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Stefan Israel
Jun 24, 20192 min read
The Siegfried Idyll gift
In honor of his son's third birthday, Wagner wrote an Idyll. Learn the story behind its first performance.
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Stefan Israel
Apr 22, 20193 min read
O du lieber Augustin
This simple song is said to date back to 1679 in Vienna, Austria - Marx Augustin was a cheery, popular balladeer and bag-piper of the time
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Stefan Israel
Feb 20, 20194 min read
Glimpses of the Catastrophe of 1914/1918
In reaction to the horrific killing burning across Europe, in 1916, Danish composer Carl Nielsen wrote the Inextinguishable, meaning the 
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