In classical music, the Romantic Era lasted from around 1810 to around 1910. That century gave us some of the most famous symphonies in the repertoire. Nineteenth-century composers like Tchaikovsky, Brahms, Dvořák, Schubert, Mahler, Rachmaninoff, and others elevated the symphony
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Darius Milhaud: Concerto for Marimba and Vibraphone February 8th, 2017Darius Milhaud grew up in a Latin-Mediterranean cultural milieu that particularly valued Italian music. When a young man wrote to him about Wagner’s theories that all art “springs from suffering, unhappiness, and frustration,” he replied. “I am glad you decided -
The Door to the Future: An Interview with Louis Langrée February 7th, 2017 We spoke recently with Louis Langrée, Music Director of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, about the CSO’s new recording, Concertos for Orchestra, modern and period orchestras, and the orchestra’s upcoming Asian tour. -
Forgotten Pianists: Alfred Cortot February 6th, 2017 Swiss pianist Alfred Cortot (1877¬-1962) began his piano study at the Paris Conservatoire at age 9, taking the premier prix in 1896. He started his concert career in 1897. His love for the music of Wagner led him to Bayreuth, -
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Daniel Auber: La muette de Portici! February 5th, 2017The Théâtre de la Monnaie in Brussels hosted a rather special performance on 25 August 1830. William I, Prince of Orange and King of the Netherlands and Grand Duke of Luxembourg was celebrating the 15th year of his reign, and -
Popularizing Music—Outstanding Classical Crossover Artists I February 5th, 2017 “Classical Crossover” is a relatively new term in music meant to describe musicians who are proficient in classical music but who also perform in other styles and genres. In the baroque and classical era improvisational skills were expected of a -
Italian Dishes or Classical Composers? February 4th, 2017 Italy, the veritable land of music and delicious food! Can you tell the difference between great Italian dishes and Italian composers? Cambini Although we might easily imagine Cambini to be a lightly sautéed seafood dish from the Tuscany region, it -
Composers and their Poets: Schoenberg I February 3rd, 2017 We don’t generally think of Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951) as a song composer but he wrote them from his earliest days as a composer in the early 1890s until the early 1930s. The poets that he set were some of the -
Charles-Marie Widor February 2nd, 2017 “A Vision of Eternity” Such was the enormous musical talent of Charles-Marie Widor (1844–1937) that he successfully competed for the job of organist at the lycée in his hometown of Lyons at the tender age of 11! Having received his