Classical Byways
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Most classical radio stations run off a repertoire of around 50-100 composers. We’re here to explore the rest. Composers who have fallen from fashion, works that are played less often…
Find us at https://classicalbyways.substack.com
Find us at https://classicalbyways.substack.com
Coming up this week music and bios on
Giovanni #Bottesini
Francois #Boieldieu
Piotr of #Grudziadz
A quick tour via Milan, Rouen and the Polish city of Gruziadz
And you can still catch Danish composer Otto Makling
All at
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Giovanni #Bottesini
Francois #Boieldieu
Piotr of #Grudziadz
A quick tour via Milan, Rouen and the Polish city of Gruziadz
And you can still catch Danish composer Otto Makling
All at
classicalbyways.substack.com
Classical byways | Somerset Confidential | Substack
A trip down the backwaters and along the byways of classical music. Click to read Classical byways, by Somerset Confidential, a Substack publication. Launched 7 months ago.
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June 22, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Coming up this week music and bios on
Giovanni #Bottesini
Francois #Boieldieu
Piotr of #Grudziadz
A quick tour via Milan, Rouen and the Polish city of Gruziadz
And you can still catch Danish composer Otto Makling
All at
classicalbyways.substack.com
Giovanni #Bottesini
Francois #Boieldieu
Piotr of #Grudziadz
A quick tour via Milan, Rouen and the Polish city of Gruziadz
And you can still catch Danish composer Otto Makling
All at
classicalbyways.substack.com
This week don’t miss our piece on the 18th century female composer Franciscan #Danzi
And later this week we have Nicolas #Vallet, Giacomo #Perti and Martin-Joseph #Mengal
All legends of their time
Brief bios and musical selection for each composer
classicalbyways.substack.com/p/franziska-...
And later this week we have Nicolas #Vallet, Giacomo #Perti and Martin-Joseph #Mengal
All legends of their time
Brief bios and musical selection for each composer
classicalbyways.substack.com/p/franziska-...
Franziska Dorothea Danzi
1756-1791
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June 10, 2025 at 9:03 AM
This week don’t miss our piece on the 18th century female composer Franciscan #Danzi
And later this week we have Nicolas #Vallet, Giacomo #Perti and Martin-Joseph #Mengal
All legends of their time
Brief bios and musical selection for each composer
classicalbyways.substack.com/p/franziska-...
And later this week we have Nicolas #Vallet, Giacomo #Perti and Martin-Joseph #Mengal
All legends of their time
Brief bios and musical selection for each composer
classicalbyways.substack.com/p/franziska-...
Don't miss today's composer Daniel da #Barba classicalbyways.substack.com/p/daniel-pio...
Coming up over the next few days we will be featuring:
Rebikov
Fiala
Paer
For each composer you'll find a brief biography and a sample of their music.
There's more to classical than Classic FM!!
Coming up over the next few days we will be featuring:
Rebikov
Fiala
Paer
For each composer you'll find a brief biography and a sample of their music.
There's more to classical than Classic FM!!
Daniel Pio Dal Barba
1715-1801
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May 13, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Don't miss today's composer Daniel da #Barba classicalbyways.substack.com/p/daniel-pio...
Coming up over the next few days we will be featuring:
Rebikov
Fiala
Paer
For each composer you'll find a brief biography and a sample of their music.
There's more to classical than Classic FM!!
Coming up over the next few days we will be featuring:
Rebikov
Fiala
Paer
For each composer you'll find a brief biography and a sample of their music.
There's more to classical than Classic FM!!
If you've missed some of our regular updates we've set up a new page with all of the #composers we've covered with
the composer's name, dates and the (modern) country in which they were born.
Each has a link to the page where we featured them:
classicalbyways.substack.com/p/composers
the composer's name, dates and the (modern) country in which they were born.
Each has a link to the page where we featured them:
classicalbyways.substack.com/p/composers
Composers
Over time we’ll cover lots of composers.
classicalbyways.substack.com
March 16, 2025 at 8:58 AM
If you've missed some of our regular updates we've set up a new page with all of the #composers we've covered with
the composer's name, dates and the (modern) country in which they were born.
Each has a link to the page where we featured them:
classicalbyways.substack.com/p/composers
the composer's name, dates and the (modern) country in which they were born.
Each has a link to the page where we featured them:
classicalbyways.substack.com/p/composers
After today's offering of the persecuted Lucrezia Vizzani (surely the composer with the most z's in their name?!) we have Sigismun Thalberg and Charles Marie Vidor coming up.
To listen to their music and find out more, pop along to classicalbyways.substack.com
Classical music roads less travelled
To listen to their music and find out more, pop along to classicalbyways.substack.com
Classical music roads less travelled
Classical byways | Somerset Confidential | Substack
A trip down the backwaters and along the byways of classical music. Click to read Classical byways, by Somerset Confidential, a Substack publication. Launched 4 months ago.
classicalbyways.substack.com
March 12, 2025 at 1:45 PM
After today's offering of the persecuted Lucrezia Vizzani (surely the composer with the most z's in their name?!) we have Sigismun Thalberg and Charles Marie Vidor coming up.
To listen to their music and find out more, pop along to classicalbyways.substack.com
Classical music roads less travelled
To listen to their music and find out more, pop along to classicalbyways.substack.com
Classical music roads less travelled
Coming up in the next few days on Classical Byways, music by and notes on:
John Sheppard
Florian Deller
Emilie Mayer
Today we have a sample of chamber music by Gustaf Hägg
To listen in and read about these composers, go to:
classicalbyways.substack.com
It is all free and we update every other day
John Sheppard
Florian Deller
Emilie Mayer
Today we have a sample of chamber music by Gustaf Hägg
To listen in and read about these composers, go to:
classicalbyways.substack.com
It is all free and we update every other day
Classical byways | Somerset Confidential | Substack
A trip down the backwaters and along the byways of classical music. Click to read Classical byways, by Somerset Confidential, a Substack publication. Launched 4 months ago.
classicalbyways.substack.com
February 27, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Coming up in the next few days on Classical Byways, music by and notes on:
John Sheppard
Florian Deller
Emilie Mayer
Today we have a sample of chamber music by Gustaf Hägg
To listen in and read about these composers, go to:
classicalbyways.substack.com
It is all free and we update every other day
John Sheppard
Florian Deller
Emilie Mayer
Today we have a sample of chamber music by Gustaf Hägg
To listen in and read about these composers, go to:
classicalbyways.substack.com
It is all free and we update every other day
Today we feature Rachmaninoff, not an unknown but one of his lesser known pieces.
Coming up over the next few days:
John Plummer
Fanny (not Felix) Mendelssohn
Antonio Brioschi and Sylvius Weiss
If that all sounds intriguing why not subscribe - its all free!
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Coming up over the next few days:
John Plummer
Fanny (not Felix) Mendelssohn
Antonio Brioschi and Sylvius Weiss
If that all sounds intriguing why not subscribe - its all free!
classicalbyways.substack.com/subscribe
Subscribe to Classical byways
A trip down the backwaters and along the byways of classical music. Click to read Classical byways, by Somerset Confidential, a Substack publication. Launched 3 months ago.
classicalbyways.substack.com
February 4, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Today we feature Rachmaninoff, not an unknown but one of his lesser known pieces.
Coming up over the next few days:
John Plummer
Fanny (not Felix) Mendelssohn
Antonio Brioschi and Sylvius Weiss
If that all sounds intriguing why not subscribe - its all free!
classicalbyways.substack.com/subscribe
Coming up over the next few days:
John Plummer
Fanny (not Felix) Mendelssohn
Antonio Brioschi and Sylvius Weiss
If that all sounds intriguing why not subscribe - its all free!
classicalbyways.substack.com/subscribe
Today we have some music from the grandly named #Napoleon #Reber. Poor chap!
Find out more here:
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Coming up over the next few days:
#desPrez
#Heinichen
#Plummer
#Rachmaninoff
Find out more here:
classicalbyways.substack.com
Subscribe for free (no credit card needed)
Coming up over the next few days:
#desPrez
#Heinichen
#Plummer
#Rachmaninoff
Classical byways | Somerset Confidential | Substack
A trip down the backwaters and along the byways of classical music. Click to read Classical byways, by Somerset Confidential, a Substack publication. Launched 3 months ago.
classicalbyways.substack.com
January 29, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Today we have some music from the grandly named #Napoleon #Reber. Poor chap!
Find out more here:
classicalbyways.substack.com
Subscribe for free (no credit card needed)
Coming up over the next few days:
#desPrez
#Heinichen
#Plummer
#Rachmaninoff
Find out more here:
classicalbyways.substack.com
Subscribe for free (no credit card needed)
Coming up over the next few days:
#desPrez
#Heinichen
#Plummer
#Rachmaninoff
Comin up in the next week we have pieces by #Galuppi #Vieuxtemps #Reber and #DesPrez
What do they have in common?
All too rarely heard in the concert hall these days. We publish a new piece around every 2 days.
To take a look at what we've done so far:
classicalbyways.substack.com
What do they have in common?
All too rarely heard in the concert hall these days. We publish a new piece around every 2 days.
To take a look at what we've done so far:
classicalbyways.substack.com
Classical byways | Somerset Confidential | Substack
A trip down the backwaters and along the byways of classical music. Click to read Classical byways, by Somerset Confidential, a Substack publication. Launched 3 months ago.
classicalbyways.substack.com
January 24, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Comin up in the next week we have pieces by #Galuppi #Vieuxtemps #Reber and #DesPrez
What do they have in common?
All too rarely heard in the concert hall these days. We publish a new piece around every 2 days.
To take a look at what we've done so far:
classicalbyways.substack.com
What do they have in common?
All too rarely heard in the concert hall these days. We publish a new piece around every 2 days.
To take a look at what we've done so far:
classicalbyways.substack.com
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January 23, 2025 at 8:13 AM
You don't have to subscribe to enjoy Classical Byways, but subscriptions are free and you don't need to leave credit card details.
We'd like you to subscribe if possible because it gives us an idea of how many listeners we have!
We'd like you to subscribe if possible because it gives us an idea of how many listeners we have!
We've already clocked up over 50 lesser known composers or less well known pieces by well known composers on Classical Byways.
If you want to take a walk through the list you can do so here:
classicalbyways.substack.com/p/composers
Each composer on the list has a link to the music and bio.
If you want to take a walk through the list you can do so here:
classicalbyways.substack.com/p/composers
Each composer on the list has a link to the music and bio.
Composers
Over time we’ll cover lots of composers.
classicalbyways.substack.com
January 23, 2025 at 8:11 AM
We've already clocked up over 50 lesser known composers or less well known pieces by well known composers on Classical Byways.
If you want to take a walk through the list you can do so here:
classicalbyways.substack.com/p/composers
Each composer on the list has a link to the music and bio.
If you want to take a walk through the list you can do so here:
classicalbyways.substack.com/p/composers
Each composer on the list has a link to the music and bio.
This morning on Classical Byways a more modern piece from Russia. One of those compositions you may not have heard of, but it still manages to sound so familiar.
#Myaskovsky
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#Myaskovsky
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Nikolai Myaskovsky
1881 - 1950
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January 23, 2025 at 8:08 AM
This morning on Classical Byways a more modern piece from Russia. One of those compositions you may not have heard of, but it still manages to sound so familiar.
#Myaskovsky
classicalbyways.substack.com/p/nikolai-my...
#Myaskovsky
classicalbyways.substack.com/p/nikolai-my...
In a world full of chaos, deceit and war sometimes the quiet contemplative qualify provided by the #harmony of the human voice can be the #panacea we need.
Today's Classical Byways takes a look at #JeanRichafort, the 15th c #Flemish composer.
classicalbyways.substack.com/p/jean-richa...
Today's Classical Byways takes a look at #JeanRichafort, the 15th c #Flemish composer.
classicalbyways.substack.com/p/jean-richa...
Jean Richafort
1480 - 1547
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January 9, 2025 at 10:14 AM
In a world full of chaos, deceit and war sometimes the quiet contemplative qualify provided by the #harmony of the human voice can be the #panacea we need.
Today's Classical Byways takes a look at #JeanRichafort, the 15th c #Flemish composer.
classicalbyways.substack.com/p/jean-richa...
Today's Classical Byways takes a look at #JeanRichafort, the 15th c #Flemish composer.
classicalbyways.substack.com/p/jean-richa...
This morning we have a piece from Pavel #Chesnokov featuring some amazing #bass voices
Unusual but mesmerising
classicalbyways.substack.com/p/pavel-ches...
Unusual but mesmerising
classicalbyways.substack.com/p/pavel-ches...
Pavel Chesnokov
1877 - 1944
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January 3, 2025 at 8:05 AM
This morning we have a piece from Pavel #Chesnokov featuring some amazing #bass voices
Unusual but mesmerising
classicalbyways.substack.com/p/pavel-ches...
Unusual but mesmerising
classicalbyways.substack.com/p/pavel-ches...
#TombTuesday the grave of Sergei Lyapunov, Russian emigre composer buried in Paris at Batignolles Cemetery
December 31, 2024 at 10:07 AM
#TombTuesday the grave of Sergei Lyapunov, Russian emigre composer buried in Paris at Batignolles Cemetery
To start the New Year we have planned music and bios for Jean #Richafort, Pavel #Chesnokov, Jan #Oehlschlagel, Petronio #Franceschini and Karel #Kohaut.
But to quote Eric Morecombe - not necessarily in that order. Some phenomenal music!
Have a listen:
classicalbyways.substack.com/p/sergei-lya...
But to quote Eric Morecombe - not necessarily in that order. Some phenomenal music!
Have a listen:
classicalbyways.substack.com/p/sergei-lya...
Kit Chapman on Classical byways
If I had been listening to this blind, I might have identified the composer as George Butterworth. Anyway, I loved it. Thank you, Andrew …
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December 31, 2024 at 9:49 AM
To start the New Year we have planned music and bios for Jean #Richafort, Pavel #Chesnokov, Jan #Oehlschlagel, Petronio #Franceschini and Karel #Kohaut.
But to quote Eric Morecombe - not necessarily in that order. Some phenomenal music!
Have a listen:
classicalbyways.substack.com/p/sergei-lya...
But to quote Eric Morecombe - not necessarily in that order. Some phenomenal music!
Have a listen:
classicalbyways.substack.com/p/sergei-lya...
Todays offering here:
classicalbyways.substack.com/p/helene-rie...
There’s a brief bio and a sample of music to listen to.
Try something different….
classicalbyways.substack.com/p/helene-rie...
There’s a brief bio and a sample of music to listen to.
Try something different….
Sign in to Classical byways
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December 26, 2024 at 11:36 AM
Todays offering here:
classicalbyways.substack.com/p/helene-rie...
There’s a brief bio and a sample of music to listen to.
Try something different….
classicalbyways.substack.com/p/helene-rie...
There’s a brief bio and a sample of music to listen to.
Try something different….
Here’s our latest offering:
classicalbyways.substack.com/p/johann-hei...
Each post follows the same format, the composer, their dates, a few biographical details and then a link to s piece of music to try.
Have a go and tell us why you think
classicalbyways.substack.com/p/johann-hei...
Each post follows the same format, the composer, their dates, a few biographical details and then a link to s piece of music to try.
Have a go and tell us why you think
Johann Heinrich Schmeltzer
1623 - 1680
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December 23, 2024 at 6:31 PM
Here’s our latest offering:
classicalbyways.substack.com/p/johann-hei...
Each post follows the same format, the composer, their dates, a few biographical details and then a link to s piece of music to try.
Have a go and tell us why you think
classicalbyways.substack.com/p/johann-hei...
Each post follows the same format, the composer, their dates, a few biographical details and then a link to s piece of music to try.
Have a go and tell us why you think