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    • 4 hours ago
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    Papa Haydn

    It was the ultimate gig. A 30-piece orchestra at your beck and call. The run of the palace, and servants to meet your every whim. ...
    • 3 days ago
    • 3 min

    Beethoven, a man of no small emotion

    He’s the one who alienates half the dinner guests at your party, gets roaring drunk, makes a pass at your wife, breaks your $1,000 vase,...
    • Mar 9
    • 3 min

    One of the Wonders of Symphonic Music–Beethoven's Third Symphony

    Ludvig von Beethoven was a revolutionary. This was never more evident than in 1806, when his Third Symphony premiered in Vienna. What it...
    • Mar 9
    • 3 min

    The Great American Symphony

    Years ago, before I knew a thing about classical music, word was that new symphonies were no longer being composed. That, of course, was...
    Million Dollar Trio
    • Mar 9
    • 2 min

    Million Dollar Trio

    It started as a rumor. It seemed hard to believe that three such musical giants as Arthur Rubinstein (piano), Jascha Heifetz (violin) and...
    • Feb 10
    • 3 min

    CLASSIC MUSIC–TWO REVIEWS

    TOSCANINI CONDUCTS BEETHOVEN'S NINTH SYMPHONY and the MISSA SOLEMNIS Beethoven was on a roll. He'd been through a fallow patch in which...
    • Feb 10
    • 4 min

    Book Review: The Cello Suites: J.S. Bach, Pablo Casals and the search for a Baroque Masterpiece

    Pablo Casals was about 12-years old when he and his father– while rummaging through stacks of sheet music in a second-hand shop in...

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