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# **Anecdotes and Curiosities from the Life and Work of Mikhail Glinka** **1. A sickly child who heard bells before music** Glinka spent his childhood at the family estate of Novospasskoye under the strict…

# **Jose de Nebra - Requiem (1758), for Doña Barbara de Braganza - La Madrileña - Jose Antonio Montaño ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/jose-de-nebra-de-146248587?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/jose-de-nebra-de-146248587?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) The ***Requiem*** by **José de Nebra (1702–1768)** is one of the most significant…

# **José de Nebra - Miserere - Al Ayre Español - Eduardo López Banzo** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/jose-de-nebra-al-146248362?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/jose-de-nebra-al-146248362?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) The ***Miserere*** by **José de Nebra (1702–1768)** stands among the most powerful achievements of **Spanish Baroque sacred music**, and…

# Bruno Walter, Ludwig Haymann and Chaplain Helmut Fahsel, 1929 General Music Director Bruno Walter with the German heavyweight champion Ludwig Haymann (r) during boxing training on the deck of the steamer 'Albert Ballin'…

# **Bruno Walter: Anecdotes and Curiosities from a Life in Music (1876–1962)** **Early Debut and Unusual Seriousness (1893)** Bruno Walter, born **Bruno Schlesinger** on **15 September 1876**, made his conducting debut at the age…

# **Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka (1804–1857): A Life** ## **Chapter I — Noble Origins and Early Sensibility (1804–1817)** **Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka** was born on **1 June 1804** in **Novospasskoye**, Smolensk province, into a landowning Russian…

# **M.I. Glinka during the composition of the opera "Ruslan and Lyudmila" ** **Mikhail I. Glinka died in 1857**, and the opera was composed between **1837 and 1842**, premiering in **St Petersburg on 27…

# **Mieczysław Horszowski and Pau Casals: Friendship, Artistic Affinity, and Musical Collaboration** **1. Two Moral Artists from Different Worlds** At first glance, **Mieczysław Horszowski** and **Pau Casals** seemed to come from different musical universes.…

# **José de Nebra (1702–1768): Life, Works, and Historical Significance** **1. Family Origins and Early Formation (1702–c.1720)** **José Melchor Baltasar Gaspar Nebra Blasco** was born on **6 January 1702** in **Calatayud (Aragón)** into a…

# **Mozart - Mediocre Musicians and Court Intrigues: Envy Without Conspiracy** Vienna in the 1780s was one of the most competitive musical capitals in Europe. It teemed with **court composers, Kapellmeisters, singing teachers, copyists,…

# **Mozart Beyond Music: The Art of Living as Creative Fuel ** Mozart’s life outside music was far richer and more human than the legend of the isolated prodigy suggests. He did not retreat…

# **Mozart and Salieri: The Real Relationship** Few myths in music history have proven as persistent—or as misleading—as the idea of a murderous rivalry between **Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart** and **Antonio Salieri**. Popular culture, from…

# **Mozart and the Problem of Patronage** Mozart’s relationship with patronage represents one of the most **radical ethical and professional positions taken by any major composer of the 18th century**. In an era when…

# **Mozart: Emperor Joseph II and the Remark about “Too Many Notes”** The remark traditionally attributed to **Emperor Joseph II**—that Mozart’s music contained “too many notes”—is one of the most famous, and most misunderstood,…

# **Mozart and the Transcription of Allegri’s *****Miserere***** (Rome, 1770)** When Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart arrived in **Rome in April 1770**, he was fourteen years old and already widely known across Europe as a prodigy.…

# **Mozart and Johann Christian Bach (London, 1764–1765)** When Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart arrived in London in the spring of **1764**, he was not merely a prodigious child touring Europe with his family; he was…

# **Pinchas Zukerman — A Life in 20 Chapters** **Chapter 1 — Origins in Tel Aviv (1948–1957)** Pinchas Zukerman was born in Tel Aviv in 1948 into a family where music was not an…

## Tchaikovsky on Mozart Opinions, Quotes, and Primary Sources 1. Mozart as the Supreme Musical Ideal For Tchaikovsky, Mozart was not merely a great composer of the past but **the supreme embodiment of musical…

# **Handel - Lotario - Opera - 1729 **- **Laurence Cummings ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-lotario-145844033?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-lotario-145844033?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) *Lotario* was composed in **1729–1730** and occupies a pivotal position in **Handel’s London operatic career**. It was written immediately after the…

# **Handel - Faramondo - Opera - 1738 - Laurence Cummings ** [[https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-faramondo-145842133?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-faramondo-145842133?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)](https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-faramondo-145842133?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) *Faramondo* is an Italian opera seria in three acts composed by **George Frideric Handel** in **1737–1738**, during one of the most…

# **C.P.E. Bach - The Solo Keyboard Music 40 - Miklós Spányi ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/c-p-e-bach-solo-145817061?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/c-p-e-bach-solo-145817061?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) * Menuett in D Major, Wq 116/35 (H 309) * Polonaise in A Major, Wq 116/34 (H 308) * Allegretto…

# **C.P.E. Bach - The Solo Keyboard Music 39 - Miklós Spányi ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/c-p-e-bach-solo-145816946?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/c-p-e-bach-solo-145816946?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) * Concerto in C Major, Wq 112/1 (H 190) * Fantasia in D Major, Wq 112/2 (H 144) * Minuetto…

# **C.P.E. Bach - The Solo Keyboard Music 38 - Miklós Spányi ** **Audio + Booklet: ** [[https://www.patreon.com/posts/c-p-e-bach-solo-145816790?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/c-p-e-bach-solo-145816790?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)](https://www.patreon.com/posts/c-p-e-bach-solo-145816790?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)

# **C.P.E. Bach - The Solo Keyboard Music 37 - Miklós Spányi ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/c-p-e-bach-solo-145816666?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/c-p-e-bach-solo-145816666?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) * Minuet with 5 Variations in C Major, Wq. 118/3, H. 44 * Fugue in F Major, Wq. 119/3 *…