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𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐅𝐑𝐘𝐃𝐄𝐑𝐘𝐊 𝐂𝐇𝐎𝐏𝐈𝐍 𝐌𝐎𝐍𝐔𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐈𝐍 Ł𝐀𝐙𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐊𝐈 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐊 The celebrated monument to 𝐅𝐫𝐲𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐤 𝐂𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐧 stands in the western part of 𝐑𝐨𝐲𝐚𝐥 Ł𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐤𝐢 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐤 in 𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐰, close to the 𝐁𝐞𝐥𝐰𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐏𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 and the Warsaw University Botanical…

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐅𝐑𝐘𝐃𝐄𝐑𝐘𝐊 𝐂𝐇𝐎𝐏𝐈𝐍 𝐌𝐎𝐍𝐔𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐈𝐍 Ż𝐄𝐋𝐀𝐙𝐎𝐖𝐀 𝐖𝐎𝐋𝐀 The monument dedicated to 𝐅𝐫𝐲𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐤 𝐂𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐧 at his birthplace in 𝐙̇𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐳𝐨𝐰𝐚 𝐖𝐨𝐥𝐚 was designed in 1955 by the distinguished Polish sculptor 𝐉𝐨́𝐳𝐞𝐟 𝐆𝐨𝐬ł𝐚𝐰𝐬𝐤𝐢. However, the sculpture was…

𝐇𝐔𝐁𝐄𝐑𝐓 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐑𝐘 𝐇𝐄𝐋𝐏𝐄𝐃 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐁𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐒𝐇 𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐂... 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐈𝐍𝐒𝐏𝐈𝐑𝐄𝐃 𝐀 𝐍𝐄𝐖 𝐆𝐄𝐍𝐄𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐇𝐔𝐁𝐄𝐑𝐓 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐑𝐘 𝐇𝐄𝐋𝐏𝐄𝐃 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐁𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐒𝐇 𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐂... 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐈𝐍𝐒𝐏𝐈𝐑𝐄𝐃 𝐀 𝐍𝐄𝐖 𝐆𝐄𝐍𝐄𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 One of Britain's greatest musical educators transformed English composition after centuries of…

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗗 𝗪𝗔𝗚𝗡𝗘𝗥 𝗠𝗢𝗡𝗨𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗜𝗡 𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗟𝗜𝗡: 𝗔 𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗕𝗟𝗘 𝗧𝗥𝗜𝗕𝗨𝗧𝗘 𝗜𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗚𝗥𝗢𝗦𝗦𝗘𝗥 𝗧𝗜𝗘𝗥𝗚𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗘𝗡 The 𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗪𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 in 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗻 stands in the 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗿 𝗧𝗶𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗻, one of the city’s great historic parks. It is one…

𝗕𝗘𝗘𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗡 𝗠𝗢𝗡𝗨𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗜𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗥𝗛𝗘𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗨𝗘 𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗞, 𝗕𝗢𝗡𝗡 The 𝗕𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 located to the north of the 𝗥𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗔𝘂𝗲 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁 in 𝗕𝗼𝗻𝗻, Germany, is one of the city’s lesser-known but highly symbolic tributes to its…

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…

𝗕𝗿𝗼𝗻𝘇𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗘𝗱𝘃𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗚𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗴, made in 𝟭𝟵𝟭𝟳 by 𝗜𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗴𝘁 𝗩𝗶𝗸, who is regarded as one of 𝗡𝗼𝗿𝘄𝗮𝘆’𝘀 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝗰𝘂𝗹𝗽𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀. A copy of the statue also stands in the 𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝗼𝗳 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗻. The…

𝗚𝗲𝗼𝗿𝗴 𝗦𝗼𝗹𝘁𝗶 was scheduled to make his U.S. debut with the 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗴𝗼 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮 at the Ravinia Festival on July 14, 1953. However, his visa was denied only a few days before, pending clarification…

𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗹 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝗩𝗢𝗡 𝗪𝗘𝗕𝗘𝗥 (1786–1826) - 𝗗𝗲𝗿 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗵𝘂̈𝘁𝘇 opera in 3 acts, Op. 77 - Berlin, 1821 Libretto: Friedrich Kind https://www.patreon.com/posts/weber-der-berlin-158806559?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link 𝗡𝗶𝗸𝗼𝗹𝗮 𝗛𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱, soprano — Ännchen 𝗚𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗮 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘇, soprano — Agathe 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗖𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗼, tenor…

𝗔 𝗩𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗕𝗿𝘂𝗰𝗸𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝗩𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗮 — 𝗔 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗥𝗲𝗳𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 This past summer, during my visit to 𝗩𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗮, I had one of those quiet and unforgettable encounters that only music can truly prepare us…

𝐇𝐞𝐧𝐫𝐲𝐤 𝐒𝐳𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 (1918–1988) 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐚𝐮𝐥 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐲 (1886–1979)

𝐊𝐀𝐑𝐋 𝐁𝐎̈𝐇𝐌 (𝟏𝟖𝟗𝟒–𝟏𝟗𝟖𝟏): 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐌𝐎𝐒𝐓 𝐏𝐎𝐋𝐄𝐌𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐋 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐃𝐈𝐂𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘 𝐒𝐈𝐓𝐔𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 𝐈𝐍 𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐋𝐈𝐅𝐄 Karl Böhm (1894–1981) was born in Graz on 28 August 1894 and died in Salzburg on 14 August 1981. He studied law…

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)

𝐁𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐚𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐑𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐥 𝐢𝐧 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐘𝐨𝐫𝐤, 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝟖, 𝟏𝟗𝟐𝟖. From left to right: 𝐎𝐬𝐤𝐚𝐫 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝 ; 𝐄́𝐯𝐚 𝐆𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐫 ; 𝐌𝐚𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐑𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐥 at the piano; 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐚𝐡 𝐋𝐞𝐢𝐝𝐞-𝐓𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐨 ; and 𝐆𝐞𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞 𝐆𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐰𝐢𝐧.

# **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…

# **Saint-Saëns – Symphony No.3 in C Minor, Op. 78 ''Organ'' -Marcel Dupré organist - Paul Paray, conductor) 1958 ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/saint-saens-no-3-144680300?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/saint-saens-no-3-144680300?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)

# **The Romantic Piano Concerto Vol. 12 - Hubert Parry - Charles Villiers Stanford ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/romantic-piano-144653352?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/romantic-piano-144653352?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)

# **The bust of Fryderyk Chopin** PHOTO: A view of t**he bust of Fryderyk Chopin **by Zofia Wolska, seen inside **the park surrounding Chopin's birthplace museum** devoted to the composer, located in a **small…

# **Giovanni Simone Mayr - Medea in Corinto - David Parry ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/giovanni-simone-143908822?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/giovanni-simone-143908822?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)

StadtPark Wien, 21/07/2025 The Stadtpark and the Composers of Vienna A Living Symphony of Memory and Music I. Origins of the Park: A New Urban Ideal (1862) When the Stadtpark (“City Park”) was officially…