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The Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18, is a concerto for piano and orchestra, composed by Sergei Rachmaninov between the autumn of 1900 and April 1901. The complete work was premiered, with the...

The Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18, is a concerto for piano and orchestra, composed by Sergei Rachmaninov between the autumn of 1900 and April 1901. The complete work was premiered, with the...

Horn and Concert Band. Most of Mozart's solo horn music was composed between 1781 and 1789 for his friend and fellow freemason, Ignaz Leutgeb, an accomplished player from Salzburg who continued to per...

Most of Mozart's solo horn music was composed between 1781 and 1789 for his friend and fellow freemason, Ignaz Leutgeb, an accomplished player from Salzburg who continued to perform after setting up a...

Louis Moreau Gottschalk was born in New Orleans in 1829. His father was of German-Jewish decent and his Catholic mother was a Creole from Haiti. His piano lessons commenced at the age of five and were...

Louis Moreau Gottschalk was born in New Orleans in 1829. His father was of German-Jewish decent and his Catholic mother was a Creole from Haiti. His piano lessons commenced at the age of five and were...

Trumpet and Concert Band. Mexican composer Augustin Lara (1897- 1970) was mainly a composer of songs used in movies and cabarets. It is said that Lara never learned musical notation. In total he wrote...

Rhapsody in Blue est une composition musicale de George Gershwin pour piano solo et orchestre de jazz écrite en 1924, qui combine des éléments de musique classique avec des effets d'influence du jazz....

Rhapsody in Blue is a musical composition by George Gershwin for solo piano and jazz band written in 1924, which combines elements of classical music with jazz-influenced effects. The composition was...

Variations for Clarinet and Symphonic Band on a theme from Prokofiev's ballet Romeo and Juliet by Russian composer Grigory Kalinkovich.

Variations for Clarinet and Symphonic Band on a theme from Prokofiev's ballet Romeo and Juliet by Russian composer Grigory Kalinkovich.

Only after John Golland passed away in 1993 the score of his Tuba Concerto Op. 46 was found. The first performance of this work was given by Andrew Duncan and the Halle Orchestra at the Halle Proms at...

The famous Meditation from Jules Massenet opera Tha's is the entr'acte for violin and orchestra played between the scenes of the second act and nowadays often performed as a separate concert piece.

The famous Meditation from Jules Massenet opera Thaïs is the entr"acte for violin and orchestra played between the scenes of the second act and nowadays often performed as a separate concert piece.

German composer Max Bruch was an enthusiastic exponent of music for solo string instruments. His Romance in F for Viola and Orchestra has long occupied a permanent place in the viola repertoire, wheth...

The 'suite de Trois Morceaux' is one of the few compositions of Benjamin Godard (1849-1895) that is still immense popular. It's a short work for flute and piano or orchestra in three movements - Alleg...

The "Suite de Trois Morceaux" is one of the few compositions of Benjamin Godard (1849-1895) that is still immense popular. It's a short work for flute and piano or orchestra in three movements -- Alle...

Don Alvaro's aria 'La vita e inferno all'infelice comes in the third act. It is dawn at the encampment at Velletri in Italy, where Don Alvaro has enrolled under the name of Don Federico Herreros. He s...

Don Alvaro's aria La vita è inferno all"infelice comes in the third act. It is dawn at the encampment at Velletri in Italy, where Don Alvaro has enrolled under the name of Don Federico Herreros. He si...

Classical composers who have used csardas themes in their works include Emmerich Kalman, Franz Liszt, Johannes Brahms, Leo Delibes, Johann Strauss, Pablo de Sarasate, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and othe...

Classical composers who have used csárdás themes in their works include Emmerich Kálmán, Franz Liszt, Johannes Brahms, Léo Delibes, Johann Strauss, Pablo de Sarasate, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and othe...

Rudy Wiedoeft (1893-1940) was born in Detroit Michigan to a large family of musicians, with whom he began his musical studies, playing in the family orchestra which toured as a professional ensemble....

Rudy Wiedoeft (1893-1940) was born in Detroit Michigan to a large family of musicians, with whom he began his musical studies, playing in the family orchestra which toured as a professional ensemble....

One finds in Saint-SaÙns' Romance for Horn and Orchestra Opus 36 (1874) characteristics that have come to be considered typically French: elegant line and proportions scored with the utmost clarity. I...