the set of the noteworthy arts documents
Mozart was a great joker. Once he’s got a fun during a run of his Magic Flute at Vienna’s Freihaus Theatre. In a letter to his wife Constanze, Mozart admitted sneaking backstage and sabotaging the great Emanuel Schikaneder as the latter sang ‘Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen’. When Schikaneder, as Papageno, went up on his magic…
How is Beethoven different from all the other composers? In our opinion, he was not quite a composer. Beethoven was a cultural hero. Beethoven’s contemporary composer Ignatz Moscheles described him as: “He was short, stocky, I might add, almost athletic build. The face is wide, brick and red – only on the slope of the…
“Of all my children, this is the one that cost me the worst birth-pangs and brought me the most sorrow; and for that reason it is the one most dear to me.”
On October 19th 1916, Emil Gilels, a Soviet concert pianist (Brussels Competition, 1st prize, 1938), was born in Odessa, Russian Empire (now Ukraine) (d. 1985). Fortunately, a huge number of Gilels’ performances remained on record. For future historians, there is no end to their work. It is possible, for example, to follow how his interpretations…
It was 1791. Antonio Salieri became a successful court composer during the reign of Emperor Joseph II. Salieri is appalled to discover that the divine musical gift he desires to possess has been released to an obscene and mischievous jester when Mozart arrives at court. Blinded by envy, he plots to annihilate Mozart… Forman “Amadeus”‘s…
In the world of academic music, gender inequality has historically existed. Despite persistent public calls to abandon age-old prejudices, women are largely ignored there, but there are many examples of their success.
“History of culture” has made a short list of names in academic conducting that have made or will soon make the whole world talk about them.