Search results for: “Love Death”


  • Giovanni Gabrieli

    …compositions. His later works featured sections solely for instruments, labeled “Sinfonia,” and small, florid lines for soloists, accompanied by a basso continuo. Illness and Death Gabrieli’s health began to decline…


  • Max Bruch

    …a testament to Bruch’s lifelong devotion to music. His death marked the end of an era, but his music continues to live on, inspiring and enchanting generations of music lovers….


  • Zdeněk Fibich

    …the offspring of a Czech forestry official and a cultured Viennese mother. His early years were spent in the remote wilderness, fostering a deep-seated love for nature, which would later…


  • Fritz Kreisler

    …later. Despite the absence of children, their love story endured for sixty years, until Kreisler’s death. The World War I Era In 1910, Kreisler premiered Sir Edward Elgar’s Violin Concerto,…


  • Leonard Bernstein

    …included renowned musicians like Edward Burlingame Hill and Walter Piston. Bernstein’s time at Harvard was not just academically enriching, but it also nurtured his love for music. He composed his…


  • Jean-Baptiste Lully

    …music, often used by Bach and Handel. Death Lully’s life came to a tragic end when he accidentally struck his foot with a pointed staff while conducting a performance of…


  • Camille Saint-Saëns – Danse Macabre

    “Danse Macabre” by Camille Saint-Saëns is a composition based on an old French superstition. It tells the story of Death playing a dance tune on his violin at midnight, summoning…


  • Flop or Masterpiece? Ten Classical Works That Made a Comeback

    …little to no reaction from the shocked audience, and the subsequent reviews ranged from disappointment to horror. However, after Bizet’s untimely death, interest in Carmen was rekindled, and the opera…


  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Love Unfulfilled Beethoven’s love life was fraught with unrequited love and heartbreak. He fell in love with various women throughout his life, most of whom were unattainable due to societal…


  • Classical Music for Funerals

    In times of mourning and grief, music can be a solace, a source of comfort and a means to honor loved ones who have passed away. Classical music, with its…


  • The Elixir of Love by Gaetano Donizetti, Performed by the Virginia Opera

    Virginia Opera presents “The Elixir of Love”, a romantic comedy by Gaetano Donizetti. The show will run from Nov. 14 to Dec. 6 in Norfolk, Richmond, and Fairfax, VA. The…