Edwin F. Kalmus

DEMOLIERER, POLKA FRANCAISE (DEMOLIERER-POLKA), op. 269 est une polka de Johann Strauss II (1825-1899), composée en 1862 pour marquer la démolition des remparts médiévaux de Vienne à la suite d'un déc...

DEMOLIERER, POLKA FRANCAISE (DEMOLIERER-POLKA), op. 269 est une polka de Johann Strauss II (1825-1899), composée en 1862 pour marquer la démolition des remparts médiévaux de Vienne à la suite d'un déc...

ENTWEDER ODER, POLKA SCHNELL, op. 403 est une polka de Johann Strauss II (1825-1899) qui reprend les thèmes de son opérette de 1881 DER LUSTIGE KRIEG (LA GUERRE AMUSANTE). Il s'agit de l'une des nombr...

ENTWEDER ODER, POLKA SCHNELL, op. 403 est une polka de Johann Strauss II (1825-1899) qui reprend les thèmes de son opérette de 1881 DER LUSTIGE KRIEG (LA GUERRE AMUSANTE). Il s'agit de l'une des nombr...

VESTAS FEUER (LA FLAMME VESTALE) pour quatuor vocal et orchestre est le seul fragment conservé d'un projet d'opéra de Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), sur un livret du dramaturge et impresario Emanue...

Originally composed for piano, this orchestration from Lecuona's celebrated Andalucia Suite by Morton Gould is a sure crowd-pleaser! Instrumentation: 2(1dPicc).2.2+BCl..1: 4Sax(opt.): 2.3.3.1: Perc(2)...

Originally composed for piano, this orchestration from Lecuona's celebrated Andalucia Suite by Morton Gould is a sure crowd-pleaser! Instrumentation: 2(1dPicc).2.2+BCl..1: 4Sax(opt.): 2.3.3.1: Perc(2)...

The Cuban composer and pianist Ernesto Lecuona (1896-1963) wrote many works labelled as "Afro-Cuban," and sorting them all can be difficult. While some are lost and others are scattered about, the 193...

The Cuban composer and pianist Ernesto Lecuona (1896-1963) wrote many works labelled as "Afro-Cuban," and sorting them all can be difficult. While some are lost and others are scattered about, the 193...

The melody we know today for "Hark! the Herald Angels Sing" was originally written by Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) in 1840 as secular music for his Festgesang or Gutenberg Cantata to honor the creati...

The melody we know today for "Hark! the Herald Angels Sing" was originally written by Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) in 1840 as secular music for his Festgesang or Gutenberg Cantata to honor the creati...

The melody we know today for "Hark! the Herald Angels Sing" was originally written by Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) in 1840 as secular music for his Festgesang or Gutenberg Cantata to honor the creati...

The melody we know today for "Hark! the Herald Angels Sing" was originally written by Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) in 1840 as secular music for his Festgesang or Gutenberg Cantata to honor the creati...

Fresh from the loss of his oldest daughter Maria Mahler, and knowing he had a serious heart condition, Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) crafted Das Lied von der Erde (The Song of the Earth) in the years 1908...

Fresh from the loss of his oldest daughter Maria Mahler, and knowing he had a serious heart condition, Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) crafted Das Lied von der Erde (The Song of the Earth) in the years 1908...

Claude Debussy (1862-1918) avait initialement prévu que les Images pour orchestre seraient une suite à la première série d'Images pour piano seul. Cependant, vers 1905, il a décidé d'orchestrer les co...

Claude Debussy (1862-1918) avait initialement prévu que les Images pour orchestre seraient une suite à la première série d'Images pour piano seul. Cependant, vers 1905, il a décidé d'orchestrer les co...

Emmanuel Chabrier (1841-1894), avocat français devenu compositeur autodidacte, a écrit son LARGHETTO pour cor en 1875. Ressemblant à un air d'opéra pour cor, l'œuvre est très lyrique et douloureusemen...

Emmanuel Chabrier (1841-1894), avocat français devenu compositeur autodidacte, a écrit son LARGHETTO pour cor en 1875. Ressemblant à un air d'opéra pour cor, l'œuvre est très lyrique et douloureusemen...

Le ballet complet en un acte Daphnis et Chloé, l'œuvre la plus longue de Ravel (près d'une heure), a été décrit par le compositeur comme une "symphonie chorégraphique". Ravel a commencé l'œuvre, une r...

Hilding Rosenberg (1892-1985) has been described as the first Swedish modernist composer. Influenced by Sibelius in his early years, he later absorbed the work of Stravinsky, Schoenberg, and Hindemith...

Hilding Rosenberg (1892-1985) has been described as the first Swedish modernist composer. Influenced by Sibelius in his early years, he later absorbed the work of Stravinsky, Schoenberg, and Hindemith...

While his Symphony No. 9 is better known, Antonín Dvorák's (1841-1904) Symphony No. 7 is argued by many to be his best symphonic work. Inspired in part by his friend Johannes Brahms' new Symphony No....

While his Symphony No. 9 is better known, Antonín Dvorák's (1841-1904) Symphony No. 7 is argued by many to be his best symphonic work. Inspired in part by his friend Johannes Brahms' new Symphony No....

The first of a few works that Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921) wrote for wind band, ORIENT AND OCCIDENT, subtitled "grand march," better resembles a tone poem. Inspired by the world travels he undertoo...