Franz Schubert and His Circle of Friends
Franz Schubert lived the quintessential life of an urban bachelor. He rejected the restraints and dependence of family...
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What Did Mozart Think of His Composer Colleagues?
Maria Theresia Paradis (1759-1824) was the daughter of the Imperial Secretary of Commerce and Court Councilor to Empress...
Six of the Best Symphonies by Women Composers
Vítězslava Kaprálová (1915-1940) was one of the most impressive and exciting musical voices at the beginning of the...
What Did Ludwig van Beethoven Think of Other Composers?
By placing Ludwig van B. on a musical pedestal we tend to forget that he was surrounded by...
What do Caravaggio’s Paintings of Musicians Mean?
Film director Martin Scorsese commented in 2005, “If Caravaggio were alive today he would have loved the cinema;...
At the Center of the Musical Universe: Franz Schubert V
Franz Schubert composed his set of six German Dances in October 1824 for his piano student Countess Caroline...
At the Center of the Musical Universe: Franz Schubert IV
Nobody composed variations like Austrian composer Franz Schubert! An undisputed master of the genre, his variations on his...
At the Center of the Musical Universe: Franz Schubert III
In all, the remarkable collection of Schubert’s Lieder transcriptions by Franz Liszt totalled 58 songs. Liszt first handed...
