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# **EDITH MATHIS — A LIFE** **Edith Mathis** ( [Lucerne](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucerna_(ciudad)) , February 11, 1938 – [Salzburg](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salzburgo) , February 9, 2025) was a [Swiss ](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suiza)[soprano](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soprano) ## **I. Early Life and Musical Beginnings (1938–1956)** Edith Mathis…

# **George Frideric HANDEL (1685-1759) - Flavio, re de' Longobardi - **Opera in 3 acts (London, 1723) (HWV 16) libretto**: Nicola Francesco Haym - Concerto Köln - Benjamin Bayl ** [[[https://www.patreon.com/posts/george-frideric-144597458?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/george-frideric-144597458?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)](https://www.patreon.com/posts/george-frideric-144597458?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)](https://www.patreon.com/posts/george-frideric-144597458?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) **Julia Lezhneva**, soprano…

# **A PSYCHOLOGICAL PORTRAIT OF FELIX MENDELSSOHN IN HIS FINAL YEAR (1847)** Felix Mendelssohn’s final year unfolded like a slow-breaking storm. On the surface he remained the elegant Kapellmeister of Leipzig — refined, disciplined,…

# **CHOPIN, A LIFE: The Brilliant Student and Rising Composer (1826–1829)** The years between 1826 and 1829 marked a decisive turning point in Frédéric Chopin’s youth—years in which the shy, observant boy from Żelazowa…

# **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…

# **THOMAS TALLIS – A LIFE** ## **I. Beginnings in an England on the Brink of Change** Thomas Tallis was born around **1505**—a date never precisely fixed—into an England poised between medieval stability and…

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐅𝐑𝐘𝐃𝐄𝐑𝐘𝐊 𝐂𝐇𝐎𝐏𝐈𝐍 𝐌𝐎𝐍𝐔𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐈𝐍 Ż𝐄𝐋𝐀𝐙𝐎𝐖𝐀 𝐖𝐎𝐋𝐀 The monument dedicated to 𝐅𝐫𝐲𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐤 𝐂𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐧 at his birthplace in 𝐙̇𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐳𝐨𝐰𝐚 𝐖𝐨𝐥𝐚 was designed in 1955 by the distinguished Polish sculptor 𝐉𝐨́𝐳𝐞𝐟 𝐆𝐨𝐬ł𝐚𝐰𝐬𝐤𝐢. However, the sculpture was…

𝗛𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗼𝘇 – “𝗟𝗲𝘀 𝗧𝗿𝗼𝘆𝗲𝗻𝘀” – 𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗻 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗲𝗿𝗲, 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟮, 𝟭𝟵𝟳𝟯 – 𝗦𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗹𝗲𝘆 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗲𝘁𝘁, 𝗦𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗹𝗲𝘆 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗲𝘁𝘁, 𝗝𝗼𝗻 𝗩𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝗟𝗼𝘂𝗶𝘀 𝗤𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗼, 𝗠𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗼𝗻 𝗗𝘂𝗻𝗻 – 𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗻 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘂𝘀 – 𝗥𝗮𝗳𝗮𝗲𝗹 𝗞𝘂𝗯𝗲𝗹í𝗸 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKyTJWfxMuM The…

𝗥𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗶 - 𝗟’𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼 𝗳𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗲 - 𝗔𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗼 𝗗𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶 https://www.patreon.com/ClassicMusicComposersGroup/posts/rossini-linganno-163229149?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 – 𝗥𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗶’𝘀 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗦𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀: 𝗟’𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼 𝗳𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗲, translated as 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, is a one-act opera by 𝗚𝗶𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗼 𝗥𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗶, composed when…

𝗩𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹𝗱𝗶 - 𝗟𝗮 𝗖𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘇𝗮 𝗧𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲 - 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗼 𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗼 - 𝗙𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗼 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝗦𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶 https://www.patreon.com/ClassicMusicComposersGroup/posts/vivaldi-la-modo-163224574?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗿𝗶𝘂𝗺𝗽𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗰𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗟𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗛𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗟𝗮 𝗖𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘇𝗮 𝗧𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲 is the shortened title of 𝗟𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘇𝗮 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗴𝗹’𝗮𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗶 𝗲…

𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗗𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴: 𝗕𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗣𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗵𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗺 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗝𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘆 Listening to classical music while driving is not the same as listening to it at home, in a concert hall, or…

𝗕𝗘𝗘𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗡 𝗠𝗢𝗡𝗨𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧 — 𝗕𝗘𝗘𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗡𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗧𝗭, 𝗩𝗜𝗘𝗡𝗡𝗔, 𝗔𝗨𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗜𝗔 The 𝗕𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 in 𝗩𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗮, located on 𝗕𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘁𝘇, is one of the most important nineteenth-century public monuments dedicated to 𝗟𝘂𝗱𝘄𝗶𝗴 𝘃𝗮𝗻 𝗕𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻. It was designed by the sculptor…

𝗛𝗔𝗬𝗗𝗡, 𝗕𝗬 𝗝. 𝗖𝗨𝗧𝗛𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗧 𝗛𝗔𝗗𝗗𝗘𝗡 - 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝟭𝟬 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗬𝗠𝗣𝗛𝗢𝗡𝗜𝗦𝗧 𝗜𝗡 𝗜𝗦𝗢𝗟𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗘𝗗𝗢𝗠 𝗜𝗡𝗦𝗜𝗗𝗘 𝗗𝗜𝗦𝗖𝗜𝗣𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗜𝗦𝗢𝗟𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗗𝗜𝗗 𝗡𝗢𝗧 𝗦𝗜𝗟𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘 𝗛𝗜𝗠 At 𝗘𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗵𝗮́𝘇𝗮, 𝗝𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗽𝗵 𝗛𝗮𝘆𝗱𝗻 lived in one of the strangest forms of…

𝗚𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘃 𝗠𝗮𝗵𝗹𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗺𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗮𝗺 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗕𝗲𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗛𝗶𝘀 “𝗦𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗛𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱” There is a revealing paradox at the heart of Gustav Mahler’s relationship with Amsterdam. He was not especially enchanted by the city…

𝟭𝟴𝟲𝟱. 𝗝𝗶𝗵𝗹𝗮𝘃𝗮. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗽𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝗚𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘃 𝗠𝗮𝗵𝗹𝗲𝗿, aged 𝟱 𝗼𝗿 𝟲, holding what appears to be 𝗮 𝗽𝗶𝗲𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 — possibly one of his own early manuscripts. According to a vivid…

𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗠𝗔𝗦 𝗦𝗖𝗛𝗜𝗣𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗦 𝗔 𝗥𝗶𝗴𝗼𝗿𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗘𝘀𝘀𝗮𝘆 𝗼𝗻 𝗛𝗶𝘀 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲, 𝗔𝗿𝘁, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗧𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘀 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀 was one of the most brilliant and charismatic American conductors of the post-war generation. Born in 𝗞𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗺𝗮𝘇𝗼𝗼, 𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗮𝗻, 𝗼𝗻 𝟵…

𝐔𝐧𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐒𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐂𝐚𝐧 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐭 𝐚 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 Going to a concert hall or opera house can be one of life’s most moving experiences. Live classical music offers beauty, concentration, presence, and…

**𝗠𝗢𝗭𝗔𝗥𝗧 𝗜𝗡 𝗦𝗪𝗔𝗙𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗗’𝗦 𝗕𝗜𝗢𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗣𝗛𝗬 - **𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝟭𝟵 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗣𝗢𝗦𝗘𝗥 𝗟𝗘𝗢𝗣𝗢𝗟𝗗 𝗜𝗡 𝗩𝗜𝗘𝗡𝗡𝗔: 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗙𝗔𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗥 𝗙𝗔𝗖𝗘𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗢𝗡’𝗦 𝗧𝗥𝗜𝗨𝗠𝗣𝗛 In February 1785, 𝗟𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗠𝗼𝘇𝗮𝗿𝘁 came to Vienna and found, not the impulsive rebel…

𝗧𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘀𝗼 𝗔𝗹𝗯𝗶𝗻𝗼𝗻𝗶: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗩𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗩𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗼𝗾𝘂𝗲 𝗧𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘀𝗼 𝗔𝗹𝗯𝗶𝗻𝗼𝗻𝗶 (1671–1751) was an Italian Baroque composer known for his refined instrumental music and for his 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗼. Born in 𝗩𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗲…

𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐦 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐠: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨 𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐓𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐞 There are conductors whose legends are built on theatrical personality, and there are others whose greatness lies in something more durable: authority without noise, discipline…

# ** Pablo Sarasate — A Life in 20 Chapters ** Chapter 1 — Pamplona and the Sound of a Military Band (1844) Pablo Martín Melitón Sarasate y Navascués was born on **March 10,…

# **Catholicism and Freemasonry** **(Book: Mozart, His Character, His Work** by Alfred Einstein) The attitude of educated and high-ranking Catholics in the eighteenth century toward religion was aptly captured—long before Mozart—by “Madame,” **Élisabeth Charlotte**,…

# Portrait of Indian-born conductor **Zubin Mehta** and Portuguese Classical musician **Maria Joao Pires** as they pose backstage at Avery Fisher Hall, **New York, New York, January 19, 1988**. (Photo by Rita Barros/Getty Images)