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Come, Sweet Death ("Komm, Süsser Tod") (BWV 478) ist ein geistliches Lied des deutschen Komponisten J.S. Bach, das ursprünglich für Sologesang und Basso continuo ("bezifferter Bass") gedacht war, aber...

The Romanian Folk Dances by Béla Bartók were composed for piano in 1915. Two years later he transcribed it for chamber orchestra. The piece consists of seven folk dances from Transylvania, which is no...

An impromptu is a 'musical improvisation.' Franz Schubert (January 31, 1797 - November 19, 1828) was one of the first composers to use this form. The Austrian born Schubert composed two series of four...

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847) was a German composer, conductor, organist and pianist of the early Romantic period. This Wedding March, extracted from the theatre music written for William Sh...

Following Chopin's example, Claude Debussy (August 22, 1862 - March 25, 1918) composed a series of piano pieces called 'préludes.' Debussy, a pupil of Émile Durand and César Franck, gave a title to ea...

The Romanian Folk Dances by Béla Bartók were composed for piano in 1915. Two years later he transcribed it for chamber orchestra. The piece consists of seven folk dances from Transylvania, which is no...

Three Bach Miniatures consists of three parts: Bourree from the Cello Suite no. 4 BWV 1010, Gavotte and Rondeau from the Partita no. 3 BWV 1006, and the Aria Mein gläubiges Herze from the cantata BWV...

Three Bach Miniatures consists of three parts: Bourree from the Cello Suite no. 4 BWV 1010, Gavotte and Rondeau from the Partita no. 3 BWV 1006, and the Aria Mein gläubiges Herze from the cantata BWV...

'Schlummert Ein' is an aria, the third section from the cantata Ich Habe Genug (BWV 82) ('I Have Enough'). Bach wrote this piece for the Purification of Mary on February 2, 1727. He composed it origin...

Schlummert Ein' is an aria, the third section from the cantata Ich Habe Genug (BWV 82) ('I Have Enough'). Bach wrote this piece for the Purification of Mary on February 2, 1727. He composed it origina...

Georg Philipp Telemann (1681 - 1767) was a German Baroque composer, organist, and conductor. He is argulably the most productive composer in history. This adagio, which Ivo Kouwenhoven has transcribed...

Georg Philipp Telemann (1681 - 1767) was a German Baroque composer, organist, and conductor. He is argulably the most productive composer in history. This adagio, which Ivo Kouwenhoven has transcribed...

Gasparone is an operetta written by Austrian composer Carl Millöcker (Vienna, 1842 - 1899). The operetta takes place in Syracuse on the isle Sicily around 1820. The hero is the leader of a gang of rob...

Gasparone is an operetta written by Austrian composer Carl Millöcker (Vienna, 1842 - 1899). The operetta takes place in Syracuse on the isle Sicily around 1820. The hero is the leader of a gang of rob...

In a series of three compositions, Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908) wrote three pieces for solo instrument with military band accompaniment: for oboe, trombone and finally clarinet...

In a series of three compositions, Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908) wrote three pieces for solo instrument with military band accompaniment: for oboe, trombone and finally clarinet...