Richard Strauss created sounds for the orchestra never heard before. In his splashy, dramatic, and emotionally charged tone poems, he makes the orchestra shine and gleam in ways no one else can. In ...

Third stage, maturity, is symbolized by a child. Not hung up on shoulds, not angering in rebellion, having successfully made ...

When a rising conductor is called upon to step in at the last moment to perform with a major orchestra, there’s always a sense of drama. In the case of the 27-year-old American conductor Maurice Cohn, ...

This lecture reconsiders Mahler’s evolving reception of Nietzsche, focusing on the long-term impact of the philosopher’s break with Wagner. The release in April 1878 of Menschliches, Allzumenschliches ...

Nihilist. Religious denier. Reformed romantic. Inspiration for entrepreneurs? Turns out, you can learn a lot about running a business from Friedrich Nietzsche, the German philosopher and philologist ...