Mittelschwere Noten für Blasorchester

German composer Otto Nicolai (1810-1849) started work on the overture based on Martin Luther's chorale 'Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott' (A mighty fortress is our God) in the summer of 1836. In the foll...

Albert Leutner (Berlin, 1815 - 1871) was a German composer. He started composing dances, marches and quadrilles as early as 1835. In 1838, at the age of 23, he became Kapellmeister of the Military Ban...

Albert Leutner (Berlin, 1815 - 1871) was a German composer. He started composing dances, marches and quadrilles as early as 1835. In 1838, at the age of 23, he became Kapellmeister of the Military Ban...

Der französische Komponist Hector Berlioz schrieb eine Reihe von "Ouvertüren", von denen viele zu beliebten Konzertwerken geworden sind. Darunter sind echte Ouvertüren, die Opern einleiten sollen, abe...

Der französische Komponist Hector Berlioz schrieb eine Reihe von "Ouvertüren", von denen viele zu beliebten Konzertwerken geworden sind. Darunter sind echte Ouvertüren, die Opern einleiten sollen, abe...

Die Opera buffa "Così fan tutte" (So tun sie alle) ist eine der drei Mozart-Opern, für die Da Ponte das Libretto schrieb. Die beiden anderen gemeinsamen Werke von Da Ponte und Mozart waren "Le nozze d...

Die Opera buffa "Così fan tutte" (So tun sie alle) ist eine der drei Mozart-Opern, für die Da Ponte das Libretto schrieb. Die beiden anderen gemeinsamen Werke von Da Ponte und Mozart waren "Le nozze d...

The opera buffa ‘Don Giovanni’ is one of the three Mozart operas for which Da Ponte wrote the libretto. The other two Da Ponte-Mozart collaborations were ‘Le nozze di Figaro’ and ‘Così fan tutte’. ‘Do...

El bateo ist eine Zarzuela in einem Akt (Genre chico) und vier Szenen, mit Musik von Federico Chueca und Libretto von Antonio Domínguez und Antonio Paso. Das Werk ist einer der letzten Vertreter des G...

El bateo ist eine Zarzuela in einem Akt (Genre chico) und vier Szenen, mit Musik von Federico Chueca und Libretto von Antonio Domínguez und Antonio Paso. Das Werk ist einer der letzten Vertreter des G...

Il Pirata (The Pirate) was Bellini's third opera. "Il Pirata" is an opera in two acts to an Italian libretto by Felice Romani from a French translation of the tragic play "Bertram", or "The Castle of...

After completing and premiering his powerful and controversial 13th Symphony, Babi Yar, in 1962, Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) spent the next year in a state of physical and creative recuperation. T...

After completing and premiering his powerful and controversial 13th Symphony, Babi Yar, in 1962, Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) spent the next year in a state of physical and creative recuperation. T...

Franz von Suppé composed about 30 operettas and 180 farces, ballets, and other stage works. Although the bulk of Suppé's operas have sunk into relative obscurity, the overtures - particularly 'Dichter...

As a contribution to the opera "Armer Columbus" by German composer Erwin Dressel, Shostakovich composed two of his quirkiest and oddest early orchestral pieces. An energetic "Entr"acte" in c minor (Al...

French composer Adolphe Adam composed his opera 'si j'etais roi' (if I Were King) in 1852. Though less popular than 'Le postillon de Lonjumeau', it is often regarded as Adam's finest work. The well-de...

French composer Adolphe Adam composed his opera "Si j'étais roi" (if I Were King) in 1852. Though less popular than "Le postillon de Lonjumeau", it is often regarded as Adam's finest work. The well-de...

The romantic, picturesque and dramatic appeal of medieval Christianity furnished Richard Wagner, after "Tannhäuser", with "Lohengrin". It's a romantic opera in three acts first performed in 1850 un We...

Rossini's 'Il Barbiere di Siviglia' (1816) is one of the greatest of all comic operas. Based on an excellent play by Beaumarchais, The 'Barber of Seville' delights audiences with its keenly sketched c...

Rossini's 'Il Barbiere di Siviglia' (1816) is one of the greatest of all comic operas. Based on an excellent play by Beaumarchais, The 'Barber of Seville' delights audiences with its keenly sketched c...

'La forza del destino (The Power of Fate) is an Italian opera by Giuseppe Verdi. The libretto was written by Francesco Maria Piave based on a Spanish drama, 'Don Álvaro o la fuerza del sino', by Ángel...

'La forza del destino (The Power of Fate) is an Italian opera by Giuseppe Verdi. The libretto was written by Francesco Maria Piave based on a Spanish drama, 'Don Álvaro o la fuerza del sino', by Ángel...

The Wasps is incidental music composed by the British composer Ralph Vaughan Williams in 1909. It was based on Aristophane's ancient Greek comedy The Wasps for a production at Trinity College, Cambrid...

Rossini's 'La Gazza Ladra' (The Thieving Magpie) is a melodrama or 'opera semiseria' in two acts on a libretto by Giovanni Gherardini based on 'La pie voleuse' by Jean-Marie-Theodor Badouin d'Aubigny...

Rossini's 'La Gazza Ladra' (The Thieving Magpie) is a melodrama or 'opera semiseria' in two acts on a libretto by Giovanni Gherardini based on 'La pie voleuse' by Jean-Marie-Theodor Badouin d'Aubigny...