Peter Züll

From Three Motets Opus 71

Gottwald always seems to find forgotten gems, and these Three Songs by Hans Sommer are an example. Based on texts by Goethe, they are arranged in inspired form for mixed chorus. For advanced choirs.

Johannes Brahms composed the Alt-Rhapsodie in September of 1869 as a wedding gift to the daughter of his close friend and confidant, Clara Schumann. The Alt-Rhapsodie is set to several verses of a poe...

Carmen' ist eine der bekanntesten Opern des gesamten Opernrepertoires. Als erste relistisch-naturalistische Oper war sie ein wichtiger Vorreiter der Versimo-Bewegung in der italienischen Oper des spät...

When Puccini's opera Turandot was heard for the first time in April 1926, its composer had been dead for almost a year and a half. Turandot is considered as his best work: Puccini's mastery of orchest...

In 1883, a singer named Johanna Richter made a guest appearance in the court theater at Cassel, Germany, where Gustav Mahler was the conductor. As a result of this engagement she entered into a regula...

If we say that zarzuela is Spanish light opera with spoken dialogue we shall be near the mark. Geronimo Gimeniz is a Sevillan composer of many Zarzuela's. The short temperamental aria Zapatuedo is fro...

The Austrian composer Carl Zeller (1842-1898) did contribute a great part to the glory of the Golden Era of the Viennese operetta in which Johann Strauss jr., Franz von Suppé and Karl Millöcker were t...

Absolutely the most famous "Canzone Napoletana" is "O Sole Mio" composed by the Italian singer and songwriter Eduardo di Capua (1865-1917) in 1898. The lyrics were written by Giovanni Capurro. Though...

Der Ring des Nibelungen" (The Ring of the Nibelung) is a cycle of four epic operas by German composer Richard Wagner (1813-1883). The works are based loosely on characters from the Norse sagas and the...

Ludwig August Lebrun (1752 -1790) was a German oboist and composer. He started playing with the orchestra at the court of the Prince-Elector Carl Theodor in Mannheim at the age of 12 and became a full...

Children's Corner ist eine sechssätzige Suite für Klavier solo von Claude Debussy, die 1908 veröffentlicht und später von Debussys Freund André Caplet orchestriert wurde. Das sechste und letzte Stück...

El sombrero de tres picos" ("Der dreieckige Hut") ist ein Ballett in zwei Akten, das von Léonide Massine zu Musik von Manuel de Falla choreografiert wurde. Das Ballett wurde 1919 in London im Alhambra...

Italian composer Luigi Denza (1846-1922) is best remembered for 'Funiculì, Funiculà' (1880), a humorous Neapolitan song inspired by the inauguration of a funicular at the summit of the 'Vesuvius'. Bes...

Paul Dukas (1865-1935) wrote his 'Villanelle' as a demanding exam piece for the horn class of the Paris Conservatoire in 1906. The title, referencing a cheerful traditional vocal genre that originated...

La danza' is a patter song by Gioacchino Rossini, in 'Tarantella napoletana' time. It's the eighth song of the collection 'Les soirées musicales' which he composed in the years 1830-1835. 'La danza' b...

Flute-Piano [Bc]

Aus der unübersehbaren Menge der in der Zeit von etwa 1610 bis 1760 komponierten Triosonaten hebt sich der 1721/22 geschriebene Sonatenzyklus von Jan Dismas Zelenka (1679-1745) als eine der markantest...

Das Concertino op. 12 von Ferdinand Küchler (1867 - 1937) ist ein dreisätziges Werk, mit dem Schüler ausgezeichnet an ihrem Spiel in der ersten und dritten Lage arbeiten können. Der erste Satz ist kra...