Posts Tagged ‘composer’

Late-Romantic Chamber Music by Austrian Composer Robert Fuchs

By Brilliant Classics This is almost unknown, lovely, unfailingly melodious late-Romantic chamber music, a treat for anyone who values the wistful themes, powerful developments and mahogany textures of Brahms and his contemporaries. Indeed Robert Fuchs became a good friend of Brahms, and elicited the older man’s praise (remarkable in itself given his famously caustic opinions […]

29-year-old composer releases ‘Kaddish’ for survivor grandfather on top label

Swedish composer Jacob Mühlrad’s new work, “Kaddish,” begins with an amorphous rumble. To this writer, the deep tones were reminiscent of trains rolling on their tracks, truly an amazing feat for an a cappella choir. Speaking with The Times of Israel from his Stockholm studio via Zoom ahead of the piece’s official release, Mühlrad smiled […]

Renowned German Composer Hans Zimmer: Only Time Mother Said She Was Proud of Me Was After I Revealed I’m Jewish

Award-winning composer Hans Zimmer speaking during the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra’s pre-Hanukkah virtual celebration, Dec. 6, 2020. Photo: Screenshot. The only time Academy Award-winning film composer Hans Zimmer’s mother said she was proud of him was after he revealed to the media that he was Jewish, he recalled on Sunday during a pre-Hanukkah virtual celebration. The […]

Iranian composer and opposition beacon Shajarian dies at 80

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Antonín Dvořák – Bohemia’s Famed Composer

Antonín Dvořák, in full Antonín Leopold Dvořák, (born September 8, 1841, Nelahozeves, Bohemia, Austrian Empire [now in Czech Republic]—died May 1, 1904, Prague), first Bohemian composer to achieve worldwide recognition, noted for turning folk material into 19th-century Romantic music. (Read his bio on Britannica) [embedded content] [embedded content] [embedded content] [embedded content]

Swedish Composer Wilhelm Stenhammar

Wilhelm Stenhammar (1781 – 1927) was a Swedish pianist and self-taught composer and conductor. His compositions began as typically late Romantic fare but evolved through three periods. In the first, his primary influences were Liszt, Brahms, and Wagner, but the music is imbued with a Nordic sound without specifically quoting Swedish folk song. His early […]

Noted Iranian composer Cheshmazar dies 68

Press TV – Award-winning Iranian musician and composer Nasser Cheshmazar dies aged 68, leaving an indelible mark in the country’s film industry. Cheshmazar died at Bahonar Hospital’s ICU in Tehran on Friday after suffering a heart attack. A hospital staff confirmed news of his death, saying previous surgeries had probably taken their toll on Cheshmazar’s […]

What World-famous Men have said About the Satanic Jews

Introduction The Jews are the only people in the world who have found hostility in every country in which they settled in any numbers. The big question is — WHY? Today it is taught in the schools that “Anti-Semitism” began in Germany in the 1930s after which they were deported. What is not studied is […]

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