A long-lost letter by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart has been found in the archives of a prominent French family. Unlike the new piece of Mozart music that recently turned up, this handwritten note, which ...
These days, the string quartet as an ensemble is a tried and true form of chamber music, but it’s only within the past three ...
String Quartet No.14 in G, K.387: 1. Allegro vivace assai String Quartet No.14 in G, K.387: 2. Allegretto String Quartet No.14 in G, K.387: 3. Andante cantabile ...
The second half of the eighteenth century saw the emergence of Western classical music’s most perfect form – the string quartet. And the quartets written first by Haydn, then by Mozart, then by ...
Haydn was a real hero to the young Mozart. And when Mozart wrote a set of "Haydn" quartets to honor his mentor, Haydn traveled to Vienna to play them with him. Mozart scholar Neal Zaslaw tells about ...
Audio will be available later today. The two were contemporaries, friends, colleagues, and mutual admirers. Can you tell if a piece is by Mozart or Haydn? Fred Child tests your Mozart meter by ...
If you’re like me, conversations about the line between Classical and Romantic music can cause you to shudder at memories of cramming for music theory tests in middle school. Composers in Vienna in ...
Reviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are independently selected. Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from purchases made through links on this page. In a quest to know more ...
Franz Josef Haydn has been called the father of numerous musical genres — hence the nickname “Papa.” Of all his paternal honors, however, Father of the String Quartet is perhaps the most enduring, for ...
Remembered as a child prodigy, how did Mozart craft the masterpieces that would remain well known over two hundred years after his death? Research from the Music Department has unearthed a new side to ...
Mozart’s autograph manuscripts reveal he prioritised the practical considerations of performance over compositional authority, according to a musicologist from the University of Sheffield. Mozart’s ...