I’m a freelance writer, author, consultant and researcher; previously, an Information Technology professional.
My writing reflects a lifelong interest for classical music and Mozart, in particular, and periods until the late Romantic, biographies of world’s movers & shapers, and arts & humanities. Although my formal experience is in choral music and as a chorister, I’ve relentlessly pursued Mozart and classical music through private studies and researches. Aside from article content writing, I’ve also pursued nonfiction and fiction, and occasional anthologies.
Through the years, some friends, colleagues and special interest groups - MozartForum, The Mozart Project of Steve Boerner, Mozart at Yahoogroups, ClassicalEra, ClassicalMusic groups, Haydn, and other smaller groups as friendships developed — have supported me via discussions and sharing, sometimes in agreement to disagree, yet maintaining courtesy. In particular, I’d like to thank my wonderful and gracious Mozartean friends esp those from the UK, US, Austria, Holland, Germany, Australia and Hongkong. I’ve been blest to have their continuing support through their immense knowledge as concert musicians, classical music biographers/writers, comments, feedback, suggestions and contributions. It’s always exciting to discuss with them since almost all of us are also familiar with significant places, having followed most of the footsteps of Mozart in Austria (esp Salzburg and Vienna), Prague and Germany.
This site is dedicated to all my Mozart friends, in particular, and to anyone who believes that music is the language of the heart and soul. With music, time is a pleasant eternity.
I welcome constructive feedback, comments, and suggestions. This is a labour of love that I’m sharing.
Have a lovely musical day!
Tel
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September 20, 2007 at 11:45 pm
Hi,
we have anew classical music DVD you might be interested. can you send me your contact info so I can tell you about it please?
Cheers
Kelly
September 22, 2007 at 12:05 pm
Hi Kelly,
Thanks. I’ve already visited your FRF site and will visit it again if I need to. I usually visit local DVD/CD shops.
Any new Mozart DVDs?
G’day.
Tel
February 27, 2008 at 8:07 pm
Have a nice day !
June 13, 2008 at 7:20 am
I enjoyed your site.It’s always great to find another fellow Mozartian.I primarily am a devotee of the Classical period through the early romantic era,but i love all Great music.Sucess in all your endeavors. Andrew T. Ewell 236Collie Lane Mineral Bluff,Ga 30559
June 14, 2008 at 7:24 am
Hi Andrew, Always happy to share especially with fellow Mozarteans whatever I can about WAM. I also enjoy all great soothing music, and like you, loves classical music through to Romantic Era. Thanks a lot for visiting this site. Best, Tel
September 10, 2008 at 6:29 am
Well, Gluck was Bohemian composer, NOT
German…
Gluck first language was Czech.
September 12, 2008 at 10:27 pm
Nice work.
September 15, 2008 at 6:27 pm
What a nice site you have. Would you care to exchange links? I want to link you to ’site seeings’ at http://www.musiclassical.com
Robert
September 16, 2008 at 6:12 am
Sure Rob! I’d love to swap links with musiclassical. Sure we have lots of common interests, as well as those to share.
Best regards,
Tel
September 26, 2008 at 12:51 pm
Thanks Andre. I should correct Gluck’s nationality as Bohemian-German composer, from Grove’s Dictionary or Music.
January 11, 2009 at 7:59 pm
thx for the DVD kelly loved it
January 11, 2009 at 8:01 pm
hi tel umm do have any links to nannerl’s biography
January 12, 2009 at 2:39 am
Nikki, Here’s a link to Nannerl’s bio:
http://classical-composers.suite101.com/article.cfm/maria_anna_mozart
Cheers.
April 8, 2009 at 8:03 pm
Dear Ms Asiado,
My name is Brianna Robertson and I am undergoing research into opera production at the University of Glasgow. While doing research, I found out that you have written a number of articles on Italian opera including articles on Bellini. I would like to know if you have ever been commissioned to write an article for an opera company to publish in their programme? If you have, how did they go about comissioning you, how did you write the article and also a rough average of how much you were paid to do this (I know that money is not a matter one likes to speak of so nothing has to be exact and this information will solely be used in my presentation at university and nowhere else).
The reason I am asking you these questions is I have taken on the role as “dramaturge” and therefore am in charge of preparing a programme for our hypothetical opera, which we have chosen to research I Capuleti e i Montecchi. I understand that a dramaturge will find writers to provide interesting articles to appear programme and I have found it quite challenging to research this subject.
I understand that you are very busy but I would be very grateful if you could provide me with this information. Coudl you please email me at my providing address?
Thank you so much,
Brianna Robertson
October 2, 2009 at 4:50 am
I am looking for relatives of Andrew Travis Ewell. He was my Aunt Alice O’Neill’s boyfriend in the ’20’s in NYC and I have a picture of them together in costume for the Beaux Arts Ball. She was the first Ziegfeld Follies designer, and also for Greenwich Village Follies, George White’s Scandals, Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic, then went to Hollywood with Fox and United Artists. He was the love of her life and she never married. More to the story, if you are related to him.