Even classical music lovers have to admit that milestone birthdays for their favorite composers can fade from notice in a media-saturated culture. That's why we're here, along with musicians and ...
On Monday, pianist Yameng Huang makes her Boston recital debut with a program featuring a musical wellspring: Franz Liszt’s 1877 “Les jeux d’eaux à la Villa d’Este” (“The Fountains of the Villa D’Este ...
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During his European concert tours of the 1830s and ’40s, much of Liszt’s creativity went into réminiscences, paraphrases and fantasies. The majority had a short shelf life. Undeservedly. Athletic ...
Franz Liszt at a social gathering in 1885 or ’86 graciously agrees to perform Beethoven’s “Moonlight” Sonata: “He had only played the opening triplets, however, when I felt as if the room no longer ...
The women who screamed and swooned for the 19th Century piano virtuoso Franz Liszt set the pattern for fans in our own time – from The Beatles to Justin Bieber. The spectacle of young women shrieking, ...
American poet Amy Lowell was invested in and inspired by the Imagist movement, which emphasized clarity of expression. The poet herself described the aim of this Anglo-American movement as the ...
On Monday, Google’s homepage ran a picture to celebrate the 360th birthday of Bartolomeo Cristofori, inventor of the piano and keeper of instruments for the Medicis in Florence. The instrument ...