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𝗟𝗘𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗥𝗗 𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗡𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗜𝗡 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝟭𝟱 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗦 Leonard Bernstein left one of the most extensive, varied and immediately recognisable recorded legacies of the twentieth century. He was not only a conductor but also a…

𝗝𝗢𝗦𝗘𝗣𝗛 𝗛𝗔𝗬𝗗𝗡’𝗦 𝗧𝗘𝗡 𝗧𝗥𝗨𝗘 𝗠𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗣𝗜𝗘𝗖𝗘𝗦 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗚𝗘𝗡𝗜𝗨𝗦 𝗪𝗛𝗢 𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗦𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗠𝗘𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗬𝗠𝗣𝗛𝗢𝗡𝗬, 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗤𝗨𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗘𝗧 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗦𝗔𝗖𝗥𝗘𝗗 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖 Joseph Haydn is often introduced through a series of familiar labels: “father of the symphony,” “father of…

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗧𝗘𝗡 𝗠𝗢𝗦𝗧 𝗨𝗡𝗝𝗨𝗦𝗧𝗟𝗬 𝗨𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗩𝗔𝗟𝗨𝗘𝗗 𝗦𝗬𝗠𝗣𝗛𝗢𝗡𝗜𝗖 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗞𝗦 𝗜𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗥𝗘𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗧𝗢𝗜𝗥𝗘 The symphonic canon is far narrower than the actual history of orchestral music. Beethoven, Brahms, Bruckner, Mahler, Tchaikovsky, Sibelius and Shostakovich occupy their…

𝗗𝗩𝗢𝗥𝗔𝗞’𝗦 𝗧𝗘𝗡 𝗧𝗥𝗨𝗘 𝗠𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗣𝗜𝗘𝗖𝗘𝗦 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗞𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗥𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗔𝗟 𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗙𝗨𝗟𝗟 𝗚𝗘𝗡𝗜𝗨𝗦 Antonin Dvorak is sometimes reduced to three familiar emblems: the New World Symphony, the Cello Concerto and the Slavonic Dances. Yet his…

𝗗𝗩𝗢𝗥̌𝗔́𝗞 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗦𝗜𝗕𝗘𝗟𝗜𝗨𝗦: 𝗧𝗪𝗢 𝗡𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗟 𝗩𝗢𝗜𝗖𝗘𝗦, 𝗧𝗪𝗢 𝗩𝗜𝗦𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗬𝗠𝗣𝗛𝗢𝗡𝗬 𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗶́𝗻 𝗗𝘃𝗼𝗿̌𝗮́𝗸 and 𝗝𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗦𝗶𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘂𝘀 belong to two different generations, but they share one essential historical idea: both transformed the musical identity of…

𝗔𝗡𝗧𝗢𝗡 𝗥𝗘𝗜𝗖𝗛𝗔: 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗙𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗡𝗗 𝗢𝗙 𝗕𝗘𝗘𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗡 𝗪𝗛𝗢 𝗕𝗘𝗖𝗔𝗠𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗔𝗥𝗖𝗛𝗜𝗧𝗘𝗖𝗧 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗜𝗡𝗗 𝗤𝗨𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗧 𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗻 𝗥𝗲𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮 𝗕𝗼𝗿𝗻: 𝟮𝟲 𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟭𝟳𝟳𝟬, 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝗴𝘂𝗲, 𝗕𝗼𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗮 𝗗𝗶𝗲𝗱: 𝟮𝟴 𝗠𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝟴𝟯𝟲, 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘀, 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗻 𝗥𝗲𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮 was one of the…

𝗙𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗭 𝗗𝗔𝗡𝗭𝗜: 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗜𝗡𝗗 𝗠𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗪𝗛𝗢 𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗞𝗘𝗗 𝗠𝗢𝗭𝗔𝗥𝗧’𝗦 𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗦𝗠 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗟𝗬 𝗚𝗘𝗥𝗠𝗔𝗡 𝗥𝗢𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗦𝗠 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘇 𝗜𝗴𝗻𝗮𝘇 𝗗𝗮𝗻𝘇𝗶 𝗕𝗼𝗿𝗻: 𝟭𝟱 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝟭𝟳𝟲𝟯, 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘄𝗲𝘁𝘇𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗻, 𝗚𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗗𝗶𝗲𝗱: 𝟭𝟯 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹 𝟭𝟴𝟮𝟲, 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘀𝗿𝘂𝗵𝗲, 𝗚𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘇 𝗗𝗮𝗻𝘇𝗶 was one of the…

𝗔𝗡𝗗𝗥𝗘́-𝗘𝗥𝗡𝗘𝗦𝗧-𝗠𝗢𝗗𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗘 𝗚𝗥𝗘́𝗧𝗥𝗬: 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗠𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗢𝗙 𝗢𝗣𝗘́𝗥𝗔 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗜𝗤𝗨𝗘 𝗪𝗛𝗢 𝗚𝗔𝗩𝗘 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗛 𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗥𝗘 𝗔 𝗛𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗧 𝗔𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗲́-𝗘𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘁-𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲 𝗚𝗿𝗲́𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗕𝗼𝗿𝗻: 𝟴 𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟭𝟳𝟰𝟭, 𝗟𝗶𝗲̀𝗴𝗲 — 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗕𝗲𝗹𝗴𝗶𝘂𝗺 𝗗𝗶𝗲𝗱: 𝟮𝟰 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟴𝟭𝟯, 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆, 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 Among the composers who shaped…

𝗟𝗨𝗜𝗚𝗜 𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗨𝗕𝗜𝗡𝗜: 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗘 𝗠𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗪𝗛𝗢𝗦𝗘 𝗗𝗥𝗔𝗠𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗖 𝗙𝗜𝗥𝗘 𝗪𝗔𝗦 𝗔𝗗𝗠𝗜𝗥𝗘𝗗 𝗕𝗬 𝗕𝗘𝗘𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗡 𝗟𝘂𝗶𝗴𝗶 𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘂𝗯𝗶𝗻𝗶 𝗕𝗼𝗿𝗻: 𝟴 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟳𝟲𝟬, 𝗙𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲, 𝗜𝘁𝗮𝗹𝘆 𝗗𝗶𝗲𝗱: 𝟭𝟱 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝟭𝟴𝟰𝟮, 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘀, 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 Among the great transitional figures between the Classical…

𝗜𝗚𝗡𝗔𝗭 𝗣𝗟𝗘𝗬𝗘𝗟: 𝗛𝗔𝗬𝗗𝗡’𝗦 𝗣𝗨𝗣𝗜𝗟, 𝗘𝗨𝗥𝗢𝗣𝗘’𝗦 𝗙𝗔𝗦𝗛𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗕𝗟𝗘 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗣𝗢𝗦𝗘𝗥, 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗜𝗦𝗜𝗔𝗡 𝗕𝗨𝗜𝗟𝗗𝗘𝗥 𝗢𝗙 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗠𝗢𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗡𝗜𝗧𝗬 𝗜𝗴𝗻𝗮𝘇 𝗣𝗹𝗲𝘆𝗲𝗹 𝗕𝗼𝗿𝗻: 𝟭𝟴 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝟭𝟳𝟱𝟳, 𝗥𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗹, 𝗔𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝗗𝗶𝗲𝗱: 𝟭𝟰 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟴𝟯𝟭, 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘀, 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 Among the composers who carried the…

𝗙𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗭 𝗞𝗥𝗢𝗠𝗠𝗘𝗥: 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗔𝗩𝗜𝗔𝗡 𝗠𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗢𝗙 𝗪𝗜𝗡𝗗 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗟𝗔𝗧𝗘 𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗕𝗥𝗜𝗟𝗟𝗜𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗘 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘇 𝗞𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿 𝗖𝘇𝗲𝗰𝗵 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲: 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶𝘀̌𝗲𝗸 𝗩𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗻𝗰 𝗞𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗮́𝗿̌ 𝗕𝗼𝗿𝗻: 𝟮𝟳 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟳𝟱𝟵, 𝗞𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗲, 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗮 𝗗𝗶𝗲𝗱: 𝟴 𝗝𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟭𝟴𝟯𝟭, 𝗩𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗮, 𝗔𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗮 Among the composers…

𝗟𝗘𝗢𝗣𝗢𝗟𝗗 𝗞𝗢𝗭̌𝗘𝗟𝗨𝗖𝗛: 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗕𝗢𝗛𝗘𝗠𝗜𝗔𝗡 𝗣𝗜𝗔𝗡𝗜𝗦𝗧 𝗪𝗛𝗢 𝗛𝗘𝗟𝗣𝗘𝗗 𝗠𝗔𝗞𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗧𝗘𝗣𝗜𝗔𝗡𝗢 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗩𝗢𝗜𝗖𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗔𝗚𝗘 𝗟𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗞𝗼𝘇̌𝗲𝗹𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗢𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝘇𝗲𝗰𝗵 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲: 𝗝𝗮𝗻 𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗶́𝗻 𝗞𝗼𝘇̌𝗲𝗹𝘂𝗵 𝗕𝗼𝗿𝗻: 𝟮𝟲 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝟭𝟳𝟰𝟳, 𝗩𝗲𝗹𝘃𝗮𝗿𝘆, 𝗕𝗼𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗮 𝗗𝗶𝗲𝗱: 𝟳 𝗠𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝟴𝟭𝟴,…

𝗝𝗢𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗡 𝗕𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗜𝗦𝗧 𝗩𝗔𝗡𝗛𝗔𝗟: 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗕𝗢𝗛𝗘𝗠𝗜𝗔𝗡 𝗦𝗬𝗠𝗣𝗛𝗢𝗡𝗜𝗦𝗧 𝗪𝗛𝗢 𝗕𝗥𝗢𝗨𝗚𝗛𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗩𝗜𝗘𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗦𝗘 𝗦𝗧𝗬𝗟𝗘 𝗧𝗢 𝗘𝗨𝗥𝗢𝗣𝗘 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻 𝗕𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗩𝗮𝗻𝗵𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗮𝘀: 𝗝𝗮𝗻 𝗞𝗿̌𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗹 𝗩𝗮𝗻̌𝗵𝗮𝗹 𝗕𝗼𝗿𝗻: 𝟭𝟮 𝗠𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝟳𝟯𝟵, 𝗡𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗲, 𝗕𝗼𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗮 𝗗𝗶𝗲𝗱: 𝟮𝟬 𝗔𝘂𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝟭𝟴𝟭𝟯, 𝗩𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗮, 𝗔𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗮…

𝗠𝗜𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗘𝗟 𝗛𝗔𝗬𝗗𝗡: 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗔𝗟𝗭𝗕𝗨𝗥𝗚 𝗠𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗪𝗛𝗢 𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗢𝗗 𝗕𝗘𝗦𝗜𝗗𝗘 𝗠𝗢𝗭𝗔𝗥𝗧 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗕𝗘𝗡𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗛 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗛𝗔𝗗𝗢𝗪 𝗢𝗙 𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗕𝗥𝗢𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗥 𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗲𝗹 𝗛𝗮𝘆𝗱𝗻 𝗕𝗼𝗿𝗻: 𝟭𝟰 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟳𝟯𝟳, 𝗥𝗼𝗵𝗿𝗮𝘂, 𝗔𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝗗𝗶𝗲𝗱: 𝟭𝟬 𝗔𝘂𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝟭𝟴𝟬𝟲, 𝗦𝗮𝗹𝘇𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗴, 𝗔𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗮 Among the composers of…

𝗔𝗡𝗧𝗢𝗡𝗜𝗢 𝗦𝗔𝗟𝗜𝗘𝗥𝗜: 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗩𝗜𝗘𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗦𝗘 𝗠𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗕𝗘𝗬𝗢𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗠𝗢𝗭𝗔𝗥𝗧 𝗠𝗬𝗧𝗛 𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗼 𝗦𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗿𝗶 𝗕𝗼𝗿𝗻: 𝟭𝟴 𝗔𝘂𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝟭𝟳𝟱𝟬, 𝗟𝗲𝗴𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗼, 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗼𝗳 𝗩𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗲, 𝗜𝘁𝗮𝗹𝘆 𝗗𝗶𝗲𝗱: 𝟳 𝗠𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝟴𝟮𝟱, 𝗩𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗮, 𝗔𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗮 Few composers of the Classical era have suffered…

𝗪𝗜𝗟𝗛𝗘𝗟𝗠 𝗙𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗗𝗘𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗡 𝗕𝗔𝗖𝗛: 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗚𝗜𝗖 𝗚𝗘𝗡𝗜𝗨𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗕𝗔𝗖𝗛 𝗙𝗔𝗠𝗜𝗟𝗬 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗺 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻 𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗕𝗼𝗿𝗻: 𝟮𝟮 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟳𝟭𝟬, 𝗪𝗲𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗿, 𝗚𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗗𝗶𝗲𝗱: 𝟭 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝟭𝟳𝟴𝟰, 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗻, 𝗚𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 Among the children of 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻 𝗦𝗲𝗯𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗵, 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗺 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻…

𝗗𝗢𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗜𝗖𝗢 𝗖𝗜𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗢𝗦𝗔: 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗜𝗖 𝗢𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗔 𝗜𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗔𝗚𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗠𝗢𝗭𝗔𝗥𝗧 𝗗𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗼 𝗖𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗮 𝗕𝗼𝗿𝗻: 𝟭𝟳 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟳𝟰𝟵, 𝗔𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮, 𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗱𝗼𝗺 𝗼𝗳 𝗡𝗮𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘀, 𝗜𝘁𝗮𝗹𝘆 𝗗𝗶𝗲𝗱: 𝟭𝟭 𝗝𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟭𝟴𝟬𝟭, 𝗩𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗲, 𝗜𝘁𝗮𝗹𝘆 Among the great composers of…

𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗩𝗜𝗡𝗦𝗞𝗬 𝗔𝗦 𝗝𝗨𝗗𝗚𝗘: 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗣𝗢𝗦𝗘𝗥 𝗪𝗛𝗢 𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗨𝗠𝗘𝗗 𝗧𝗢 𝗝𝗨𝗗𝗚𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗛𝗢𝗟𝗘 𝗛𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗬 𝗢𝗙 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖 Few great composers spoke about other composers with the same mixture of 𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗻𝘆, 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀, 𝗮𝗱𝗺𝗶𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, and sometimes devastating cruelty…

𝗜𝗚𝗢𝗥 𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗩𝗜𝗡𝗦𝗞𝗬: 𝗚𝗘𝗡𝗜𝗨𝗦, 𝗔𝗥𝗥𝗢𝗚𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗘, 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗣𝗦𝗬𝗖𝗛𝗢𝗟𝗢𝗚𝗬 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗧𝗥𝗢𝗟 To speak of 𝗜𝗴𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗸𝘆’𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 requires caution. He was not merely arrogant in a simple or vulgar sense. He was a profoundly complex personality:…

𝗣𝗨𝗦𝗛𝗞𝗜𝗡 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖: 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗣𝗢𝗘𝗧 𝗪𝗛𝗢 𝗕𝗘𝗖𝗔𝗠𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗩𝗢𝗜𝗖𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗥𝗨𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗔𝗡 𝗢𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗔 No Russian writer has exerted a deeper, wider, or more decisive influence on music than 𝗔𝗹𝗲𝘅𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘆𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗣𝘂𝘀𝗵𝗸𝗶𝗻. If 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗲 became the…

𝗖𝗛𝗥𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗣𝗛 𝗪𝗢𝗟𝗙𝗙 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗖𝗛𝗢𝗟𝗔𝗥 𝗪𝗛𝗢 𝗧𝗔𝗨𝗚𝗛𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗠𝗢𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗡 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗟𝗗 𝗛𝗢𝗪 𝗧𝗢 𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗗 𝗕𝗔𝗖𝗛 𝗔 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘 𝗗𝗘𝗩𝗢𝗧𝗘𝗗 𝗧𝗢 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗛𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗧𝗥𝗨𝗧𝗛 𝗢𝗙 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖 Christoph Johannes Wolff, born on 𝗠𝗮𝘆 𝟮𝟰, 𝟭𝟵𝟰𝟬, in 𝗦𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗻, North…

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗕𝗔𝗖𝗛 𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗗𝗘𝗥: 𝗔 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗝𝗢𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗡 𝗦𝗘𝗕𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗔𝗡 𝗕𝗔𝗖𝗛 𝗜𝗡 𝗟𝗘𝗧𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗦 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗗𝗢𝗖𝗨𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗦 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗧. 𝗗𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗱 — 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗵𝘂𝗿 𝗠𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗹 — 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽𝗵 𝗪𝗼𝗹𝗳𝗳 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿 is not a conventional biography of Johann…

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗢𝗩𝗘 𝗔𝗙𝗙𝗔𝗜𝗥𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗡𝗦 — 𝗩𝗢𝗟𝗨𝗠𝗘 𝗜 𝗥𝗨𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗧 𝗛𝗨𝗚𝗛𝗘𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗙𝗘𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗟𝗦𝗦𝗢𝗛𝗡 𝗟𝗢𝗩𝗘, 𝗕𝗔𝗟𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗘, 𝗙𝗔𝗠𝗜𝗟𝗬, 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗖𝗘 After the storms of Beethoven and the moral turbulence of Weber, Rupert Hughes turns…

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗢𝗩𝗘 𝗔𝗙𝗙𝗔𝗜𝗥𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗡𝗦 — 𝗩𝗢𝗟𝗨𝗠𝗘 𝗜 𝗥𝗨𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗧 𝗛𝗨𝗚𝗛𝗘𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗜𝗠𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗧𝗔𝗟 𝗕𝗘𝗟𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗗 𝗕𝗘𝗘𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗡’𝗦 𝗠𝗬𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗬 𝗢𝗙 𝗟𝗢𝗩𝗘 Among all the love stories in the lives of great composers, few have acquired the haunting…