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The Young Johann Sebastian Bach, painted in 1715 by J. E. Rentsch, the Elder Just a day like today, 266 years ago, a man passed away at 65 while sleeping. Nowadays, this man is considered to be the musician of all musicians, the composer of all composers: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). [...] “Marie Jaëll has the brains of a philosopher and the fingers of an artist.” Franz Liszt (1881-1886) Today I would like to write something about Marie Jaëll (1846-1925) of whom I knew nothing at all until some months ago. Juan Lucas, founder of La Quinta de Mahler, talked to me about [...] Sorry, this entry is only available in Español. Arcangelo Corelli was born in Fusignano in 1653 and he was raised in the musical surroundings of Bologna. Not in vain, he would be then granted the nickname of “il Bolognese”. However, it was Rome the place where Corelli spent the greater part of his career. In fact, he is to be [...] Bärenreiter-Verlag 1977 Probably, Sebastian Bach took up the composition of his fourth book of keyboard exercises, known as “Aria with Variations” (BWV 988), by the end of the 1730s or beginning of 1740. It was published in 1741, when Bach was 56 years old. The denomination of “aria” (”air” in English) is not [...] Today, around noon, I walked into La Quinta de Mahler (LQM), a place I usually go to and of which I have written in some other articles. Since I couldn’t find what I was looking for, I asked Juan Lucas, the person in charge of this extraordinary music shop in Madrid, if he [...] I stumbled upon this recording of Treemonisha, just by chance, when I was prowling for some music at La Quinta de Mahler, an excellent music shop very near the Teatro Real, in Madrid, Spain. I usually visit this shop in search for music and good conversation. And most of times I get [...]
Michael Thallium, Global & Greatness Coach Over a year ago, I wrote On my listenings (Part 1). Time flies and it was just about time for me to continue with this series of articles. I won’t repeat what I have already said in the above mentioned article, so I recommend you [...] |
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