Wil van der Beek

Nikolaï Rimski-Korsakov occupe une place de choix dans la musique symphonique russe de la fin du XIXe siècle. Parmi ses opéras d'une exceptionnelle richesse musicale, on citera Sadko, créé en 1898. Ce...

Nikolaï Rimski-Korsakov occupe une place de choix dans la musique symphonique russe de la fin du XIXe siècle. Parmi ses opéras d'une exceptionnelle richesse musicale, on citera Sadko, créé en 1898. Ce...

Karl Millöcker (1842-1899) compte parmi les plus éminents représentants de ' l'opérette viennoise dorée '. Sa musique, toujours rafraîchissante et bien écrite dénote une certaine 'académisation' styli...

Neben dem Zigeunerbaron und Eine Nacht in Venedig ist Die Fledermaus eine der bekanntesten Operetten von Johann Strauss (Sohn). Dieses Werk, das 1874 uraufgeführt wurde, ist ein Paradebeispiel für die...

The Austro-Hungarian composer and conductor Franz Lehár is mainly known for his operettas. Wiener Frauen (Viennese Women), from 1902, is one of the first operettas that Lehár wrote. The overture has q...

This march, opus 470 in Johann Strauss the Younger's oeuvre, was dedicated to the k. u. k. (Royal) Infanterie-Regiment 'Hoch und Deutschmeister No. 4' on the occasion of its 200th anniversary. In 1896...

L'Intermezzo, de l'opéra romantique Notre-Dame, qui s'inspire du roman Notre-Dame de Paris de Victor Hugo, est sans doute l'oeuvre la plus prestigieuse de Franz Schmidt, compositeur austro-hongrois pe...

L'Intermezzo, de l'opéra romantique Notre-Dame, qui s'inspire du roman Notre-Dame de Paris de Victor Hugo, est sans doute l'oeuvre la plus prestigieuse de Franz Schmidt, compositeur austro-hongrois pe...

In 1878, on a commission from his publisher, Anton n Dvorák wrote a series of eight Slavonic dances. Modelled on Johannes Brahms' famous Hungarian Dances, although in contrast to Brahms' work, Dvorák...

Jacques Offenbach est né en Allemagne en 1819. Sa famille s'installe à Paris alors qu'il est encore adolescent et c'est là qu'il passe la plus grande partie de sa vie. Il devient particulièrement célè...

Pietro Mascagni (Livorno 1863 - Rome 1945) got famous overnight when his first opera 'Cavalleria Rusticana' was premiered in 1890. Of his later operas only 'L'Amico Fritz' and 'Iris' got some success....

In 1906 Bohemian violinist and composer Frantisek Drdla (1868-1944) composed the delightfully charming piece entitled Souvenir. This piece for violin and piano is one of the most popular compositions...

In 1906 Bohemian violinist and composer Frantisek Drdla (1868-1944) composed the delightfully charming piece entitled Souvenir. This piece for violin and piano is one of the most popular compositions...

Paul Dukas (1865-1935) was a composer who had little self-confidence and was very self-critical. As a result of this he destroyed the manuscripts of all but seven large and five small works. Luckily k...

Paul Dukas (1865-1935) was a composer who had little self-confidence and was very self-critical. As a result of this he destroyed the manuscripts of all but seven large and five small works. Luckily k...

Organ player and composer Pietro Allessandro Yon (Turijn 1886-New York 1943) was of Italian origin. He studied in Milan, Turin and Rome. At first he worked as an organist in Rome; in 1907 he left for...