Mediatheque Stories tagged #MusicHistory
5 Questions for Danûk
From wax cylinder to Spotify hit: the band Danûk take early 20th century phonograh recordings and transform them into remarkable contemporary music. #Interview #MusicHistory #World #Kurdistan
György Kurtág: Every note in the right place
Late fame through polished and radically reduced music: About the composer György Kurtág. #MusicHistory #ContemporaryMusic #Portrait
MUSIC WITHOUT SHADOWS?
A host of voices speak in Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy’s music. That is one of its strengths. #MusicHistory
Electronic music
Making music possible: a short history of electronic sound production. #Electronic #MusicHistory
New Sounds on Old Instruments
The (re-)discovery of Early music #EarlyMusic #MusicHistory
Franz Schubert and Love
About the Romantic composer and his works, whose melodic beauty fascinates us to this day. #Singing #MusicHistory #MusicFestival2023
Bach: The Ways of a Dynasty
The Bach family stepped into the limelight a long time before Johann Sebastian was born. #EarlyMusic #MusicHistory
The mandolin – an all-rounder among instruments
Everything you need to know about the versatile plucked instrument and why it has rightly been chosen as the 2023 instrument of the year. #Explained #MusicHistory #MusicFestival2023
Alfred Schnittke – A Portrait
A report by a contemporary witness on one of the leading composers of the 20th century #MusicHistory #MusicFestival2023 #ContemporaryMusic #Portrait
A Church Service in Music: The Mass
A short history of musical settings of the Mass. #Explained #Singing #MusicHistory
Lisa Streich: What she wants to hear
The swedish composer has shimmering, crystalline sounds in mind for the Elbphilharmonie. Thanks to a composition prize, she now has the chance to realise her ideas. #MusicHistory #ContemporaryMusic #Portrait #Visions
Not So New at All Any More
Contemporary classical music: a short history of the sound of the 20th century #Explained #MusicHistory #ContemporaryMusic
Mysticism for everyone
Sufism involves more than just taking refuge in a trance. Rather, it connects the Creator with Creation – among other things, with the help of music. #MusicHistory #Sufi #World
Schubert’s Sonatas
Stepping out of Beethoven’s shadow: Franz Schubert’s piano sonatas. #Piano #MusicHistory
Anton Bruckner: The Unfathomable
Few composers have left posterity with such an inconsistent picture as the Austrian composer. #MusicHistory #Portrait
: Elbphilharmonie Explains: Countertenor
Countertenors can sing beautifully in a high register. What is their secret? Alex Potter explains his high male voice. #Explained #Singing #MusicHistory
Orpheus: the singer of the millennium
He was the most famous singer in the Greek myths, his story inspired artists in every era and genre – and Orpheus was even involved in the birth of opera. #Singing #MusicHistory
Black to the Future: Afrofuturism
More than science fiction: About the aesthetic tradition of Afrofuturism and its school of thought. #Afrofuturism #Jazz #MusicHistory #World
René Jacobs: The Wolf’s Glen whisperer
Period performance guru René Jacobs has gently blown the cobwebs off the Romantic opera »Der Freischütz«, returning it to an ideal state that never existed in that form. #MusicHistory #MusicFestival2022
Music inspired by nature
»There's nothing more musical than a sunset« – The 2022 Hamburg International Music Festival takes an extensive stroll through nature. #MusicHistory #MusicFestival2022