Tag: Fanny Hensel
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A Great Composer responds to the pandemic. Fanny Mendelssohn in 1831
This blog post of May 17, 2020 was one of our most popular of last year, and as we passed the one-year anniversary of the shutdowns and quarantines in response to Covid-19, it is worthwhile to recall Fanny Mendelssohn’s response to the frightening pandemic of 190 years ago. Thank you again to Dr. Regine Angela…
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Monday Link Round Up: November 16, 2020
News and music to start your week! Congratulations go to Grace Moore, pictured below, who had her work premiered by members of the New York Philharmonic as part of their Very Young Composers program. Moore, who was born in Brooklyn, said that her work was inspired in part by the Black Lives Matter movement. Read…
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Monday Link Round Up: July 22, 2019
News and music to start your week! Conductor Karina Canellakis (pictured) made BBC Proms history by being the first woman conductor to lead the ensemble at the First Night of the Proms. Read more about the historic night, and the kick off of the 2019 Proms Season, at BBC.com. The opening night kicked off with…
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Fanny Hensel at the Ballet
“Fanny for ballet!!” read the text message. I blinked and did a double-take at the accompanying photo. Indeed, selections of Fanny Hensel’s “Das Jahr” — The Year — a cycle of piano pieces composed in 1841, were the music for a new ballet, “Her Notes,” choreographed by Jessica Lang and being premiered by the…