Ari’s granddaughter was very kind to share in a comment what she knows about him and I feel obliged to answer her. First of all, thanks, Jessica! I know how difficult is today to find out what really happened and especially when there is often more than one version of some events. What you wrote […]
…Daniel Steibelt (1765-1823)! I admit that it was a difficult quiz, as there are no recordings of his music, except only one sonata. But Georgi was very close with his guess-congratulations! (And I also would like to thank Acnapyx and Michel for their participation.) What I really wished is to show that the “charlatans” can […]
Before I begin to write about another forgotten composer, one more representative of the departing 18th and beginning 19th century, I would like to propose a small quiz: an excerpt from one of his piano sonatas. A little hint is offered – he is often (even by honorable scholars) branded as a charlatan: Sonata c […]
Lately in a private conversation Snezhina Tchelebieva, a well-known Bulgarian actress and reciter mentioned how quickly an actor’s life goes on and how even quicker he gets forgotten. I would add – same applies to a musician as well. So even though there is enough biographical information about the members of “Comedian Harmonists” on the […]
In fact the “Comedian Harmonists” took an example from an already existing model “The Revelers”, an American group, created exactly 85 years ago, on 30th of November 1924. It seems that “they all made solo records as well and recorded in various combinations as vocalists with dance bands, often uncredited“. “The Revelers” with “Was it […]