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Luigi Arditi (1822-1903) was an Italian violinist, composer and conductor. He began his musical career as a violinist, and studied music at the Conservatory of Milan. Arditi mainly composed opera's bu...

Kindertotenlieder' (Songs on the Death of Children) is a song cycle for voice and orchestra by Gustav Mahler. The words of the songs are poems by Friedrich Rückert. Mahler selected five of Rückert's p...

Kindertotenlieder' (Songs on the Death of Children) is a song cycle for voice and orchestra by Gustav Mahler. The words of the songs are poems by Friedrich Rückert. Mahler selected five of Rückert's p...

'Russian Easter Festival Overture' (La grande Pâque russe), is a concert overture written by the Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov in 1888. It is based on themes from the 'obikhod', which is a...

'Russian Easter Festival Overture' (La grande Pâque russe), is a concert overture written by the Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov in 1888. It is based on themes from the 'obikhod', which is a...

Victor August Herbert ( 1859-1924) was an Irish-born, German-raised American composer, cellist and conductor. Herbert was a prolific composer, producing an enormous oeuvre but he composed only one sol...

Victor August Herbert ( 1859-1924) was an Irish-born, German-raised American composer, cellist and conductor. Herbert was a prolific composer, producing an enormous oeuvre but he composed only one sol...

In 1890 Rimsky-Korsakov finished his opera-ballet 'Mlada'. Later he derived a suite from this opera. The 'Cortège' is the last movement of this suite. This 'Cortège' is also known as 'Procession of th...

In 1890 Rimsky-Korsakov finished his opera-ballet 'Mlada'. Later he derived a suite from this opera. The 'Cortège' is the last movement of this suite. This 'Cortège' is also known as 'Procession of th...

Der letzte Satz aus Modest Mussorgskis musikalischen Dichtung 'Bilder einer Ausstellung' beschreibt die Pracht des großen Tores von Kiev mit großen und langen Akkorden, gefolgt vom feierlichen zweiten...

Modest Mussorgsky composed the 'Pictures at an Exhibition' in 1874 as a suite of ten piano pieces. It has also become known through various orchestrations and arrangements produced by other musicians...

Josef Strauss was an Austrian composer and brother of Johann jr. and Eduard. He joined the 'Strauss' family orchestra, along with his brothers Johann and Eduard in the 1850s. He wrote 283 opus numbers...

Josef Strauss was an Austrian composer and brother of Johann jr. and Eduard. He joined the 'Strauss' family orchestra, along with his brothers Johann and Eduard in the 1850s. He wrote 283 opus numbers...

In 1851 Johann Strauss jr. composed the 'Albion-Polka', dedicated to Count Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, husband of Queen Victoria of Great Britain. The count and his wife, Priscilla, both loved music...

In 1851 Johann Strauss jr. composed the 'Albion-Polka', dedicated to Count Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, husband of Queen Victoria of Great Britain. The count and his wife, Priscilla, both loved music...

Julius Fucík was a Czech composer, with over 400 marches, polkas, and waltzes to his name. As most of his work was for military bands, he is sometimes known as the 'Bohemian Sousa'. Today his marches...

'Durch's Telephon' (via the 'telephone') is a polka by Johann Strauss composed in 1890 for the annual ball of the Viennese authors and journalists association 'Concordia', The title - Durch's Telephon...

'Durch's Telephon' (via the 'telephone') is a polka by Johann Strauss composed in 1890 for the annual ball of the Viennese authors and journalists association 'Concordia', The title - Durch's Telephon...

'The Planets' by English composer Gustav Holst is a seven-movement orchestral suite in which each movement is named after a planet of the Solar System and its corresponding astrological character. The...

'The Planets' by English composer Gustav Holst is a seven-movement orchestral suite in which each movement is named after a planet of the Solar System and its corresponding astrological character. The...

'The Great Lightning' is an unfinished opera sketched in 1932 by Dmitri Shostakovich of which he only managed to write the overture and 8 following pieces. They are enough to show us that 'The Great L...

'The Great Lightning' is an unfinished opera sketched in 1932 by Dmitri Shostakovich of which he only managed to write the overture and 8 following pieces. They are enough to show us that 'The Great L...

The 'Preludes' are short piano pieces by George Gershwin writtenin 1926. Each prelude is a well-known example of early-20th-century American classical music strongly influenced by jazz. Gershwin origi...

The 'Preludes' are short piano pieces by George Gershwin writtenin 1926. Each prelude is a well-known example of early-20th-century American classical music strongly influenced by jazz. Gershwin origi...

'A Shropshire Lad' is a collection of 63 poems by the English poet Alfred Edward Housman (1859 -1936). The poems tell of the transience of love and youth, and speak of duty to country, facing death be...