Robert Greenberg
Historian, Composer, Pianist, Speaker, Author
Search Results for "Valid CFPS Valid Dumps Sheet Help You to Get Acquainted with Real CFPS Exam Simulation 🐰 Open website “ www.pdfvce.com ” and search for ⇛ CFPS ⇚ for free download 🖊CFPS Study Center" – Page 15
Cute, but would you date an accordionist We would recognize a number of date-worthy events before moving on to the admittedly painful principal topic of today’s Music History Monday. Johann Christoph Graupner Johann Christoph Graupner (1683-1760) We recognize the birth on January 13, 1683 – 337 years ago today – of the German harpsichordist and…
David Diamond in 1987 David Leo Diamond (1915-2005) composed eleven symphonies. When he died at 89 of congestive heart failure on June 13, 2005 in the Town of Brighten – located on the southeastern border of his native city of Rochester, New York – he left no family or heirs. A prolific composer, his greatest…
Richard Rodgers (1902-1979) We mark the death on December 30, 1979 – 40 years ago today – of the American composer Richard Rodgers at the age of 77. A life-long New Yorker, Rodgers was one of the most prolific American composers of all time, having written the music for – among other works – 43…
[caption id="attachment_2148" align="alignright" width="216"] Richard Wagner in 1871 at 58 years of age.[/caption]May 22 is a day so rich in music history that choosing a particular event to write about might seem to be a challenge. For example, May 22, 1790 saw the first performance of Mozart's String Quartets in D, K. 575 and B-flat,…
[caption id="attachment_3850" align="alignright" width="225"] Rachel Amy Greenberg Shahvar with her proud poppa at her wedding in 2013[/caption] As events in music history go, July 9 is definitely on the lighter side. (Although, for me – personally – it is an important day, and I would use this opportunity to wish the happiest of birthdays to…
Back in early autumn, I ran a series of blogs on my favorite jazz pianists. With your indulgence, I would resume with a wonderful – if somewhat under under-appreciated - pianist, whose name I will broach in due time (not that you haven’t just checked the bottom of the post). But first, a necessary screed.…
We mark the world premiere – on October 25, 1885, 136 years ago today – of Johannes Brahms’ fourth and final symphony. Performed by the superb Meiningen Court Orchestra, the performance was conducted by Brahms himself. It went well. We’ll get to Herr Doktor Professor Brahms in a bit. But first, some gratuitous, auto back…
[caption id="attachment_2112" align="alignright" width="210"] Tchaikovsky photographed at the time of his trip to America[/caption]Both the dates April 24 and 25 are bereft of significant musical events. As a result, this week’s “Music History Monday” is, in fact, “Music History Wednesday”, as we turn to April 26 for the event that powers todays post. The event:…
There was a time, in the not terribly distant past (in our days of relative musical innocence), when a little heavy breathing was all it took to get a recording banned from the airwaves. Today we celebrate just such an event. Jane Birkin (born 1946) and Serge Gainsbourg (1928-1991) On October 11, 1969 – 52…
Rolling Stone Magazine cover; issue 963; December 9, 2004 I am taking a one-week hiatus from my celebration of mid-century American orchestral composers because of something I wrote yesterday in Music History Monday for May 6, 2019. That post was about the inception of the song (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction by Keith Richards. Here’s…
Robert Greenberg | Copyright © 2024 All Rights Reserved