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The Symphony #3 by Beethoven was, in my view, a revolutionary work in the development of Music. The foundational idea of the first movement of Beethoven’s Third Symphony is a narrative of struggle, which is …

César Franck’s Violin Sonata in A was composed in 1886, and was offered as a wedding present to the violinist Eugène Ysaÿe. The sonata has become one of the most performed violin works in the …

The Schumann concerto began life as a Fantasy for Piano and Orchestra in one movement, completed by Schumann in May 1841. Clara Schumann’s importance to the Concerto’s gestation should not be underestimated. Not only did …

Until fairly recently the Sonata K. 333 by Mozart was considered a Parisian work, but musicological investigation has placed it chronologically in 1783, later than Mozart’s Paris time, and geographically in Linz and Vienna. The …

The first performance of this concerto was given in the year 1901. The first movement (Moderato – Allegro) opens with dark, paired chords for the soloist, building into stormy runs. Only later does the orchestra …