Roger Niese

Tristsch Tratsch' was a satirical magazine in Vienna in. In 1858 it printed a profile of Johann Strauss: it was feared, said the report, that Strauss' concert seasons in Russia and the development of...

Der spanische Komponist Pedro Iturralde (*1929) ist sowohl als Pionier als auch als Nestor der spanischen Jazzmusik zu betrachten. Pequena Czarda (kleiner Tanz) ist ein virtuoses kleines Solostück für...

Chaminade's Concertino for Flute in D major, Op. 107 was composed in 1902 for flute and orchestra and was later arranged for flute and piano. Scholarship indicates that the Concertino was commissioned...

Eduard Strauss (1835 - 1916) was an Austrian composer who, together with brothers Johann Strauss II and Josef Strauss made up the Strauss musical dynasty. His popularity was overshadowed by that of hi...

Franz von Suppé composed about 30 operettas and 180 farces, ballets, and other stage works. Although the bulk of Suppé's operas have sunk into relative obscurity, the overtures - particularly 'Dichter...

Un dì, felice, eterea ist ein Duett aus dem ersten Akt der Oper "La Traviata" von Giuseppe Verdi. Es wird von den männlichen und weiblichen Hauptfiguren der Oper, Alfredo (Tenor) und Violetta (Sopran)...

Un dì, felice, eterea ist ein Duett aus dem ersten Akt der Oper "La Traviata" von Giuseppe Verdi. Es wird von den männlichen und weiblichen Hauptfiguren der Oper, Alfredo (Tenor) und Violetta (Sopran)...

At the end of his life Offenbach composed his opera 'Les contes d'Hoffman', but unfortunately he was not able to finish it. The plot tells the story of the poet Hoffmann telling three of his amorous a...

Beside his 150 waltzes Johann Strauss composed several operettas of which 'Die Fledermaus' his best contribution to this genre is. The aria Mein Herr Marquis, ein Mann wie Sie is sung in the second ac...

The aria Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen is sung by Papageno near the very end of Mozart's opera Die Zauberflöte. He sighs for someone to love. (Baritone and Concert Band)

Im Feuerstrom der Reben is the very final of the second act of the Operetta Die Fledermaus. (Soprano, Mezzo Soprano, Tenor, Choir and Concert Band)

As a composer Franz Lehar started with contributions to the opera-genre but the great triumph of his operetta's made him clear that he had to gif his talents to the genre. Der Zarewitsch is one of tho...

Paul Lincke (1866-1946) is Germany's best known operetta composer and often compared with Austria's Johann Strauss. He composed a lot of operetta's, songs, dance- , revue- and filmmusic. The Operetta...

George Gershwin's Opera Porgy and Bess contains many songs that have become popular in their own right, becoming standards in jazz and blues in addition to their original operatic setting. One of thos...

Johann Strauss jr. composed a great amount of polka's to perform with his own orchestra that played on 'dance soirees' in Vienna. The famous polka Donner und Blitz is till today often used as interval...

Trumpet and Concert Band. Mexican composer Augustin Lara (1897- 1970) was mainly a composer of songs used in movies and cabarets. It is said that Lara never learned musical notation. In total he wrote...

Johann Strauss jr. composed a great amount of polka's to perform with his own orchestra that played on 'dance soirees' in Vienna. The famous polka Donner und Blitz is till today often used as interval...

Johann Strauss jr. composed a great amount of polka's to perform with his own orchestra that played on 'dance soirees' in Vienna. The famous polka Donner und Blitz is till today often used as interval...

As a composer Franz Lehar started with contributions to the opera-genre but the great triumph of his first operetta Die lustige Witwe, (The merry widow), in 1905 made him clear that he had to gif his...

Crown Imperial is an orchestral march by the English composer William Walton. It was first performed at the coronation of King George VI in 1937, and substantially revised in 1963. Walton composed the...

Franz Lehárs "Scène phantastique" aus "Ein Märchen aus 1001 Nacht" bietet eine magische Reise in die Welt von Tausendundeiner Nacht. Dieses Werk, das zu Beginn seiner Karriere komponiert wurde, zeigt...

Franz Lehárs "Scène phantastique" aus "Ein Märchen aus 1001 Nacht" bietet eine magische Reise in die Welt von Tausendundeiner Nacht. Dieses Werk, das zu Beginn seiner Karriere komponiert wurde, zeigt...

Concerto da Camera ist ein dreisätziges Konzert für die ungewöhnliche Besetzung Flöte, Englischhorn und Streichorchester, das Arthur Honegger gegen Ende seiner Karriere im Jahr 1948 schrieb. Das Stück...

Concerto da Camera ist ein dreisätziges Konzert für die ungewöhnliche Besetzung Flöte, Englischhorn und Streichorchester, das Arthur Honegger gegen Ende seiner Karriere im Jahr 1948 schrieb. Das Stück...