Douglas McLain: Mittelschwere Noten

George Whitefield Chadwick (1854-1931) war ein amerikanischer Komponist. Sein Stil gilt als "amerikanisch", doch wurde dies gegen Ende seines Lebens überschattet, als die Musik von Gershwin und Coplan...

George Whitefield Chadwick (1854-1931) war ein amerikanischer Komponist. Sein Stil gilt als "amerikanisch", doch wurde dies gegen Ende seines Lebens überschattet, als die Musik von Gershwin und Coplan...

Camille Saint-Saëns had a lifetime love for Algeria which he visited for the first time in 1875 and where he died in 1921. In 1880 he wrote his 'Suite Algérienne'. It's a work written in four movement...

Camille Saint-Saëns had a lifetime love for Algeria which he visited for the first time in 1875 and where he died in 1921. In 1880 he wrote his 'Suite Algérienne'. It's a work written in four movement...

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...

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...

La danza ist ein Patter-Lied von Gioacchino Rossini, im Takt der "Tarantella napoletana". Es ist das achte Lied aus der Sammlung "Les soirées musicales", die er in den Jahren 1830-1835 komponierte. "L...

La danza ist ein Patter-Lied von Gioacchino Rossini, im Takt der "Tarantella napoletana". Es ist das achte Lied aus der Sammlung "Les soirées musicales", die er in den Jahren 1830-1835 komponierte. "L...

La danza ist ein Patter-Lied von Gioacchino Rossini, im Takt der "Tarantella napoletana". Es ist das achte Lied aus der Sammlung "Les soirées musicales", die er in den Jahren 1830-1835 komponierte. "L...

'The Perfect Fool' is a comic opera in one act with music and libretto by Gustav Holst which was premiered in 1923. The opera was not a success, and audiences found the story confusing. Although the o...

'The Perfect Fool' is a comic opera in one act with music and libretto by Gustav Holst which was premiered in 1923. The opera was not a success, and audiences found the story confusing. Although the o...

Jéronimo Giménez (1854-1923) was born in Sevilla. He composed a lot of zarzuelas, symphonic music and chamber music. His most well known compositions are 'El baile de Luis Alonso' (1896) and 'La boda...

Verdi composed "Un Ballo in Maschera" for the San Carlo Theatre in Naples where it was to have been staged during the 1858 carnival season. The libretto told the true story of the liberal King Gustavu...

H.M.S. Pinafore ist eine komische Oper in zwei Akten, mit Musik von Arthur Sullivan und einem Libretto von W. S. Gilbert. "H.M.S. Pinafore" war Gilberts und Sullivans vierte gemeinsame Opernarbeit und...

H.M.S. Pinafore ist eine komische Oper in zwei Akten, mit Musik von Arthur Sullivan und einem Libretto von W. S. Gilbert. "H.M.S. Pinafore" war Gilberts und Sullivans vierte gemeinsame Opernarbeit und...

With Les Pecheurs des Perles Bizet first made his mark in 1863. Set in ancient Ceylon, this tale of friendship, love and betrayal has been performed more and more often in opera houses around the worl...

With Les Pêcheurs des Perles Bizet first made his mark in 1863. Set in ancient Ceylon, this tale of friendship, love and betrayal has been performed more and more often in opera houses around the worl...

Sullivan's Operetta The Gondoliers (first staged in 1889) was the last of the wildly successful Gilbert and Sullivan productions. The exuberant Dance a Cachuca is sung towards the beginning of the sec...

Sullivan's Operetta The Gondoliers (first staged in 1889) was the last of the wildly successful Gilbert and Sullivan productions. The exuberant Dance a Cachuca is sung towards the beginning of the sec...

Tenor and Concert Band. Ruggiero Leoncavallo, both composer and librettist, based Pagliacci on real-life events he recalled from childhood. From these he fashioned a vivid musical play with intense pa...

Ruggiero Leoncavallo, both composer and librettist, based Pagliacci on real-life events he recalled from childhood. From these he fashioned a vivid musical play with intense passions build in the live...

Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) finished his masterpiece Otello in October 1885. The libretto by Arrigo Boito was based on Shakespeare's tragedy. The Bonfire Chorus is sung in the very first act: the peopl...