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'Tarantelle for Flute and Clarinet' was Camille Saint-Saëns the first concertante piece. He wrote it in 1857 for the first flute and first clarinet of the imperial academy, and it was they who premier...

'Tarantelle for Flute and Clarinet' was Camille Saint-Saëns the first concertante piece. He wrote it in 1857 for the first flute and first clarinet of the imperial academy, and it was they who premier...

Enrique Granados (1867 - 1916) was one of the composers who defined a Spanish nationalistic sound and profoundly affected the style of other Iberian composers. His 12 Danzas Españolas are relatively e...

Enrique Granados (1867 - 1916) was one of the composers who defined a Spanish nationalistic sound and profoundly affected the style of other Iberian composers. His 12 Danzas Españolas are relatively e...

Il serait téméraire de suggérer que les quelques œuvres pour piano de Bruckner lui donnent droit à une grande considération en tant que compositeur, si ce n'était pour la vision intéressante de l'atel...

Il serait téméraire de suggérer que les quelques œuvres pour piano de Bruckner lui donnent droit à une grande considération en tant que compositeur, si ce n'était pour la vision intéressante de l'atel...

Sigurd Jorsalfar est une suite orchestrale d'Edvard Grieg célébrant le roi Sigurd Ier de Norvège, compilée en 1872 à partir de la musique de scène d'une pièce de Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson. La suite complè...

To celebrate the laying of the foundation stone of the new Mariä-Empfängnis-Dom of Linz bishop Franz-Josef Rudigier asked Bruckner for a cantata. Bruckner responded enthusiast with the composition of...

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...

Emmerich Kálmán (1882-1953) was a contemporary of Bartók and Kodály at the Budapest Academy of Music. He first coupled a career as a music critic with more conventionally serious composition, before,...

Emmerich Kálmán (1882-1953) était un contemporain de Bartók et de Kodály à l'Académie de musique de Budapest. Il a d'abord mené une carrière de critique musical tout en composant des œuvres plus série...

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 1880, Tschaikowsky composed the 'Capriccio Italien, Opus 45', as a fantasy for orchestra. He was inspired by a trip he took to Rome, during which he saw the Carnival in full swing, and is reminisce...

In 1880, Tschaikowsky composed the 'Capriccio Italien, Opus 45', as a fantasy for orchestra. He was inspired by a trip he took to Rome, during which he saw the Carnival in full swing, and is reminisce...

The Wasps est une musique de scène composée par le compositeur britannique Ralph Vaughan Williams en 1909. Elle est basée sur la comédie grecque antique d'Aristophane "Les Guêpes", pour une production...

Gustav Mahler a composé ses "Wunderhornlieder" (Chants du cor magique de la jeunesse) entre 1892 et 1901. La moitié seulement des "Wunderhornlieder" ont des sujets militaires, mais il y a aussi des ch...

Gustav Mahler a composé ses "Wunderhornlieder" (Chants du cor magique de la jeunesse) entre 1892 et 1901. La moitié seulement des "Wunderhornlieder" ont des sujets militaires, mais il y a aussi des ch...

Originally written for piano in 1890, Debussy's 'Rêverie' was one of his earlier works in his career as a composer. The gentle and repetitive theme at the beginning of the piece feels as if a person f...

Originally written for piano in 1890, Debussy's 'Rêverie' was one of his earlier works in his career as a composer. The gentle and repetitive theme at the beginning of the piece feels as if a person f...

Ignaz Moscheles (1794-1870) was a Bohemian composer and piano virtuoso, whose career after his early years was based initially in London, and later at Leipzig, where he succeeded his friend and someti...

Ignaz Moscheles (1794-1870) was a Bohemian composer and piano virtuoso, whose career after his early years was based initially in London, and later at Leipzig, where he succeeded his friend and someti...

Czech composer Leos Janácek (1854-1928) has been inspired by Moravian and other Slavic folk music to create an original, modern musical style and along with Dvorák and Smetana, he is considered one of...

The fast polka 'Auf der Jagd' opus 373 is one of six dance arrangements of melodies from Johann Strauss' operetta 'Cagliostro in Wien' which was premiered in February 1875. The polka received its firs...

In 1876, Edvard Grieg created incidental music for the premiere of Ibsen's play "Peer Gynt", at the request of the author. Many of the pieces from this work became very popular in the form of orchestr...