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July 20

Week 845: “Notturno in G Minor” by Fanny Mendelssohn

Fanny Mendelssohn’s musical talent was obvious from a very young age. Privileged by her wealthy…

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March 9

Week 513: “The Swan” by Camille Saint-Saens

One of Camille Saint-Saens’ best-loved works is his 1886 suite, The Carnival of the Animals.…

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November 4

Week 495: “Impromptu V” by Jean Sibelius

It’s tempting to look at the lives of composers and turn them into parables. Mozart’s…

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May 20

Week 471: “Child Falling Asleep” by Robert Schumann

Robert Schumann’s lifelong struggle with mental and physical illness has been written about and analyzed…

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February 4

Week 456: “Une Larme” by Modest Mussorgsky

Of all the human body’s processes, crying has to be one of the weirdest. It…

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September 10

Week 435: “Brahms Intermezzo” by Joshua Spacht

It might be a bit of a stretch, but I’m going for it: Johannes Brahms…

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June 18

Week 423: Passepied (Debussy) by Punch Brothers

Despite being contemporaries, Debussy and Tchaikovsky were different in many ways. Tchaikovsky, older by 22…

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April 17

Week 362: “Prelude No. 3, Op. 17” by Alexander Scriabin

I think one of the big mistakes we often make when setting goals or making…

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November 23

Week 289: “Moonlight Sonata” by Ludwig Van Beethoven

On top of being one of the greatest composers of all time, Beethoven might take…

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August 10

Week 274: “Andante Cantabile” by Pyotr Ilych Tchaikovsky

One of the most popular games to play when analyzing the career of a troubled…

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March 23

Week 254: “The Rustle of Spring” by Christian Sinding

Some waterfalls only exist for a few weeks each year. There are several of these…

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January 19

Week 245: “The Miller and the Brook” by Franz Schubert

Classical composers were dying young way before rock stars made it cool. Mozart famously (and…

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November 10

Week 235: “Abendlied” by Josef Rheinberger

I’ve got nothing against parties, nightclubs, pub crawls, or any event that involves a lot…

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July 28

Week 220: “Liebst Du Um Schonheit” by Clara Schumann

Clara Wieck’s father Friedrich decided that she was going to be a musician well before…

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June 2

Week 212: “Prelude #1” by Charles-Valentin Alkan

Alkan was a piano superstar in Paris at the same time as his good friends…

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January 13

Week 192: “Nocturne no. 10” by John Field

Of all the composers who wrote nocturnes, the most overlooked is probably John Field. Which…

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August 26

Week 172: “Symphony #1 in E flat major, Op. 28 – 3. Quasi Fantasia (Grave)” by Max Bruch

As well as looking strikingly similar to the cover art of an Iron & Wine…

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June 17

Week 162: “The Death Of Ase” by Edvard Grieg

Most of the time, procrastination is a bad thing. But I’d like to suggest that…

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April 30

Week 103: “Symphony No. 9, II: Largo” by Antonin Dvorak

At some point, as the 1800s became the 1900s, the lion’s share of the world’s…

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August 22

Week 67: “Gymnopédie #1” by Erik Satie

Erik Satie was a tragically romantic figure. For starters, he lived in Paris in the…

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