Edwin F. Kalmus

The Cuban composer and pianist Ernesto Lecuona (1896-1963) wrote many works labelled as "Afro-Cuban," and sorting them all can be difficult. While some are lost and others are scattered about, the 193...

The melody we know today for "Hark! the Herald Angels Sing" was originally written by Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) in 1840 as secular music for his Festgesang or Gutenberg Cantata to honor the creati...

The melody we know today for "Hark! the Herald Angels Sing" was originally written by Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) in 1840 as secular music for his Festgesang or Gutenberg Cantata to honor the creati...

The melody we know today for "Hark! the Herald Angels Sing" was originally written by Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) in 1840 as secular music for his Festgesang or Gutenberg Cantata to honor the creati...

The melody we know today for "Hark! the Herald Angels Sing" was originally written by Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) in 1840 as secular music for his Festgesang or Gutenberg Cantata to honor the creati...

Fresh from the loss of his oldest daughter Maria Mahler, and knowing he had a serious heart condition, Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) crafted Das Lied von der Erde (The Song of the Earth) in the years 1908...

Fresh from the loss of his oldest daughter Maria Mahler, and knowing he had a serious heart condition, Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) crafted Das Lied von der Erde (The Song of the Earth) in the years 1908...

Claude Debussy (1862-1918) aveva inizialmente previsto che le Images pour orchestre fossero il seguito della prima serie di Images per pianoforte solo. Tuttavia, intorno al 1905, decise di orchestrare...

Claude Debussy (1862-1918) aveva inizialmente previsto che le Images pour orchestre fossero il seguito della prima serie di Images per pianoforte solo. Tuttavia, intorno al 1905, decise di orchestrare...

Emmanuel Chabrier (1841-1894), avvocato francese divenuto compositore autodidatta, scrisse il LARGHETTO per corno nel 1875. Assomigliando a un'aria d'opera per corno francese, l'opera è molto lirica e...

Emmanuel Chabrier (1841-1894), avvocato francese divenuto compositore autodidatta, scrisse il LARGHETTO per corno nel 1875. Assomigliando a un'aria d'opera per corno francese, l'opera è molto lirica e...

L'opera più lunga di Ravel, di quasi un'ora, il balletto completo in un atto Daphnis et Chloe, fu descritto dal compositore come una "symphonie choregraphique" (sinfonia coreografica). Ravel iniziò l'...

Hilding Rosenberg (1892-1985) has been described as the first Swedish modernist composer. Influenced by Sibelius in his early years, he later absorbed the work of Stravinsky, Schoenberg, and Hindemith...

Hilding Rosenberg (1892-1985) has been described as the first Swedish modernist composer. Influenced by Sibelius in his early years, he later absorbed the work of Stravinsky, Schoenberg, and Hindemith...

While his Symphony No. 9 is better known, Antonín Dvorák's (1841-1904) Symphony No. 7 is argued by many to be his best symphonic work. Inspired in part by his friend Johannes Brahms' new Symphony No....

While his Symphony No. 9 is better known, Antonín Dvorák's (1841-1904) Symphony No. 7 is argued by many to be his best symphonic work. Inspired in part by his friend Johannes Brahms' new Symphony No....

The first of a few works that Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921) wrote for wind band, ORIENT AND OCCIDENT, subtitled "grand march," better resembles a tone poem. Inspired by the world travels he undertoo...

The first of a few works that Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921) wrote for wind band, ORIENT AND OCCIDENT, subtitled "grand march," better resembles a tone poem. Inspired by the world travels he undertoo...

Carl Emil Paul Lincke (1866-1946) è stato compositore e direttore di teatro. Considerato il "padre" dell'operetta berlinese, è noto soprattutto per la sua operetta Frau Luna, anche se il suo Berliner...

Carl Emil Paul Lincke (1866-1946) è stato compositore e direttore di teatro. Considerato il "padre" dell'operetta berlinese, è noto soprattutto per la sua operetta Frau Luna, anche se il suo Berliner...

Carmen-Quadrille nach Motiven der gleichnamigen Oper von G. Bizet (Carmen quadrille based on motifs from the opera of the same name by G. Bizet), Op. 134, was written by Eduard "Edi" Strauss (1835-191...

Le DREI MILITARMARSCHEN (TRE MARCE MILITARI), Op. 51, D. 733, furono originariamente scritte per pianoforte a quattro mani da Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828) durante il suo soggiorno nella casa estiva de...

Antonín Dvorák compose due serie di "Danze slave", ciascuna composta da otto numeri e separata da otto anni. L'idea fu suggerita al compositore dall'editore N. Simrock, in seguito all'introduzione del...

The piano trio version of La muse et le poète, Op. 132 was written by Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921) in 1910 during a vacation to North Africa, and that version premiered at Queen's Hall on June 7, 1...

The piano trio version of La muse et le poète, Op. 132 was written by Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921) in 1910 during a vacation to North Africa, and that version premiered at Queen's Hall on June 7, 1...