Archive for Music

toter Jugend-Stil: Klimt vs Falco

Posted in Uncategorized with tags , , , , on 6 February 2018 by delclem

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“Jähren sich Todestage berühmter Persönlichkeiten, steht die Frage im Raum: Wie wandelt man auf dem schmalen Grat zwischen Würdigung & Morbidität (…)? Von einem Jubiläum zu sprechen, hinterlässt zweifelsohne bitteren Beigeschmack. Hätte Falco vergangenes Jahr am 19. Februar noch seinen 60er zelebriert, gibt sein 20. Todestag am 6. Februar wohl kaum Grund zum Feiern. Gerade dieses Datum ist für Österreich gleich doppelt tragisch: Auch Gustav Klimts Ableben jährt sich an diesem Tag – zum 100. Mal. Ein Zufall? Selbstverständlich. Aber die Tatsache, dass zwei derart prägende Künstler sich dieses Datum teilen, kurbelt die Fantasie an: Lässt sich nicht vielleicht doch die eine oder andere Gemeinsamkeit konstruieren?”

>>Text & Illu (c) WiENER ZTG, 2018

Mozart’s mug shot

Posted in Uncategorized with tags , , , , , , , on 2 December 2013 by delclem

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“This picture is a facial composite of W. A. Mozart, ca. 1777, generated around 1991 by the  Federal German Police (BKA), from four portraits that appeared during Mozart’s lifetime. The details on how or why they did this are scarce, unfortunately. In 1777 Mozart was twenty-one years old;” he died 222 years ago. >full text (c) dangerous minds 2013

“Stories of the Danube”

Posted in Uncategorized with tags , , , , , , , on 27 October 2013 by delclem

Joe Zawinul (1932-2007) recording his symphony “Stories of the Danube”: excerpts from the music & interview (c) earospace / youtube 2008

Korngold biography

Posted in Uncategorized with tags , , , , , , , on 15 July 2013 by delclem

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Fifteen years after its first publication, a biography of the composer is translated into German >review & illustration (c) VIENNA REVIEW, 2013

“A slow-acting, addictive, dangerous drug”

Posted in Uncategorized with tags , , , , , on 22 May 2013 by delclem

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The Heavy Metal Music of the 19th century: today was the 200th birthday of Germany’s most controversial composer: RICHARD WAGNER (1813-83).
>text (c) THE IRISH TIMES, 2013

The “Scandal Concert” is turning 100

Posted in Uncategorized with tags , , , , , on 31 March 2013 by delclem

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“The Skandalkonzert of March 31, 1913 was a concert conducted by Arnold Schoenberg in the Great Hall of the Musikverein (Vienna Concert Society). “The audience, shocked by the expressionism and experimentalism of the Second Viennese School, began rioting, and the concert was ended prematurely. The fight between a concert organizer and Oscar Straus led to a trial.”

(c) WIKIPEDIA >more Illustration: caricature from DIE ZEIT, 6 April 1913

“The Europeans, no 8: Haydn”

Posted in Uncategorized with tags , , , , , , on 30 March 2013 by delclem

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“The Austrian composer bridged the transition from writing music for patrons to writing for a paying audience” and “became one of Europe’s most respected composers in his day.” >text from THE EUROPEANS series (c) THE IRISH TIMES, 2013

Return to Berlin

Posted in Uncategorized with tags , , , , , on 8 January 2013 by delclem

In his new single – the only one in 10 years – David Bowie takes us on a trip down memory lane in… BERLIN, on the occasion of his 66th birthday today.

Worshipped, whipped & ridiculed

Posted in Uncategorized with tags , , , , on 10 December 2012 by delclem

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“May 2013 brings the 200th anniversary of the birth of Richard Wagner, the German composer who has always been popular and controversial in equal measure. The Austrian National Library (ÖNB) is already holding an exhibition dedicated to the ambivalent relationship between the German composer and the Viennese public.” >full text (c) wieninternational.at 2012

“A Requiem for Europe’s Worst Prejudices”

Posted in Uncategorized with tags , , , , , , , on 3 December 2012 by delclem

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“The concert is sold out, and Maestro Sahiti’s appearance is met with a long round of applause. On the podium, he looks the musicians in the eyes, smiles, and they smile back. Nearly 10 years ago to the day, Sahiti founded the Roma and Sinti Philharmonic. It started out as a small project, which was hardly taken seriously. Now Sahiti stands before 60 musicians, from Germany, Romania, Hungary. All the orchestra members belong to the ethnic minority called Roma or Sinti: Gypsies; some of them have been abused, others bullied. At the Rudolfinum, they are playing for the public, but also for themselves – and against centuries of stereotypes.” >full text (c) SZ / Wordcrunch.com 2012