Edwin F. Kalmus

Le compositeur norvégien Johan Halvorsen (1864-1935) a composé en 1893 son ENTRY MARCH OF THE BOYARS, qui reste son œuvre la plus populaire. À la suite d'une offre de poste au Conservatoire de Bucares...

Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) wrote Symphony No. 45 in F-sharp minor 'Farewell' (Hob. I.45; 'Abschiedssinfonie' in German), the most well-known of his 'Sturm und Drang' symphonies, in 1772, and it is...

Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) wrote Symphony No. 45 in F-sharp minor 'Farewell' (Hob. I.45; 'Abschiedssinfonie' in German), the most well-known of his 'Sturm und Drang' symphonies, in 1772, and it is...

Symphony No. 44 was completed in 1772 by Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809). Rumored that the composer requested the third movement be played at his funeral, the work is popularly known as "Trauersinfonie...

Symphony No. 44 was completed in 1772 by Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809). Rumored that the composer requested the third movement be played at his funeral, the work is popularly known as "Trauersinfonie...

Traditionnellement attribuée à Franz Joseph Haydn, la TOY SYMPHONY, Hob.II : 47, est connue pour son assortiment fantaisiste d'instruments-jouets. La paternité de l'œuvre a longtemps été contestée, le...

Traditionnellement attribuée à Franz Joseph Haydn, la TOY SYMPHONY, Hob.II : 47, est connue pour son assortiment fantaisiste d'instruments-jouets. La paternité de l'œuvre a longtemps été contestée, le...

The three-act opéra comique Zampa, ou La fiancée de marbre (Zampa, or the Marble Bride) was written in 1831, and is one of Ferdinand Hérold's (1791-1833) most popular works during the 19th century. It...

HÄNSEL UND GRETEL, un Märchenspiel (opéra féerique) en trois actes, a été écrit par Engelbert Humperdinck (1854-1921) en 1890-1892, sur un livret de sa sœur Adelheid Wette. Humperdinck a commencé à tr...

HÄNSEL UND GRETEL, un Märchenspiel (opéra féerique) en trois actes, a été écrit par Engelbert Humperdinck (1854-1921) en 1890-1892, sur un livret de sa sœur Adelheid Wette. Humperdinck a commencé à tr...

French composer Édouard Lalo (1823-1892) wrote Le roi d'Ys, an opera in three acts and five tableaux, between 1875 and 1888. He was prompted by his wife, contralto Julie de Maligny, to use the Breton...

French composer Édouard Lalo (1823-1892) wrote Le roi d'Ys, an opera in three acts and five tableaux, between 1875 and 1888. He was prompted by his wife, contralto Julie de Maligny, to use the Breton...

Édouard Lalo (1823-1892) wrote Concerto for Cello in D minor a few years after the popular Symphonie espagnole in 1876 for Belgian cellist Adolphe Fischer. The following year, Fischer was the soloist...

Édouard Lalo (1823-1892) wrote Concerto for Cello in D minor a few years after the popular Symphonie espagnole in 1876 for Belgian cellist Adolphe Fischer. The following year, Fischer was the soloist...

Anatoly Lyadov (1855-1914), one of the Russian Five, wrestled with doubt in his own creative talent. Exclusively writing small-scale works, he explored the folk music of his native country, much of wh...

Anatoly Lyadov (1855-1914), one of the Russian Five, wrestled with doubt in his own creative talent. Exclusively writing small-scale works, he explored the folk music of his native country, much of wh...

Anatoly Lyadov (1855-1914) a composé KIKIMORA, op. 63 en 1909. Basée sur le personnage familier de la mythologie slave, la description suivante, tirée des Contes populaires russes de I.P. Sakharov (tr...

Anatoly Lyadov (1855-1914) a composé KIKIMORA, op. 63 en 1909. Basée sur le personnage familier de la mythologie slave, la description suivante, tirée des Contes populaires russes de I.P. Sakharov (tr...

LE LAC ENCHANTÉ, op. 62 est un poème symphonique d'Anatoly Lyadov (1855-1914). Sous-titré "scène de conte de fées", il s'agit probablement de son œuvre la plus célèbre en raison de sa partition délica...

Hungarian virtuoso pianist and composer Franz Liszt (1811-1886) began to develop the concept of the symphonic poem (symphonische dichtung; poème symphonique) following his 1847 retirement from concert...

Franz Liszt (1811-1886) started work on his CONCERTO FOR PIANO AND ORCHESTRA No. 2 in A major, S. 125, in 1839 and 1840. Putting it through a series of revisions, he dedicated the concerto to his stud...

Franz Liszt (1811-1886) started work on his CONCERTO FOR PIANO AND ORCHESTRA No. 2 in A major, S. 125, in 1839 and 1840. Putting it through a series of revisions, he dedicated the concerto to his stud...

L'idée de TOTENTANZ, S. 126 (Danse des morts) a été conçue par Franz Liszt (1811-1886) en 1838. Deux versions devaient suivre, la première achevée en 1853 et la seconde en 1864. Cette pièce virtuose e...

L'idée de TOTENTANZ, S. 126 (Danse des morts) a été conçue par Franz Liszt (1811-1886) en 1838. Deux versions devaient suivre, la première achevée en 1853 et la seconde en 1864. Cette pièce pour piano...

Franz Liszt (1811-1886) wrote 19 Hungarian Rhapsodies for piano as a way to incorporate the music of his youth into his compositions, and Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in C-sharp minor, S.244/2 (1847) is b...