Il musicista Eduard Pütz (1911-2000) si preoccupava di superare i confini tra musica "seria" e musica d'intrattenimento. Le sue composizioni incorporano quindi caratteristiche stilistiche del jazz e d...
Il compositore Eduard Pütz (1911-2000) si preoccupava di superare i confini tra musica "seria" e musica d'intrattenimento. Le sue composizioni incorporano quindi caratteristiche stilistiche del jazz e...
Chi non conosce le melodie dei musical di George Gershwin (1898-1937), di "Porgy and Bess", di brani orchestrali come "Rhapsody in Blue" o "An American in Paris"? Eppure il giovane musicista aveva ini...
No, it is not only Bach/Gounod when hearing the Ave Maria: Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921), too, set this text to music several times - for example, for organ (without pedal) and two identical voices....
The composer Peter Cornelius (1824-1874) from Mainz often called himself a 'poet-composer': All his life, he busied himself with composing and writing alike. No wonder that he had devoted himself part...
A 'Last Night of the Proms' without this march - unthinkable! 'Pomp and Circumstance Military March No. 1' with its middle section, the hymn-like 'Land of Hope and Glory' by Edward Elgar (1857-1934),...
Après un rêve, written by Gabriel Fauré for solo voice and piano, is a charming performance piece for concerts and festive occasions and one of the most famous and most popular melodies by the French...