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Franz Ignaz Danzi
by Georg Predota April 13th, 2026 Tags:
Wind Quintets at 200 Two hundred years ago, on 13 April 1826, Franz Ignaz Danzi (1763-1826) died in Karlsruhe, aged 62. He had known Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in his youth, had mentored the young Carl Maria von Weber, and had
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Tchaikovsky’s Pathétique
Connecting the Past to the Future.
The Legacy of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Youthful Poetry
Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21
Fostering Unity
Stephen Foster: Father of American Music
Appealing to the Melting Pot
Stephen Foster and the American Experience
Sanctity, Salvation and a Swan!
Richard Wagner Lohengrin
From Solemnity to Paganism
Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter Festival Overture
The Enlightened Revolutionary
Jean-Philippe Rameau
What If You Had 12 Trumpets?
Leoš Janáček Sinfonietta
Lullistes et Ramoneurs!
The debate surrounding French opera
“Crème de Menthe Variations”
Walking Around Art
Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
How Czech is Czech?
Antonin Dvořák: Symphony No. 6 in D major, Op. 60
Famous Father, Famous Son!
Franz and Richard Strauss
Expressive Virtuosity
Carl Maria von Weber: Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in F minor, Op. 73
“New ideas must seek new forms”
Richard Strauss and the Tone Poem
Richard Strauss and the Rise of Modernity
Embodied Sexuality
Georges Bizet: Carmen
Intimacy in Strauss
The Cello Sonata
‘Spirit, Strength and Sorrow’
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