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𝗦𝗜𝗥 𝗛𝗘𝗡𝗥𝗬 𝗪𝗢𝗢𝗗 (1869–1944) — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗔𝗥𝗖𝗛𝗜𝗧𝗘𝗖𝗧 𝗢𝗙 𝗠𝗢𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗡 𝗕𝗥𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗦𝗛 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘 𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗟𝗬 𝗬𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗦 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗠𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 (1869–1894) Sir Henry Joseph Wood was born in London on 3 March 1869, into a musically inclined family.…

𝗠𝗢𝗭𝗔𝗥𝗧: 𝗔 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘 𝗠𝗔𝗬𝗡𝗔𝗥𝗗 𝗦𝗢𝗟𝗢𝗠𝗢𝗡 𝗩𝗜𝗘𝗡𝗡𝗔 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝟭𝟳 𝗧𝗪𝗢 𝗙𝗔𝗠𝗜𝗟𝗜𝗘𝗦 ════════════════════════════ 𝗜. 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗗 𝗠𝗔𝗡 𝗕𝗘𝗧𝗪𝗘𝗘𝗡 𝗧𝗪𝗢 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗟𝗗𝗦 After the marriage to 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘇𝗲 𝗪𝗲𝗯𝗲𝗿 on 4 August 1782, Mozart’s life did not become simple.…

Franz Schubert - Piano Quintet "Trout" in A Major D.667 Pinchas Zukerman - piano Itzhak Perlman - violin Jacqueline Du Pré - cello Daniel Barenboim - piano Zubin Mehta - bass

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗢𝗩𝗘 𝗔𝗙𝗙𝗔𝗜𝗥𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗡𝗦 — 𝗩𝗢𝗟𝗨𝗠𝗘 𝗜 𝗥𝗨𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗧 𝗛𝗨𝗚𝗛𝗘𝗦 𝗖𝗛𝗢𝗣𝗜𝗡’𝗦 𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗧 𝗟𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗟𝗘𝗦𝗦 𝗬𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗘𝗡𝗗 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗡𝗢𝗖𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗡𝗘 After the rupture with 𝗚𝗲𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗲 𝗦𝗮𝗻𝗱, Chopin’s life enters its final and most desolate…

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗢𝗩𝗘 𝗔𝗙𝗙𝗔𝗜𝗥𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗡𝗦 — 𝗩𝗢𝗟𝗨𝗠𝗘 𝗜 𝗥𝗨𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗧 𝗛𝗨𝗚𝗛𝗘𝗦 𝗖𝗛𝗢𝗣𝗜𝗡 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗚𝗘𝗢𝗥𝗚𝗘 𝗦𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗣𝗔𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗢𝗡, 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗧𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡, 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗗𝗜𝗦𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗧𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧 When 𝗚𝗲𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗲 𝗦𝗮𝗻𝗱 enters Chopin’s life, Rupert Hughes’s chapter moves from nocturnal solitude into one…

𝗟𝗢𝗥𝗗 𝗕𝗬𝗥𝗢𝗡 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖 𝗟𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗕𝘆𝗿𝗼𝗻, born George Gordon Byron in London on 22 January 1788 and dead at Missolonghi, Greece, on 19 April 1824, was one of the most…

𝗕𝗘𝗘𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗡’𝗦 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗟𝗗𝗟𝗬 𝗪𝗜𝗦𝗗𝗢𝗠 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗼𝗺, 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲, 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲, 𝗙𝗮𝗺𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝗺 The section 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗟𝗗𝗟𝗬 𝗪𝗜𝗦𝗗𝗢𝗠 from Beethoven, the Man and the Artist, as Revealed in His Own Words reveals a different but…

𝗕𝗘𝗘𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗡 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗔 𝗠𝗔𝗦𝗞 𝗢𝗻 𝗛𝗶𝘀 𝗢𝘄𝗻 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗿 — 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗲, 𝗪𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗨𝗻𝗯𝗿𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗻 𝗠𝗮𝗻 𝗕𝗲𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗶𝘂𝘀 The section 𝗢𝗡 𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗢𝗪𝗡 𝗗𝗜𝗦𝗣𝗢𝗦𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗔𝗖𝗧𝗘𝗥 from Beethoven, the Man and the…

𝗕𝗘𝗘𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗡 𝗝𝗨𝗗𝗚𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗕𝗘𝗘𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗡 𝗢𝗻 𝗛𝗶𝘀 𝗢𝘄𝗻 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀 — 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗿 𝗙𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗛𝗶𝘀 𝗢𝘄𝗻 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗶𝘂𝘀 For 𝗟𝘂𝗱𝘄𝗶𝗴 𝘃𝗮𝗻 𝗕𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻, his own works were never simply finished objects, never trophies of success, never monuments before which…

𝗣𝘆𝗼𝘁𝗿 𝗜𝗹𝘆𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗧𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗸𝗼𝘃𝘀𝗸𝘆 – 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 (𝟭𝟴𝟰𝟬–𝟭𝟴𝟱𝟬) 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗜 – 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗦𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝗹 (𝟭𝟴𝟰𝟬) 𝗣𝘆𝗼𝘁𝗿 𝗜𝗹𝘆𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗧𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗸𝗼𝘃𝘀𝗸𝘆 was born on 𝗠𝗮𝘆 𝟳, 𝟭𝟴𝟰𝟬, in the small industrial town of 𝗩𝗼𝘁𝗸𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗸,…

𝗗𝗘𝗕𝗨𝗦𝗦𝗬: 𝗔 𝗕𝗢𝗗𝗬 𝗪𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗬, 𝗔 𝗦𝗣𝗜𝗥𝗜𝗧 𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗟𝗟 𝗕𝗨𝗥𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗟𝗢𝗪 𝗔𝗣𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗔𝗖𝗛 𝗢𝗙 𝗜𝗟𝗟𝗡𝗘𝗦𝗦 By the last decade of his life, Claude Debussy was already a figure of immense artistic authority, yet inwardly his world…

This image presents Karajan not simply as a conductor, but as 𝐚 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥, 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞. The bird of prey gives the portrait a symbolic force: it suggests 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫, 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐯𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞,…

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗧 𝗗𝗔𝗬𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗙𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗭 𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗭𝗧 (𝗝𝗨𝗟𝗬 𝟭𝟴𝟴𝟲) 𝗜. 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗙𝗔𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗢𝗙 𝗔 𝗧𝗜𝗧𝗔𝗡 In the summer of 1886, the once-brilliant light of Franz Liszt began to dim. He was 𝟳𝟰 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗹𝗱, frail,…

𝐉𝐎𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐍 𝐒𝐄𝐁𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐁𝐀𝐂𝐇: 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐌𝐎𝐒𝐓 𝐏𝐎𝐋𝐄𝐌𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐋 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐃𝐈𝐂𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘 𝐒𝐈𝐓𝐔𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 𝐈𝐍 𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐋𝐈𝐅𝐄 Johann Sebastian Bach is often imagined as the supreme embodiment of order, discipline, faith, and musical perfection: a devout Lutheran master whose…

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗟𝗢𝗩𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗗𝗘𝗕𝗨𝗦𝗦𝗬’𝗦 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘 — 𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗗𝗔𝗨𝗚𝗛𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗖𝗛𝗢𝗨𝗖𝗛𝗢𝗨 The relationship between Claude Debussy (1862–1918) and his only child, Claude-Emma Debussy (1905–1919)—affectionately called “Chouchou”—was one of the most tender and emotionally transformative bonds…

# **Beulah Collection 3 ** * Alfred Brendel Early Recordings 1 – **Beethoven, Liszt & Mozart – Alfred Brendel** (1957–1962) * Alfred Brendel Early Recordings 2 – **Mussorgsky, Stravinsky, Balakirev & Liszt – Alfred…

# **Patriotism and Education** **(Book: Mozart, His Character, His Work** by Alfred Einstein) It is striking how closely this letter resembles another, likewise addressed to the Rhineland: Emperor Joseph II’s letter of **13 July…

Marcel Proust (París, 1871-1922)

# **THE CHILDHOOD AND ADOLESCENCE OF RIMSKY-KORSAKOV** ## **Chapter I — Tikhvin: Birth in a Provincial, Noble, and Musically-Sleeping World** Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov was born on **18 March 1844** in the quiet provincial town…

# **THE CHILDHOOD AND ADOLESCENCE OF MODEST MUSSORGSKY** ## **Chapter I — Origins in Karevo: A Childhood Rooted in Russia’s Landed Nobility** Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky was born on **21 March 1839** in the remote…