The virtuoso | Franz Liszt, 1811- 1886
Lyonel Feininger, The Virtuoso, 1920, woodcut “For the virtuoso, musical works are in fact nothing but tragic and moving materializations...
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Hymn to Life | Lou Andreas-Salomé & A musical Composition by Friedrich Nietzsche, 1887
Lou Andreas-Salomé Surely, a friend loves a friend the way That I love you, enigmatic life — Whether I rejoiced...
Days [ ) Mutation | Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, 1939
Antoine de Saint Exupéry playing the violin with his sisters . ''When by mutation a new rose is born in...
Antigone | Sophocles, 441 BC / Jean Anouilh, 1942
"Leave me to my own absurdity." "I have been a stranger here in my own land: All my life." "There...
Daydreams in Music | Albert Einstein, 1879-1955
Albert Einstein playing violin "If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often think in...
The madman / Bolero | Maurice Ravel / Ida Rubinstein / Νίκος Καββαδίας, 1928
Ida Lvovna Rubinstein (1885-1960) was a Russian actress, dancer, patron and Belle Époque figure. She commissioned and performed in Maurice...
Mozart symphony No 33 & No 40 | Γιάννης Γκιωνάκης, Τάκης Μηλιάδης, Νίκος Ρίζος
Γιάννης Γκιωνάκης, Τάκης Μηλιάδης, Νίκος Ρίζος σε δισκάδικο της Αθήνας ** Mozart symphony No33 and No 40, Vienna Philharmonic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCwB3LPeNIY
Songs Without Words | Felix & Fanny Mendelssohn, 1805-47
Felix and Fanny MendelssohnFanny Mendelssohn (1805-47) A number of her songs were originally published under her brother, Felix Mendelssohn's, name...
Variations | Glenn Gould, 1956
. "I couldn't imagine a life in which I would not be surrounded by music. It shelters you from the...
The Etude music magazine | 1883 – 1957
"The Etude" Music Magazine (1883-1957) The Etude was a U.S. magazine dedicated to music, which was founded by Theodore Presser,...