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Maurice Ravel è forse conosciuto soprattutto per la sua opera orchestrale Bolero (1928), che egli considerava banale e che una volta descrisse come un pezzo per orchestra senza musica. Il Bolero è un...

Maurice Ravel è forse conosciuto soprattutto per la sua opera orchestrale Bolero (1928), che egli considerava banale e che una volta descrisse come un pezzo per orchestra senza musica. Il Bolero è un...

Tschaikowsky's Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36, was written between 1877 and 1878 and first performed at a Russian Musical Society concert in Saint Petersburg on February 1878 under Nikolai Rubinste...

Tschaikowsky's Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36, was written between 1877 and 1878 and first performed at a Russian Musical Society concert in Saint Petersburg on February 1878 under Nikolai Rubinste...

Rienzi, der Letzte der Tribunen (WWV 49) (Rienzi, l'ultimo dei Tribuni) è un'opera giovanile di Richard Wagner in cinque atti, con il libretto scritto dal compositore sulla base dell'omonimo romanzo d...

Edward Elgar's Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85, his last notable work, is a cornerstone of the solo cello repertoire. Elgar composed it in the aftermath of the First World War, when his music had al...

Ernesto Paolo Abbate, born in Noicattaro (Bari) in 1881, was an Italian conductor and composer. Together with his brother Gennaro, he was one of the first Italian composers writing original scores for...

Ernesto Paolo Abbate, born in Noicattaro (Bari) in 1881, was an Italian conductor and composer. Together with his brother Gennaro, he was one of the first Italian composers writing original scores for...

Un americano a Parigi è un poema sinfonico influenzato dal jazz del compositore americano George Gershwin, scritto nel 1928. Ispirato al periodo che Gershwin aveva trascorso a Parigi, evoca i luoghi e...

Un americano a Parigi è un poema sinfonico influenzato dal jazz del compositore americano George Gershwin, scritto nel 1928. Ispirato al periodo che Gershwin aveva trascorso a Parigi, evoca i luoghi e...

Many see Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde" as the beginning of the move away from common practice harmony and tonality and consider that it lays the groundwork for the direction of classical music in the...

Rachmaninov compose il poema sinfonico "L'isola dei morti" (Die Toteninsel) op. 29 nel 1908 a Dresda, ispirato da una stampa in bianco e nero dell'omonimo dipinto di Arnold Böcklin che aveva visto nel...

Rachmaninov compose il poema sinfonico "L'isola dei morti" (Die Toteninsel) op. 29 nel 1908 a Dresda, ispirato da una stampa in bianco e nero dell'omonimo dipinto di Arnold Böcklin che aveva visto nel...

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...

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...

In 1900, Russian composer Anton Arensky (1861-1906) composed his ballet 'Nuits d'Egypte', based on the novella 'Une nuit de Cléopatre'. The ballet became very succesful and in 1902 a suite from this b...

Russian composer Anton Arensky (1861-1906) composed his ballet Nuits d'Egypte, based on Théophile Gautier's novella Une nuit de Cléopatre, in 1900. The ballet was programmed by Serge Diaghilev at his...

Shostakovich work on the 'String Quartet No. 8' proceeded simultaneously with incidental music to the film 'Five Days - Five Nights' and in this quartet he for the first time resorts to quoting themes...

Shostakovich work on the String Quartet No. 8 proceeded simultaneously with incidental music to the film Five Days - Five Nights and in this quartet he for the first time resorts to quoting themes and...

In 1880, Tschaikowsky composed the 'Capriccio Italien, Opus 45', as a fantasy for orchestra. He was inspired by a trip he took to Rome, during which he saw the Carnival in full swing, and is reminisce...

In 1880, Tschaikowsky composed the 'Capriccio Italien, Opus 45', as a fantasy for orchestra. He was inspired by a trip he took to Rome, during which he saw the Carnival in full swing, and is reminisce...

In 1909, Gabriel Fauré, Director of the Paris Conservatoire, named Claude Debussy to its Board of Directors. In July, Debussy sat on the jury for the conservatory's annual woodwind 'concours' (exit ex...

In 1909, Gabriel Fauré, Director of the Paris Conservatoire, named Claude Debussy to its Board of Directors. In July, Debussy sat on the jury for the conservatory's annual woodwind 'concours' (exit ex...