About organists, past and present.
The Iberian organ repertoire is some of the most overlooked in all of organ music. This could be for a variety of reasons, including the relatively traditional structures of the pieces as well as the incompatibility of the modern organ to play this music well. However, the few people who are familiar with this music…
Late romantic composer Max Reger was admired by composers like Schoenberg, and was one of the greatest composers of the German organ tradition. His music has always been very controversial. Paul Rosenfeld reviewed Reger’s music, writing, “His works … are like mathematical problems and solutions, sheer brain-spun and unlyrical.” He even went on to call…
Franz Liszt is a name that strikes fear in the hearts of pianists. His incredibly difficult and virtuosic works for piano are major milestones in piano repertoire, even when compared to some contemporary pieces of music. Hungarian composer Franz Liszt was born in 1811. He was one of the major composers of the Romantic period,…