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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…

𝗙𝗟𝗢𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘 𝗠𝗔𝗬’𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗝𝗢𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗦 𝗕𝗥𝗔𝗛𝗠𝗦 𝗔 𝗡𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗔𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘆𝘀𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗕𝗶𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝘆 𝗪𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗖𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗠𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗵𝗺𝘀 Florence May’s 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗵𝗺𝘀 occupies a special place among Brahms…

𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗢 𝗧𝗢𝗦𝗖𝗔𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗜 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝟭𝟱 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗦 Arturo Toscanini was one of the decisive figures in the creation of modern orchestral performance. His reputation was built upon fidelity to the written score, rhythmic discipline,…

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗕𝗔𝗖𝗛 𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗗𝗘𝗥: 𝗔 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗝𝗢𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗡 𝗦𝗘𝗕𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗔𝗡 𝗕𝗔𝗖𝗛 𝗜𝗡 𝗟𝗘𝗧𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗦 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗗𝗢𝗖𝗨𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗦 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗧. 𝗗𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗱 — 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗵𝘂𝗿 𝗠𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗹 — 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽𝗵 𝗪𝗼𝗹𝗳𝗳 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿 is not a conventional biography of Johann…

𝗝𝗢𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗡 𝗦𝗘𝗕𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗔𝗡 𝗕𝗔𝗖𝗛 𝗖. 𝗙. 𝗔𝗯𝗱𝘆 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗺𝘀 — 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗩 𝗟𝗲𝗶𝗽𝘇𝗶𝗴: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗢𝗳 𝗦𝘁 𝗧𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘀 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗢𝗳 𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗵’𝘀 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗜. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗲𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗢𝗳 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗩 Chapter V of C.…

𝗚𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘃 𝗠𝗮𝗵𝗹𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗺𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗮𝗺 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗕𝗲𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗛𝗶𝘀 “𝗦𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗛𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱” There is a revealing paradox at the heart of Gustav Mahler’s relationship with Amsterdam. He was not especially enchanted by the city…

𝗙𝗟𝗢𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘 𝗠𝗔𝗬 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗝𝗢𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗦 𝗕𝗥𝗔𝗛𝗠𝗦 𝗩𝗢𝗟𝗨𝗠𝗘 𝗜 — 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝟳 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹𝘀, 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽𝘀, 𝗦𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝘆, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝗥𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻 𝟭𝟴𝟱𝟱–𝟭𝟴𝟱𝟲 Chapter 7 belongs to one of the most serious and…

# **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,”**…