Marce per banda

In 1811 Beethoven wrote an overture and incidental music to a play by August von Kotzebue called 'The Ruins of Athens', which premiered in Pest in 1812. The 'Turkish March' appears as item No. 4 of th...

In 1811 Beethoven wrote an overture and incidental music to a play by August von Kotzebue called 'The Ruins of Athens', which premiered in Pest in 1812. The 'Turkish March' appears as item No. 4 of th...

Il "Souvenir de Porto Rico", Op. 31, è stato scritto da Louis Moreau Gottschalk nel 1857 durante un tour a Porto Rico e pubblicato a Magonza nel 1860 circa con il sottotitolo di "Marche de Gibaros". S...

Il "Souvenir de Porto Rico", Op. 31, è stato scritto da Louis Moreau Gottschalk nel 1857 durante un tour a Porto Rico e pubblicato a Magonza nel 1860 circa con il sottotitolo di "Marche de Gibaros". S...

Julius Fucík was a Czech composer, with over 400 marches, polkas, and waltzes to his name. As most of his work was for military bands, he is sometimes known as the 'Bohemian Sousa'. Today his marches...

Julius Fucík was a Czech composer, with over 400 marches, polkas, and waltzes to his name. As most of his work was for military bands, he is sometimes known as the 'Bohemian Sousa'. Today his marches...

Julius Fucík era un compositore ceco, con oltre 400 marce, polke e valzer a suo nome. Poiché la maggior parte del suo lavoro era destinato alle bande militari, è talvolta conosciuto come il "Sousa boe...

Johann Strauss jr. composed in 1864 the 'Persischer Marsch' (Persian March), Op. 289. It was dedicated this to his Majesty Nasir-ad-Din imperial Shah of Persia (1831 - 1896). The melody of the trio is...

Mendelssohn wrote the incidental music, for Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' in 1842, 16 years after he wrote the Overture. It was written to a commission from King Frederick William IV of Pr...

Lo Schiaccianoci di Tschaikowsky è un balletto in due atti su libretto adattato dal racconto di E. T. A. Hoffmann "Lo Schiaccianoci e il Re dei Topi". È diventata una delle sue composizioni più famose...

Julius Fucík was a Czech composer, with over 400 marches, polkas, and waltzes to his name. As most of his work was for military bands, he is sometimes known as the 'Bohemian Sousa'. Today his marches...

Nel 1876 Tschaikowsky compose il suo balletto "Il lago dei cigni" op. 20. Nonostante il suo iniziale insuccesso, oggi è uno dei balletti più popolari. "Il Lago dei cigni" fu presentato per la prima vo...

Forty six years after having composed his first 'Fest Marsch' op. 49, Johann Strauss, wrote a second work with this title, 'Fest Marsch' op. 452. This march was one of the two musical tributes on the...

Forty six years after having composed his first 'Fest Marsch' op. 49, Johann Strauss, wrote a second work with this title, 'Fest Marsch' op. 452. This march was one of the two musical tributes on the...

The 'Funeral March of a Marionette' (Marche funèbre d'une marionnette) is a short piece by Charles Gounod. It was written in 1872 for solo piano and orchestrated by the composer in 1879. The 'Funeral...

The 'Funeral March of a Marionette' (Marche funèbre d'une marionnette) is a short piece by Charles Gounod. It was written in 1872 for solo piano and orchestrated by the composer in 1879. The 'Funeral...

Il Barbiere di Siviglia (1816) is one of the greatest of all comic operas.Based on an excellent play by Beaumarchais, The Barber of Seville delights audiences with its keenly sketched characters, melo...

L'operetta "Babes in Toyland" è stata composta da Victor Herbert (1859-1924) nel 1903. In questa operetta, su libretto di Glen MacDonough, vari personaggi delle filastrocche di Mother Goose si intrecc...

L'operetta "Babes in Toyland" è stata composta da Victor Herbert (1859-1924) nel 1903. In questa operetta, su libretto di Glen MacDonough, vari personaggi delle filastrocche di Mother Goose si intrecc...

As a composer Lehár started with contributions to the opera-genre but the great triumph of his first operetta Die lustige Witwe, (The merry widow), in 1905 made him clear that he had to give his talen...

As a composer Lehár started with contributions to the opera-genre but the great triumph of his first operetta Die lustige Witwe, (The merry widow), in 1905 made him clear that he had to give his talen...

For the Künstlerball (Artists' Ball) in the Sophiensaal in Vienna in 1858 Johann Strauss arranged a quadrille with melodies of various composers as a mirror of the running concert season 1857/58. In f...

Julius Fucík was a Czech composer, with over 400 marches, polkas, and waltzes to his name. As most of his work was for military bands, he is sometimes known as the 'Bohemian Sousa'. Today his marches...

Paul Lincke (1866-1946) is Germany's best known operetta composer and often compared with Austria's Johann Strauss. He composed a lot of operetta's, songs, dance- , revue- and filmmusic. In 1902 he co...

Alessandro Volta (1745 - 1827) was and Italian physicist whose invention of the electric battery provided the first source of continuous current. In 1899, the Italian city of Como hosted a celebration...