Edwin F. Kalmus

DER FLIEGENDE HOLLÄNDER (THE FLYING DUTCHMAN), WWV 63, had two sources of inspiration for Richard Wagner (1813-1883). The first was a short story by Heinrich Heine, based on the folk legend of a sea-c...

DER FLIEGENDE HOLLÄNDER (THE FLYING DUTCHMAN), WWV 63, had two sources of inspiration for Richard Wagner (1813-1883). The first was a short story by Heinrich Heine, based on the folk legend of a sea-c...

DER FLIEGENDE HOLLÄNDER (THE FLYING DUTCHMAN), WWV 63, had two sources of inspiration for Richard Wagner (1813-1883). The first was a short story by Heinrich Heine, based on the folk legend of a sea-c...

Romanian composer, violinist, and conductor George Enescu (1881-1955) (Fr. Georges Enesco) wrote the two Roumanian (Romanian) Rhapsodies, Op. 11, in 1901. Much like Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsodies, both...

Tornando alla forma sinfonica in 4 movimenti, Alexander Glasunow (1865-1936) completò la sua SINFONIA n. 5 in si bemolle maggiore, op. 55, nel 1895. La prima esecuzione avvenne nella Sala della Nobilt...

Tornando alla forma sinfonica in 4 movimenti, Alexander Glasunow (1865-1936) completò la sua SINFONIA n. 5 in si bemolle maggiore, op. 55, nel 1895. La prima esecuzione avvenne nella Sala della Nobilt...

Completata originariamente nel 1888, la versione originale di questa grande opera differiva in modo significativo dalla versione rivista e definitiva qui proposta. Inizialmente in due parti con cinque...

Completata originariamente nel 1888, la versione originale di questa grande opera differiva in modo significativo dalla versione rivista e definitiva qui proposta. Inizialmente in due parti con cinque...

Completata originariamente nel 1888, la versione originale di questa grande opera differiva in modo significativo dalla versione rivista e definitiva qui proposta. Inizialmente in due parti con cinque...

Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) compose la sua SINFONIA N. 5 in do diesis minore nel 1901 e nel 1902, per lo più durante il soggiorno nel suo cottage di vacanza a Maiernigg. Il compositore diresse la prima...

Anche se oggi è meno conosciuto, il compositore tedesco Moritz Moszkowski (1854-1925) fu un compositore popolare e rispettato durante la sua vita. Conosciuto soprattutto per le sue composizioni pianis...

While less known today, German composer Moritz Moszkowski (1854-1925) was a popular and respected composer during his life. Known best for his piano compositions, his most popular work is his Spanish...

While less known today, German composer Moritz Moszkowski (1854-1925) was a popular and respected composer during his life. Known best for his piano compositions, his most popular work is his Spanish...

Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) dedicò il suo CONCERTO per pianoforte n. 1 in re bemolle, op. 10, al suo maestro Nikolai Tcherepnin. Composto negli anni 1911 e 1912, fu eseguito per la prima volta a Mosc...

Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) dedicò il suo CONCERTO per pianoforte n. 1 in re bemolle, op. 10, al suo maestro Nikolai Tcherepnin. Composto negli anni 1911 e 1912, fu eseguito per la prima volta a Mosc...

Richard Wagner's (1813-1883) collection of five songs titled Fünf Gedichte für eine Frauenstimme (Five Poems for a Female Voice), WWV 91, is more commonly known as Wesendonck Lieder after the source o...

Richard Wagner's (1813-1883) collection of five songs titled Fünf Gedichte für eine Frauenstimme (Five Poems for a Female Voice), WWV 91, is more commonly known as Wesendonck Lieder after the source o...

Richard Wagner's (1813-1883) collection of five songs titled Fünf Gedichte für eine Frauenstimme (Five Poems for a Female Voice), WWV 91, is more commonly known as Wesendonck Lieder after the source o...

Richard Wagner's (1813-1883) collection of five songs titled Fünf Gedichte für eine Frauenstimme (Five Poems for a Female Voice), WWV 91, is more commonly known as Wesendonck Lieder after the source o...

Der Freischuetz (The Marksman), Op. 77, J.277 has come to be considered the first German Romantic opera. Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826) composed Der Freischuetz between 1817 and 1821, based on Johan...

Der Freischuetz (The Marksman), Op. 77, J.277 has come to be considered the first German Romantic opera. Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826) composed Der Freischuetz between 1817 and 1821, based on Johan...

The SAINT JOHN PASSION, BWV 245, is the oldest of the surviving J.S. Bach (1685-1750) Passions, written during his first year as director of church music in Leipzig. It was premiered on April 7, 1724,...

The SAINT JOHN PASSION, BWV 245, is the oldest of the surviving J.S. Bach (1685-1750) Passions, written during his first year as director of church music in Leipzig. It was premiered on April 7, 1724,...

The CANTATA No. 4: CHRIST LAG IN TODES BANDEN, BWV 4, is one of the earliest church cantatas by J.S. Bach (1685-1750). Bach wrote it for an application to a job opportunity at a Lutheran church in Mul...

The CANTATA No. 4: CHRIST LAG IN TODES BANDEN, BWV 4, is one of the earliest church cantatas by J.S. Bach (1685-1750). Bach wrote it for an application to a job opportunity at a Lutheran church in Mul...