Classical Music

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Music is often labelled a “universal language,” and according to the philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer, there is a good reason for that.

In the 1840s Menzel produced numerous illustrations for Franz Kugler’s ever popular History of Frederick the Great. Menzel’s intense work on the times and character of Friedrich II, who reigned from 1740 to 1786, was to bear fruit, even apart from the book illustrations which made Menzel famous. Along with the self-contained “society piece,” Die Tafelrunde, the Flute Concert may be regarded as one of the paintings where Menzel, in free and full possession of his powers as a painter, deepened…

piano art

sometimes i wonder why i quit ballet

Classical era music: a beginner’s guide - Classic FM

The Dark Magic of Niccolò Paganini

From Brahms to Tchaikovsky, here's a curated list of composers whose music has shaped the classical canon.

Johann Sebastian Bach was a very silly man.