Mittelschwere Noten für Blasorchester

Carmen is probably the most famous opera in the whole opera-repertoire, although its premiere in 1875 was a great disappointment. The chorus "Vivat! Vivat le Toréro!" is sung in the second act of the...

The oratorio "Mors et Vita" (Death and Life) is the continuation of "The Redemption" and was the second of a proposed trilogy of oratorios written on commission by Charles Gounod for the Birmingham Fe...

'Die Afrikanerin', is a Viennese quadrille which Johann Strauss based on the themes from Meyerbeer's opera 'L'Africaine'. It was first heard in the Vienna Volksgarten on 7 July 1865 during a musical n...

'Die Afrikanerin', is a Viennese quadrille which Johann Strauss based on the themes from Meyerbeer's opera 'L'Africaine'. It was first heard in the Vienna Volksgarten on 7 July 1865 during a musical n...

Pablo de Sarasate's 'Zigeunerweisen' (Gypsy Airs) for Violin and Orchestra was written in 1878 and premiered during the same year in Leipzig. It is based on themes of the Roma people, specifically the...

Pablo de Sarasate's "Zigeunerweisen" (Gypsy Airs) for Violin and Orchestra was written in 1878 and premiered during the same year in Leipzig. It is based on themes of the Roma people, specifically the...

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...

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...

Verdi komponierte "Un Ballo in Maschera" für das Theater San Carlo in Neapel, wo es während der Karnevalssaison 1858 aufgeführt werden sollte. Das Libretto erzählte die wahre Geschichte des liberalen...

The "Stabat Mater" is the best known work of Giovanni Pergolesi's. It was commissioned by the "Confraternità dei Cavalieri di San Luigi di Palazzo" who presented an annual Good Friday meditation in ho...

Classical composers who have used csardas themes in their works include Emmerich Kalman, Franz Liszt, Johannes Brahms, Leo Delibes, Johann Strauss, Pablo de Sarasate, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and othe...

Classical composers who have used csárdás themes in their works include Emmerich Kálmán, Franz Liszt, Johannes Brahms, Léo Delibes, Johann Strauss, Pablo de Sarasate, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and othe...

From its first performance, Engelbert Humperdinck's opera "Hänsel und Gretel" was a phenomenal succes, produces at over fifty theaters in its first year alone. This evergreen opera, based on the Grimm...

The Polka 'Fata Morgana', Opus 330 was written by Johann Strauss for the grand ball of the Association of Artists in Vienna, which was held in Dianabad-Saal on 1 February 1869. All three Strauss broth...

The Polka 'Fata Morgana', Opus 330 was written by Johann Strauss for the grand ball of the Association of Artists in Vienna, which was held in Dianabad-Saal on 1 February 1869. All three Strauss broth...

The String Quartet No. 1 in D major, Opus 11, was the first of Tschaikowsky's three string quartets. It was premiered in Moscow in 1871. The second movement from this quartet is the melancholic "Andan...

La Bohème was first performed in 1886 at the Teatro Regio in Turin. It soon became a staple of the operatic repertoire and has remained so ever since. Puccini had begun for the first time to speak wit...