Baton Music

La "Tarantelle styrienne" fu scritta nel 1890 dopo il ritorno di Claude Debussy da Villa Medici, in Italia, dove aveva trascorso oltre due anni di studio come parte dei requisiti del Prix de Rome, ric...

As a composer, Edward MacDowell is mostly remembered for his two piano concertos, a great number of compositions for piano, several important instrumental suites and a large number of songs that were...

As a composer, Edward MacDowell is mostly remembered for his two piano concertos, a great number of compositions for piano, several important instrumental suites and a large number of songs that were...

Tomás Bretón (1850-1923) was a Spanish conductor and composer. He completed his musical studies at the 'School of Fine Arts' in his hometown, where he earned his living playing in small provincial orc...

Tomás Bretón (1850-1923) was a Spanish conductor and composer. He completed his musical studies at the 'School of Fine Arts' in his hometown, where he earned his living playing in small provincial orc...

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...

Astor Piazzolla (1921 - 1992) è stato un compositore di tango argentino, suonatore di bandoneon e arrangiatore. La sua opera ha rivoluzionato il tango tradizionale in un nuovo stile definito "nuevo ta...

Astor Piazzolla (1921 - 1992) è stato un compositore di tango argentino, suonatore di bandoneon e arrangiatore. La sua opera ha rivoluzionato il tango tradizionale in un nuovo stile definito "nuevo ta...

The Hungarian-born composer and pianist Franz Liszt was strongly influenced by the music heard in his youth, particularly Hungarian folk music, with its unique gypsy scale, rhythmic spontaneity and di...

The Hungarian-born composer and pianist Franz Liszt was strongly influenced by the music heard in his youth, particularly Hungarian folk music, with its unique gypsy scale, rhythmic spontaneity and di...

In the summer of 1934 Rachmaninoff composed the 'Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini' at his summer home, the Villa Senar in Switzerland. It's a concertante work written by for piano and orchestra, closel...

In the summer of 1934 Rachmaninoff composed the 'Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini' at his summer home, the Villa Senar in Switzerland. It's a concertante work written by for piano and orchestra, closel...

Der Waffenschmied (L'armatore) è un'opera (Singspiel) in tre atti del compositore tedesco Gustav Albert Lortzing (1801-1851). È spesso considerata la sua terza opera più popolare. L'opera ebbe un succ...

Der Waffenschmied (L'armatore) è un'opera (Singspiel) in tre atti del compositore tedesco Gustav Albert Lortzing (1801-1851). È spesso considerata la sua terza opera più popolare. L'opera ebbe un succ...

Iosif Ivanovici (1845-1902) was a Romanian military band leader and composer of Banat Serbian origin. Ivanovici was born in Timișoara, Austrian Empire. His interest in music began after he learned to...

Iosif Ivanovici (1845-1902) was a Romanian military band leader and composer of Banat Serbian origin. Ivanovici was born in Timișoara, Austrian Empire. His interest in music began after he learned to...

The 'Vier letzte Lieder' (Four Last Songs), Op. posth., for soprano and orchestra are the final completed works of Richard Strauss. They were composed in 1948 when the composer was 84. The songs are '...

The 'Vier letzte Lieder' (Four Last Songs), Op. posth., for soprano and orchestra are the final completed works of Richard Strauss. They were composed in 1948 when the composer was 84. The songs are '...

A Village Romeo and Juliet, composta nel 1900-1901, è un'opera di Frederick Delius, la quarta delle sue sei opere. Il compositore stesso, insieme alla moglie Jelka, scrisse il libretto in lingua ingle...

A Village Romeo and Juliet, composta nel 1900-1901, è un'opera di Frederick Delius, la quarta delle sue sei opere. Il compositore stesso, insieme alla moglie Jelka, scrisse il libretto in lingua ingle...

Zueignung è una canzone composta da Richard Strauss nel 1885, con una poesia del poeta austriaco Hermann von Gilm. Fu inclusa nella prima raccolta di canzoni che Strauss pubblicò, l'Op. 10 del 1885. O...

Zueignung è una canzone composta da Richard Strauss nel 1885, con una poesia del poeta austriaco Hermann von Gilm. Fu inclusa nella prima raccolta di canzoni che Strauss pubblicò, l'Op. 10 del 1885. O...

'Morgen!' is the last in a set of four songs composed in 1894 by the German composer Richard Strauss. It was one of his 'four Lieder Opus 27', a wedding present to his wife Pauline. 'Morgen!' remains...

'Morgen!' is the last in a set of four songs composed in 1894 by the German composer Richard Strauss. It was one of his 'four Lieder Opus 27', a wedding present to his wife Pauline. 'Morgen!' remains...