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<urlset xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9" xmlns:image="http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap-image/1.1" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9 http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9/sitemap.xsd"><url><loc>https://classicalmusings.com/2024/02/11/richard-wagners-die-walkure/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/wotans-goodbye.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Wotan's goodbye</image:title><image:caption>But we will ‘meat’ again!</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/ride-of-the-valkyries.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Ride of the Valkyries</image:title><image:caption>Fresh meat for Walhalla!</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/lillian-nordica-brunnhilde.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Lillian Nordica Brunnhilde</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/siegmund-dies.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Siegmund dies</image:title><image:caption>Felled like an ox!</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/fricka-approaches.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Fricka approaches</image:title><image:caption>You might say she ‘has a beef’ with Wotan.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/siegmund-and-sieglinde.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Siegmund and Sieglinde</image:title><image:caption>Where meat broth reigns, there are no sins of the flesh.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/siegmund-drinking.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Siegmund drinking</image:title><image:caption>As depicted in this print from 1889, which came with a bottle of meat broth. Imagine children nagging their parents into buying more broth so they can complete their Walküre collection – then fruitlessly try to convince me this is the best time to be alive.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2025-05-27T12:28:50+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://classicalmusings.com/2025/05/16/richard-wagners-siegfried/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/siegfried-wakes-brunnhilde.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Siegfried wakes Brunnhilde</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/mime-and-young-siegfried.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Mime and young Siegfried</image:title><image:caption>Rest in peace, you repulsive but diligent imp.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/wotan-stops-siegfried.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Wotan stops Siegfried</image:title><image:caption>“You shall … pass.”</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/siegfried-slays-fafner.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Siegfried slays Fafner</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/wagner-rage.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Wagner rage</image:title><image:caption>THEN WHAT WAS THE POINT OF YOUR ENTIRE WARNING SPEECH?!</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/wotan-the-wanderer.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Wotan the wanderer</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/modern-mime.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Wagner modern Mime</image:title><image:caption>What an embarrassment.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/siegfried-and-bear.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Siegfried and bear</image:title><image:caption>That’s right, a bear!</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/he-man-siegfried.png</image:loc><image:title>He-Man Siegfried</image:title><image:caption>Behold, the man of the future.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2025-05-17T09:09:40+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://classicalmusings.com/contact-%e2%94%82-classical-musings/</loc><lastmod>2025-01-24T08:12:23+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://classicalmusings.com/about-%e2%94%82-classical-musings/</loc><lastmod>2025-01-24T08:11:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://classicalmusings.com/2024/12/27/best-classical-music-2024/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/violin-concerto-benjamin-britten.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Violin concerto Benjamin Britten</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/poulenc.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Poulenc piano concerto</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/sergey-taneyev-portrait.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Sergey Taneyev portrait</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/sergey-taneyev.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Sergey Taneyev</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/saturday-night-fiedler.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Saturday Night Fiedler</image:title><image:caption>Good times, but not to be revived.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/strike-the-viol.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Strike the viol</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/tuba-mirum-mozart.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Tuba mirum mozart</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/at-the-purchasers-option.jpg</image:loc><image:title>At the purchaser's option</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/a-ballet-through-mud.jpg</image:loc><image:title>A ballet through mud</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/haydn-symphony-98.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Haydn symphony 98</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2024-12-27T09:15:23+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://classicalmusings.com/2022/03/17/mass-in-time-of-war-by-haydn/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/haydn-dona-nobis-pacem-3.png</image:loc><image:title>Haydn dona nobis pacem 3</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/haydn-dona-nobis-pacem_2.png</image:loc><image:title>Haydn dona nobis pacem_2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/haydn-dona-nobis-pacem.png</image:loc><image:title>Haydn dona nobis pacem</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/haydns-mass-in-time-of-war.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Haydn's Mass in time of war</image:title><image:caption>Bombardment of Vienna on May 12, 1809. Haydn’s house was in one of the suburbs.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-10-11T10:33:28+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://classicalmusings.com/2024/09/20/who-invented-classical-music/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/joseph-haydn.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Joseph Haydn</image:title><image:caption>“Go on, pull my finger to see what I’m hidin’. Get it? Hidin’?!”</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/the-creation-score.png</image:loc><image:title>The creation score</image:title><image:caption>The creation was also immediately published in a combined German and English edition, to make sure this unique work could be instantly appreciated by the whole ‘civilized world’ – naturally excluding the French.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/hours-per-composer.png</image:loc><image:title>Hours per composer</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/absurd-album-cover.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Absurd album cover</image:title><image:caption>Here’s a splendid album cover to lighten the mood.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/haydn-baryton.jpg</image:loc><image:title>baryton</image:title><image:caption>This monstrosity looks like the result of an unfortunate night of passion between a cello and a lute.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/who-invented-classical-music.png</image:loc><image:title>Who invented classical music</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/classical-music_ai.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Classical music_AI</image:title><image:caption>This is how generative AI will take over the world: by putting us to sleep with its wishy-washy word salads.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-09-28T14:52:36+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://classicalmusings.com/2024/04/29/messiaens-turangalila-symphonie-big-beautiful-and-too-long/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/olivier-messiaen.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Olivier Messiaen</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/carrot-cake.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Carrot cake</image:title><image:caption>More recent, in fact, than the invention of carrot cake.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/frasier-hates-mahler.png</image:loc><image:title>Frasier hates Mahler</image:title><image:caption>Although probably not this one.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/mahler-instruments.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Mahler instruments</image:title><image:caption>“Dear Lord, how could I forget the motor horn! Now I have to write another symphony.”</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-04-29T14:43:48+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://classicalmusings.com/2022/11/27/rebecca-clarkes-viola-sonata-classical-musings/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/rebecca-clarke.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Rebecca Clarke</image:title><image:caption>Rebecca Clarke in 1919, the year she wrote her viola sonata.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/rebecca-clarke-viola-sonata.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Rebecca Clarke viola sonata</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2024-04-02T11:53:44+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://classicalmusings.com/2024/01/01/are-these-the-best-classical-tracks-of-2023/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/brahms-piano-concerto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Brahms piano concerto</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/elon-musk.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Elon Musk</image:title><image:caption>Pictured: nothing</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/ein-deutsches-barockrequiem.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Ein Deutsches Barockrequiem</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/johann-hermann-schein.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Johann Hermann Schein</image:title><image:caption>Although he had the hair of a genius. A MAD genius!</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/sacroprofano.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Sacroprofano</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/mon-amant-de-saint-jean.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Mon amant de Saint-Jean</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/anna-meredith.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Anna Meredith</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/bacchanale.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bacchanale</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/haydn_2032_no13.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Haydn_2032_no13</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/barber-piano-sonata.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Barber piano sonata</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2024-01-02T13:59:44+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://classicalmusings.com/2023/10/28/richard-wagners-das-rheingold/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/rheingold-walhalla.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Rheingold Walhalla</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/rheingold-nibelheim.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Rheingold Nibelheim</image:title><image:caption>Pictured: a typical Amazon warehouse</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/rheingold-rhine-maidens.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Rheingold rhine maidens</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/young-and-old-wagner.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Young and old Wagner</image:title><image:caption>Richard Wagner in 1840 and 1871</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/das-rheingold-lp-cover.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Das Rheingold LP cover</image:title><image:caption>Although some album covers might suggest otherwise.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-10-28T12:54:43+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://classicalmusings.com/2023/09/02/erlkonig-by-schubert-the-four-most-haunting-moments/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/erlkonig_father.png</image:loc><image:title>Erlkönig_father</image:title><image:caption>Again, there are two villains in this story.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/erlkonig_opening_2.png</image:loc><image:title>Erlkönig_opening_2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/erlkonig_opening.png</image:loc><image:title>Erlkönig_opening</image:title><image:caption>The notes are Schubert’s handwriting, the blue and red rectangles are made with cutting-edge 21st-century technology. Notice the pp (very soft) marking on the left, which a lot of interpreters discard.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/erlkonig_schubert.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Erlkönig_Schubert</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-09-02T14:35:55+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://classicalmusings.com/2023/04/06/review-a-day-with-suzanne-by-joel-frederiksen/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/a-day-with-suzanne.jpg</image:loc><image:title>a day with suzanne</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/ross-geller.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Ross Geller</image:title><image:caption>My friend’s face when I tell him I quite like The Baroque Beatles.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-04-06T16:21:11+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://classicalmusings.com/2023/02/09/webers-der-freischutz-the-ultimate-german-opera/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/der-freischutz-jacobs.png</image:loc><image:title>Der Freischütz Jacobs</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/der-freischutz-cast.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Der Freischütz cast</image:title><image:caption>The cast of Der Freischütz</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/carl-maria-von-weber.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Öèôðîâàÿ ðåïðîäóêöèÿ íàõîäèòñÿ â èíòåðíåò-ìóçåå Gallerix.ru</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/german-opera-stereotype.jpg</image:loc><image:title>German opera stereotype</image:title><image:caption>Genau.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-02-09T16:53:17+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://classicalmusings.com/2022/12/27/best-classical-music-2022-classical-musings/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/are-these-the-best-classical-tracks-of-2022.png</image:loc><image:title>Are these the best classical tracks of 2022</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/ciacona-secunda.png</image:loc><image:title>Ciacona secunda</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/fantasia-in-f-minor-mozart.png</image:loc><image:title>Fantasia in F minor Mozart</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/abel-selaocoe.png</image:loc><image:title>Abel Selaocoe</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/the-hazelnut-tree.png</image:loc><image:title>The Hazelnut Tree</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/john-williams-berlin-concert.png</image:loc><image:title>John Williams Berlin concert</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/aietta-variata-biber-score.png</image:loc><image:title>Aietta variata biber score</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/arietta-variata-biber.png</image:loc><image:title>Arietta variata Biber</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/poulenc-concerto.png</image:loc><image:title>Poulenc concerto</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/brahms-quintets.png</image:loc><image:title>Brahms quintets</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2022-12-27T08:02:46+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://classicalmusings.com/2022/07/03/review-folk-songs-by-ficino-ensemble-classical-musings/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/cronachdain-suil.png</image:loc><image:title>Cronachdain Suil</image:title><image:caption>She knows why you took so long in the shower this morning.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/folk-songs-ficino-ensemble.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Folk Songs Ficino Ensemble</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2022-07-07T06:28:49+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://classicalmusings.com/2022/02/17/time-to-hit-the-brakes-on-beethoven-a-dive-into-whole-beat-metronome-practice-wbmp/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/wbmp-metronome.jpg</image:loc><image:title>WBMP metronome</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/figuring-out-wbmp.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Figuring out WBMP</image:title><image:caption>Oh come on, it’s not rocket science!</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/hammerklavier-opening.png</image:loc><image:title>Hammerklavier opening</image:title><image:caption>Not that it’s easy at any speed. That opening jump in the left hand is what keeps pianists awake at night.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/whole-beat-discussion.png</image:loc><image:title>Whole-beat discussion</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2025-03-01T15:04:47+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://classicalmusings.com/2022/06/22/music-in-inspector-morse-classical-musings/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/johnlock.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Johnlock</image:title><image:caption>Although nothing on the scale of these two! #johnlock</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/music-inspector-morse-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Music inspector morse</image:title><image:caption>Chief Inspector Morse, looking down on you and everyone else.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/music-inspector-morse.jpg</image:loc><image:title>music-inspector-morse</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/hannibal-lecter.jpg</image:loc><image:title>hannibal-lecter</image:title><image:caption>A typical fan of Bach’s Goldberg Variations</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-06-22T16:45:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://classicalmusings.com/2022/05/05/review-john-williams-the-berlin-concert-classical-musings/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/review-john-williams-berlin-concert.png</image:loc><image:title>Review John Williams Berlin Concert</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/john-williams.jpg</image:loc><image:title>John Williams</image:title><image:caption>John Williams (on the right). Beethoven (on the wall).</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/yoda.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Yoda</image:title><image:caption>“Pseudo-profound Muppet, I am.”</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-06-04T13:59:47+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://classicalmusings.com/2021/10/23/beethoven-and-ai-classical-musings/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/beethoven-and-ai.png</image:loc><image:title>Beethoven and AI</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2022-01-12T19:01:14+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://classicalmusings.com/2021/10/03/why-beethoven-wrote-the-best-classical-music-ever-classical-musings/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/beethoven-best-composer.png</image:loc><image:title>Beethoven best composer</image:title><image:caption>It never fails.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/beethoven-bust.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Beethoven bust</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/beethoven-dun-dun-dun-dun.png</image:loc><image:title>Beethoven dun dun dun dun</image:title><image:caption>Yes, that one.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/ouverture-1812-2.png</image:loc><image:title>Ouverture 1812</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/stockhausen-sgt-pepper.jpg</image:loc><image:title>stockhausen sgt pepper</image:title><image:caption>You might know Stockhausen from the cover Sgt. Pepper’s.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-01-12T18:58:35+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://classicalmusings.com/2021/08/17/appalachian-spring-by-aaron-copland-classical-musings/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/bernstein-copland.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bernstein-Copland</image:title><image:caption>Bernstein and Copland comparing dental work in 1945.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-01-12T18:56:15+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://classicalmusings.com/2021/01/01/best-classical-albums-2020-classical-musings/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/ades-conducts-ades.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Adés Conducts Adès</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/goat-rodeo.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Not Our First Goat Rodeo</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/proving-up-sleeve.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Proving Up</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/beethoven-songs.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Beethoven songs and folksongs</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/bohemian-tales.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bohemian Tales</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/patram.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Blessed Art Thou Among Women</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/debussy-rameau.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Debussy - Rameau</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/clyne-elgar.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Clyne-Elgar</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/anna-clyne.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Anna Clyne</image:title><image:caption>Perfect!</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/miroir.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Miroir</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2022-01-12T18:48:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://classicalmusings.com/2022/01/07/best-classical-albums-2021-classical-musings/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/eilifur.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Eilifur</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/summertime.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Summertime</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/voces-suaves.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Voces suaves</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/and-love-said.jpg</image:loc><image:title>And love said</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/en-albion.jpg</image:loc><image:title>En albion</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/mozart-momentum.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Mozart Momentum</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/otaka.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Otaka</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/verklarte-nacht.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Verklärte nacht</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/piazzolla-reflections.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Piazzolla reflections</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/camille-saint-saens.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Camille Saint-Saens</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2022-01-07T19:11:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://classicalmusings.com/2020/12/13/review-proving-up-by-missy-mazzoli-classical-musings/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/proving-up-sleeve_liggend.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Proving up sleeve_liggend</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/proving-up-sleeve.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Proving up sleeve</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2021-12-14T19:45:09+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://classicalmusings.com/2020/02/04/was-handel-gay-%e2%94%82-classical-musings/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/village-people.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Village people</image:title><image:caption>Don't automatically say no. Think it through.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/burlington-house.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Burlington House</image:title><image:caption>Burlington House as it looked in Handel's days. Not pictured: homosexual men.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/18th-century-man.jpg</image:loc><image:title>18th century man</image:title><image:caption>Fabulous</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/gay-handel.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Gay Handel</image:title><image:caption>“What have I done to deserve this?”</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-11-14T04:45:48+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://classicalmusings.com/2017/08/21/was-beethoven-black-%e2%94%82-classical-musings/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/black-beethovens-death-mask.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Black Beethoven's death mask</image:title><image:caption>Beethoven’s death mask</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/black-beethoven.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Black Beethoven</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/black-beethoven-silhouette.jpg</image:loc><image:title>black Beethoven silhouette</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2021-12-14T19:39:07+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://classicalmusings.com/2020/05/18/vikingur-olafssons-debussy-rameau-%e2%94%82-classical-musings/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/claude-debussy-hat_2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Claude debussy hat_2</image:title><image:caption>Seriously.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/claude-debussy-hat_1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Claude debussy hat_1</image:title><image:caption>And in what universe is that an acceptable way to wear a hat?</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/jean-philippe-rameau.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Jean-Philippe Rameau</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/debussy-rameau.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Vikingur Olafsson's Debussy - Rameau</image:title><image:caption>Apart from illustrating that you’re never too old to enjoy finger painting.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-12-14T19:37:45+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://classicalmusings.com/2020/04/19/acis-and-galatea-%e2%94%82-classical-musings/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/pastoral-love-scene-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Pastoral love scene</image:title><image:caption>Hót.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/pastoral-scene-fragonard.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Pastoral scene Fragonard</image:title><image:caption>Like this, but slightly less French.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/james-brydges.jpg</image:loc><image:title>James Brydges</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2021-12-14T19:28:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://classicalmusings.com/2019/02/04/dag-wiren-quartets-by-the-wiren-quartet-%e2%94%82-classical-musings/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/dag-wirc3a9n.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Dag Wirén</image:title><image:caption>Luckily, his music is more memorable than his aphorisms.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/wiren-string-quartets.gif</image:loc><image:title>Wiren string quartets</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2021-12-14T19:22:36+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://classicalmusings.com/2017/12/11/handel-and-hendrix-museum-%e2%94%82-classical-musings/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/handel-hendrix-bedrooms.png</image:loc><image:title>Handel-Hendrix-bedrooms</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/quality-street.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Quality street</image:title><image:caption>Rock and roll!</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/handel-hendrix.png</image:loc><image:title>Handel-Hendrix</image:title><image:caption>Fate … and a timeless fashion sense</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-12-14T19:21:07+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://classicalmusings.com/2018/04/05/david-langs-the-little-match-girl-passion-%e2%94%82-classical-musings/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/glockenspiel_small.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Glockenspiel_small</image:title><image:caption>Oh, wipe that smile of your face. There’s nothing funny about a glockenspiel.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/the-little-match-girl_small.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The little match girl_small</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/a-passion-play_small.jpg</image:loc><image:title>A passion play_small</image:title><image:caption>Forgive them, for they know not what they do.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-12-14T19:20:45+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://classicalmusings.com/2018/11/18/schubert-unfinished-review-%e2%94%82-classical-musings/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/schubert-unfinished-concentus-musicus-wien.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Schubert Unfinished Concentus Musicus Wien</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2021-12-14T19:20:16+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://classicalmusings.com/2019/01/28/handel-and-the-hanoverians-%e2%94%82-classical-musings/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/elton-john.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Elton John</image:title><image:caption>I see. Well then: Vive la république!</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/george-ii.jpg</image:loc><image:title>George II</image:title><image:caption>A very lucky man: king George II</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/queen-caroline.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Queen Caroling</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/prince-regent.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Prince Regent</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/coronation-of-george-ii.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Coronation of George II</image:title><image:caption>Coronation of George II and his wife Caroline</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/buckingham-palace.jpg</image:loc><image:title>buckingham palace</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2021-12-14T19:19:47+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://classicalmusings.com/2017/11/13/gustav-holst-the-planets-composer-%e2%94%82-classical-musings/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/the-planets-record-sleeves1.png</image:loc><image:title>The Planets record sleeves</image:title><image:caption>The Planets also proved to be a godsend for record sleeve designers.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/gustav-holst.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Gustav Holst</image:title><image:caption>At the very least, its success left him in a permanent state of slight bewilderment.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-12-14T19:14:05+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://classicalmusings.com/2017/09/25/classical-music-and-attractiveness-%e2%94%82-classical-musings/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/still-got-it.jpg</image:loc><image:title>still got it</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/classical-music-t-shirt.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Classical music t-shirt</image:title><image:caption>I think it says: ‘nerdy, yet confident’.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/headline.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Headline</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2021-12-14T18:54:55+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://classicalmusings.com/2017/09/18/caccia-music-about-the-hunt-%e2%94%82-classical-musings/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/gherardello-da-firenze.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Gherardello da Firenze</image:title><image:caption>Most caccias reached us through the Squarcialupi Codex. This page shows Gherardello da Firenze with his … accordion?</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/francesco-landini.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Francesco Landini</image:title><image:caption>Landini with his late-medieval keytar</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/bear-hunt.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bear hunt</image:title><image:caption>Pictured: medieval fun for all (except the deer)</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-12-14T18:50:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://classicalmusings.com/2017/09/11/mozart-for-managers%e2%94%82-classical-musings/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/mozart-for-babies.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Mozart for babies</image:title><image:caption>‘Harmonious tunes for mergers &amp; acquisitions’</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-12-14T18:50:03+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://classicalmusings.com/2017/09/05/beethoven-meets-metal-%e2%94%82-classical-musings/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/progressive-rock.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Progressive rock</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/dr-viossy-moonlight-sonata.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Dr. Viossy Moonlight Sonata</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/bachbusters.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bachbusters album cover</image:title><image:caption>This stuff.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-12-14T18:47:17+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://classicalmusings.com/2017/08/28/tartinis-devils-trill/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/tartinis-devils-trill-by-roman-kim1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Tartini's devil's trill by Roman Kim</image:title><image:caption>This man’s technique is as fabulous as his shirt.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/tartini-statue.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Tartini statue</image:title><image:caption>‘Still an excellent deal.’ - Giuseppe Tartini</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/tartinis-dream.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Tartini's dream</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2021-12-14T18:45:38+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://classicalmusings.com/2017/08/09/table-music-by-thierry-de-mey-%e2%94%82-classical-musings/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/table-music-score1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Table music score</image:title><image:caption>No longer seems so much fun, does it?</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/marimba.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Marimba</image:title><image:caption>A 5-octave concert model, no less</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-12-14T18:38:16+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://classicalmusings.com/2017/08/03/schuberts-unfinished-symphony-%e2%94%82-classical-musings/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/gargamel-chases-smurf.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Gargamel chases a smurf</image:title><image:caption>Unless it’s the last thing he ever does.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/franz-schubert.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Franz Schubert</image:title><image:caption>Franz Schubert and anonymous dog</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/donald-trump.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Donald Trump about classical music</image:title><image:caption>‘SAD’ - #trumpreviewsclassicalmusic</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://classicalmusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/music-gargamel.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Gargamel dancing</image:title><image:caption>Back when the guy had some dignity left.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-12-14T18:36:37+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://classicalmusings.com</loc><changefreq>daily</changefreq><priority>1.0</priority><lastmod>2025-05-27T12:28:50+00:00</lastmod></url></urlset>
