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Michael William Balfe (1808 -1870) was an Irish composer who is best-remembered for his opera 'The Bohemian Girl'. The plot is loosely based on a Cervantes tale, 'La Gitanilla'. The best-known aria fr...

Michael William Balfe (1808 -1870) was an Irish composer who is best-remembered for his opera 'The Bohemian Girl'. The plot is loosely based on a Cervantes tale, 'La Gitanilla'. The best-known aria fr...

The 'Mass in b minor' (BWV 232) by Johann Sebastian Bach is a musical setting of the complete Ordinary of the Latin Mass. The work was one of Bach's last compositions, not completed until 1749, the ye...

The 'Mass in b minor' (BWV 232) by Johann Sebastian Bach is a musical setting of the complete Ordinary of the Latin Mass. The work was one of Bach's last compositions, not completed until 1749, the ye...

Eduard Strauss (1835 - 1916) was an Austrian composer who, together with brothers Johann Strauss II and Josef Strauss made up the Strauss musical dynasty. He stamped his own mark with the quick polka,...

Eduard Strauss (1835 - 1916) was an Austrian composer who, together with brothers Johann Strauss II and Josef Strauss made up the Strauss musical dynasty. He stamped his own mark with the quick polka,...

Besides operettas Franz Lehár also wrote sonatas, symphonic poems, marches and a number of waltzes. The most popular of these waltzes is 'Gold und Silber' (Gold and Silver) which he composed for Princ...

El amor brujo (Die magische Liebe) ist ein Ballett, das 1914-1915 von Manuel de Falla komponiert wurde. Das Ballett erzählt die Geschichte der Liebe einer Zigeunerin, die vom Geist eines alten Liebhab...

El amor brujo (Die magische Liebe) ist ein Ballett, das 1914-1915 von Manuel de Falla komponiert wurde. Das Ballett erzählt die Geschichte der Liebe einer Zigeunerin, die vom Geist eines alten Liebhab...

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 origina...

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 origina...

Im Jahr 1876 komponierte Tschaikowsky sein Ballett "Schwanensee" op. 20. Trotz seines anfänglichen Misserfolgs ist es heute eines der beliebtesten Ballette überhaupt. "Schwanensee" wurde vom Bolschoi-...

Im Jahr 1876 komponierte Tschaikowsky sein Ballett "Schwanensee" op. 20. Trotz seines anfänglichen Misserfolgs ist es heute eines der beliebtesten Ballette überhaupt. "Schwanensee" wurde vom Bolschoi-...

Puccini's Opera 'Manon Lescaut' is based on the 1731 novel 'L'histoire du chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut' by the Abbé Prévost. One of the most beautiful and famous arias in the opera reperto...

Puccini's Opera 'Manon Lescaut' is based on the 1731 novel 'L'histoire du chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut' by the Abbé Prévost. One of the most beautiful and famous arias in the opera reperto...

During 1880-1881 Rimsky Korsakov composed his four act opera 'The Snow Maiden' which the composer's own favorite work. Allthough he prepared suites from several of his operas, curiously, Rimsky Korsak...

During 1880-1881 Rimsky Korsakov composed his four act opera 'The Snow Maiden' which the composer's own favorite work. Allthough he prepared suites from several of his operas, curiously, Rimsky Korsak...

'Chanson de Matin', Op. 15, No. 2, is composed by Edward Elgar for violin and piano, and later orchestrated by the composer. Its first publication was in 1899 though it is thought that it was almost c...

'Chanson de Matin', Op. 15, No. 2, is composed by Edward Elgar for violin and piano, and later orchestrated by the composer. Its first publication was in 1899 though it is thought that it was almost c...

Johann Strauss jr. composed a great amount of polka's to perform with his own orchestra that played on 'dance soirees' in Vienna. The Polka-schnell 'Leichtes Blut' is a beautiful example of Strauss' r...

Johann Strauss jr. composed a great amount of polka's to perform with his own orchestra that played on 'dance soirees' in Vienna. The Polka-schnell 'Leichtes Blut' is a beautiful example of Strauss' r...

Die Fledermaus, die dritte Operette von Johann Strauß, wurde 1874 im Theater an der Wien uraufgeführt. Der Erfolg des Werkes war von der ersten Aufführung an gesichert. Wenige Monate nach der Urauffüh...

Die Fledermaus, die dritte Operette von Johann Strauß, wurde 1874 im Theater an der Wien uraufgeführt. Der Erfolg des Werkes war von der ersten Aufführung an gesichert. Wenige Monate nach der Urauffüh...

Riding on this success of 'España', Chabrier composed the 'Habanera' in 1885 which was met with equal enthusiasm. It's a beautiful example of the Spanish genre that was so popular with French composer...

Riding on this success of 'España', Chabrier composed the 'Habanera' in 1885 which was met with equal enthusiasm. It's a beautiful example of the Spanish genre that was so popular with French composer...