Robert Greenberg·Aug 18, 2020Dr. Bob Prescribes Siegfried IdyllYesterday’s Music History Monday marked the 144th anniversary of the premiere of Richard Wagner’s music drama Götterdämmerung (“The…
Robert Greenberg·Aug 12, 2020Dr. Bob Prescribes: Mozart, Symphony in C major, “Jupiter”, K. 551Nicknames. We turn to that paragon of informational accuracy, Wikipedia, for the following definition of the word “nickname”:
Robert Greenberg·Jul 28, 2020Dr. Bob Prescribes Ferruccio Busoni: Fantasia ContrappuntisticaYesterday’s Music History Monday post marked the death on July 27, 1924 of the musical polymath Ferruccio Busoni (1866–1924). Today’s Dr…
Robert Greenberg·Jul 7, 2020Dr. Bob Prescribes Louis ArmstrongThe often-told story of Louis Armstrong’s early life has passed into American legend, an early twentieth century Horatio Alger-styled tale…
Robert Greenberg·Jun 30, 2020Dr. Bob Prescribes Paderewski: Piano Concerto in A minor, OP. 17 (1888)Relatively late pianistic bloomer though he may have been, when Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1860–1941) performed, audiences went wild. It’s no…
Robert Greenberg·Jun 23, 2020Dr. Bob Prescribes Mahler, Symphony №3Mahler composed the great bulk of his Symphony №3 during the summers of 1895 and 1896. (Mahler was a “summer break” composer, who had to…
Robert Greenberg·Jun 9, 2020Dr. Bob Prescribes Flamenco“Flamenco” is a genre of Spanish song and dance that originated in the southern Spanish region of Andalucía. It is an utterly remarkable…
Robert Greenberg·Jun 2, 2020Dr. Bob Prescribes Robert HelpsI will be forgiven, please, the overtly autobiographical nature of todays post.
Robert Greenberg·May 26, 2020Dr. Bob Prescribes Beethoven Piano Concerto WoO 4What a birthday rip-off.
