Baton Orchestral

Johann Strauss jr. composed a great amount of polka's, mazurka's and marsches to perform with his own orchestra that played on 'dance soirees' in Vienna. The Egyptischer Marsch Opus 335 is a beautiful...

Entry March of the Boyars, composed in 1895 by the Norwegian composer Johan Halvorsen, has been a popular orchestral favorite ever since and one of the best-known examples of Scandinavian orchestral m...

Johann Strauss jr. composed a great amount of polka's, mazurka's and marsches to perform with his own orchestra that played on 'dance soirees' in Vienna. His polka opus 332 'Eljen a Magyar!' (Hungaria...

Julius Fucík was a Czech composer, with over 400 marches, polkas, and waltzes to his name. As most of his work was for military bands, he is sometimes known as the "Bohemian Sousa". Today his marches...

Johann Schrammel (1850 1893) was an Austrian composer and musician. In 1878 he founded with his brother Josef Schrammel and Anton Strohmayer a trio; they were later joined by the clarinettist Georg Da...

Die dreisätzige Suite 'Sigurd Jorsalfar' entstand 1872 aus einer neunteiligen Schauspielmusik, die Edvard Grieg für ein Theaterstück über den Norwegischen König komponierte. Der daraus stammende 'Homa...

Julius Fucík was a Czech composer, with over 400 marches, polkas, and waltzes to his name. As most of his work was for military bands, he is sometimes known as the 'Bohemian Sousa'. Today his marches...

Le Villi' ('The Willis' or 'The Fairies') is an opera-ballet in two acts and Puccini's first stage work. The three orchestral movements - parte sinfonica - from the opera, 'Preludio', 'L'Abbandano' an...

Le Villi' ('The Willis' or 'The Fairies') is an opera-ballet in two acts and Puccini's first stage work. The three orchestral movements - parte sinfonica - from the opera, 'Preludio', 'L'Abbandano' an...

Most of the music which Dmitri Shostakovich used for his Ballet Suites was composed for the silent films in the early 30ies or was re-used from early opera's and ballets. The Dutch composer/arranger C...

The Viennese composer Johann Strauss jr. (1825 - 1899) composed besides his famous waltzes and operettas also a great amount of polka's to perform with his own orchestra that played on 'dance soirees'...

Die 'Fledermaus-Polka' ist eine von sechs Zanz-Arrangements von Themen aus Johann Strauß' Operette 'Die Fledermaus'. Nach der Uraufführung 1874 im Theater an der Wien konnte man lesen, dass die Pola m...

Johann Strauss jr. komponierte die 'Annen-Polka' zum Annentag am 26. Juli 1852. Dem Publikum der Uraufführung gefiel die fasziniernd-reizende Melodie so sehr, dass sie die Polka immer und immer wieder...

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...

As a composer Franz 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 h...

As a composer Franz 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 h...

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...

'Souvenir de Porto Rico', Op. 31, is written by Louis Moreau Gottschalk in 1857 during a tour in Puerto Rico and published in Mainz circa 1860 with the subtitle of 'Marche de Gibaros'. It's based on t...

'Souvenir de Porto Rico', Op. 31, is written by Louis Moreau Gottschalk in 1857 during a tour in Puerto Rico and published in Mainz circa 1860 with the subtitle of 'Marche de Gibaros'. It's based on t...

Tschaikowsky's 'The Nutcracker' is a two-act ballet on a libretto adapted from E. T. A. Hoffmann's story 'The Nutcracker and the Mouse King'. It has become one of his most famous compositions, in part...

The operetta 'Babes in Toyland' was composed by Victor Herbert (1859-1924) in 1903. In this operetta on a libretto by Glen MacDonough, various characters from 'Mother Goose nursery rhymes' are woven t...

'Sleigh Ride' is a composition of British composer Frederick Delius (1862-1934). It is a typical piece by Delius that fits the style of his (much) later miniatures as 'On hearing the first cuckoo in s...

'Sleigh Ride' is a composition of British composer Frederick Delius (1862-1934). It is a typical piece by Delius that fits the style of his (much) later miniatures as 'On hearing the first cuckoo in s...

German composer Richard Eilenberg completed 350 compositions throughout his life, including ten fantasies after melodies of great masters, like 'Ehrenkränze der Tonkunst' and the suite 'Durch Feld und...

German composer Richard Eilenberg completed 350 compositions throughout his life, including ten fantasies after melodies of great masters, like 'Ehrenkränze der Tonkunst' and the suite 'Durch Feld und...