Edwin F. Kalmus

Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) wrote his SYMPHONY No. 1 in D major, Hob. I:1, at the beginning of his role as music director for Count Karl Joseph Franz Morzin. Composed in 1757, it opens with a slow...

Probabilmente scritta da Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) nel 1763, la Sinfonia n. 16 in si bemolle (Hob. I:16) fu tra le prime sinfonie scritte quando Haydn era alle dipendenze della famiglia Esterházy. In t...

Probabilmente scritta da Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) nel 1763, la Sinfonia n. 16 in si bemolle (Hob. I:16) fu tra le prime sinfonie scritte quando Haydn era alle dipendenze della famiglia Esterházy. In t...

Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) scrisse l'opera in 3 atti MAZEPPA tra il 1881 e il 1883. Su libretto di Victor Burenin, basato sul poema Poltava di Pushkin, l'opera prende le figure storiche ucr...

Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) scrisse l'opera in 3 atti MAZEPPA tra il 1881 e il 1883. Su libretto di Victor Burenin, basato sul poema Poltava di Pushkin, l'opera prende le figure storiche ucr...

Edward Elgar (1857-1934) scrisse il breve brano orchestrale intitolato Sevillaña (Scène Espagnole), Op. 7 nel 1884, quando il compositore aveva ventisei anni. Il 1884 fu un periodo di difficoltà perso...

Edward Elgar (1857-1934) scrisse il breve brano orchestrale intitolato Sevillaña (Scène Espagnole), Op. 7 nel 1884, quando il compositore aveva ventisei anni. Il 1884 fu un periodo di difficoltà perso...

WERTHER, opera in quattro atti di Jules Massenet (1842-1912), si ispira a un romanzo di Goethe, I dolori del giovane Werther, che a sua volta si basa sul reale suicidio di un giovane tormentato dall'a...

AIDA, with music by Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) and a libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni, is a staple of the operatic repertoire. The story, set in the Old Kingdom of Egypt, tells of tragic love challenge...

AIDA, with music by Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) and a libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni, is a staple of the operatic repertoire. The story, set in the Old Kingdom of Egypt, tells of tragic love challenge...

Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) wrote Lyric Pieces as a collection of 66 short works for piano. Published in ten volumes, Book VIII, Op. 65, contains six pieces, which includes "Bryllupsdag på Troldhaugen" (...

Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) wrote Lyric Pieces as a collection of 66 short works for piano. Published in ten volumes, Book VIII, Op. 65, contains six pieces, which includes "Bryllupsdag på Troldhaugen" (...

Italian composer Pietro Mascagni (1863-1945) wrote L'amico Fritz in 1891 only one year after his masterpiece Cavalleria rusticana began the Versimo movement. A charming light opera in three acts, L'am...

NABUCCO, a retelling of the biblical story of Jewish exile under the Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar, was Giuseppe Verdi's (1813-1901) first major operatic success, and was written reluctantly, followi...

NABUCCO, a retelling of the biblical story of Jewish exile under the Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar, was Giuseppe Verdi's (1813-1901) first major operatic success, and was written reluctantly, followi...

While Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) modestly refers to Hear My Prayer (Hör' mein Bitten) in G Major, WoO 15, as "a trifle," it is among his most popular works for chorus. On the autograph score, he in...

While Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) modestly refers to Hear My Prayer (Hör' mein Bitten) in G Major, WoO 15, as "a trifle," it is among his most popular works for chorus. On the autograph score, he in...

While Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) modestly refers to Hear My Prayer (Hör' mein Bitten) in G Major, WoO 15, as "a trifle," it is among his most popular works for chorus. On the autograph score, he in...

Composed by Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835) in 1830, the two-act opera I Capuletti e i Montecchi (The Capulets and the Mantagues) stands as one of only two successful opera adaptations of Shakespeare's R...

Premiering on May 22, 1813, at the Teatro San Benedetto in Venice, L'italiana in Algeri (The Italian Girl in Algiers) by Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868) was a success, with subsequent performances in Vi...

Premiering on May 22, 1813, at the Teatro San Benedetto in Venice, L'italiana in Algeri (The Italian Girl in Algiers) by Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868) was a success, with subsequent performances in Vi...

La Sinfonia n. 1 in la bemolle, op. 55, di Edward Elgar (1857-1934) fu completata nel 1908, anche se si trattava di un'opera in fase di elaborazione da circa un decennio. Originariamente proposta già...

La Sinfonia n. 1 in la bemolle, op. 55, di Edward Elgar (1857-1934) fu completata nel 1908, anche se si trattava di un'opera in preparazione da circa un decennio. Originariamente proposta già nel 1898...

Originally written for piano four hands in 1879, Hungarian Dances (WoO 1), a set of 21 lively dance tunes mostly based on Hungarian themes, are among Johannes Brahms' (1833-1897) most popular works to...

Originally written for piano four hands in 1879, Hungarian Dances (WoO 1), a set of 21 lively dance tunes mostly based on Hungarian themes, are among Johannes Brahms' (1833-1897) most popular works to...