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Beethoven understood how different his new sonata #9 was from any that had come before, including his own eight. His title page describes it as a “Sonata for the pianoforte and violin obbligato, written in …

Many things have surprised me about German composer Richard Strauss over the years: He spent the entire WWII years in Germany until he died in 1945 at his home in Garmisch Partenkirchen. During the American …

The Piano Quartet in E-flat Major, K. 493, begins with a strong statement like a miniature orchestra, a bright and genial opening that establishes the tone of the entire work. Shortly, the texture separates into …

Alexander Glazunov composed the Violin Concerto in A minor Opus 82 in 1904–5 when he was at the height of his fame in Russia. It was premiered on 15 February 1905 in St Petersburg at …

At the age of 19 Mozart was chafing at the bit in Salzburg. He was subject to the will of his father and of Prince-Archbishop Colloredo, both moralizing traditionalists and severe authoritarian figures. During a …