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Beethoven was said to be especially pleased with his Sonata #11. In 1800, when he sent it to his publisher in Leipzig, Hoffmeister, he wrote ‘Die Sonate hat sich gewaschen’, which can be roughly translated …

Completed in 1919, the Cello Concerto was Edward Elgar’s last major work for orchestra. Elgar had been ill, and he was deeply depressed by the First World War’s destruction of the world he had known. …

Most of the time, the Sonatas by Beethoven carry the expected titles such as “Allegro”, “Adagio”, “Largo”, or “Presto. For the second movement of his Sonata Opus 27, however, Beethoven writes the following in German: …

The quartet opus 50 no. 1 opens with Haydn setting himself the challenge of creating an entire movement out of brief motifs and incomplete notions. The cello starts alone, trudging along on a single repeated …

Great women and men are not quickly forgotten. However, ever so often I reminder is in order: Yehudi Menuhin grew up in San Francisco, where he studied violin from age four and where his performance …