He brought Haydn to England
Newsletter

Vol: 154 | 15 Jun 2016

Enjoy Stravinsky’s ballet commissions,
discover Beethoven’s time tracking,
and meet Misia Sert, Muse and Patron.

 
Johann Peter
Salomon
“He brought Haydn
to England”
Misia Sert
Muse and Patron to Poets, Painters and Musicians
Richard Galliano
Pioneering
past and future
 
Event
Risor Festival of Chamber Music
Established in 1991, the festival is an annual celebration of chamber music in the popular tourist city of Risør, Norway. Broad ranges of music from the 18th to 20th centuries are presented by talented musicians and ensembles from around the world. The Artistic Directors, Henning Kraggerud and Lars Anders Tomter, also focus on including Norwegian and contemporary music in the programme...
Date: June 28 to July 3, 2016
Country: Norway
What's New
A New Idea with New Music Time Tracker
In the early 20th century, ballet impresario Sergei Diaghilev changed the way he put on ballets: he would now commission original scores. Not only that, but for one of his first ballet productions, it would be based on a new story...
In the quest for ever more precise measures of time, German inventor Johann Maelzel perfected an earlier invention and created the metronome, a machine with which musicians could regulate their speed. For composers, it meant that they could move away from traditional but undefined annotations...
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Muses and Musings
Joseph Haydn and Marianne Genzinger
Artists at the Opera & Ballet:
Pablo Picasso
Joseph Haydn was highly successful in his musical profession. Yet, his personal life was somewhat of a mess. Under contract with Count Morzin, Haydn fell in love with Therese Keller. However, once he secured the Kapellmeister position he unexpectedly married her sister, Maria Anna Theresia Keller!
When you look at everything that the Spanish artist Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) was involved with, you have to cover most of the fine arts and then add a good slog of literature. He was a painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and a poet and a playwright, as well as being a stage designer...
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Enjoy
My music Video Forgotten records

Elena Langer
Landscape with Three People
Train Love Poem

Joseph Haydn
Piano Sonata No. 59 in E flat
Hob. XVI:49

Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 14
in E flat major K. 449

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