Christiaan Janssen: Mittelschwere Noten

In 1876, Grieg created incidental music for the premiere of Ibsen's play Peer Gynt, at the request of the author. Many of the pieces from this work became very popular in the form of orchestral suites...

In 1939, Russian composer Dmitri Kabalevsky wrote incidental music for a children's play called 'The Inventor and the Comedians', by the Soviet Jewish writer Mark Daniel. The play was staged at the 'C...

Als Komponist begann Lehár mit Beiträgen zum Operngenre, doch der große Triumph seiner ersten Operette "Die lustige Witwe" im Jahr 1905 machte ihm klar, dass er seine Talente der Operette widmen musst...

Als Komponist begann Lehár mit Beiträgen zum Operngenre, doch der große Triumph seiner ersten Operette "Die lustige Witwe" im Jahr 1905 machte ihm klar, dass er seine Talente der Operette widmen musst...

'The Planets' des englischen Komponisten Gustav Holst ist eine siebensätzige Orchestersuite, in der jeder Satz nach einem Planeten des Sonnensystems und seinem entsprechenden astrologischen Zeichen be...

'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...

Most of the music which Dmitri Shostakovich used for his Ballet Suites was composed for the silent films in the early 30ies or was re-used from early opera's and ballets. The Dutch composer/arranger C...

Most of the music which Dmitri Shostakovich used for his Ballet Suites was composed for the silent films in the early 30ies or was re-used from early opera's and ballets. The Dutch composer/arranger C...

Charles Gounod (1818-1893) regained great successes as a composer of church music and as an organist soon after graduating at the Paris Conservatory. The 'Messe Solennelle de Sainte Cécile' dates from...

Charles Gounod (1818-1893) regained great successes as a composer of church music and as an organist soon after graduating at the Paris Conservatory. The 'Messe Solennelle de Sainte Cécile' dates from...

Charles Gounod (1818-1893) regained great successes as a composer of church music and as an organist soon after graduating at the Paris Conservatory. The 'Messe Solennelle de Sainte Cécile' dates from...

Charles Gounod (1818-1893) regained great successes as a composer of church music and as an organist soon after graduating at the Paris Conservatory. The 'Messe Solennelle de Sainte Cécile' dates from...

El Barbero de Sevilla ist eine einaktige Zarzuela, die in drei Szenen unterteilt ist, mit einem Libretto von Guillermo Perrín y Vico und Miguel de Palacios und Musik von Jéronimo Giménez. Sie wurde am...

El Barbero de Sevilla ist eine einaktige Zarzuela, die in drei Szenen unterteilt ist, mit einem Libretto von Guillermo Perrín y Vico und Miguel de Palacios und Musik von Jéronimo Giménez. Sie wurde am...

Im Jahr 1876 schuf Grieg auf Wunsch des Autors die Bühnenmusik für die Uraufführung von Ibsens Stück "Peer Gynt". Viele der Stücke aus diesem Werk wurden in Form von Orchestersuiten oder Bearbeitungen...

Im Jahr 1876 schuf Grieg auf Wunsch des Autors die Bühnenmusik für die Uraufführung von Ibsens Stück "Peer Gynt". Viele der Stücke aus diesem Werk wurden in Form von Orchestersuiten oder Bearbeitungen...

Felix Mendelssohn composed the Marsch in D major opus 108 to celebrate a visit of the painter Cornelius to the city of Dresden in april 1841. (Concert Band)

Until nowadays, La Traviata is still one of the most successful opera's in the music-literature. Giuseppe Giuseppe Verdi composed this opera in 1853 and it belongs to the top of Giuseppe Verdi's middl...

Until nowadays, La Traviata is still one of the most successful opera's in the music-literature. Giuseppe Giuseppe Verdi composed this opera in 1853 and it belongs to the top of Giuseppe Verdi's middl...

The opera "Macbeth" was first performed in Florence in 1847. A second revised version was premiered in the Paris Theatre Lyrique in 1865. The chorus "Patria oppressa" is sung at the very beginning of...

Richard Tauber (1892-1948) was an Austrian-born British tenor and composer celebrated for his vocal work in opera and, especially, operetta. In 1913 he made his highly successful operatic debut, as Ta...

Richard Tauber (1892-1948) was an Austrian-born British tenor and composer celebrated for his vocal work in opera and, especially, operetta. In 1913 he made his highly successful operatic debut, as Ta...

The last movement of the 'Piano Sonata No. 11', marked 'Alla Turca', popularly known as the 'Turkish Rondo' or 'Turkish March', is often heard on its own and is one of Mozart's best-known piano pieces...

The last movement of the 'Piano Sonata No. 11', marked 'Alla Turca', popularly known as the 'Turkish Rondo' or 'Turkish March', is often heard on its own and is one of Mozart's best-known piano pieces...