Wolfgang Birtel

The reputation of the Bohemian composer Zdenek Fibich (1850-1900) has always been somewhat overshadowed by that of Bedrich Smetana and Antonín Dvorák. This is a pity, for Fibich, though he died young,...

Le compositeur et pianiste américain Edward MacDowell (1860-1908) est pratiquement inconnu chez nous, même si son art a pris racine ici : il reçut sa formation pianistique à Paris, Stuttgart, Wiesbade...

Dépasser les limites entre la musique dite 'sérieuse' et celle dite 'légère', voilà ce qui importait au musicien Eduard Pütz (1911-2000). C'est pourquoi ses compositions contiennent des éléments venus...

Qui eût cru que le ragtime connaîtrait une telle renaissance ! Plus de cinquante ans après la mort de Scott Joplin qui fut son principal représentant, le film L'Arnaque (The Sting) remettait à la mode...

Although the Würzburg court musician and violin soloist Joseph Küffner (1776-1856) had to deal with military music for professional reasons, he had also written a series of symphonies, orchestral work...

Songs Without Words' - that's what Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847) called his lyrical piano pieces, romantic miniatures in which the composer wanted to 'sing' on the keyboard instrument. With...

The melodies from George Gershwin's (1898-1937) musicals, from 'Porgy and Bess', from orchestral pieces like 'Rhapsody in Blue' or 'An American in Paris', we all know them! But the career of the young...

The melodies from George Gershwin's (1898-1937) musicals, from 'Porgy and Bess', from orchestral pieces like 'Rhapsody in Blue' or 'An American in Paris', we all know them! But the career of the young...

Ce recueil des plus belles compositions faciles et originales pour violon et piano offre une grande sélection d'œuvres qui devrait pouvoir accompagner les élèves le long de leurs premières années de c...