painter 𝗣𝗮𝘂𝗹 𝘃𝗼𝗻 𝗬𝘂𝗸𝗼𝘃𝘀𝗸𝘆. Undated. (Photo by ullstein bild/ullstein bild via…

𝟭𝟵𝟳𝟱. 𝗠𝗮𝘆. 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗵𝘂𝗿 𝗚𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗶𝗮𝘂𝘅 & 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗼 𝗔𝗿𝗿𝗮𝘂 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗕𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻'𝘀 𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗮𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗽𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗼 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘃𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗻. 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝗭𝗮𝗮𝗹, 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗴𝗲𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘄, 𝗔𝗺𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗮𝗺. 𝗣𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗼 𝗔𝗿𝗷é 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘀, 𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗽𝘀/𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗰𝗮.

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…

𝗧𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝘄𝗲 𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗯𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝘃𝗼𝗻 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗷𝗮𝗻. 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝘆 𝗯𝗲, 𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘂𝘀 — 𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝘁, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗮𝘂𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘂𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗰𝘆…

Yevgeny Mravinsky, Dmitri Shostakovich, and David Oistrakh in Prague. May 1947.

𝐆𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐢 (𝟏 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟏𝟗𝟐𝟕 – 𝟏𝟕 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟓) 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐋𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐢𝐧 (𝟐𝟓 𝐀𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝟏𝟗𝟏𝟖 – 𝟏𝟒 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟗𝟗𝟎)

𝐂𝐋𝐀𝐑𝐀 𝐒𝐂𝐇𝐔𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐍 (𝟏𝟑 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟖𝟏𝟗, 𝐋𝐞𝐢𝐩𝐳𝐢𝐠 — 𝟐𝟎 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟏𝟖𝟗𝟔, 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐟𝐮𝐫𝐭 𝐚𝐦 𝐌𝐚𝐢𝐧) Clara Schumann In 1857

𝐂𝐋𝐀𝐑𝐀 𝐒𝐂𝐇𝐔𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐍 (𝟏𝟑 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟖𝟏𝟗, 𝐋𝐞𝐢𝐩𝐳𝐢𝐠 — 𝟐𝟎 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟏𝟖𝟗𝟔, 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐟𝐮𝐫𝐭 𝐚𝐦 𝐌𝐚𝐢𝐧)

𝗗𝗺𝗶𝘁𝗿𝗶 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗲 𝗖𝗹𝘂𝘆𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝗱𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗻𝗼. 𝟭𝟭. 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘀. 𝟭𝟵 𝗠𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝟵𝟱𝟴. Symphony No. 11 in G Minor, Op. 103, "The Year 1905" André Cluytens - Orchestre National de la…

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# Wedding photo with Irene and Rudolf Serkin, Frieda and Adolf Busch – May 31, 1935 (Adolf Busch, letters)

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