Musicon / Gluck / Musical education / Gluck and Vestris

Gluck and Vestris

Posted on the June 9th, 2009 under Gluck,Musical education

The other operatic excerpts common to concerts of both classes are either between-acts music, fantasias on operatic airs, or, in the case of Wagner’s contributions, portions of his dramas which are so predominantly instrumental that it has been found feasible to incorporate the vocal part ::More

Musicon / Music and Literature / Speaking with Mozart

Speaking with Mozart

Posted on the February 8th, 2009 under Music and Literature

And I heard from the empty spaces within the theater the sound of music, a beautiful and awful music, that music from Don Giovanni that heralds the approach of the guest of stone. With an awful and an iron clang it rang through the ghostly house, coming from the other world, from the ::More