ESSAYS & BIOGRAPHIES
Beethoven's Complete String Quartets
By the time Beethoven came to writing quartets this musical form had become fully established by Haydn and Mozart. Beethoven had plenty of excellent models of this "conversation among...
Beethoven's Complete String Quartets
By the time Beethoven came to writing quartets this musical form had become fully established by Haydn and Mozart. Beethoven had plenty of excellent models of this "conversation among...
Ludwig Van Beethoven: A Mighty Olympian of Music
There are three basic reasons why so much attention has been paid Ludwig van Beethoven: 1) He wrote wonderful music that we never tire of; 2) He made many significant...
Ludwig Van Beethoven: A Mighty Olympian of Music
There are three basic reasons why so much attention has been paid Ludwig van Beethoven: 1) He wrote wonderful music that we never tire of; 2) He made many significant...
Felix Mendelssohn's Piano Music: A Neat, Precis...
Some rattling good piano passages"? That is the crux of Mendelssohn's piano music.
Felix Mendelssohn's Piano Music: A Neat, Precis...
Some rattling good piano passages"? That is the crux of Mendelssohn's piano music.
Music for Major Statements
Everyone concedes the astonishing growth of Beethoven experienced in the 25 years between his first and last quartets. To compare them and to discover the development of an entirely new...
Music for Major Statements
Everyone concedes the astonishing growth of Beethoven experienced in the 25 years between his first and last quartets. To compare them and to discover the development of an entirely new...
ROBERT SCHUMANN - HIS MUSICAL INFLUENCE
Probably no other composer captured the essence of the Romantic spirit so purely and, paradoxically, so sanely.
ROBERT SCHUMANN - HIS MUSICAL INFLUENCE
Probably no other composer captured the essence of the Romantic spirit so purely and, paradoxically, so sanely.
Haydn and the Oratorio
Haydn's journeys to England in 1791-92 and 1794-95 greatly affected him personally and were of momentous artistic importance. Praised as the most famous living composer, he returned to Vienna as...
Haydn and the Oratorio
Haydn's journeys to England in 1791-92 and 1794-95 greatly affected him personally and were of momentous artistic importance. Praised as the most famous living composer, he returned to Vienna as...