We’re celebrating 9 composer birthdays during the month of February. Each composer has a link to our entire collection of texts for that individual. Jacob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, born 2/03/1809 Our collection: https://www.ipasource.com/composer/m/mendelssohn-bartholdy-felix-1809-1847.html Fernando Sor, born 2/13/1778 Our collection: https://www.ipasource.com/composer/s/sor-fernando-1778-1839.html Johann Wenzel Kalliwoda, born 2/21/1801 Our collection: https://www.ipasource.com/composer/k/kalliwoda-johann-wenzeslaus-1801-1866.html Clement-Philibert-Leo Delibes, born 2/21/1836 Our collection: https://www.ipasource.com/composer/d/delibes-leo-1836-1891.html Charles-Marie-Jean-Albert Widor, born 2/21/1844 Our… Read More
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Clara Schumann, distinguished pianist and composer
Clara Schumann (née Clara Josephine Wieck; 13 September 1819 – 20 May 1896) was a German pianist and composer, and one of the most distinguished figures of the Romantic Era. One of the most soulful and famous pianists of the day.” – Edvard Grieg During her time, great female musicians were rare. Womens’ “careers” were… Read More
Ask IPA Source: Looking for Edvard Grieg Opus 67 texts
An IPA Source customer asks: I would like to have songs of Edvard Grieg that are not in IPA source. Would it be possible? It’s the opus 67. Bard answers: Thanks for contacting us. The cycle Haugtussa, op. 67 is originally written in Norwegian, a language we do not offer. Fortunately, I can direct you… Read More
Celebrating the birthday of Joaquín Rodrigo, born November 22
Joaquín Rodrigo (born on November 22, 1901) was blind from the age of three but went on to become one of the most popular composers of the 20th century known especially for his contribution to guitar music, an instrument he never mastered. Rodrigo has left us some 70 songs for voice and piano, 10 songs… Read More
Celebrating the birthday of Fanny Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Hensel, born November 14
Fanny Hensel (née Fanny Mendelssohn-Bartholdy) born November 14, 1805, was a German composer and pianist, and the sister of composer Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy. As a child, her parents kept her performances limited to periodic Sonntagsmusik salons that she and her brother Felix delivered at the Mendelssohn-Bartholdy home, to a selected group of family friends. Her brother… Read More
Classical Music Via Electronic Instruments
An October 20 article in The New Yorker announced that the photographer William Eggleston has released his début album, “Musik,” a collection of untitled, improvised symphonic pieces. Eggleston has spent his whole life making photographs, and always using traditional film rather than a digital camera. It makes his debut album particularly interesting, because the pieces… Read More
Perfect for voice – 8 arias as set by Camille Saint-Saëns
Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns (10/9/1835 – 12/16/1921) was a French composer, organist, conductor and pianist of the Romantic era. He was also a poet and playwright. In his younger years, he was enthusiastic for music of the modern day, including Schumann, Wagner, and Liszt. However, he remained a traditionalist committed to musical structures by earlier French composers.… Read More
Celebrating the birthday of Vincenzo Bellini, born November 3
Vincenzo Bellini (born in Sicily on November 3, 1801) is perhaps best known for his 11 operas but was also an important composer of a small but influential set of art songs. Bellini’s bel canto style, with melodic elements of the music of Chopin and Liszt and clarity of form found in Haydn and Mozart,… Read More