Music History Monday: To the memory of an Angel
Music History Monday - A podcast by Robert Greenberg
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We mark the posthumous premiere on April 19, 1936 – 85 years ago today - of Alban Berg’s breathtaking Violin Concerto. Its score bears a double dedication: “To Louis Krasner” (1903-1995; Krasner was the violinist who commissioned and premiered the concerto) and “To the Memory of an Angel” (the significance of which will be explained in due time).