Marches pour harmonie

Edvard Grieg composed his Funeral March in Memory of Rikard Nordraak in 1866, in honour of his friend and fellow Norwegian composer Rikard Nordraak, who had died in March of that year at the age of 23...

Tschaikowsky received the commission for the 'Coronation March' by the Mayor of the City of Moscow for the occasion of the coronation of Alexander III in May 1883, for a performance in Sokol'nikii Par...

Il Barbiere di Siviglia (1816) de Rossini est l'un des plus grands opéras comiques. Basé sur une excellente pièce de Beaumarchais, "Le Barbier de Séville" ravit le public avec ses personnages finement...

Giacomo Meyerbeer was a German opera composer of Jewish birth who has been described as perhaps the most successful stage composer of the nineteenth century. His public career from 1831 until his deat...

Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelung) is a cycle of four epic operas by German composer Richard Wagner (1813-1883). The works are based loosely on characters from the Norse sagas and the...

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...

Manon is an opéra comique in five acts by Jules Massenet to a French libretto by Henri Meilhac and Philippe Gille, based on the 1731 novel L'histoire du chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut by the...

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...

Der Zigeunerbaron est la deuxième opérette la plus populaire de Strauss après "Die Fledermaus". Sa création en 1885 a eu des résonances politiques : l'intrigue popularisait la double monarchie (austro...

Der Zigeunerbaron est la deuxième opérette la plus populaire de Strauss après "Die Fledermaus". Sa création en 1885 a eu des résonances politiques : l'intrigue popularisait la double monarchie (austro...

In a life spanning almost ninety-five years, Stolz wrote in excess of 2000 songs, dances and marches, as well as the music for more than 50 stage works, 60 films and 19 ice revues. In 1929 the German...

In a life spanning almost ninety-five years, Stolz wrote in excess of 2000 songs, dances and marches, as well as the music for more than 50 stage works, 60 films and 19 ice revues. The song 'Du sollst...

In 1811 Beethoven wrote an overture and incidental music to a play by August von Kotzebue called 'The Ruins of Athens', which premiered in Pest in 1812. The 'Turkish March' appears as item No. 4 of th...

In 1811 Beethoven wrote an overture and incidental music to a play by August von Kotzebue called 'The Ruins of Athens', which premiered in Pest in 1812. The 'Turkish March' appears as item No. 4 of th...

Souvenir de Porto Rico, op. 31, a été écrit par Louis Moreau Gottschalk en 1857 lors d'une tournée à Porto Rico et publié à Mayence vers 1860 avec le sous-titre "Marche de Gibaros". Elle est basée sur...

Souvenir de Porto Rico, op. 31, a été écrit par Louis Moreau Gottschalk en 1857 lors d'une tournée à Porto Rico et publié à Mayence vers 1860 avec le sous-titre "Marche de Gibaros". Elle est basée sur...

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...

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...

Julius Fucík était un compositeur tchèque, avec plus de 400 marches, polkas et valses à son actif. La plupart de ses œuvres étant destinées à des orchestres militaires, il est parfois surnommé le "Sou...

Johann Strauss jr. composed in 1864 the 'Persischer Marsch' (Persian March), Op. 289. It was dedicated this to his Majesty Nasir-ad-Din imperial Shah of Persia (1831 - 1896). The melody of the trio is...

Mendelssohn wrote the incidental music, for Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' in 1842, 16 years after he wrote the Overture. It was written to a commission from King Frederick William IV of Pr...

Casse-Noisette de Tschaikowsky est un ballet en deux actes sur un livret adapté du conte d'E. T. A. Hoffmann "Casse-Noisette et le roi des souris". Il est devenu l'une des compositions les plus célèbr...

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...

En 1876, Tschaikowsky a composé son ballet "Le lac des cygnes" Op. 20. Malgré son échec initial, il est aujourd'hui l'un des ballets les plus populaires. Le "Lac des cygnes" a été créé par le Ballet d...

Forty six years after having composed his first 'Fest Marsch' op. 49, Johann Strauss, wrote a second work with this title, 'Fest Marsch' op. 452. This march was one of the two musical tributes on the...