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# **SWR Digital Archive 1 ** 𝗦𝗪𝗥𝟭𝟬𝟬𝟬𝟭 𝗠𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗹𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗵𝗻 - Piano Quartet No. 1 & Piano Trio No. 2 - Bartholdy Piano Quartet, Odeon Trio 𝗦𝗪𝗥𝟭𝟬𝟬𝟬𝟮 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻 - Piano Quartet & Quintet - Thomas Selditz,…

𝗜𝗴𝗹𝗮𝘂 (now 𝗝𝗶𝗵𝗹𝗮𝘃𝗮) The relationship between 𝗚𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘃 𝗠𝗮𝗵𝗹𝗲𝗿 and 𝗜𝗴𝗹𝗮𝘂 — now 𝗝𝗶𝗵𝗹𝗮𝘃𝗮, in the Czech Republic — is foundational to understanding the composer’s early life, emotional development, and musical roots. Below is a…

𝗚𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘃 𝗠𝗮𝗵𝗹𝗲𝗿 — 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲: 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝟭 𝗙𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗢𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗻𝘀, 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗱, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗦𝗶𝗴𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗶𝘂𝘀 𝗜. 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗠𝗮𝗵𝗹𝗲𝗿: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗹 The story of Gustav Mahler begins not with music,…

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…

𝐓𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐈𝐊𝐎𝐕𝐒𝐊𝐘 𝐖𝐀𝐒 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐕𝐈𝐍𝐂𝐄𝐃 𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐃 𝐖𝐎𝐔𝐋𝐃 𝐅𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐎𝐅𝐅 𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐋𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐃𝐔𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky suffered from 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐱𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐲 and a vivid imagination that sometimes developed into irrational fears. Among the strangest was his conviction…

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗠𝗘𝗘𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗡𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥 𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗣𝗘𝗡𝗘𝗗: 𝗗𝗘𝗕𝗨𝗦𝗦𝗬, 𝗦𝗖𝗥𝗜𝗔𝗕𝗜𝗡, 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗜𝗥 𝗠𝗬𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗢𝗨𝗦 𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗔𝗟𝗟𝗘𝗟 𝗣𝗔𝗧𝗛𝗦 Few unrealised encounters in the history of modern music are as intriguing as the possible meeting between 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘂𝗱𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝗯𝘂𝘀𝘀𝘆 and 𝗔𝗹𝗲𝘅𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗻.…

𝗪𝗛𝗘𝗡 𝗧𝗪𝗢 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗟𝗗𝗦 𝗔𝗟𝗠𝗢𝗦𝗧 𝗠𝗘𝗧: 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗨𝗡𝗦𝗢𝗟𝗩𝗘𝗗 𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗗𝗘𝗕𝗨𝗦𝗦𝗬 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗥𝗔𝗖𝗛𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗢𝗙𝗙 The possibility that 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘂𝗱𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝗯𝘂𝘀𝘀𝘆 and 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗶 𝗥𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗼𝗳𝗳, two of the most powerful and apparently contrasting musical personalities of their age,…

𝗪𝗛𝗘𝗡 𝗝𝗔𝗖𝗤𝗨𝗘𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗘 𝗗𝗨 𝗣𝗥É 𝗠𝗘𝗧 𝗗𝗔𝗡𝗜𝗘𝗟 𝗕𝗔𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗕𝗢𝗜𝗠: 𝗔 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗟𝗢𝗩𝗘 𝗔𝗧 𝗙𝗜𝗥𝗦𝗧 𝗦𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧 𝗝𝗮𝗰𝗾𝘂𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗱𝘂 𝗣𝗿é and 𝗗𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲𝗹 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗯𝗼𝗶𝗺 first met in 𝗟𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗻, on 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗺𝗮𝘀 𝗘𝘃𝗲 𝟭𝟵𝟲𝟲. She was already one of the most…

𝗢𝗶𝗹 𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗪𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗱𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗣𝗲𝗰𝗵𝘁, a work now held by the 𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗻 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘂𝗺 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗿𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗬𝗼𝗿𝗸. The painting was connected with Wagner’s relationship with 𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗟𝘂𝗱𝘄𝗶𝗴 𝗜𝗜 𝗼𝗳…

𝗠𝗢𝗭𝗔𝗥𝗧 — 𝗠𝗜𝗧𝗥𝗜𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘, 𝗥𝗘 𝗗𝗜 𝗣𝗢𝗡𝗧𝗢, 𝗞𝗩 𝟴𝟳 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗠𝗜𝗘𝗥𝗘, 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗣𝗢𝗦𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡, 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗧𝗥𝗜𝗨𝗠𝗣𝗛 𝗢𝗙 𝗔 𝗙𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗧𝗘𝗘𝗡-𝗬𝗘𝗔𝗥-𝗢𝗟𝗗 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗣𝗢𝗦𝗘𝗥 𝗠𝗶𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲, 𝗿𝗲 𝗱𝗶 𝗣𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗼, 𝗞𝗩 𝟴𝟳, was the first full-scale 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮 that Mozart composed…

𝗣𝗔𝗦𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗥𝗢𝗚𝗘 — 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗢𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗚𝗶𝗳𝘁: 𝟭𝟵𝟱𝟭–𝗘𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝟭𝟵𝟲𝟬𝘀 𝗣𝗮𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗥𝗼𝗴𝗲 was born in 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘀 on 𝟲 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹 𝟭𝟵𝟱𝟭. He belongs to the distinguished French pianistic tradition, but his…

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗙𝗜𝗥𝗦𝗧 𝗞𝗡𝗢𝗪𝗡 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗞 𝗕𝗬 𝗙𝗥𝗘́𝗗𝗘́𝗥𝗜𝗖 𝗖𝗛𝗢𝗣𝗜𝗡 Chopin - Polonaise Op.Posth B.1 No.11 in G minor (Vladimir Ashkenazy) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mczBEsrCaW8 Composed in 𝟭𝟴𝟭𝟳, when Chopin was approximately 𝟳 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗹𝗱. He had been born on…

𝗣𝗛𝗢𝗧𝗢: The 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗴𝗲𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘄 on 𝗩𝗮𝗻 𝗕𝗮𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗮𝘁, built between 𝟭𝟴𝟴𝟯 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝟭𝟴𝟴𝟲 according to a design by architect 𝗔. 𝗟. 𝘃𝗮𝗻 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘁. 𝗔𝗺𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗮𝗺, 𝟭𝟴𝟵𝟭. Photograph: 𝗝𝗮𝗰𝗼𝗯 𝗢𝗹𝗶𝗲.

𝟭𝟴𝟲𝟱. 𝗝𝗶𝗵𝗹𝗮𝘃𝗮. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗽𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝗚𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘃 𝗠𝗮𝗵𝗹𝗲𝗿, aged 𝟱 𝗼𝗿 𝟲, holding what appears to be 𝗮 𝗽𝗶𝗲𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 — possibly one of his own early manuscripts. According to a vivid…

𝗕𝗘𝗘𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗡 𝗔𝗦 𝗖𝗥𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗖 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗝𝘂𝗱𝗴𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗶𝘂𝘀, 𝗙𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗲 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 For 𝗟𝘂𝗱𝘄𝗶𝗴 𝘃𝗮𝗻 𝗕𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻, criticism was never a polite salon game. He did not judge composers, poets, singers, or performers according to…

𝗟𝗨𝗗𝗪𝗜𝗚 𝗩𝗔𝗡 𝗕𝗘𝗘𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗡 - 𝟭𝟴𝟬𝟲 — 𝗕𝗬 𝗜𝗦𝗜𝗗𝗢𝗥 𝗡𝗘𝗨𝗚𝗔𝗦𝗦. The painting is catalogued as 𝗟𝘂𝗱𝘄𝗶𝗴 𝘃𝗮𝗻 𝗕𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻, 𝟭𝟴𝟬𝟲, 𝗯𝘆 𝗜𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗼𝗿 𝗡𝗲𝘂𝗴𝗮𝘀𝘀. The strongest source I found, the illustrated biography from Beethoven-Haus Bonn / BTHVN2020,…

𝗣𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗪𝗼𝗹𝗳𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗲𝘂𝘀 𝗠𝗼𝘇𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗯𝘆 𝗟𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗠𝗼𝘇𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝟭𝟳𝟲𝟯. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝘀 𝘂𝗻𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗻, 𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗶𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝘆 𝗣𝗶𝗲𝘁𝗿𝗼 𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗼 𝗟𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘇𝗼𝗻𝗶. The painting is often attributed, although not with absolute certainty,…

𝐆𝐥𝐮𝐜𝐤 – 𝐀𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐖𝐚𝐠𝐧𝐞𝐫 – 𝐈𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐚 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐬 – 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐡 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 https://www.patreon.com/posts/gluck-wagner-in-156565073?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link 𝗖𝗛𝗥𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗣𝗛 𝗪𝗜𝗟𝗟𝗜𝗕𝗔𝗟𝗗 𝗚𝗟𝗨𝗖𝗞’𝗦 𝗜𝗣𝗛𝗜𝗚É𝗡𝗜𝗘 𝗘𝗡 𝗔𝗨𝗟𝗜𝗗𝗘, 𝗔𝗥𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗚𝗘𝗗 𝗕𝗬 𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗗 𝗪𝗔𝗚𝗡𝗘𝗥: 𝗔 𝗥𝗜𝗚𝗢𝗥𝗢𝗨𝗦 𝗦𝗧𝗨𝗗𝗬 𝗢𝗙 𝗢𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗖 𝗥𝗘𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗠, 𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗚𝗘𝗗𝗬, 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗘𝗧𝗘𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗛-𝗖𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗬 𝗥𝗘𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗧𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡…

𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐍 𝐌𝐀𝐀𝐙𝐄𝐋 — 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐋𝐃 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐃𝐈𝐆𝐘 𝐖𝐇𝐎 𝐁𝐄𝐂𝐀𝐌𝐄 𝐀 𝐌𝐀𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐎 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐅𝐄 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐀𝐒𝐂𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐎𝐅 𝐀 𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐋 𝐏𝐇𝐄𝐍𝐎𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐎𝐍 𝐁𝐈𝐑𝐓𝐇 𝐎𝐅 𝐀 𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐋 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐃𝐈𝐆𝐘 — 𝟏𝟗𝟑𝟎 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐧 𝐕𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐌𝐚𝐚𝐳𝐞𝐥 was born on 𝟔 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡…

𝐄𝐑𝐍𝐒𝐓 𝐕𝐎𝐍 𝐒𝐂𝐇𝐔𝐂𝐇 — 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐈𝐋𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐒𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐄𝐈𝐆𝐍 𝐎𝐅 𝐃𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐃𝐄𝐍: 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐃𝐔𝐂𝐓𝐎𝐑 𝐖𝐇𝐎 𝐆𝐀𝐕𝐄 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐔𝐒𝐒 𝐀 𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐃𝐎𝐌 𝐈. 𝐁𝐎𝐇𝐄𝐌𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐁𝐄𝐆𝐈𝐍𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐒 — 𝐀 𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐂𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐁𝐎𝐑𝐍 𝐁𝐄𝐓𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐍 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐋𝐃𝐒 (1846–1860s) 𝐄𝐫𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐯𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐜𝐡 was born on 23 November…

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