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𝐋𝐮𝐝𝐰𝐢𝐤𝐚 𝐉𝐞𝐝𝐫𝐳𝐞𝐣𝐞𝐰𝐢𝐜𝐳 (Warsaw, April 6, 1807 – October 29, 1855), born 𝐋𝐮𝐝𝐰𝐢𝐤𝐚 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐂𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐧, was a Polish performer, composer, and writer. She was the elder sister of 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜 𝐂𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐧 and of his two younger…

Portrait of 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐲𝐧𝐚 𝐧𝐞𝐞 𝐊𝐫𝐳𝐲𝐳𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐬𝐤𝐚 𝐂𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐧, the Composer’s Mother Portrait of 𝐌𝐢𝐤𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐣 𝐂𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐧, the Composer’s Father.

𝐂𝐇𝐎𝐏𝐈𝐍 𝐈𝐍 𝟏𝟖𝟐𝟗, 𝐁𝐘 𝐀𝐌𝐁𝐑𝐎Ż𝐘 𝐌𝐈𝐄𝐑𝐎𝐒𝐙𝐄𝐖𝐒𝐊𝐈.

𝐂𝐇𝐎𝐏𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐆𝐇 𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐌𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐒 𝐅𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐒, 𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐒, 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐑𝐈𝐕𝐀𝐋𝐒 𝐁𝐘 𝐏𝐈𝐄𝐑𝐑𝐄 𝐇. 𝐀𝐙𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐘 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐓 𝐈 — 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐒𝐀𝐖 𝐘𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐒, 𝟏𝟖𝟏𝟎–𝟏𝟖𝟑𝟎 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝟏 — 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐒𝐓 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐌𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐒 𝐂𝐇𝐎𝐏𝐈𝐍’𝐒 𝐅𝐀𝐌𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐈𝐍 𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐘𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐒 The first people…

𝐂𝐇𝐎𝐏𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐆𝐇 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐄𝐘𝐄𝐒 𝐎𝐅 𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐌𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐒 𝐁𝐈𝐁𝐋𝐈𝐎𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐏𝐇𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐋 𝐈𝐍𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 Original title: 𝐂𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬: 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬, 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐬 Author: 𝐏𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐞 𝐇. 𝐀𝐳𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐲 First published: 𝐈𝐧 𝟏𝟗𝟗𝟗 Publisher: 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐰𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬, Westport, Connecticut, and London…

𝐒𝐄𝐑𝐆𝐈𝐔 𝐂𝐄𝐋𝐈𝐁𝐈𝐃𝐀𝐂𝐇𝐄 — 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐃𝐔𝐂𝐓𝐎𝐑 𝐖𝐇𝐎 𝐑𝐄𝐅𝐔𝐒𝐄𝐃 𝐓𝐎 𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐍 𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐂 𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐎 𝐀 𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐎𝐁𝐉𝐄𝐂𝐓 Sergiu Celibidache was one of the most original, demanding and controversial conductors of the twentieth century. Although he possessed the…

𝐂𝐋𝐀𝐔𝐃𝐈𝐎 𝐀𝐁𝐁𝐀𝐃𝐎 — 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐃𝐔𝐂𝐓𝐎𝐑 𝐖𝐇𝐎 𝐁𝐔𝐈𝐋𝐓 𝐎𝐑𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐒 𝐀𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃 𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐂𝐈𝐀𝐍𝐒, 𝐍𝐎𝐓 𝐄𝐆𝐎𝐒 Claudio Abbado belonged to a generation in which the great conductor was still frequently imagined as an absolute ruler: an imposing figure…

𝗭𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗸𝗮: 𝗠𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗮 𝗣𝗮𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀 𝗛ä𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗹: 𝗙𝘂𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗤𝘂𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 (𝗟𝗶𝘃𝗲) – 𝗟𝘂𝗸𝗮𝘀 𝗪𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿 https://www.patreon.com/ClassicMusicComposersGroup/posts/zelenka-missa-165941924?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link

𝐄𝐔𝐆𝐄𝐍 𝐉𝐎𝐂𝐇𝐔𝐌 — 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐃𝐔𝐂𝐓𝐎𝐑 𝐖𝐇𝐎 𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄𝐃 𝐁𝐑𝐔𝐂𝐊𝐍𝐄𝐑 𝐀𝐒 𝐀 𝐒𝐏𝐈𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐔𝐀𝐋 𝐉𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐍𝐄𝐘 For Eugen Jochum, Anton Bruckner’s symphonies were far more than monumental constructions designed to display the splendour of a great orchestra. He…

𝗖𝗛𝗢𝗣𝗜𝗡’𝗦 𝗧𝗢𝗠𝗕 𝗔𝗧 𝗣È𝗥𝗘-𝗟𝗔𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗜𝗦𝗘: 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗕𝗢𝗗𝗬 𝗜𝗡 𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗜𝗦, 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗛𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗧 𝗜𝗡 𝗪𝗔𝗥𝗦𝗔𝗪 When 𝗙𝗿𝘆𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗸 𝗖𝗵𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗻 died in Paris on 17 October 1849, at the age of only thirty-nine, he left behind one final wish…

# 𝗖𝗵𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗻: 𝗣𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗼 𝗦𝗼𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗡𝗼. 𝟮 𝗶𝗻 𝗕-𝗙𝗹𝗮𝘁 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗼𝗿, 𝗢𝗽. 𝟯𝟱: 𝗜𝗜𝗜. 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝗻è𝗯𝗿𝗲 - 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗮 𝗔𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗵 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxXO41Xw7Fk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxXO41Xw7Fk) The Polish composer and pianist **Frederic Chopin (1810-1840)** on his deathbed, sketch by **Teofil Kwiatkowski (1809-1891)**.…

𝗧𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻: 𝗛𝗼𝗿𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗼𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗢𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗡𝗲𝘂𝗲 𝗗ü𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗱𝗼𝗿𝗳𝗲𝗿 𝗛𝗼𝗳𝗺𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗸, 𝗗𝗲𝘂𝘁𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗻 𝗦𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻 https://www.patreon.com/ClassicMusicComposersGroup/posts/telemann-horn-165922104?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link

𝗙𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘀𝗮𝘆 – 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗗𝗲𝘂𝘁𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗼𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻, 𝗩𝗼𝗹𝘂𝗺𝗲 𝟮: 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘀 & 𝗖𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀 https://www.patreon.com/ClassicMusicComposersGroup/posts/ferenc-fricsay-2-165919662?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link

𝐁𝐑𝐔𝐍𝐎 𝐖𝐀𝐋𝐓𝐄𝐑 — 𝐌𝐀𝐇𝐋𝐄𝐑’𝐒 𝐂𝐋𝐎𝐒𝐄𝐒𝐓 𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐋 𝐃𝐈𝐒𝐂𝐈𝐏𝐋𝐄 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐃𝐔𝐂𝐓𝐎𝐑 𝐖𝐇𝐎 𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐃 𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐋𝐄𝐆𝐀𝐂𝐘 𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐎 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐅𝐔𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐄 Bruno Walter was much more than one of the leading conductors of the twentieth century. He was…

𝐋𝐄𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐑𝐃 𝐁𝐄𝐑𝐍𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐈𝐍 — 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐌𝐀𝐍 𝐖𝐇𝐎 𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐋𝐃 𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐈𝐍 𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐂 𝐋𝐈𝐊𝐄 𝐍𝐎 𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐄𝐋𝐒𝐄 Leonard Bernstein possessed a gift that was almost as remarkable as his ability to conduct and compose: he could explain how…

𝐎𝐓𝐓𝐎 𝐊𝐋𝐄𝐌𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐄𝐑 — 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐁𝐑𝐀𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐔𝐌𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐍𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐋𝐘 𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐃 𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐄𝐄𝐑 Otto Klemperer’s life was marked not only by exceptional musical achievement, but also by illness, exile, physical disability and repeated personal catastrophe. Among…

𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐁𝐄𝐑𝐓 𝐕𝐎𝐍 𝐊𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐉𝐀𝐍 — 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐑𝐄𝐋𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐋𝐄𝐒𝐒 𝐏𝐔𝐑𝐒𝐔𝐈𝐓 𝐎𝐅 𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐅𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 Herbert von Karajan approached an orchestral rehearsal not as a routine preparation for a concert, but as the laboratory in which an interpretation had to…

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