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...Reinagle (1756-1809), one of the most prolific of the lot, is represented by his Sonata in E Major for Early Piano, a witty, effervescent work that makes its points with economy and style. Born in England, Reinagle was an early admirer and close friend of both Karl Philippe Bach and Haydn, and his works bore the marks of their influence even after he emigrated to America at 30. A popular recitalist who played frequently for George Washington. Reinagle also turned out a quantity of popular music (America, Commerce and Freedom) and a comic opera: The Volunteers...
...rank musicians who are hand-picked by Yehudi. get no fee. In the 14th century Protestant Church of Saanen. the wealthy chalet set will this year hear Yehudi play with the Zurich Chamber Music Orchestra and his sister Hepzibah in a series devoted to works of Schubert, Debussy, Beethoven, Bach, Haydn and Mozart...
...zloty (about $1,700) first prize. Pianist Pollini called his home in Milan, shouted "I'm fine, I won," and burst into tears. The son of a prosperous Milan architect, Maurizio started piano lessons when he was five, at eight was hiding Bach partitas behind his school textbooks. He displayed a prodigious musical memory: at a piano examination at which students had three hours to memorize a two-page composition, Maurizio memorized ten pages in 15 minutes. Although he has won various piano prizes, Maurizio was not widely known when he set out for Warsaw. But his teacher. Carlo...
...fact, such painters as Altdorfer and Dürer stand with Bach in music and Goethe in literature as German immortals. And Munich deserves a place on any art-loving tourist...
...Russian slave camps. We can't compete with such brutality, and we shouldn't just mirror it. What we can find are the seeds of something clean and pure. My generation throws away all hope that one can go beyond the everyday. Yet when one listens to Bach, one hears the focus of 'where to' and not 'where...