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Frases y aforismos de Franz Kafka: "Toda revolución se evapora y deja atrás una estela de burocracia." "La juventud es feliz porque tiene la capacidad de ver la belleza." "Un libro debe ser el…

13-09-1883, Year 1883. Letter received by Gustav Mahler from Franz Liszt (1811-1886) (in Weimar). Waldmarchen (from Das klagende Lied) is rejected. Writing in formal style: Your composition Waldmarchen which you kindly sent to me…

Krenn, Franz * February 26, 1816 Droß, Lower Austria/A, † June 19, 1897 St. Andrä-Wördern, Lower Austria/A. Music teacher, composer and organist. Initially a teacher, Krenn came to Vienna in 1834 , where he…

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Franz Lehár (2nd from left) with his wife Sophie and George Gershwin when he visited Vienna in 1928. (Photo: Atelier Willinger / Theatermuseum Wien)

Franz Lehar/Emmerich Kalman-1933 The only known photograph with both composers together.

Franz Xaver Scharwenka (6 January 1850 – 8 December 1924) was a German pianist, composer and teacher of Polish descent. FRANZ XAVER SCHARWENKA: PIANO CONCERTO NO.4 IN F MINOR, OP.82, FRANÇOIS XAVIER POIZAT (PIANO)…

𝐏𝐀𝐔𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐄 𝐕𝐈𝐀𝐑𝐃𝐎𝐓 — 𝐀 𝐋𝐈𝐅𝐄 𝐀𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐓 𝐎𝐅 𝐑𝐎𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐂 𝐄𝐔𝐑𝐎𝐏𝐄 Few personalities of the nineteenth century allow us to trace the cultural history of Romantic Europe as fully as 𝐏𝐚𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐕𝐢𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐨𝐭 (𝟏𝟖𝟐𝟏–𝟏𝟗𝟏𝟎). Her…

𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐳 𝐑𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐫 (1888–1963) was a Hungarian-born American conductor and one of the most influential orchestral interpreters of the 20th century. Born in 𝐁𝐮𝐝𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐬𝐭, he studied at the 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐳 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐳𝐭 𝐀𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐲, where one of his…

𝐑𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐬 (1864–1949) was a German composer and conductor, and one of the most important musical figures of the late Romantic and early modern eras. Born in 𝐌𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐡, he was the son of the…

𝐅𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐱 𝐖𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫 (1863–1942) was an Austrian conductor, composer and pianist, and one of the most influential conductors of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Born in 𝐙𝐚𝐫𝐚, Dalmatia, then part of the Austrian…

𝐂𝐇𝐎𝐏𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐆𝐇 𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐌𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐒 𝐅𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐒, 𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐒, 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐑𝐈𝐕𝐀𝐋𝐒 𝐁𝐘 𝐏𝐈𝐄𝐑𝐑𝐄 𝐇. 𝐀𝐙𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐘 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐓 𝐈𝐈 — 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐒 𝐘𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐒, 𝟏𝟖𝟑𝟏–𝟏𝟖𝟒𝟗 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝟖 — 𝐅𝐄𝐋𝐋𝐎𝐖 𝐏𝐈𝐀𝐍𝐈𝐒𝐓 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐄𝐑 𝐅𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐙 𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐙𝐓 Of all the composers of his…

𝗡𝗢𝗪 𝗔𝗩𝗔𝗜𝗟𝗔𝗕𝗟𝗘 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗦𝗨𝗕𝗦𝗖𝗥𝗜𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗦 𝗙𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗭 𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗭𝗧 — 𝗝𝗔𝗠𝗘𝗦 𝗛𝗨𝗡𝗘𝗞𝗘𝗥 𝗙𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗭 𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗭𝗧: 𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘, 𝗔𝗥𝗧, 𝗟𝗘𝗚𝗘𝗡𝗗 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗟𝗘𝗚𝗔𝗖𝗬 I am delighted to announce the publication of two complete illustrated volumes devoted to the extraordinary…

𝗘𝗫𝗖𝗟𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗦𝗨𝗕𝗦𝗖𝗥𝗜𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗦 𝗙𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗭 𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗭𝗧 — 𝗝𝗔𝗠𝗘𝗦 𝗛𝗨𝗡𝗘𝗞𝗘𝗥 𝗙𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗭 𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗭𝗧: 𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘, 𝗔𝗥𝗧, 𝗟𝗘𝗚𝗘𝗡𝗗 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗟𝗘𝗚𝗔𝗖𝗬 Dear subscribers, I am delighted to share with you these two complete illustrated volumes devoted to the…

# **Wagner: Tristan und Isolde** **Ludwig Suthaus** (Tristan), **Margarete Bäumer** (Isolde), **Gottlob Frick** (King Marke), **Erna Westenberger** (Brangäne), **Karl Wolfram** (Kurwenal), **Theodor Horand** (Melot) **Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Franz Konwitschny**

𝐒𝐂𝐇𝐔𝐁𝐄𝐑𝐓 𝐍𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑 𝐇𝐄𝐋𝐃 𝐀 𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐓 𝐎𝐑 𝐂𝐇𝐔𝐑𝐂𝐇 𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐓 Franz Schubert (1797–1828) lived a life unlike that of most great composers of his time. While Haydn served the Esterházy family, Mozart worked for the…