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The 'Banditen-Galop (Bandit's Gallop) is a gallop which was arranged from melodies in Strauss' operetta 'Prinz Methusalem'. The title of the composition is derived from the appearance in the stage wor...

The 'Banditen-Galop (Bandit's Gallop) is a gallop which was arranged from melodies in Strauss' operetta 'Prinz Methusalem'. The title of the composition is derived from the appearance in the stage wor...

Ernest Bucalossi (1859-1933) was a Britisch-Italian light music composer. The Grasshopper's Dance was written in 1905 and has enjoyed popularity ever since - even appearing in a recent milk commercial...

Ernest Bucalossi (1859-1933) was a Britisch-Italian light music composer. The Grasshopper's Dance was written in 1905 and has enjoyed popularity ever since - even appearing in a recent milk commercial...

Le dix-neuvième siècle a été le témoin d'un flot de nouveaux développements et d'applications de l'électricité en tant que nouvelle source d'énergie importante. Il n'est donc pas surprenant que le thè...

Le dix-neuvième siècle a été le témoin d'un flot de nouveaux développements et d'applications de l'électricité en tant que nouvelle source d'énergie importante. Il n'est donc pas surprenant que le thè...

Dmitri Chostakovitch a composé sa Symphonie n° 5 en ré mineur, opus 47, entre avril et juillet 1937. Elle a été créée le 21 novembre 1937 à Leningrad par l'Orchestre philharmonique de Leningrad. La pr...

Dmitri Chostakovitch a composé sa Symphonie n° 5 en ré mineur, opus 47, entre avril et juillet 1937. Elle a été créée le 21 novembre 1937 à Leningrad par l'Orchestre philharmonique de Leningrad. La pr...

In 1939, Russian composer Dmitri Kabalevsky wrote incidental music for a children's play called 'The Inventor and the Comedians', by the Soviet Jewish writer Mark Daniel. The play was staged at the 'C...

In 1939, Russian composer Dmitri Kabalevsky wrote incidental music for a children's play called 'The Inventor and the Comedians', by the Soviet Jewish writer Mark Daniel. The play was staged at the 'C...

In 1868 Johann Strauss jr. composed the polka 'Freikugeln' (Free-Shooter), opus 326 which commemorated the '3rd German Federal Shooting Contest', which attracted no less than ten thousand entrants fro...

In 1868 Johann Strauss jr. composed the polka 'Freikugeln' (Free-Shooter), opus 326 which commemorated the '3rd German Federal Shooting Contest', which attracted no less than ten thousand entrants fro...

Le compositeur russe Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov est principalement connu pour sa suite orchestrale "Caucasian Sketches", qui comprend le très remarqué "Procession of the Sardar". Mais ses "Fragments tur...

Le compositeur russe Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov est principalement connu pour sa suite orchestrale "Caucasian Sketches", qui comprend le très remarqué "Procession of the Sardar". Mais ses "Fragments tur...

Johann Strauss composed the 'Kuss-Walzer' (Kiss Waltz) in 1881. This waltz was dedicated to his second wife, Angelika Dittrich and comprises melodies from Strauss' popular operetta 'Der lustige Krieg'...

Johann Strauss composed the 'Kuss-Walzer' (Kiss Waltz) in 1881. This waltz was dedicated to his second wife, Angelika Dittrich and comprises melodies from Strauss' popular operetta 'Der lustige Krieg'...

Composed in 1868, 'Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald' (Tales from the Vienna Woods) was one of six Viennese waltzes by Johann Strauss which featured a virtuoso part for zither. The waltz's premiere that...

Composed in 1868, 'Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald' (Tales from the Vienna Woods) was one of six Viennese waltzes by Johann Strauss which featured a virtuoso part for zither. The waltz's premiere that...

Czech composer Bedrich Smetana is known as the first composer who wrote music with a specific Czech character. Many of his compositions are based on Czech themes. He used Czech dance rhythms and his m...

Czech composer Bedrich Smetana is known as the first composer who wrote music with a specific Czech character. Many of his compositions are based on Czech themes. He used Czech dance rhythms and his m...

Inspired by one of his students and his later wife, Ottorino Respighi composed in 1922 'Vetrate di Chiesa' (The Church Windows). This four movement Symphonic Suite is based on Gregorian melodies. It's...

Inspired by one of his students and his later wife, Ottorino Respighi composed in 1922 'Vetrate di Chiesa' (The Church Windows). This four movement Symphonic Suite is based on Gregorian melodies. It's...

Indigo und die vierzig Räuber (Indigo et les quarante voleurs) est la toute première opérette de Johann Strauss, qui a été représentée pour la première fois en 1871 au Theater an der Wien à Vienne, en...

Indigo und die vierzig Räuber (Indigo et les quarante voleurs) est la toute première opérette de Johann Strauss, qui a été représentée pour la première fois en 1871 au Theater an der Wien à Vienne, en...

In 1860 the curtain of the Carl-Theater in Vienna rose on the first production of Offenbach's parody of Greek mythology, 'Orphée aux enfers' ('Orpheus in the Underworld'). Sitting among the audience i...