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Ecce sacerdos magnus' (Behold a great priest), WAB 13, is an 1885 sacred motet by the Austrian composer Anton Bruckner. It is a musical setting of the antiphon of the same title. The work is a six-par...

Charles Gounod (1818-1893) was not immediate successful as an operatic composer although he regained great successes as a composer of church music and as an organist soon after graduating at the Paris...

Charles Gounod (1818-1893) was not immediate successful as an operatic composer although he regained great successes as a composer of church music and as an organist soon after graduating at the Paris...

Tschaikovsky composed his 'Concerto for Violin and Orchestra' in the spring of 1878. The work does have a rocky beginning, somewhat like that of his first Piano Concerto. The premiere was both somewha...

Tschaikovsky composed his 'Concerto for Violin and Orchestra' in the spring of 1878. The work does have a rocky beginning, somewhat like that of his first Piano Concerto. The premiere was both somewha...

Ascanio' is a grand opera composed by Camille Saint-Saëns during 1887-1888. The opera's French libretto is based on the 1852 play 'Benvenuto Cellini'. The name was changed to 'Ascanio' to avoid confus...

Ascanio' is a grand opera composed by Camille Saint-Saëns during 1887-1888. The opera's French libretto is based on the 1852 play 'Benvenuto Cellini'. The name was changed to 'Ascanio' to avoid confus...

Tschaikovsky composed his 'Concerto for Violin and Orchestra' in the spring of 1878. The work does have a rocky beginning, somewhat like that of his first Piano Concerto. The premiere was both somewha...

Tschaikovsky composed his 'Concerto for Violin and Orchestra' in the spring of 1878. The work does have a rocky beginning, somewhat like that of his first Piano Concerto. The premiere was both somewha...

Sergei Prokofiev wrote the 'Overture on Hebrew Themes', Op. 34, in 1919 while he was in the United States. It is scored for the rare combination of clarinet, string quartet and piano. Fifteen years la...

Sergei Prokofiev wrote the 'Overture on Hebrew Themes', Op. 34, in 1919 while he was in the United States. It is scored for the rare combination of clarinet, string quartet and piano. Fifteen years la...

Florence Beatrice Price (1887 - 1953) war eine amerikanische klassische Komponistin, Pianistin, Organistin und Musiklehrerin. Price gilt als die erste afroamerikanische Frau, die als Sinfoniekomponist...

Florence Beatrice Price (1887 - 1953) war eine amerikanische klassische Komponistin, Pianistin, Organistin und Musiklehrerin. Price gilt als die erste afroamerikanische Frau, die als Sinfoniekomponist...

As a composer Lehár 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 give his tal...

As a composer Lehár 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 give his tal...

Charles Ives' Symphonie Nr. 1 in d-Moll, die zwischen 1898 und 1902 entstand, ist ein Beispiel dafür, wie Ives Ideen von Komponisten, die vor ihm lebten, zusammenführte. Viele seiner späteren Sinfonie...

Charles Ives' Symphonie Nr. 1 in d-Moll, die zwischen 1898 und 1902 entstand, ist ein Beispiel dafür, wie Ives Ideen von Komponisten, die vor ihm lebten, zusammenführte. Viele seiner späteren Sinfonie...

'Der Waffenschmied' (The Armourer) is an opera (Singspiel) in three acts by German composer Gustav Albert Lortzing (1801-1851). It's often considered his third most popular work. The opera was eventua...

'Der Waffenschmied' (The Armourer) is an opera (Singspiel) in three acts by German composer Gustav Albert Lortzing (1801-1851). It's often considered his third most popular work. The opera was eventua...

Edward Elgar composed 'Sospiri', Op. 70 just before the beginning of World War I. This adagio was originally intended for violin and piano, as a companion piece to 'Salut d'Amour'. Elgar had in mind t...

Edward Elgar composed 'Sospiri', Op. 70 just before the beginning of World War I. This adagio was originally intended for violin and piano, as a companion piece to 'Salut d'Amour'. Elgar had in mind t...

This is a collection of three Contra Dances, by Ludwig van Beethoven, transcribed by Isidor Seiss, reproduced from an early Belwin/Mills printing. Includes: 1. Allegro (C Major) * 2. Allegretto (E-fla...

This is a collection of three Contra Dances, by Ludwig van Beethoven, transcribed by Isidor Seiss, reproduced from an early Belwin/Mills printing.

Three German Dances by Ludwig von Beethoven, transcribed by Isidor Seiss for piano, includes: 1. Allegro moderato (C Major) * 2. Allegretto grazioso (G Major) * 3. Allegro risoluto (C Major).

Three German Dances by Ludwig von Beethoven, transcribed by Isidor Seiss for piano,