Edwin F. Kalmus

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) completed his Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat shortly after Vienna surrendered to Napleon's invading forces in the spring of 1809. It received its premiere on November...

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) compose il Concerto per violino in re maggiore, op. 61, nel 1806. La prima esecuzione da parte del violinista Franz Clement il 23 dicembre 1806 al Theater an der Wien...

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) compose il Concerto per violino in re maggiore, op. 61, nel 1806. La prima esecuzione da parte del violinista Franz Clement il 23 dicembre 1806 al Theater an der Wien...

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) wrote two romances for violin and orchestra, one in F and one in G. While the Romance for Violin and Orchestra No. 2 in F Major, Op. 50, was published later and has a...

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) wrote two romances for violin and orchestra, one in F and one in G. While the Romance for Violin and Orchestra No. 2 in F Major, Op. 50, was published later and has a...

Beethoven's concerto for violin, cello and piano in C Major, Op. 56, commonly known as the TRIPLE CONCERTO, was composed in 1803 and premiered in 1808.  The choice of the three instruments effect...

Beethoven's concerto for violin, cello and piano in C Major, Op. 56, commonly known as the TRIPLE CONCERTO, was composed in 1803 and premiered in 1808.  The choice of the three instruments effect...

Norma is a two-act lyric tragedy by Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835). A leading example of the bel canto genre, the opera premiered at La Scala in Milan on December 26th, 1831. The story tells of a love t...

Norma is a two-act lyric tragedy by Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835). A leading example of the bel canto genre, the opera premiered at La Scala in Milan on December 26th, 1831. The story tells of a love t...

Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) completed Le Carnaval Romain, Op. 9 (Roman Carnival Overture) in 1843, with the premiere performance taking place on February 3rd, 1844 at the Salle Herz in Paris. Written a...

Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) completed Le Carnaval Romain, Op. 9 (Roman Carnival Overture) in 1843, with the premiere performance taking place on February 3rd, 1844 at the Salle Herz in Paris. Written a...

Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) completed The Damnation of Faust, Op. 24 in 1846. A work for four solo voices, chorus, children's chorus, and orchestra, Berlioz originally intended the work, based on Goeth...

Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) completed The Damnation of Faust, Op. 24 in 1846. A work for four solo voices, chorus, children's chorus, and orchestra, Berlioz originally intended the work, based on Goeth...

Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) composed Symphonie Fantastique (Fantastic Symphony), Op. 14/H48 in 1830. Tt is often described as remarkable for a composer's first symphony given its large scale, wide rang...

Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) composed Symphonie Fantastique (Fantastic Symphony), Op. 14/H48 in 1830. Tt is often described as remarkable for a composer's first symphony given its large scale, wide rang...

Nel gennaio del 1834, il grande violinista Niccolò Paganini chiese a Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) di scrivere un concerto per viola per mettere in mostra il suo Stradivari appena acquistato, anche se Pa...

In January 1834, the great violinist Niccolo Paganini asked Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) to write a viola concerto so that he could showcase his newly-acquired Stradivarius, though Paganini rejected the...

Originally written as a suite for piano four-hands in 1871, Georges Bizet (1838-1875) orchestrated five of the twelve movements of Jeux d'Enfants in 1880. A precursor to other childhood-themed works b...

Il compositore e violoncellista italiano Ridolfo Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805) scrisse in epoca classica e prevalentemente in stile galante. Nel corso della sua carriera compose dodici concerti per vio...

Although it has a four movement formal structure like the German symphonies, Borodin's Second Symphony is purely Russian. No listener can fail to identify its nationality as Russian - for all purposes...

Il compositore e chimico russo Alexander Borodin (1833-1887) scrisse il poema sinfonico Nelle steppe dell'Asia centrale nel 1880, con la prima esecuzione all'Orchestra dell'Opera Russa di San Pietrobu...

Il compositore e chimico russo Alexander Borodin (1833-1887) scrisse il poema sinfonico Nelle steppe dell'Asia centrale nel 1880, con la prima esecuzione all'Orchestra dell'Opera Russa di San Pietrobu...

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) scrisse la Sinfonia in do minore op. 68 tra il 1854 e il 1876. Il lungo periodo di composizione fu il risultato dell'autocritica di Brahms, che distrusse gran parte dei suo...

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) compose la Sinfonia n. 2 in re maggiore, op. 73 durante un ritiro a Pörtschach am Wörthersee nell'estate del 1877. Dopo aver completato il suo primo sforzo nella forma sinf...

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) compose la Sinfonia n. 2 in re maggiore, op. 73 durante un ritiro a Pörtschach am Wörthersee nell'estate del 1877. Dopo aver completato il suo primo sforzo nella forma sinf...