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𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻 𝗦𝗲𝗯𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁, 𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝗣𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗮 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻 𝗞𝗮𝘂𝗹𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗵

# Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart /N(1756-1791). Mozart In Trio. Austrian Composer. Wood Engraving, 1877

# Mozart (1756-1791) playing the piano with the imperial family (Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor). Vienna. Engraving by A. Closs.-- 1882

Engraving by Israël Silvestre showing the former hunting lodge of King Louis XIII in 1654

𝗥𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻 (𝟭𝟴𝟭𝟬–𝟭𝟴𝟱𝟲), aged 34 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗹 𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝘆 𝗔𝘂𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗲 𝗛ü𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿, 𝟭𝟴𝟰𝟳, after a missing painting by 𝗝𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗽𝗳 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗵ö𝘂𝘀 𝗔𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗿 (𝟭𝟴𝟭𝟴–𝟭𝟴𝟴𝟲) of 𝟭𝟴𝟰𝟰 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗱𝘁𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘂𝗺 𝗕𝗼𝗻𝗻 This sheet, furnished with 𝗮 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘀𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗥𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻’𝘀 𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲,…

𝗕𝗘𝗘𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗡 𝗔𝗚𝗘𝗗 𝗔𝗕𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗥𝗧𝗬 Although we have an early silhouette portrait of Beethoven made when he was 𝗢𝗡𝗟𝗬 𝟭𝟲 𝗬𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗦 𝗢𝗟𝗗, the first truly recognizable likeness of him is an 𝗘𝗡𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗩𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗙𝗥𝗢𝗠 𝟭𝟴𝟬𝟭, created…

𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘇𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗩𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗮 𝗪𝗮𝗵𝗻𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗮𝘆𝗿𝗲𝘂𝘁𝗵. 𝗪𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝘀𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗹𝗮𝗽. 𝗖𝗼𝘀𝗶𝗺𝗮, 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗳𝘁, 𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝗶𝗲𝗴𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲. (Friedrich Georg Papperitz, engraving)

# **The Saint Petersburg Imperial Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre ** Work by Michel Francois Damam Demartrait (1763-1827), watercolor engraving, circa 1800. French art

# **Celebration of the birth of the “ballet de cour”** The engraving corresponds to the year **1582**, since it is a **later re-engraving** based on the original copper plate included in *Ballet comique de…

𝗝𝗢𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗡 𝗦𝗘𝗕𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗔𝗡 𝗕𝗔𝗖𝗛 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗡𝗘𝗗 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗡 𝗖𝗛𝗥𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗣𝗛 𝗪𝗢𝗟𝗙𝗙 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝟭𝟬 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗕𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝟭𝟳𝟯𝟬𝘀 𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝟭𝟳𝟯𝟬𝘀: 𝗖𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗱𝘀, 𝗖𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁𝘀, 𝗥𝗼𝘆𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗺𝗯𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗲𝗿-Ü𝗯𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝘀 𝗮 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗼…

𝗠𝗢𝗭𝗔𝗥𝗧: 𝗔 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘 𝗠𝗔𝗬𝗡𝗔𝗥𝗗 𝗦𝗢𝗟𝗢𝗠𝗢𝗡 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝟰 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗙𝗔𝗠𝗜𝗟𝗬 𝗧𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗨𝗥𝗘 ════════════════════════════ 𝗜. 𝗠𝗢𝗡𝗘𝗬 𝗔𝗦 𝗗𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗬 The fourth chapter turns from the outward splendour of the Grand Journey to one of the deepest engines of…

𝗝𝗢𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗡 𝗦𝗘𝗕𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗔𝗡 𝗕𝗔𝗖𝗛 𝗖. 𝗙. 𝗔𝗯𝗱𝘆 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗺𝘀 — 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗩𝗜𝗜 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀: 𝗛𝗼𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗿, 𝗖𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗺, 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁, 𝗕𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀, 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝗜. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗲𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗢𝗳 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗩𝗜𝗜 Chapter VII of C. F. Abdy Williams’s…

𝗝𝗘𝗔𝗡-𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗜𝗘 𝗟𝗘𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗜𝗥 𝗟’𝗔Î𝗡É — 𝗔 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗵 𝘃𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗻 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹, 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲, 𝘃𝗶𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗜. 𝗔 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗵 𝗩𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗕𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗧𝘄𝗼 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝘀 𝗝𝗲𝗮𝗻-𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗲 𝗟𝗲𝗰𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗿, usually known as 𝗝𝗲𝗮𝗻-𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗲 𝗟𝗲𝗰𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗿 𝗹’𝗮î𝗻é…

𝗝𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗽𝗵 𝗛𝗮𝘆𝗱𝗻’𝘀 𝗡𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗗𝗮𝘆, 𝗛𝗶𝘀 𝗕𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗛𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗔𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗲𝗻 𝗠𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗛𝗮𝘆𝗱𝗻’𝘀 𝗯𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘇 𝗝𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗽𝗵 𝗛𝗮𝘆𝗱𝗻 was born on 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝟯𝟭, 𝟭𝟳𝟯𝟮, in 𝗥𝗼𝗵𝗿𝗮𝘂, a village in Lower…

# **PIANO WORKS - (Book: **Mozart, His Character, His Work by Alfred Einstein**)** ## Mozart as Pianist and “Virtuoso” in His Own Sense Mozart was, as we know, a **great pianist**, one of the…

𝗪𝗲𝗹𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽 This group is devoted to celebrating the 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀, 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗰𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘀 — from the golden age of bel canto to the dramatic heights…

𝗛𝗮𝗿𝘃𝗲𝘆 𝗦𝗮𝗰𝗵𝘀'𝘀 𝗯𝗶𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝘆, 𝗧𝗼𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗶: 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 Critics have lauded the work for its meticulous research and engaging narrative. In summary, Toscanini: Musician of Conscience is widely recognized as a definitive biography that offers…

𝗠𝗢𝗭𝗔𝗥𝗧: 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗥𝗘𝗜𝗚𝗡 𝗢𝗙 𝗟𝗢𝗩𝗘 — 𝗝𝗔𝗡 𝗦𝗪𝗔𝗙𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗗 Mozart: The Reign of Love (2014) by Jan Swafford is one of the most substantial modern biographies of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791). Written by the distinguished…