Klaus Döring's Classical Music/Klaus Döring's Klassische Musik

... how did he compose? By ClassicFM London Ludwig was still pumping out the masterpieces - even when he was completely deaf. Here's how he did it. "For the last three years my hearing has grown steadily weaker..." - so wrote  Beethoven , aged 30, in a letter to a friend.   The young Beethoven was known as the most important musician since Mozart. By his mid-20s, he had studied with  Haydn  and was celebrated as a brilliant, virtuoso pianist. By the time he turned 30 he had composed a couple of piano concertos, six string quartets, and his first symphony. Everything was looking pretty good for the guy, with the prospect of a long, successful career ahead.  Then, he started to notice a buzzing sound in his ears - and everything was about to change. How old was Beethoven when he started going deaf? Around the age of 26, Beethoven began to hear buzzing and ringing in his ears. In 1800, aged 30, he wrote from Vienna ...

...from Beethoven for West Side Story? Beethoven - 5th Piano Concerto 'Emperor' (Zimerman, Bernstein, Wiener Philharmoniker) 41:25 By Maddy Shaw Roberts Here’s the proof that 'Somewhere', one of the most beautiful tunes in this Bernstein musical was very much inspired by Beethoven… West Side Story  is the 1957 Broadway musical that broke all our hearts – and at least a smattering of our  Leonard Bernstein -shaped tears can be attributed to its poignant ballad, ‘Somewhere (There’s a Place for Us)’. But did you know that its main tune (‘there’s a place for us’) was taken from the second movement ( Adagio un poco moto ) of  Beethoven’s ‘Emperor’ Piano Concerto No. 5? That's this bit, in the Beethoven:  In Beethoven’s version, the ‘us’ sinks back down to the F sharp, returning to the note on which the phrase began. But in Bernstein’s composition, the ‘us’ is slightly higher – like this: 'Somewhere' appears in  West Side...

Armenian Russian classical composer An outstanding representative of the Russian school of composition, Khachaturian was a unique artist for whom folklore was the inspiration for his music. His ballets, symphonies, and other works are permeated by the intonations and rhythms of folk songs and dances of the East. They brought a fresh voice to the Russian music of the twentieth century. Born: June 6, 1903; Tbilisi, Georgia, Russian Empire (now in Georgia) Died: May 1, 1978; Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union (now in Russia)  Also known as: Aram Ilich Khachaturian (full name) Principal works ballets (music): Schast’ye, Op. 43, 1939 (Happiness; scenario by Gevorg Ovanesian; choreography by Ilya Arbatov); Gayan?, Op. 50, 1942 (scenario by Konstantin Derzhavin); Gayan? Suite No. 1, Op. 53, 1943; Gayan? Suite No. 3, Op. 55, 1943; Gayan? Suite No. 2, Op. 54, 1945; Spartak, Op. 82, 1956 (Spartacus; scenario by Nikolai Volkov; choreography by Yuri Grigorovi...

The German Karl Loewe was born in Loebejuen near Halle on November 30, 1796 as 12th child of a simple school teacher. Loewe was able to study because of King Jerome's generous scholarship. In Stettin, Loewe became musical director. In this position, he was at work for 46 (!) years. Loewe composed chamber music and five operas. "The Three Wishes" premiered in Berlin in 1834. Loewe's oratorios are popular until today - "Jerusalem's Destruction" (1829), "Hiob" (1848) or "Lazarus' Wake" (1863). Among 150 compositions, Karl Loewe's ballads rmained as incredible and convincing performances, i.e. "Die Glocken von Speyer" (The Bells from Speyer), "Mr. Oluf" or "The Fall into a Ruin Mill". Loewe passed away in Kiel on April 20, 1869.