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It would be rash to suggest that Bruckner's few piano works entitle him to much consideration as a composer were it not for the interesting view of the composer's workshop that one or two of them give...

It would be rash to suggest that Bruckner's few piano works entitle him to much consideration as a composer were it not for the interesting view of the composer's workshop that one or two of them give...

Sigurd Jorsalfar is an orchestral suite by Edvard Grieg, celebrating King Sigurd I of Norway compiled in 1872 from incidental music to a play by Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson. The complete suite is in nine pa...

To celebrate the laying of the foundation stone of the new Mariä-Empfängnis-Dom of Linz bishop Franz-Josef Rudigier asked Bruckner for a cantata. Bruckner responded enthusiast with the composition of...

Emmerich Kálmán (1882-1953) war zusammen mit Bartók und Kodály an der Budapester Musikakademie und wandte sich 1908 der Operettenkomposition zu. Die 'Gräfin Marzia' ist eines seiner bekanntesten Stück...

Der Zigeunerbaron is Strauss's second most popular operetta after Die Fledermaus. Its 1885 premiere had political resonance the plot popularized the Dual (Austro-Hungarian) Monarchy which was to come...

Die Schauspielmusik 'The Wasps' (''Die Wespen') des britischen Komponisten Ralph Vaughan Williams basiert auf der gleichnamigen griechischer Komödie des antiken Dichters Aristophanes für eine Produkti...

Gustav Mahler composed his 'Wunderhornlieder' (Songs from the Youth's Magic Horn) between 1892 and 1901. Just half of the Wunderhornlieder have military subjects but beside those there are songs with...

Gustav Mahler composed his 'Wunderhornlieder' (Songs from the Youth's Magic Horn) between 1892 and 1901. Just half of the Wunderhornlieder have military subjects but beside those there are songs with...

Originally written for piano in 1890, Debussy's 'Rêverie' was one of his earlier works in his career as a composer. The gentle and repetitive theme at the beginning of the piece feels as if a person f...

Originally written for piano in 1890, Debussy's 'Rêverie' was one of his earlier works in his career as a composer. The gentle and repetitive theme at the beginning of the piece feels as if a person f...

Ignaz Moscheles (1794-1870) was a Bohemian composer and piano virtuoso, whose career after his early years was based initially in London, and later at Leipzig, where he succeeded his friend and someti...

Ignaz Moscheles (1794-1870) was a Bohemian composer and piano virtuoso, whose career after his early years was based initially in London, and later at Leipzig, where he succeeded his friend and someti...

In 1876, Edvard 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 orchestr...

Premiered in January 1893 "Ninetta", Strauss's twelfth operetta, was quite a success, running for 76 performances at the "Theater an der Wien". The story is filled with misunderstandings and complicat...

Edward German (1862 - 1936) was an English musician and composer best remembered for his extensive output of incidental music including 'Richard III', 'Henry VIII', 'Nell Gwynn' and 'Romeo and Juliet'...

Edward German (1862 - 1936) was an English musician and composer best remembered for his extensive output of incidental music including 'Richard III', 'Henry VIII', 'Nell Gwynn' and 'Romeo and Juliet'...

Erst nach einigen Umarbeitungen wurde Johann Strauss' jr. neunte Operette 'Eine Nacht in Venedig' zum Erfolg. Die Arie 'Was mir der Zufall gab' wird von Annina zu Beginn des zweiten Aktes gesungen.

Johann Strauss's (1825-1899) ninth operetta Eine Nacht in Venedig (A Night in Venice) premiered 1883 in Berlin and is his only operetta to be premiered outside Vienna. Although the score gained high a...

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...

'La Bohème' was first performed in 1886. It soon became a staple of the operatic repertoire and has remained so ever since. Puccini had begun for the first time to speak with his own unmistakable voic...

'La Bohème' was first performed in 1886. It soon became a staple of the operatic repertoire and has remained so ever since. Puccini had begun for the first time to speak with his own unmistakable voic...

The Fledermaus-Polka is one of six dance arrangements on themes from Johann Strauss" operetta "Die Fledermaus". It received its première in 1874 at the "Theater an der Wien" and according of the newsp...

Strauss composed the Annen-Polka in 1852 to celebrate the day of St. Anne. The Annen-Polka was quite popular right from its premiere in 1852 when the Viennese newspapers reported as follows: "Johann S...

Johann Strauss Junior komponierte neben seinen rund 150 Walzern einige Operetten, unter denen die 'Fledermaus' sein wohl bester Beitrag zu diesem Genre war. Roger Niese folgt in seiner Transkription d...