Despite what one may think, Abschiedslied der Zugvögel is rather a title of a composition by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy than a tongue-twister. It can with big success be considered the one, though – I think that to hear it pronounced right from a non-native German, the latter should at least be given a Speak & Spell device. Jokes aside, it is a beautiful song – unusually for Mendelssohn, with words this time, – and comforting for anyone saddened that summer has ended – listening to this text about migratory birds, listeners will feel that they are not alone. In this sense, a song is edificatory even – the same as birds in it everyone is free to travel the world, to a place where summer is in full swing... Download it here: Six Songs for Two Voices and Piano, 'Abschiedslied der Zugvögel', Op.63 No.2.
Haydn's Miracle Symphony No.102
They call Joseph Haydn the father in music. He is considered to be, indirectly, the father of both the symphony and the string quartet, hav...
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I admire people who rich an achievement in their profession in spite of various obstacles. The one of most popular tenors nowadays is Andrea...
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One of the most characteristic cultural features of mostly Spain and Latin America (though not only), bullfighting still remains a major a... -
Gaetano Donizetti was one of leading composers of bel canto opera. He was born in 1797 in Italy. Despite his parents weren’t musicians, he q...