Robert Greenberg
Historian, Composer, Pianist, Speaker, Author
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Jan Woloniecki We ponder - for a bit â the nature of hobbies: those avocational pursuits that run the gamut from harmless amusement to life-dominating passions. I will confess up front that I am a collector, and so Iâve got a certain insight into this hobby-thing that a non-collector/non-hobbyist will not have. My first wife,…
On this day in 1928, Maurice Ravelâs one-movement orchestra work BolĂ©ro received its premiere at the Opera Comique in Paris with Ravel conducting. (Various sources variously describe the premiere as having taken place on November 20, November 21, and November 22! We are splitting the difference and going with the 21st.) BolĂ©ro was commissioned by…
Giovanni Gabrieli (circa 1555-1612) We mark the death on August 12, 1612 - 412 years ago today - of the composer Giovanni Gabrieli. Born in Venice circa 1555, he grew up and spent his professional life in that glorious city, and died there as a result of complications from a kidney stone. Gabrieliâs magnificent, soul-stirring…
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951) in 1903 On March 18, 1902 â 117 years ago today â Arnold Schoenbergâs Verklarte Nacht (meaning Transfigured Night) for string sextet received its premiere in his native city of Vienna. Considered today to be Schoenbergâs first âmajorâ work, the music prompted what are euphemistically called âdisruptionsâ (meaning catcalls and hisses) and…
[caption id="attachment_2757" align="alignright" width="300"] Robert Schumann in 1839[/caption] On January 8, 1843 â 175 years ago today â Robert Schumannâs magnificent Piano Quintet in E-flat Major, Op. 44 received its public premiere in the Saxon city of Leipzig. Dedicated to his wife, the pianist Clara Wieck Schumann, the quintet was written during what can only…
Anton Bruckner circa 1888 Bruckner, whose 199th birthday was celebrated in yesterdayâs Music History Monday post, was born in the Austrian village of Ansfelden, near Linz. His father â Anton Senior â was the town schoolmaster and the church organist, and it was at the local Catholic Church that Bruckner heard his first music, sang…
Itâs a standard question in a literary interview to ask an author âwhat books are on your bedside table.â We humans are, by our nature, voyeurs, and we canât resist knowing what authors are themselves reading. (What weâ d REALLY like to know is whatâs in their medicine cabinets and sock drawers, but thatâs a…
Cole Porter Today we mark the death of the songwriter and bon vivant par excellence Cole Albert Porter. He was born on June 9, 1891, and died at the age of 73 on October 15, 1964: 54 years ago today. We begin with what is, I think, is a great story. In September of 1939,…
159 years ago today, on November 7, 1857, Franz Lisztâs Dante Symphony for orchestra and female choir received its premiere at the Royal Theater in the Saxon capital of Dresden. The 46 year-old Liszt was, at the time, the most famous and beloved performing musician in all of Europe, and nowhere was he more popular…
Mahler (1860-1911) ca. 1896 Mahler composed the great bulk of his Symphony No. 3 during the summers of 1895 and 1896. (Mahler was a âsummer breakâ composer, who had to work around his conducting schedule.) It is a huge, sprawling, 6-movement work, roughly 100 to 105 minutes in performance. (The recommended performance, conducted by Claudio…
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