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𝐋𝐄𝐎𝐒 𝐉𝐀𝐍𝐀𝐂𝐄𝐊 — 𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐀𝐕𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐋𝐃 𝐓𝐎 𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐋 𝐑𝐄𝐁𝐄𝐋: 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐆𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐎𝐅 𝐀 𝐆𝐄𝐍𝐈𝐔𝐒 (1854–1888) 𝐈. 𝐁𝐈𝐑𝐓𝐇 𝐈𝐍 𝐀 𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐀𝐕𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐕𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐀𝐆𝐄 (1854–1865) 𝐋𝐞𝐨𝐬 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐤 (1854–1928) was born on 3 July 1854 in Hukvaldy, Moravia…

𝐂𝐄𝐒𝐀𝐑 𝐅𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐊 — 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐌𝐘𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐂 𝐀𝐑𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐓𝐄𝐂𝐓 𝐎𝐅 𝐅𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐇 𝐒𝐘𝐌𝐏𝐇𝐎𝐍𝐈𝐂 𝐑𝐎𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐈𝐒𝐌 (𝟏𝟖𝟐𝟐–𝟏𝟖𝟗𝟎) 𝐈. 𝐀 𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐋𝐃 𝐁𝐄𝐓𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐍 𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 (𝟏𝟖𝟐𝟐–𝟏𝟖𝟑𝟓) 𝐂𝐞𝐬𝐚𝐫 𝐀𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐞 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐤 (𝟏𝟖𝟐𝟐–𝟏𝟖𝟗𝟎) was born on 10 December 1822 in Liège, then part of the United…

𝐂𝐋𝐀𝐔𝐃𝐄 𝐃𝐄𝐁𝐔𝐒𝐒𝐘: 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐑𝐄𝐁𝐄𝐋 𝐀𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐏𝐈𝐀𝐍𝐎 — 𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐓𝐄𝐀𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐒, 𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐏𝐔𝐏𝐈𝐋𝐒, 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐋𝐎𝐒𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐁𝐈𝐑𝐓𝐇 𝐎𝐅 𝐀 𝐍𝐄𝐖 𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐂 (𝟏𝟖𝟔𝟐–𝟏𝟖𝟗𝟒) 𝐈. 𝐀 𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐋𝐃 𝐎𝐔𝐓𝐒𝐈𝐃𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐘𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐌 (𝟏𝟖𝟔𝟐–𝟏𝟖𝟕𝟐) 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐀𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐲 was born on…

𝗛𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗢𝗥 𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗟𝗜𝗢𝗭 — 𝗙𝗥𝗢𝗠 𝗠𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗦𝗧𝗨𝗗𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗧𝗢 𝗥𝗘𝗩𝗢𝗟𝗨𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗥𝗬: 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗕𝗜𝗥𝗧𝗛 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗬𝗠𝗣𝗛𝗢𝗡𝗜𝗘 𝗙𝗔𝗡𝗧𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗤𝗨𝗘 𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗟𝗬 𝗬𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗦: 𝗔 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗡 𝗔𝗚𝗔𝗜𝗡𝗦𝗧 𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗙𝗔𝗧𝗘 (1803–1826) Hector Berlioz (1803–1869) was born on 11 December 1803 in La Côte-Saint-André,…

MOZART BIOGRAPHY , JAN SWAFFORD: ## 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝟭 — 𝗟𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗱: 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵: 𝗳𝗲𝗮𝗿, 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝘁𝗵, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝘃𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹 The chapter opens with an intimate, almost confessional…

𝗗𝗠𝗜𝗧𝗥𝗜 𝗦𝗛𝗢𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗞𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗖𝗛 — 𝗙𝗥𝗢𝗠 𝗣𝗘𝗧𝗥𝗢𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗗 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗗𝗜𝗚𝗬 𝗧𝗢 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗧𝗥𝗜𝗨𝗠𝗣𝗛 𝗢𝗙 𝗦𝗬𝗠𝗣𝗛𝗢𝗡𝗬 𝗡𝗢. 1 (1906–1926) Shostakovich Symphony No 1 in F minor op 10 (Kirill Kondrashin, 1972) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNQPj_ICr2U 𝗕𝗜𝗥𝗧𝗛 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗟𝗬 𝗘𝗡𝗩𝗜𝗥𝗢𝗡𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧 (1906–1914) 𝗗𝗺𝗶𝘁𝗿𝗶 𝗗𝗺𝗶𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗵…

𝗙𝗨𝗥𝗧𝗪𝗔𝗡𝗚𝗟𝗘𝗥 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗖𝗘𝗟𝗜𝗕𝗜𝗗𝗔𝗖𝗛𝗘 — 𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗦𝗛𝗜𝗣, 𝗦𝗛𝗔𝗗𝗢𝗪, 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗕𝗜𝗥𝗧𝗛 𝗢𝗙 𝗔 𝗟𝗘𝗚𝗘𝗡𝗗 The relationship between 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗺 𝗙𝘂𝗿𝘁𝘄𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲𝗿 (1886–1954) and 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗶𝘂 𝗖𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗱𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲 (1912–1996) is one of the most consequential mentor–successor dynamics in twentieth-century conducting. It…

𝗙𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗭 𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗭𝗧 — 𝗙𝗥𝗢𝗠 𝗠𝗜𝗥𝗔𝗖𝗟𝗘 𝗖𝗛𝗜𝗟𝗗 𝗧𝗢 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗙𝗜𝗥𝗦𝗧 𝗣𝗜𝗔𝗡𝗢 𝗦𝗨𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗥 The early life of 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘇 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘇𝘁 (1811–1886) reads like the birth of modern virtuosity itself. Long before the word “superstar” existed, Liszt embodied…

𝗠𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗛𝗲𝗶𝗿: 𝗩𝗮́𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘃 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗹 𝗔𝗻𝗰̌𝗲𝗿𝗹 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗖𝘇𝗲𝗰𝗵 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 The relationship between Václav Talich and Karel Ančerl represents one of the most important artistic lineages in twentieth-century orchestral…

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗕𝗜𝗥𝗧𝗛 𝗢𝗙 𝗔 𝗠𝗔𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗢 — 𝗟𝗘𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗥𝗗 𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗡𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗜𝗡’𝗦 𝗥𝗜𝗦𝗘 𝗔𝗦 𝗔 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗗𝗨𝗖𝗧𝗢𝗥 (𝟭𝟵𝟯𝟱–𝟭𝟵𝟰𝟱) 𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗟𝗬 𝗜𝗡𝗙𝗟𝗨𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘𝗦 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗜𝗦𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗬 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗗𝗨𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚 Leonard Bernstein (1918–1990) did not begin as a conductor in the conventional European sense.…

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗢𝗠𝗔𝗡 𝗪𝗛𝗢 𝗦𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗘𝗗 𝗧𝗪𝗢 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗥𝗘𝗩𝗢𝗟𝗨𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦 — 𝗡𝗔𝗗𝗘𝗭𝗛𝗗𝗔 𝗩𝗢𝗡 𝗠𝗘𝗖𝗞, 𝗧𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗜𝗞𝗢𝗩𝗦𝗞𝗬 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗗𝗘𝗕𝗨𝗦𝗦𝗬 ## 𝗡𝗮𝗱𝗲𝘇𝗵𝗱𝗮 𝘃𝗼𝗻 𝗠𝗲𝗰𝗸: 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗧𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗸𝗼𝘃𝘀𝗸𝘆 𝘄𝗵𝗼, 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘁, 𝗴𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝗯𝘂𝘀𝘀𝘆 𝗮 “𝘀𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵” (𝟭𝟴𝟳𝟲–𝟭𝟴𝟵𝟬 / 𝟭𝟴𝟴𝟬–𝟭𝟴𝟴𝟮)…

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗟𝗢𝗩𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗗𝗘𝗕𝗨𝗦𝗦𝗬’𝗦 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘 — 𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗗𝗔𝗨𝗚𝗛𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗖𝗛𝗢𝗨𝗖𝗛𝗢𝗨 The relationship between Claude Debussy (1862–1918) and his only child, Claude-Emma Debussy (1905–1919)—affectionately called “Chouchou”—was one of the most tender and emotionally transformative bonds…

𝗦𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗘 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗗𝗘𝗕𝗨𝗦𝗦𝗬 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗚𝗘 𝗙𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗦𝗛𝗜𝗣 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗦𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗘𝗗 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗛 𝗠𝗢𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗡𝗜𝗦𝗠 The relationship between 𝗘𝗿𝗶𝗸 𝗦𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗲 (𝟭𝟴𝟲𝟲–𝟭𝟵𝟮𝟱) and 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘂𝗱𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝗯𝘂𝘀𝘀𝘆 (𝟭𝟴𝟲𝟮–𝟭𝟵𝟭𝟴) is one of the most fascinating artistic friendships in musical history. It began…

𝗞𝗔𝗥𝗔𝗝𝗔𝗡 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗦𝗛𝗢𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗞𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗖𝗛 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗧𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗛 𝗦𝗬𝗠𝗣𝗛𝗢𝗡𝗬 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗕𝗘𝗧𝗪𝗘𝗘𝗡 𝗧𝗪𝗢 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗟𝗗𝗦 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8vUd_l29KY The relationship between Herbert von Karajan and Dmitri Shostakovich was never personal in the intimate sense that Karajan had with…

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗠𝗔𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗠𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗡 𝗪𝗛𝗢 𝗕𝗘𝗖𝗔𝗠𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗗𝗨𝗖𝗧𝗢𝗥 𝗢𝗙 𝗠𝗢𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗡 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗘𝗫𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗥𝗬 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗟𝗗 𝗢𝗙 𝗘𝗥𝗡𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗔𝗡𝗦𝗘𝗥𝗠𝗘𝗧 Ernest Ansermet (1883–1969) occupies a unique place in music history because his life intersected with almost every major…

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗠𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧𝗬 𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗗𝗙𝗨𝗟 (𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗙𝗜𝗩𝗘): 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗕𝗜𝗥𝗧𝗛 𝗢𝗙 𝗥𝗨𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗔𝗡 𝗡𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗟 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖 𝗜. 𝗛𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗕𝗔𝗖𝗞𝗚𝗥𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗗: 𝗥𝗨𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗔 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗖𝗛 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗔 𝗡𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗟 𝗩𝗢𝗜𝗖𝗘 (1830–1860) During the early 19th century, Russian art music was largely dominated…

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