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Eduard Strauss (1835 - 1916) was an Austrian composer who, together with brothers Johann Strauss II and Josef Strauss made up the Strauss musical dynasty. His popularity was overshadowed by that of hi...

The 'Slavonic Dances' are a series of 16 orchestral pieces composed by Antonín Dvorák in 1878 and 1886 and published in two sets as Opus 46 and Opus 72 respectively. The seventh dance from the first s...

The 'Slavonic Dances' are a series of 16 orchestral pieces composed by Antonín Dvorák in 1878 and 1886 and published in two sets as Opus 46 and Opus 72 respectively. The seventh dance from the first s...

Tschaikowsky's 'Sérénade mélancolique' in B-flat minor for violin and orchestra, was written in February 1875. It was his first work for violin and orchestra, and was written immediately after complet...

Tschaikowsky's 'Sérénade mélancolique' in B-flat minor for violin and orchestra, was written in February 1875. It was his first work for violin and orchestra, and was written immediately after complet...

Pablo de Sarasate was not only a great violin player but a composer as well and because of that it´s quite logic that the violin plays an important role in his work. In 1885 de Sarasate composed his '...

Pablo de Sarasate was not only a great violin player but a composer as well and because of that it´s quite logic that the violin plays an important role in his work. In 1885 de Sarasate composed his '...

Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835) was one of the three great composers of the belcanto-era that dominated the Italian opera scene in the first half of the 19th century. 'La Sonnambula' is the first of Bell...

Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835) was one of the three great composers of the belcanto-era that dominated the Italian opera scene in the first half of the 19th century. 'La Sonnambula' is the first of Bell...

The aria E lucevan le stelle is sung by Cavaradossi in the third and final act of Puccini's Opera Tosca. To fulfil his last wishes he is allowed to write a letter to Tosca: `And the stars flickered wh...

Most of Mozart's solo horn music was composed between 1781 and 1789 for his friend and fellow freemason, Ignaz Leutgeb, an accomplished player from Salzburg who continued to perform after setting up a...

Most of Mozart's solo horn music was composed between 1781 and 1789 for his friend and fellow freemason, Ignaz Leutgeb, an accomplished player from Salzburg who continued to perform after setting up a...

Mendelssohn wrote the incidental music, for Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' in 1842, 16 years after he wrote the Overture. It was written to a commission from King Frederick William IV of Pr...

Mendelssohn wrote the incidental music, for Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' in 1842, 16 years after he wrote the Overture. It was written to a commission from King Frederick William IV of Pr...

Zaïde' is a song for soprano and orchestra composed by Hector Berlioz in November 1845 on a poem by Roger de Beauvoir. It was composed at the same time as he resumed the composition of 'La Damnation o...

Zaïde' is a song for soprano and orchestra composed by Hector Berlioz in November 1845 on a poem by Roger de Beauvoir. It was composed at the same time as he resumed the composition of 'La Damnation o...

Tschaikovsky composed his 'Concerto for Violin and Orchestra' in the spring of 1878. The work does have a rocky beginning, somewhat like that of his first Piano Concerto. The premiere was both somewha...

Tschaikovsky composed his 'Concerto for Violin and Orchestra' in the spring of 1878. The work does have a rocky beginning, somewhat like that of his first Piano Concerto. The premiere was both somewha...

Ascanio' is a grand opera composed by Camille Saint-Saëns during 1887-1888. The opera's French libretto is based on the 1852 play 'Benvenuto Cellini'. The name was changed to 'Ascanio' to avoid confus...

Ascanio' is a grand opera composed by Camille Saint-Saëns during 1887-1888. The opera's French libretto is based on the 1852 play 'Benvenuto Cellini'. The name was changed to 'Ascanio' to avoid confus...

Though Max Bruch did not, strictly speaking, leave behind a cello concerto, cellists are nevertheless extremely grateful for the four single-movement concertante pieces from his pen. Of course, 'Kol N...

Though Max Bruch did not, strictly speaking, leave behind a cello concerto, cellists are nevertheless extremely grateful for the four single-movement concertante pieces from his pen. Of course, 'Kol N...

Joseph De Luca (1890 - 1935) was an Italian-American composer, euphoniumist and conductor. De Luca entered the Conservatory of Music in Perugia and graduated when he was seventeen, studying composing,...

Joseph De Luca (1890 - 1935) was an Italian-American composer, euphoniumist and conductor. De Luca entered the Conservatory of Music in Perugia and graduated when he was seventeen, studying composing,...

The aria E lucevan le stelle is sung by Cavaradossi in the third and final act of Puccini's Opera Tosca. To fulfil his last wishes he is allowed to write a letter to Tosca: `And the stars flickered wh...