Franz Schubert: “When I wished to sing of love, it turned to sorrow. And when I wished to sing of sorrow, it was transformed for me into love.” Robert Schumann: “To send light into the darkness of men’s hearts – such is the duty of the artist.” Franz Liszt: “Music embodies feeling without forcing it to contend and combine with thought, as it is forced in most arts and especially in the art of words.” Sources for this episode: Hector Berlioz - Symphonie Fantastique https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewoAW-Zyuj8 Other Sources: https://www.classicfm.com/discover-music/periods-genres/romantic/#:~:text=Discover%20Music%20Home-,Romantic,inspiration%20from%20art%20and%20literature. https://www.britannica.com/art/Romanticism/Music https://www.musictheoryacademy.com/periods-of-music/romantic-period-music/ https://racheltaylorgeier.org/2017/04/15/75-inspirational-composer-quotes/ https://cnx.org/contents/5xVkusr9@11/The-Music-of-the-Romantic-Era https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zgcmxnb/revision/2

For those of you who know and don’t know, there is a conspiracy theory that Salieri killed Mozart by poisoning him with, perhaps using arsenic. Is that true? Or is it not? That’s the question that we will explore today! Sources for this episode: Amadeus Movie Scene, Mozart vs. Salieri: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ciFTP_KRy4 Salieri – Piano Concerto in B-flat major: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiDroZRF7YA Salieri – Venice Symphony in D major: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKEI0iYnYVw Other Sources: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Antonio-Salieri https://www.theguardian.com/music/2003/dec/19/classicalmusicandopera.italy http://www.salieri-online.com/bio1.php https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/06/03/antonio-salieris-revenge https://www.classicfm.com/composers/mozart/guides/did-salieri-murder-mozart-mythbuster/ https://www.musicacademyonline.com/composer/biographies.php?bid=42

At 1 am on December 5 he died suddenly and unexpectedly. His corpse was consecrated in a cheap coffin and brought to the St. Marx Cemetery outside Vienna without any funeral cortege. Only the undertaker kept him company as the corpse, covered in a linen cloth, was lowered into a simple grave with five other deceased. The exact spot remains unknown. A monument, erected many years after his death at St. Marx Cemetery, commemorates the great composer and musician. Sources for this episode: Apollo et Hyacinthus, Mozart’s First opera: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-g7-7zPZDr0 K.397, Fantasia in D minor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BkZ8ci8_k4 The Magic Flute – Queen of the Night aria https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuBeBjqKSGQ Mozart - Don Giovanni - complete https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aL2VdxseTvE Mozart Piano concerto no 27 in B flat major, KV 595 Trevor Pinnock https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idvrich2Tyw Other Sources: https://www.biography.com/musician/wolfgang-mozart https://www.britannica.com/biography/Wolfgang-Amadeus-Mozart https://www.classicfm.com/composers/mozart/ https://www.classicfm.com/composers/mozart/pictures/mozarts-15-birthday-facts/ http://www.mozart.com/

Why is a symphony different from a concerto?  Do you know the answer to this? I do, do you? I have created a YouTube channel for this podcast, so if you want nothing to happen, then just ignore it. But, if you go the Exploring Classical Music YouTube Channel and comment your answers, then absolutely nothing will happen. It’s your choice! Sources for this episode: Mozart - Symphony No. 25 in G minor, K. 183 [complete] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNeirjA65Dk Mozart, Piano Sonata in C major, No 16, K 545, Allegro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNbqRC4xtEg Other Sources: https://www.classicfm.com/discover-music/periods-genres/classical/classical-music-beginners-guide/ https://courses.lumenlearning.com/musicappreciation_with_theory/chapter/overview-of-the-classical-era/ https://www.classicalmpr.org/story/2014/08/11/the-classical-era-on-learning-to-listen https://www.britannica.com/art/musical-composition/The-Classical-period https://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/view/document/obo-9780199757824/obo-9780199757824-0128.xml https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zthrcdm/revision/2 https://www.wqxr.org/story/what-are-four-movements-symphony/

Today we will explore a life of an unusual person – someone who challenged the paradigms of his time, someone who spent 30 days in jail for quitting his job, someone who gave up comfortable living for his kids, someone who was forgotten for 100 years after his death.  Sources for this Episode: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Johann-Sebastian-Bach https://www.classicfm.com/composers/bach/ https://www.biography.com/musician/johann-sebastian-bach http://www.baroquemusic.org/biojsbach.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6vF9owrxMo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2i5O923PzeQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipzR9bhei_o

This is when the belief that words are the only communication tools was no longer accepted. Music was in its very development and overtime proved to be just as effective as words and sentences. Sources for this Episode: https://www.classicfm.com/discover-music/periods-genres/baroque/baroque-music-beginners-guide/ https://www.baroque.org/baroque/whatis http://www.operafolio.com/list_of_operas.asp?n=George_Frideric_Handel https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/z2mv34j/revision/2 https://www.naxos.com/education/music_instruments.asp https://www.classicfm.com/discover-music/instruments/organ/ http://www.ciocm.org/history-of-the-organ?language=en_CA& https://www.theopera101.com/operaabc/history/ https://www.liveabout.com/history-of-the-fugue-2456371 https://wmich.edu/mus-gened/mus150/BaroqueDances.htm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGQLXRTl3Z0

This episode is an introduction to classical music – we explore the various eras of music development and briefly talk about why they even exist! Exploring Classical Music is a place for you to dive into the world of art. In this podcast, we explore the history of classical music, biographies of the greatest composers, musical masterpieces, and even legends! Sources used for this episode: https://www.musicnotes.com/now/news/musical-periods-the-history-of-classical-music/ https://www.classicfm.com/discover-music/periods-genres/renaissance/ https://www.classicfm.com/discover-music/periods-genres/baroque/baroque-music-beginners-guide/