Love Stories of Classical Composers, Love Life of Classical Composers | Interlude an exclusive Classical Music e-Magazine Sun, 04 Jan 2026 12:43:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 Seven Composers Who Married Their Students https://interlude.hk/seven-composers-who-married-their-students/ https://interlude.hk/seven-composers-who-married-their-students/#respond Sat, 10 Jan 2026 16:01:10 +0000 https://interlude.hk/?p=143452 Throughout classical music history, ostensibly professional relationships between teachers and students have sometimes turned romantic. Some of the resulting marriages ended up being loving, long-lasting partnerships built on deep mutual admiration and respect. Others curdled rapidly due to destructive power

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]]> https://interlude.hk/seven-composers-who-married-their-students/feed/ 0 Peter Burra: How a Critic’s Tragic Death Helped Benjamin Britten Find the Love of His Life https://interlude.hk/peter-burra-how-a-critics-tragic-death-helped-benjamin-britten-find-the-love-of-his-life/ https://interlude.hk/peter-burra-how-a-critics-tragic-death-helped-benjamin-britten-find-the-love-of-his-life/#respond Thu, 08 Jan 2026 16:10:11 +0000 https://interlude.hk/?p=143437 In the 1930s, Peter Burra was a rising star in British letters. But his death at the age of twenty-seven in an airplane crash brought those hopes to a sudden, violent end. Though Burra’s life was cut tragically short, his

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]]> https://interlude.hk/peter-burra-how-a-critics-tragic-death-helped-benjamin-britten-find-the-love-of-his-life/feed/ 0 Brahms’s Last Love? Meet Alice Barbi, Musical Genius https://interlude.hk/brahmss-last-love-meet-alice-barbi-musical-genius/ https://interlude.hk/brahmss-last-love-meet-alice-barbi-musical-genius/#respond Tue, 18 Nov 2025 16:43:49 +0000 https://interlude.hk/?p=141976 Composer Johannes Brahms was famous for being a prickly, sarcastic bachelor. However, despite his gruff exterior, he did harbour tender feelings for a number of women throughout his life. Many of the women he fell for were musically talented. Mezzo-soprano

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]]> https://interlude.hk/brahmss-last-love-meet-alice-barbi-musical-genius/feed/ 0 Untangling Hearts Klaus Mäkelä and Yuja Wang https://interlude.hk/untangling-hearts-klaus-makela-and-yuja-wang/ https://interlude.hk/untangling-hearts-klaus-makela-and-yuja-wang/#comments Thu, 23 Jan 2025 16:59:49 +0000 https://interlude.hk/?p=134002 In the world of classical music, where precision, passion, and elegance reign supreme, the drama offstage can often rival the intensity of the performances themselves. Enter the unexpected and electrifying love story of two of the genre’s brightest stars: Chinese

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]]> https://interlude.hk/untangling-hearts-klaus-makela-and-yuja-wang/feed/ 1 The Top Ten Loves of Franz Liszt’s Life https://interlude.hk/the-top-ten-loves-of-franz-liszts-life/ https://interlude.hk/the-top-ten-loves-of-franz-liszts-life/#comments Wed, 09 Oct 2024 16:38:58 +0000 https://interlude.hk/?p=131543 Women loved Franz Liszt, and Franz Liszt loved women. The pianist and composer is almost as famous for his love life and his effect on women as his music-making. Today we’re looking at ten of the most intense love affairs

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]]> https://interlude.hk/the-top-ten-loves-of-franz-liszts-life/feed/ 2 Mathilde Schoenberg and Richard Gerstl Muse and Femme Fatale https://interlude.hk/mathilde-schoenberg-and-richard-gerstl-muse-and-femme-fatale/ https://interlude.hk/mathilde-schoenberg-and-richard-gerstl-muse-and-femme-fatale/#comments Sat, 20 Jul 2024 16:17:17 +0000 https://interlude.hk/?p=129718 There has been some speculation that the doomed love affair between the young and brilliant painter Richard Gerstl and Mathilde Schoenberg—mother of two and wife to Arnold Schoenberg—served as a catalyst for the composer’s historic leap towards atonality. While such

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]]> https://interlude.hk/mathilde-schoenberg-and-richard-gerstl-muse-and-femme-fatale/feed/ 2 Louis Spohr and Marianne Pfeiffer Magic for Violin and Piano https://interlude.hk/louis-spohr-and-marianne-pfeiffer-magic-for-violin-and-piano/ https://interlude.hk/louis-spohr-and-marianne-pfeiffer-magic-for-violin-and-piano/#respond Sat, 24 Feb 2024 16:34:21 +0000 https://interlude.hk/?p=126877 Louis Spohr’s marriage to Dorette Scheidler, and their subsequent residence in the town of Kassel marked an important turning point in Spohr’s creative life. Although he was at the height of his powers as a violinist, he devoted an increasing

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]]> https://interlude.hk/louis-spohr-and-marianne-pfeiffer-magic-for-violin-and-piano/feed/ 0 Louis Spohr and Dorette Scheidler Magic for Violin and Harp https://interlude.hk/louis-spohr-and-dorette-scheidler-magic-for-violin-and-harp/ https://interlude.hk/louis-spohr-and-dorette-scheidler-magic-for-violin-and-harp/#respond Sat, 17 Feb 2024 17:01:19 +0000 https://interlude.hk/?p=126758 We all have the image of the suffering and tormented artist in our minds. Constantly in money troubles and frequently neglecting personal hygiene, such artistic geniuses are all alone in a shallow world that does not understand nor appreciate them.

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]]> https://interlude.hk/louis-spohr-and-dorette-scheidler-magic-for-violin-and-harp/feed/ 0 Zdeněk Fibich’s Erotic Diary: Moods, Impressions and Reminiscences https://interlude.hk/zdenek-fibichs-erotic-diary-moods-impressions-and-reminiscences/ https://interlude.hk/zdenek-fibichs-erotic-diary-moods-impressions-and-reminiscences/#comments Tue, 13 Feb 2024 16:10:05 +0000 https://interlude.hk/?p=126706 A Musical Journey of Passion and Obsession Valentine’s Day is here, and love is once again in the air. While I hope that I will get lots of chocolates and flowers this year, I am also intrigued by how love,

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]]> https://interlude.hk/zdenek-fibichs-erotic-diary-moods-impressions-and-reminiscences/feed/ 1 Hedda Gabler: Manuscript on fire! Johan Svendsen and Sarah Levett https://interlude.hk/hedda-gabler-manuscript-on-fire-johan-svendsen-and-sarah-levett/ https://interlude.hk/hedda-gabler-manuscript-on-fire-johan-svendsen-and-sarah-levett/#comments Mon, 14 Aug 2023 16:55:40 +0000 https://interlude.hk/?p=121777 The play Hedda Gabler, written by the great Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen premiered in 1891. It details Hedda’s struggles as a newlywed with an existence she finds devoid of excitement and enchantment. She is the daughter of an aristocratic general

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