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;...
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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...
At the Center of the Musical Universe: Franz Schubert II
Greatness will invariably recognise greatness! And Franz Liszt’s efforts and commitment on behalf of forgotten masterpieces set a...
At the Center of the Musical Universe: Franz Schubert
In my humble opinion, the richness and subtlety of Franz Schubert’s (1797-1828) melodic and harmonic language is unequaled...
Famous Composers as Subjects of Opera
Recently, I had a chat with a young colleague who suggested that the writing of biographies of great...
Orpheus: The First Superstar Musician
Orpheus was not only a legendary hero of Greek mythology; he was also the first superstar musician. But...
