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𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭, 𝐆𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐖𝐨𝐥𝐟𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐡, 𝐆𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐨𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐨 𝐄𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐳𝐤𝐨𝐩𝐟, 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐄𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐖𝐚𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐍𝐢𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐢 𝐆𝐞𝐝𝐝𝐚 𝐚𝐭 𝐚 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐭 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐳𝐤𝐨𝐩𝐟'𝐬 𝐇𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞, 𝟕𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟗𝟓𝟕. (𝐏𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐲 𝐄𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐀𝐮𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐡/𝐆𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐲 𝐈𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬)

𝐁𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐧 – 𝐒𝐲𝐦𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐲 𝐍𝐨. 𝟗, 𝐎𝐩. 𝟏𝟐𝟓 – 𝐈𝐫𝐦𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐒𝐞𝐞𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝 – 𝐌𝐚𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 – 𝐄𝐫𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐇𝐚𝐞𝐟𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐫 – 𝐃𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐅𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫-𝐃𝐢𝐞𝐬𝐤𝐚𝐮 – 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐤𝐞𝐫 – 𝐅𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐬𝐚𝐲 https://www.patreon.com/posts/beethoven-no-9-153325649?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link 𝐁𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐧 – 𝐒𝐲𝐦𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐲 𝐍𝐨. 𝟗 𝐢𝐧 𝐃 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐨𝐫,…

𝐀𝐍𝐉𝐀 𝐒𝐈𝐋𝐉𝐀 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐂𝐇𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐏𝐇 𝐕𝐎𝐍 𝐃𝐎𝐇𝐍𝐀𝐍𝐘𝐈: 𝐀 𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐂 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐍𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐏 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠: 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 Anja Silja and Christoph von Dohnányi came together in the world of postwar German opera,…

𝐋𝐔𝐃𝐖𝐈𝐆 𝐕𝐀𝐍 𝐁𝐄𝐄𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐍: 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐌𝐎𝐒𝐓 𝐏𝐎𝐋𝐄𝐌𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐋 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐃𝐈𝐂𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘 𝐒𝐈𝐓𝐔𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 𝐈𝐍 𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐋𝐈𝐅𝐄 Ludwig van Beethoven is often presented as the supreme heroic figure in music: defiant, original, morally elevated, and artistically invincible. Yet his…

Giacomo PUCCINI - at home with his favorite dog, Italian composer, 1858-1924

# **𝗠𝗢𝗭𝗔𝗥𝗧 𝗜𝗡 𝗦𝗪𝗔𝗙𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗗’𝗦 𝗕𝗜𝗢𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗣𝗛𝗬 - Chapter 8 — Inertia** **1) Back in Salzburg: Success Without Direction** When **Leopold and Wolfgang returned from Italy in March 1773**, they brought back prestige but **no new…

# **𝗠𝗢𝗭𝗔𝗥𝗧 𝗜𝗡 𝗦𝗪𝗔𝗙𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗗’𝗦 𝗕𝗜𝗢𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗣𝗛𝗬 - Chapter 7 — *****Exsultate, Jubilate*** **1) Salzburg Again: Return, Frustration, and the Sense of Confinement** When **Leopold and Wolfgang returned to Salzburg on 28 March 1771**, the city…

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐅𝐀𝐌𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐎𝐅 𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐃 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐔𝐒𝐒: 𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐑𝐈𝐀𝐆𝐄, 𝐇𝐎𝐌𝐄, 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐎𝐍𝐋𝐘 𝐒𝐎𝐍 𝐑𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐬 is often remembered as the brilliant composer of Salome, Elektra, Der Rosenkavalier, and the great tone poems, but behind the public…

𝐌𝐨𝐳𝐚𝐫𝐭 - 𝐋𝐚 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐳𝐚 𝐝𝐢 𝐓𝐢𝐭𝐨 - 𝐏𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐞𝐫 · 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐚 𝐕𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐲 · 𝐄𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 - 𝐓𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐚 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐳𝐚 · 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐚 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐥 · 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐨 𝐀𝐝𝐚𝐦 - 𝐑𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐤𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐫 𝐋𝐞𝐢𝐩𝐳𝐢𝐠 - 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐚𝐭𝐬𝐤𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞 𝐃𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐞𝐧 - 𝐊𝐚𝐫𝐥 𝐁𝐨𝐡𝐦 https://www.patreon.com/posts/mozart-la-di-152587249?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link…

𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘂𝘀𝘀 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗠𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗲𝗱𝗲𝘀 𝗰𝗮𝗿 𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗲 - 1924

𝑍𝑂𝐿𝑇𝐴𝑁 𝐾𝑂𝐷𝐴𝐿𝑌 — 𝑇𝐻𝐸 𝑆𝑂𝑈𝐿 𝑂𝐹 𝐻𝑈𝑁𝐺𝐴𝑅𝑌: 𝐹𝑂𝐿𝐾, 𝐹𝐼𝑅𝐸 𝐴𝑁𝐷 𝑇𝐻𝐸 𝐸𝐷𝑈𝐶𝐴𝑇𝐼𝑂𝑁 𝑅𝐸𝑉𝑂𝐿𝑈𝑇𝐼𝑂𝑁 𝐈. 𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐋𝐃𝐇𝐎𝐎𝐃 𝐈𝐍 𝐀 𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐋 𝐑𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐖𝐀𝐘 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐋𝐃 (1882–1900) 𝐙𝐨𝐥𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝐊𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐥𝐲 (1882–1967) was born on 16 December 1882 in Kecskemét, Hungary, into…

𝐑𝐎𝐁𝐄𝐑𝐓 𝐊𝐀𝐉𝐀𝐍𝐔𝐒 — 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐀𝐑𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐓𝐄𝐂𝐓 𝐎𝐅 𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐍𝐈𝐒𝐇 𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐂: 𝐌𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐒, 𝐃𝐈𝐒𝐂𝐈𝐏𝐋𝐄𝐒 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐀 𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 (𝟏𝟖𝟓𝟔–𝟏𝟗𝟑𝟑) 𝐀 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐆 𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐍 𝐋𝐎𝐎𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐓𝐎 𝐄𝐔𝐑𝐎𝐏𝐄 When 𝐑𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐊𝐚𝐣𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐬 (1856–1933) was born in Helsingfors on 2 December…

𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐃 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐔𝐒𝐒 — 𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐒𝐄𝐑𝐕𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐃𝐈𝐆𝐘 𝐓𝐎 𝐒𝐘𝐌𝐏𝐇𝐎𝐍𝐈𝐂 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐎𝐋𝐔𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐑𝐘 (𝟏𝟖𝟔𝟒–𝟏𝟖𝟗𝟔) 𝐈. 𝐌𝐔𝐍𝐈𝐂𝐇 𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐆𝐈𝐍𝐒 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐀 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐓 𝐅𝐀𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑 (𝟏𝟖𝟔𝟒–𝟏𝟖𝟖𝟎) 𝐑𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐆𝐞𝐨𝐫𝐠 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐬 (1864–1949) was born on 11 June 1864 in Munich, into a deeply musical…

**𝗠𝗢𝗭𝗔𝗥𝗧 𝗜𝗡 𝗦𝗪𝗔𝗙𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗗’𝗦 𝗩𝗜𝗘𝗪 — 𝗠𝗬𝗧𝗛, 𝗧𝗥𝗨𝗧𝗛, 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗦𝗧 ** **𝗔𝗿𝘁, 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝘁𝗵, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 “𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗟𝗶𝗮𝗿”** Picasso once observed that **“art is a lie that makes us realize truth,”** while Shakespeare claimed that…

𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗡𝗔𝗥𝗗 𝗛𝗔𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗞 — 𝗙𝗥𝗢𝗠 𝗩𝗜𝗢𝗟𝗜𝗡 𝗦𝗧𝗨𝗗𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗧𝗢 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗥𝗘𝗟𝗨𝗖𝗧𝗔𝗡𝗧 𝗠𝗔𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗢 𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗟𝗬 𝗬𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗦 𝗜𝗡 𝗔𝗠𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗗𝗔𝗠 (1929–1945) 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗛𝗮𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗸 (1929–2021) was born in Amsterdam on March 4, 1929, into a culturally engaged but not overtly musical…

𝗝𝗔𝗦𝗖𝗛𝗔 𝗛𝗢𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗜𝗡 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗔𝗦𝗖𝗘𝗧𝗜𝗖 𝗠𝗔𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗢: 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗚𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗢𝗙 𝗔 𝗦𝗬𝗠𝗣𝗛𝗢𝗡𝗜𝗖 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗦𝗖𝗜𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲: 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗞𝗶𝗲𝘃 𝘁𝗼 𝗩𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗮 The artistic personality of 𝗝𝗮𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗮 𝗛𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗶𝗻 (1898–1973) was formed far from the glare of the international…

𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗘𝗗 𝗢𝗡𝗟𝗬 33 𝗬𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗦… 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗪𝗥𝗢𝗧𝗘 𝗔𝗡 𝗜𝗠𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗧𝗔𝗟 𝗚𝗢𝗗𝗗𝗘𝗦𝗦 — 𝗕𝗘𝗟𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗜, “𝗡𝗢𝗥𝗠𝗔”, 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗛𝗢𝗥𝗧 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗕𝗘𝗖𝗔𝗠𝗘 𝗔 𝗟𝗘𝗚𝗘𝗡𝗗 Vincenzo Bellini (3 November 1801 – 23 September 1835) is one of those…

# **Agostino Steffani (1654–1728)** Agostino Steffani is one of the most fascinating and unusual figures of the Baroque era. He was not only a composer but also a **diplomat, priest, and political agent**, moving…

𝐓𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐤𝐨𝐯𝐬𝐤𝐲 — 𝐀 𝐓𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞 Few composers embodied emotional intensity as profoundly as Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. His music radiates beauty, tenderness, longing, and despair with such immediacy that listeners often feel they are hearing…

# **Monument dedicated to composer Johannes Brahms at Karlsplatz. Vienna ** Photograph by Gerhard Trumler. The monument dedicated to **Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)** stands in the small park near **Karlsplatz**, directly beside Vienna’s **Musikverein**, the…

# **Beulah Collection 2** 1. Adrian Boult at The BBC - **Humperdinck**, **Tchaikovsky** & **Holst** (1932-1945) 2. Adrian Boult conducts **Elgar** The Dream Of Gerontius Prelude, Symphony No. 2, Sospiri 3. Adrian Boult conducts…

**Dieterich Buxtehude** (c. 1637–1707) was one of the most influential composers of the **North German Baroque** and a central figure in the development of organ music. Born in the Danish-German cultural sphere, he spent…

# **ARIA AND SONG (I) - (Book: **Mozart, His Character, His Work by Alfred Einstein**)** In this chapter—which is something like an **intermezzo**—we approach the final part of our investigation, the chapter devoted to…

# **MOZART AND “THE ETERNAL-FEMININE”** **(Book: Mozart, His Character, His Work** by Alfred Einstein) There is **no biography of Mozart** that does not contain a chapter devoted to the theme of **“Mozart and women,”**…