Mediatheque Stories tagged #MusicHistory
Seven shades of Sibelius with Klaus Mäkelä
»Then the music flows automatically« – the Finnish star conductor talks about his Sibelius cycle and what he loves so much about this music. #Interview #MusicHistory #MusicFestival2022
A yearning for great heights
Up in the mountains, it is always about more than mere nature. An excursion with Mahler, Strauss and Krenek’s »Reisebuch aus den österreichischen Alpen«. #MusicHistory #MusicFestival2022
John Zorn and the downtown scene
Radical, eccentric, experimental: the fascinating artists’ scene of downtown New York. #Jazz #JohnZorn #MusicHistory #ContemporaryMusic
Hudba! The Unique Style of Czech Music
How Bedřich Smetana, Antonín Dvořák and Leoš Janáček developed a unique national style – and conquered the world with it. #MusicHistory
Beethoven 9: Musical world cultural heritage
Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony conjures up the equality of all men as no other work does. #Beethoven #MusicHistory
: Elbphilharmonie Explains: The Jazz Trumpet
The Hamburg trumpeter Philipp Püschel on the history and versatile sound of the trumpet in jazz. #Explained #Jazz #MusicHistory #MusicFestival2022
From the New World
Typically American: a brief history of modern American music. #MusicHistory #ContemporaryMusic
: Elbphilharmonie Explains: Hanns Eisler
Eisler expert Albrecht Dümling on the extraordinary composer, his contradictions and on music for a better world. #Eisler #Explained #MusicHistory
Hanns Eisler: A revolutionary in his time
About the communist composer and a life full of contradictions. #Eisler #MusicHistory #Portrait
Mozart's moment
When the right person is in the right place at the right time, extraordinary things can happen – that is the background to the project »Mozart Momentum 1785/1786«. #Mozart #MusicHistory
Musiklexikon
Begriffe rund um die Musik, einfach erklärt. #Highlights #Explained #MusicHistory
How do you become a jazz musician?
About a genre between street music and a university subject. #Jazz #MusicHistory #summer
From the cinema organ to the salon orchestra
The silent film and its music. #MusicHistory
Caetano Veloso: Brazil’s voice of the century
He is the greatest all-rounder of Latin American musicians – and above all undaunted in every artistic confrontation with the powers-that-be. #MusicHistory #Pop #Portrait #summer #World
Female Voices
Twelve women composers worth knowing #MusicHistory #Portrait
»Music has to do with emotions!«
A portrait of Finnish composer Magnus Lindberg #MusicHistory #ContemporaryMusic #Portrait
Stockhausen: Always Flying high
Portrait of the composer Karlheinz Stockhausen #MusicHistory #MusicFestival2025 #ContemporaryMusic #Portrait
Iannis Xenakis: Architect of Sound
Resounding walls and audible spaces: in the work of Iannis Xenakis, music and architecture merge. #MusicHistory #ContemporaryMusic #Portrait
György Ligeti: A Love of Games
The Hungarian composer pulled off a rare feat in his music. #MusicHistory #ContemporaryMusic #Portrait
The Harpsichord
Everything you need to know about this venerable instrument – and about a beautiful one from Hamburg #EarlyMusic #MusicHistory