Jos Dobbelstein: Mittelschwere Noten

Mit seinem 1832 komponierten "L'elisir d'amore" (Das Liebeselixier) schrieb Donizetti etwas, das weit über eine bloße komische Oper hinausging: Es war vielleicht das erste Beispiel für ein bewegliches...

Emmerich Kálmán's most beloved operetta "Die Csárdásfürstin" had its first performance at the Vienna "Johann Strauss-Theater" in November 1915. Only in the German speaking countries it was performed 5...

The Austrian composer Carl Zeller (1842-1898) did contribute a great part to the glory of the Golden Era of the Viennese operetta in which Johann Strauss jr., Franz von Suppé and Karl Millöcker were t...

Tenor, Chor und Symponic Band Der österreichische Komponist Carl Zeller (1842-1898) trug einen großen Teil zum Ruhm der Goldenen Ära der Wiener Operette bei, in der Johann Strauß jr., Franz von Suppe...

The Austrian composer Carl Zeller (1842-1898) did contribute a great part to the glory of the Golden Era of the Viennese operetta in which Johann Strauss jr., Franz von Suppé and Karl Millöcker were t...

If we say that zarzuela is Spanish light opera with spoken dialogue we shall be near the mark. Frederico Chueca composed many Zarzuela's. The Tango de la Menegilda (Housemaid's Tango) is sung in the 2...

The zarzuela "El barberillo de Lavapiés" (1874) is the comic masterpiece of Spanish composer Francisco Asenjo Barbieri. It's a miracle of raw popular spirit, musical subtlety, ironic wit and political...

Emmerich Kálmán (1882-1953) was a contemporary of Bartók and Kodály at the Budapest Academy of Music. He first coupled a career as a music critic with more conventionally serious composition, before,...

Carl Heinrich Hübler was hornist in the 'Dresden Royal Court Orchestra'. In October 1849 he was engaged in a private performance in the apartment of Johann Rudolph Lewy in Dresden of Robert Schumann's...

Carl Heinrich Hübler was hornist in the 'Dresden Royal Court Orchestra'. In October 1849 he was engaged in a private performance in the apartment of Johann Rudolph Lewy in Dresden of Robert Schumann's...

Ludwig August Lebrun (1752 -1790) was a German oboist and composer. He started playing with the orchestra at the court of the Prince-Elector Carl Theodor in Mannheim at the age of 12 and became a full...

Eine der berühmtesten "Canzone Napoletana" ist zweifellos "Torna a Surriento", die der italienische Komponist Ernesto De Curtis (1875-1937) 1902 nach einem Text seines Bruders Giambattista schrieb. "T...

Eine der berühmtesten "Canzone Napoletana" ist zweifellos "Torna a Surriento", die der italienische Komponist Ernesto De Curtis (1875-1937) 1902 nach einem Text seines Bruders Giambattista schrieb. "T...

Eine der berühmtesten "Canzone Napoletana" ist zweifellos "Torna a Surriento", die der italienische Komponist Ernesto De Curtis (1875-1937) 1902 nach einem Text seines Bruders Giambattista schrieb. "T...

Eine der berühmtesten "Canzone Napoletana" ist zweifellos "Torna a Surriento", die der italienische Komponist Ernesto De Curtis (1875-1937) 1902 nach einem Text seines Bruders Giambattista schrieb. "T...

Italian composer Luigi Denza (1846-1922) is best remembered for 'Funiculì, Funiculà' (1880), a humorous Neapolitan song inspired by the inauguration of a funicular at the summit of the 'Vesuvius'. Bes...

Ferdinand Hérold (1791 -1833) was a French operatic composer of Alsatian descent who also wrote many pieces for piano, orchestra, and the ballet. Nowadays he is best known for the ballet 'La Fille mal...

Ferdinand Hérold (1791 -1833) was a French operatic composer of Alsatian descent who also wrote many pieces for piano, orchestra, and the ballet. Nowadays he is best known for the ballet 'La Fille mal...

As a composer Lehár started with contributions to the opera-genre but the great triumph of his first operetta Die lustige Witwe, (The merry widow), in 1905 made him clear that he had to give his talen...

As a composer Lehár started with contributions to the opera-genre but the great triumph of his first operetta Die lustige Witwe, (The merry widow), in 1905 made him clear that he had to give his talen...

In 1934 Alexander Glazunov composed his 'Concerto for Alto Saxophone and String Orchestra'. Although invented in the early 1840s, the saxophone was still fairly new and unfamiliar in Glazunov's day it...

In 1934 Alexander Glazunov composed his 'Concerto for Alto Saxophone and String Orchestra'. Although invented in the early 1840s, the saxophone was still fairly new and unfamiliar in Glazunov's day it...

French composer Léo Delibes (1836 - 1891) was specialized in ballets, operas, and other works for the stage. His most notable works include ballets like 'Coppélia' and 'Sylvia' as well as the operas '...

Tenor ana Concert Band. Paganini was the first Lehar operetta written for Richard Tauber's voice and thus the beginning of a unique composer/artist partnership.Set in Italy in 1806, the story of Pagan...