Editor’s note: In our last issue Charles Beare introduced the world to Micky White’s exciting research on Vivaldi and the Hospedale della Pietà in Venice, which Vivaldi led for a time. When Micky White heard how enthusiastically our readers responded, she quickly agreed to give us more, and Soundpost Online sincerely thanks her for this […]
Vienna to Auschwitz A Biography of Alma Rosé
Winter
Instead of the whole, the consummated, of which I dreamed, I leave patchwork, the incomplete, as man is fated to do…I meant well and aimed at high goals. Not always could my efforts be crowned with success… But I have always given my all and have subordinated my person to the cause, my inclinations to […]
Music as Healer, Music as Teacher
FallThe following personal account first appeared in Salon on September 25, 2001, and is reprinted here with the permission of the author. Although it has been widely circulated since its publication, it remains a strong statement about grim realities and the power of music to transform and transcend. Yesterday, Sept. 15 [2001], I had probably […]
Giovanni Battista Guadagnini, by Duane Rosengard The Life and Achievement of a Master Maker of Violins
Winter
When Ernest Doring’s The Guadagnini Family of Violin Makers was published in 1949 it was a watershed event. At the time relatively few books were available on the subject of master violin makers. The Guadagnini family had not yet commanded the full attention of those who were researching and writing about the classic luthiers. Doring’s […]
Tree Ring Circus The "Messiah" Controversy Rages On
FallAs the legend goes, this most perfectly preserved example of Antonio Stradivari’s output was retained by the master until his death in 1737. Purportedly the violin remained in the Stradivari estate until it was sold along with other instruments and numerous Stradivari workshop relics in 1775 by Paolo Stradivari, the last surviving son of Antonio […]