Composers Archive

Robert Schumann was a piano student of Prof. Friedrich Wieck. One thing led to another, and Schumann fell in love with Wieck’s daughter, Clara. Yes… the father did not permit Clara to marry Mr. Schumann, …

Camille Saint-Saens composed his Concerto #3 and he had the advantage of having this works in the remarkable hands of the Spanish virtuoso Pablo de Sarasate. The Concerto #3, written in 1880 and the most often …

Maurice Ravel composed his “Le Tombeau de Couperin” to express homage to both Baroque French music and To friends of the composer who died in WW1… It’s a suite of six baroque-inspired dances for piano, each …

I had the amazing opportunity to hear Yehudi Menuhin live at a San Francisco concert in 1961. He played the Beethoven concerto. Menuhin died in Berlin while on a concert tour in 1999. He was …

Mendelssohn worked on sketches for his third symphony when he was in Italy in 1831, but set them aside, not completing the work until 1842. The strength of the work is immediately apparent in the …