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# **Offenbach - Monsieur Choufleuri (end); Mesdames de la Halle ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/offenbach-end-de-146648515?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/offenbach-end-de-146648515?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) **Jacques Offenbach – *****Monsieur Choufleuri restera chez lui le…*** *(1861)* **Jacques Offenbach**’s *Monsieur Choufleuri restera chez lui le…* is one of the…

# **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…

# **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…

# **ANECDOTES ABOUT LEONTYNE PRICE AND HER RELATIONSHIPS WITH CONDUCTORS & COLLEAGUES** ## **1. Karajan and the First Encounter: “The Most Beautiful Voice in the World”** When Herbert von Karajan first heard Leontyne Price…

𝐉Ó𝐙𝐄𝐅 𝐄𝐋𝐒𝐍𝐄𝐑 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐅𝐑𝐘𝐃𝐄𝐑𝐘𝐊 𝐂𝐇𝐎𝐏𝐈𝐍 — 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐓𝐄𝐀𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐑 𝐖𝐇𝐎 𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐎𝐆𝐍𝐈𝐙𝐄𝐃 𝐀 𝐆𝐄𝐍𝐈𝐔𝐒 Józef Elsner (1769–1854) was one of the decisive figures in Chopin’s artistic formation. Strictly speaking, Elsner was primarily a composer, conductor, theorist…

𝗝𝗨𝗟𝗜𝗔 𝗙𝗜𝗦𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗥: 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗩𝗜𝗢𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗜𝗦𝗧 𝗪𝗛𝗢 𝗡𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥 𝗔𝗕𝗔𝗡𝗗𝗢𝗡𝗘𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗣𝗜𝗔𝗡𝗢 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝗶𝗮 𝗙𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿 is best known as one of the outstanding violinists of her generation, but her musical identity has never been limited to a single…

𝗘𝗗𝗩𝗔𝗥𝗗 𝗚𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗚: 𝗙𝗥𝗢𝗠 𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗚𝗘𝗡 𝗖𝗛𝗜𝗟𝗗𝗛𝗢𝗢𝗗 𝗧𝗢 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗕𝗜𝗥𝗧𝗛 𝗢𝗙 𝗔 𝗡𝗢𝗥𝗪𝗘𝗚𝗜𝗔𝗡 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗩𝗢𝗜𝗖𝗘 𝗘𝗱𝘃𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗛𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗿𝘂𝗽 𝗚𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗴 was born in 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗻, 𝗡𝗼𝗿𝘄𝗮𝘆, on 𝟭𝟱 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝟭𝟴𝟰𝟯, into a cultivated and prosperous family whose atmosphere was…

𝗢𝘂𝘁𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗙𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗠𝗮𝗵𝗹𝗲𝗿’𝘀 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝟭𝟴𝟲𝟬--Born, July 7, in Kalischt, Bohemia; removed to Iglau, December of same year. 𝟭𝟴𝟲𝟲--First piano lessons. 𝟭𝟴𝟳𝟱--Attended Viennese conservatory (until 1878). 𝟭𝟴𝟳𝟳--Attended University of Vienna (until 1879); friendship with…

𝗜𝘃𝗼 𝗣𝗼𝗴𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗵: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗗𝗲𝗳𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲, 𝗩𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗱𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 ⠀ 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗜 – 𝗕𝗲𝗹𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝗮𝗻 𝗨𝗻𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗜𝘃𝗼 𝗣𝗼𝗴𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗵 was born on 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬, 𝟭𝟵𝟱𝟴, in 𝗕𝗲𝗹𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲, then part of…

𝗝𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶 𝗦𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗹𝗹: 𝗟𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 – 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗜 – 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗮 (𝟭𝟵𝟰𝟭–𝟭𝟵𝟱𝟬) 𝗝𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶 𝗦𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗶 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗱𝗲𝘁 was born on 𝗔𝘂𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝟭, 𝟭𝟵𝟰𝟭, in 𝗜𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗱𝗮, a small industrial town in 𝗖𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗮.…

𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝗛𝗮𝘀𝗸𝗶𝗹 – 𝗔 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝟮𝟬 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝟭 – 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝘂𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁 (𝟭𝟴𝟵𝟱–𝟭𝟵𝟬𝟱) Clara Haskil was born on January 7, 1895, in Bucharest, Romania, into a Sephardic Jewish family of modest means.…

𝗝𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗽𝗵 𝗞𝗲𝗶𝗹𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗵: 𝗔 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝟮𝟬 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝟭 – 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘀𝗿𝘂𝗵𝗲 (𝟭𝟵𝟬𝟴–𝟭𝟵𝟮𝟲) Joseph Keilberth was born on April 19, 1908, in Karlsruhe, Germany, into a musical family. His father was a…

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…

𝗡𝗜𝗞𝗢𝗟𝗔𝗜 𝗥𝗜𝗠𝗦𝗞𝗬-𝗞𝗢𝗥𝗦𝗔𝗞𝗢𝗩 — 𝗖𝗛𝗜𝗟𝗗𝗛𝗢𝗢𝗗 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗙𝗜𝗥𝗦𝗧 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗧𝗛 (1844–1865) 𝗔 𝗡𝗢𝗕𝗟𝗘 𝗕𝗘𝗚𝗜𝗡𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗜𝗡 𝗧𝗜𝗞𝗛𝗩𝗜𝗡 (1844–1856) Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov was born on March 18 (March 6 O.S.), 1844, in the provincial Russian town of Tikhvin, into…

𝗬𝗘𝗛𝗨𝗗𝗜 𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗨𝗛𝗜𝗡 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗖𝗛𝗜𝗟𝗗 𝗪𝗛𝗢 𝗥𝗘𝗗𝗘𝗙𝗜𝗡𝗘𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗩𝗜𝗢𝗟𝗜𝗡 𝗔 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗱𝗶𝗴𝘆 𝗕𝗼𝗿𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮 (1916) 𝗬𝗲𝗵𝘂𝗱𝗶 𝗠𝗲𝗻𝘂𝗵𝗶𝗻 (1916–1999) was born on April 22, 1916, in New York, into a family of Russian-Jewish intellectuals who…

# 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗻𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗚𝗲𝗼𝗿𝗴 𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗽𝗽 𝗧𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻 𝗚𝗲𝗼𝗿𝗴 𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗽𝗽 𝗧𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻 was not only one of the most prolific composers in history — he was also one of the most fascinating personalities of the…

𝐀𝐥𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐥 — 𝐀𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐝𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐄𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐫 Alfred Brendel was not only one of the most influential pianists of the twentieth century but also one of the most intellectually…

# **Joseph Haydn and Nicola Porpora: A Transformative Encounter** When **Joseph Haydn** was struggling to survive in Vienna in the early **1750s**, poor, largely self-taught, and without influential patrons, a chance encounter would prove…

# **Joseph Haydn — Survival and Self-Education in Vienna (1749–1755)** After his abrupt dismissal from the choir of **St. Stephen’s Cathedral** in **late 1749** (when his voice broke), Haydn entered what he later described…

Puccini met Elvira Gemignani in 1884 whilst giving her piano lessons. She was to become his lover though she was already married. Soon it became clear that she was expecting a child and not…

# **HENRY CHARLES LITOLFF — A LIFE** ## **I. Origins, Childhood, and Early Musical Awakening** Henry Charles Litolff was born in London on **August 7, 1818**, the son of a Scottish mother, Sophie Hayes,…

# **CHOPIN – A LIFE (1810-1849)** # **Childhood in Żelazowa Wola and Warsaw (1810–1820)** ## **Early Life and Family Circle** Frédéric François Chopin was born on **1 March 1810** in the small Polish village…