A lullaby, more than other forms of music, implies a specific performer and a specific audience. From Middle English “to lull,” the archetypical lullaby is sung gently by a mother or caretaker to a ...
FORGET McFly, Bob the Builder and Girls Aloud - today's trendy toddlers prefer Mozart, Beethoven and Brahms. FORGET McFly, Bob the Builder and Girls Aloud - today's trendy toddlers prefer Mozart, ...
Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Beginning on September 14, the Houston Symphony will dedicate the first 3 weeks of ...
As Brahms never married, we have no spousal description of habitual snoring. However, with the following account by baritone George Henschel (1850 -1934), we don't need one. Henschel's humorous and ...
Every so often a performance leaves us in awe of its loving sophistication, its attention to the finest details of balance and expression. That's how it was with the Jupiter String Quartet's ...
The sounds of Brahms' Lullaby play over the public announcement system. Anita Malsom, a housekeeper, stops what she's doing in whatever department she is in for a brief moment. Switchboard operator ...
Some composers we know are lovable, just because the whole world loves them. Think of Mozart or Tchaikovsky or Puccini. Brahms is different. In person, he was as prickly as a hedgehog. It’s no ...