Edwin F. Kalmus

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) a achevé son Concerto pour clarinette en la, K. 622, en trois mouvements, quelques semaines avant sa mort en 1791, et ce concerto est considéré comme sa dernière gr...

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) a écrit son CONCERTO POUR FLUTE en do majeur, K. 314/274k, en 1777. Un an plus tard, il a adapté l'œuvre pour créer son CONCERTO FOR FLUTE No. 2 in D, K. 314/285d p...

Écrit par Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) entre 1784 et 1787, le Concerto pour cor no 3 en mi bémol, K. 447, a probablement été écrit pour le corniste Joseph Leutgeb, dont le nom est mentionné dan...

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) wrote the SERENADE No. 5 in D Major, K. 204/213a on August 5, 1775 for ceremonies at the University of Salzburg. Concurrently writing his five violin concertos, the...

Le compositeur danois Carl August Nielsen (1865-1931) écrivit son Ouverture Helios en 1903 lors d'un long séjour à Athènes. Inspiré par le lever et le coucher du soleil sur la mer Égée, Nielsen intitu...

Le rondo du troisième mouvement du CONCERTO POUR VIOLON NO. 2 de Niccolò Paganini doit son surnom "La Clochette" ou "La Campanella" ("Petite Cloche") à la petite cloche qui joue avant chaque récurrenc...

Composed in the summer of 1909, Rachmaninoff's third Concerto for Piano was premiered in November of that year with the composer as soloist, though he was forced to practice the work on silent keyboar...

Originally intended for solo violin and orchestra, Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908) later determined that the five Spanish folk melodies used in each of the movements of his Capriccio Espagnol woul...

Le jeune Gioacchino Rossini (1792-1868) a composé Variazzioni di clarinetto (Variations pour clarinette et petit orchestre en do majeur) vers 1809. L'œuvre a été éditée par Amadeo Cerasa. Instrumentat...

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921) wrote this Tarantelle (Tarantella), Op. 6 for flute, clarinet, and piano in 1857, and the salon piece showcases the composer's mature style despite his young age, which...

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921) wrote this Tarantelle (Tarantella), Op. 6 for flute, clarinet, and piano in 1857, and the salon piece showcases the composer's mature style despite his young age, which...

Camille Saint-Saëns a composé la ROMANCE en fa majeur, opus 36, en 1874, pour cor ou violoncelle avec orchestre ou piano. La version pour cor et piano a été créée le 14 février 1874 à Paris avec la Sa...

Following the death of his mother in 1888, a depressed Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921) decided to take a trip to his favorite destination, North Africa, travelling to Ceylon, then to Alexandria and Ca...

The Symphony No. 3 in C minor, popularly known as the 'Organ Symphony', was completed in 1886 at what could be considered the artistic peak of Saint-Saens' career. The composer said of the work, 'I ga...

En 1875, Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921) a créé une structure novatrice en quatre parties pour son CONCERTO POUR PIANO NO. 4 EN UT MINEUR, OP. 44. Dédiant l'œuvre à Anton Door, le compositeur l'a créé...

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921) wrote his final piano concerto, Concerto No. 5, Op. 103, in 1896, which debuted that year with the composer himself performing the solo part. It derives its subtitle, "...

Robert Schumann (1810-1856) wrote his CELLO CONCERTO in A minor, Op. 129, in 1850, within the span of only two weeks. He tried offering the work to two publishers before Breitkopf and Hartel decided t...

Robert Schumann's (1810-1856) Symphony No. 2 in C, Op. 61 was sketched quickly in 1845, but depression and ringing in his hears prevented Schumann from completing the orchestration until later in 1846...

Robert Schumann's (1810-1856) Symphony No. 2 in C, Op. 61 was sketched quickly in 1845, but depression and ringing in his hears prevented Schumann from completing the orchestration until later in 1846...

Robert Schumann (1810-1856) wrote the original version of his Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 120, in 1841. Significant revisions were made by Schumann in 1851, and it is this version that was publishe...

Robert Schumann (1810-1856) wrote the original version of his Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 120, in 1841. Significant revisions were made by Schumann in 1851, and it is this version that was publishe...

Le Cygne de Tuonela (Suite Lemminkäinen, op. 22 n° 2) fut composé en 1895, révisé en 1897 puis en 1900, par Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) dans le cadre de ses Quatre Légendes du Kalevala, cycle symphoniqu...

Louis Spohr (1784-1859), a German composer, conductor, and violinist, formed an acquaintance with Beethoven and, although greatly critical of his ninth symphony, promoted much of his work. His innovat...

Louis Spohr (1784-1859), a German composer, conductor, and violinist, formed an acquaintance with Beethoven and, although greatly critical of his ninth symphony, promoted much of his work. His innovat...

Louis Spohr (1784-1859), a German composer, conductor, and violinist, formed an acquaintance with Beethoven and, although greatly critical of his ninth symphony, promoted much of his work. His innovat...