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Ursula read more...	Goya’s Genius and Spanish Art and Music in the 19th Century Enrique Granados : Goyescas Book I Miguel Llobet : Romanza Francisco Tárrega : Capricho Arabe Felipe Pedrell : Courante Isaac Albéniz : Piano Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 78, "Concierto fantastico" Spain, at the time of Goya’s birth in 1746, wrote one of his contemporaries, was “a body composed of many different parts, separated, and in opposition to one another, which oppress and despise each other and are in a continuous state of war”. Just 46 years before Goya’s birth, the last of the Spanish Habsburg monarchs, Charles II (“The Mad”), had finally died and with him any remaining fantasy of the “Golden Age”. A French Bourbon Prince, Philip, ultimately became his successor. “God be praised”, a Spaniard was heard to exclaim, “the Pyrenees have disappeared. Now we are all one!” But of course, this was not to be…. Spain again became a bloody battlefield for many more years. read more >> Leave a comment >>
Janet read more...	Listen Hear: Protecting your Most Precious Sense, Part 1 Without music life is unthinkable. Audience members and musicians are passionate about it, yet few people realize that decibels can be dangerous! Our world is toxically noisy and our hearing is jeopardized on a daily basis. The majority of cases of hearing loss and injury occur due to loud noise. There is no escaping the constant barrage of sound in our lives. It’s not just “old people” who suffer. According to the American Medical Association, one in five teens are losing their hearing and cannot hear whispers, raindrops or consonants. Among college freshmen, 61% have hearing injuries. This increase could be caused by frequent use of ear buds and headphones. We use them to hear the music we like to hear and to block out unwanted sounds. Unfortunately, we tend to crank the volume well above safe levels. read more >> Leave a comment >>
醫說樂韻 Excerpts translated by Desiree Ho read more...	The Curse of the Ninth Gustav Mahler Das klagende Lied (1880) Kindertotenlieder (1904) Symphony No. 9 (1909) Summer of 1907 came as a nightmare for Austrian-Jewish composer Gustav Mahler (1860-1911). His five year old daughter Maria Anna died of scarlet fever and diphtheria; he lost his job as director of the Vienna Court Opera due to conflicts with the administration and the anti-Semitic press. His wife Alma Schindler, who was known as the most beautiful woman in Vienna, became severely depressed following their daughter’s death. Shortly after, his heart was diagnosed with infective endocarditis. In a matter of months, the Vienna Conservatoire graduate seemed to have lost everything important in his life. read more >> Leave a comment >>
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