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Henri Duparc – Lénore

Henri Duparc – Lénore

by | Last updated Mar 3, 2020 | Published on Feb 14, 2020 | The music room

Henri Duparc studied piano with César Franck and became one of his first composition students; in 1888 Franck dedicated his Symphony in D minor to him. In 1870 he took part in the Franco-Prussian War and the following year, on 9 November 1871, he married the Scottish...
Hans von Bülow – Nirvana

Hans von Bülow – Nirvana

by | Last updated Mar 3, 2020 | Published on Jan 10, 2020 | The music room

Legendary conductor Hans von Bülow, considered by Wagner the only one who could conduct his operas, was also a virtuoso pianist and a composer. As one of the most distinguished conductors of the 19th century, his activity was critical for establishing the successes of...
Vítězslav Novák – In the Tatra Mountains

Vítězslav Novák – In the Tatra Mountains

by | Last updated Mar 3, 2020 | Published on Oct 7, 2019 | The music room

Vítězslav Novák (1870-1949) was a Czech post-romantic composer. Born in a small Bohemian town, he moved to Prague in his teens to study at the conservatory, where he had the good fortune of having Antonín Dvořák as a teacher for some time.  In the late 1890s, Novák...
Lili Boulanger: D’un matin de printemps

Lili Boulanger: D’un matin de printemps

by | Last updated Feb 8, 2021 | Published on Jun 4, 2019 | The music room

Despite the brevity of her life, Lili Boulanger (1893-1918) carved a place for herself in the history of music: with the cantata Faust et Helene (1913) she became the first woman to win the Prix De Rome. Her impressionistic use of the orchestra fits perfectly the...
Sergej Rachmaninov – Prince Rostislav

Sergej Rachmaninov – Prince Rostislav

by | Last updated Mar 3, 2020 | Published on Mar 22, 2018 | The music room

Time for a tone poem: a young Rachmaninov found inspiration in a poem by Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, cousin to Lev Tolstoy. Rachmaninov was barely 18 years old at the time of this composition. The piece was completed in 1891, but it was never performed during his...