Partitions valses

The music to the drama Masquerade consists of 14 pieces, mostly dances. Using five out of these 14 numbers Aram Khachaturian composed an orchestral suite and in this transcription for symphonic band t...

Johann Strauss, the King of Waltzes, toured the world like a gypsy and his successful tours to St. Petersburg, Berlin, London, Paris and New York helped to popularise his waltz music. What difference...

Johann Strauss, the King of Waltzes, toured the world like a gypsy and his successful tours to St. Petersburg, Berlin, London, Paris and New York helped to popularise his waltz music. What difference...

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...

Beside his 150 waltzes Johann Strauss composed several operettas of which 'Die Fledermaus' his best contribution to this genre is. The overture is firmly in the tradition established by Rossini and ev...

Beside his 150 waltzes Johann Strauss composed several operettas of which 'Die Fledermaus' his best contribution to this genre is. The overture is firmly in the tradition established by Rossini and ev...

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'...

Der Zigeunerbaron is Strauss's second most popular operetta after Die Fledermaus. Its 1885 premiere had political resonance; the plot popularized the Dual (Austro-Hungarian) Monarchy which was to come...

Der Zigeunerbaron is Strauss's second most popular operetta after Die Fledermaus. Its 1885 premiere had political resonance; the plot popularized the Dual (Austro-Hungarian) Monarchy which was to come...

Die lustige Witwe, composed by Franz Franz Lehar is one of the absolute highlights in the whole operetta-repertoire. The duet Lippen schweigen - Love unspoken - is a waltz in a very romantic. This tra...

Die lustige Witwe, composed by Franz Franz Lehar is one of the absolute highlights in the whole operetta-repertoire. The duet Lippen schweigen - Love unspoken - is a waltz in a very romantic. This tra...

As many may be aware, Emile Waldteufel rivaled Johann Strauss II in the genre of the waltz. But unlike Strauss, many of Waldteufel's popular waltzes were arrangements of folk themes or themes by other...

Rosen aus dem Süden (Roses from the South), is a waltz medley composed by Strauss in 1880 with its themes drawn from the operetta Das Spitzentuch der Königin inspired by a novel by Heinrich Bohrmann-R...

La valse Les Patineurs (opus 183), connue en anglais sous le nom de "The Skaters' Waltz", a été composée en 1882 et inspirée par le "Cercle des Patineurs" ou "Rink of Skaters" au Bois de Boulogne à Pa...

La valse Les Patineurs (opus 183), connue en anglais sous le nom de "The Skaters' Waltz", a été composée en 1882 et inspirée par le "Cercle des Patineurs" ou "Rink of Skaters" au Bois de Boulogne à Pa...

Kaiser-Walzer, op. 437 (Valse de l'empereur) est une valse composée par Strauss en 1889. La valse s'intitulait à l'origine "Main dans la main" et devait être un toast porté en août de cette année-là p...

Kaiser-Walzer, op. 437 (Valse de l'empereur) est une valse composée par Strauss en 1889. La valse s'intitulait à l'origine "Main dans la main" et devait être un toast porté en août de cette année-là p...

A warlock is a male who practices witchcraft. This little tonal caricature seeks to musically portray this enigmatic character in a somewhat less than frightening way. The tri-tone and its usage in th...

Diamond Concerto est une œuvre de commande de la formation allemande Musikverein Mörschied, dirigée par le Dr Eric Grandjean, pour un concert avec un invité spécial, le soliste Steven Mead. Ense...

In 1981 the group OMD (Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark) managed to turn the ancient legend of Joan of Arc into a modern electro-pop song-and thus leave a landmark in the landscape of pop themselves....

A Little Stress Music was commissioned by the Lenzing Werkskapelle from Austria and comprises of four sections. 'Rush Hour' depicts a Friday evening during which everyone wants to get home after work....