Misia – Muse, Mäzenin und Model von Anja Weinberger Misia - muse, patron and model by Anja WeinbergerI first came across the name Misia Sert when I was looking for a topic for my diploma thesis. The course of study...
Biographies music
Anna Bon di Venezia
Anna Bon di Venezia by Anja WeinbergerTruly astonishing things happen when you try to learn more about Anna Bon. Like a mirage, she appears on the horizon of music history in the 1750s, only to disappear again in the mid-1760s. During this rather short period, she...
The women of the Boulanger family
The women of the Boulanger family by Anja Weinberger The women of the Boulanger family by Anja WeinbergerThere were three particularly musical women in the Boulanger family. One was named Marie-Julie, a Halligner by birth, and the...
Johann Sebastian Bach’s sonatas for flute
Bach’s sonatas for flute are very different; technically they lie between “can be played by students” and “a challenge every time”. I have been playing some of them since my early days as a flute student and some others have only been in my repertoire for a few years …
The posthumous fate of Ludwig van Beethoven
Rest in Pieces by Rita Klement Rest in Pieces...
Antonio Salieri
Antonio Salieriby Andrea StroblMost of us know...
Emanuel Schikaneder
Emanuel Schikaneder was born on September 1, 1751. Although he wrote 55 operas, plays and songs in his lifetime, he is best known for writing the text to The Magic Flute, having the play performed in his theater, and also for writing the …
Johann Pachelbel
The life of Johann Pachelbel, a musical journey to his roots and around his connection to Erfurt.
Sigfrid Karg-Elert
Siegfried was born in Oberndorf am Neckar in 1877 as one of 12 children of the Karg family. Even the little three-year-old boy displayed an almost morbid enthusiasm for bells and could be kept busy for hours with numbers and arithmetic problems …
Johann Sebastian Bach and the “Musical Offering”
Johann Sebastian Bach is – I think – known to almost everyone. Therefore, I limit myself here only to a few facts. On the other hand, one is probably a musician or at least a particularly interested concertgoer, if one is also familiar with …
Fauré and his wonderful fantasy
Gabriel Urbain Fauré was born in 1845 in the very south of France. He was a gifted little boy in a not particularly musical family. Favorable circumstances allowed him to go to the École Niedermeyer in Paris. There he learned (almost) …
Albert Roussel and the “Joueurs de Flûte”
Albert Roussel by Anja WeinbergerAlbert Roussel...
Everything twice – Doppler, Fürstenau, Moyse and co.
We flutists stumble again and again over this drawn picture of the Doppler brothers playing the flute, one holding the flute to the right, one to the left – and that with this name .(“doppelt” in German means “twice the same”) Unfortunately, I have now read that this is pure invention. Both have, …
Francis Poulenc’s Flute Sonata
Francis Poulenc's Flute Sonataby Anja...
Gabriel Fauré and Claude Debussy
Gabriel Fauré und Claude Debussy waren Zeitgenossen. Fauré wurde 1845 und Debussy 1862 in Frankreich geboren. Genau genommen trennte sie beinahe eine ganze Generation, 17 Jahre, jedoch waren beide Teil dieser spannenden Zeit, die mit so unterschiedlichen Namen …
Gaubert’s wonderful chamber music
We are in France before the turn of the century. A young boy is born in Cahors (1879), it soon becomes apparent that he is musically very talented. A favorable wind inspires his life path …
Jolivets Incantations for flute solo
André Jolivet and his most famous work for the flute – the 5 Incantations for solo flute. Read an introduction to the work here.
Wilhelmine von Bayreuth
The life of Wilhelmine von Bayreuth, who devoted her life almost exclusively to art. The opera house in Bayreuth can also be traced back to her.
Women in the French music history of the 19th century
Women in the history of 19th century's french...
The flute and its way into the 21st century
From France to the world by Anja...
Baroque music – also in France
Baroque music - also in Franceby Anja...
Anna Amalie – art as a purpose in life
Anna Amalie - art as a purpose in lifeby Anja...
French composers of the classical period
French composers of the classical period ...
The birthday of Eva Rieger – musician, musicologist and feminist
The birthday of Eva Rieger - musician,...
Les Ballets Russes
Les Ballets Russes – a very personal introduction to this important chapter in European cultural history.
Henri Dutilleux’s Sonatina for flute and piano
Henri Dutilleux’s Sonatina for flute and piano is so elegant and beautiful that it remains in the standard repertoire of flutists today.
Paul Hindemith and the Sonata for Flute and Piano
Paul Hindemith and the Sonata for Flute and...
Johann Kaspar Mertz and his tragic success
An introduction to the life of one of the greatest romantic guitarists. A musician who was always in the shadow of Giuliani or Tarrega.
Francisco Tarrega – the path to modernity
The life of Francisco Tarrega, the most important guitarist and composer of the late 19th century. Video examples included!
The instrument maker family Lot
Instrument maker family Lot by Anja...
The Mannheim School
The Mannheim School by Anja WeinbergerThe...
Concierto op. 67 by Malcolm Arnold
Concierto op. 67 M. Arnold In a small series I...
Who knows Theobald Böhm?
Who knows Theobald Böhm? by Anja WeinbergerThis...