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The title of Thomas Larcher's third string quartet, Madhares, refers to the name of a deserted place on the island of Crete which inspired him to compose this work. Larcher developed the piece from re...

During the years of their exile in America, Paul and Gertrud Hindemith regularly met with two young violinists for private music-making. When Hindemith arranged the first of his 'Drei leichte Stücke f...

'A coming and going...' - this is how Barbara Heller describes the essence of her second string quartet La Caleta ('small bay'). Barbara Heller got the inspiration to write this work from the calm, ge...

Patchwork, the third string quartet by Barbara Heller, with its cheerful and light character, is an enjoyable piece. Playfully flowing figures, often in pizzicato, alternate with 'still soundscapes'....

There is hardly any other lullaby in the field of classical music - apart from Brahms' 'Guten Abend, gute Nacht' - that has gained such popularity as George Gershwin's (1898-1937) 'Summertime'. It is...

Igor Stravinsky liked to use different stylistic devices or embedded them in his personal musical language: Be it that he took a Gallop by Jacques Offenbach or composed Circus Polka for a Young Elepha...

Diese 'kleine Suite' besteht aus fünf reizvollen Miniaturen. Südländisches Melos kontrastiert mit kontrapunktischen Passagen, und zwei schnelle Sätze geben Gelegenheit zu virtuoser Spielfreude. Als Ko...

Diese 'kleine Suite' besteht aus fünf reizvollen Miniaturen. Südländisches Melos kontrastiert mit kontrapunktischen Passagen, und zwei schnelle Sätze geben Gelegenheit zu virtuoser Spielfreude. Als Ko...

Tango - a dance, a music genre, an awareness of life, 'a sad thought that can be danced' (according to a tango composer). The terms and definitions are as varied as the range of styles of the works. T...

In his works, Eduard Pütz (1911-2000) sought to overcome the boundaries between different genres of music. He often mixed classical elements with stylistic features from jazz and popular music.

In his works, Eduard Pütz (1911-2000) sought to overcome the boundaries between different genres of music. He often mixed classical elements with stylistic features from jazz and popular music.

In his works, Eduard Pütz (1911-2000) sought to overcome the boundaries between different genres of music. He often mixed classical elements with stylistic features from jazz and popular music.

In his works, Eduard Pütz (1911-2000) sought to overcome the boundaries between different genres of music. He often mixed classical elements with stylistic features from jazz and popular music.

The oeuvre by the Brazilian composer and pianist Ernesto Nazareth (1863-1934) attracts more and more aficionados in this country. After his training, he concentrated on light entertainment and played...

...called dusk II for string quartet draws its inspiration from a line in Samuel Beckett's short story Lessness: 'Figment dawn dispeller of figments and the other called dusk'.The work is a kind of do...

Demanding salon music for string quartet (with double-bass ad libitum) is provided by Wolfgang Birtel in his 'Latin Dances' with four titles which can be played individually or as a little suite. The...

A work different from 'Rhapsody in Blue', the 'Piano Concerto in F' or other concert works, yet a 'charming' piece, admitted Ira Gershwin, the brother and text writer of George Gershwin (1898-1937). I...

While Western polyphonic music achieved its pinnacle in the fugue, rhythmic polyphony of great complexity evolved in Cuba. It is particularly the 'batá' (drumming music originating in the Afro-Cuban '...