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Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) composed his three-movement Symphony No. 3 in C Major, Op. 52 between 1906 and 1907, with the work receiving its premiere by the Helsinki Philharmonic Society under the compo...

Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) compose per la prima volta il poema tonale En Saga, Op. 9 nel 1892, con la prima esecuzione il 16 febbraio 1893, con Sibelius alla guida della Filarmonica di Helsinki. Sebben...

Má vlast (My Fatherland or My Country) is a collection of six symphonic poems composed by Bedrich Smetana (1824-1884) between 1874 and 1879. Conceived as individual works, though commonly presented as...

Louis Spohr (1784-1859), a German composer, conductor, and violinist, formed an acquaintance with Beethoven and, although greatly critical of his ninth symphony, promoted much of his work. His innovat...

An der Schönen Blauen Donau (On the Beautiful Blue Danube), Op. 314, written by Johann Strauss II (1825-1899) is one of the most popular works in classical music, and remains well-known in popular cul...

Johann Strauss, Jr. (1825-1899) wrote the KAISER-WALZER, Op. 437 (EMPEROR WALTZES) to celebrate the toast of friendship that Franz Joseph I extended when he visited Wilhelm II in 1889. Fritz Simrock,...

Johann Strauss II (1825-1899) scrisse FURIOSO POLKA, OP. 260, nel 1861, in un periodo in cui queste danze veloci prosperavano nelle sale da ballo viennesi. Nel sottotitolo "quasi Galopp", egli indicav...

JOHANN STRAUSS II (1825-1899) scrisse inizialmente FRÜHLINGSSTIMMEN, Op. 410 (VOCI DI PRIMAVERA) come aria da concerto. Dedicò il brano, su libretto di Richard Genée, al pianista-compositore Alfred Gr...

Quarto di una serie di poemi tonali che Richard Strauss (1864-1949) scrisse prima della sua carriera di compositore d'opera, MORTE E TRASFIGURAZIONE (TOD UND VERKLÄRUNG) ritrae la morte di un artista...

TILL EULENSPIEGELS LUSTIGE STREICHE (Gli scherzi di Till Eulenspiegel) è un poema musicale scritto nel 1894-95 da Richard Strauss (1864-1949). Narra le disavventure e gli scherzi dell'eroe popolare te...

L'opera più conosciuta del filosofo tedesco Friedrich Nietzsche, "Also sprach Zarathustra!" ("Così parlò Zarathustra!") ha ispirato molte opere di compositori, ma la più nota è questo poema sinfonico...

Written between 1886 and 1888, Richard Strauss' (1864-1949) MACBETH, Op. 23 was the then young composer's first tone poem, which he described as "a completely new path" in his composition. It premiere...

Richard Strauss (1864-1949) scrisse originariamente quest'opera per pianoforte solo e orchestra con il titolo Scherzo in re minore nel 1886 per il direttore d'orchestra e pianista Hans von Bülow, che...

Richard Strauss (1864-1949) wrote his VIOLIN CONCERTO IN D MINOR, Op. 8, between 1881 and 1882, and it remained his only foray in that genre. Composed while a teenager and still in school. While still...

Written while still a student of Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Stravinsky was encouraged to begin work on this piece for full orchestra in 1905. The young composer's first composition foray beyond piano, i...

Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) composed Capriccio Italien, Op. 45, in 1880 following a trip to Rome with his brother, Modest. Originally titled Italian Fantasia, the work incorporates the music...

EUGENE ONEGIN, based on a verse-novel by Alexander Pushkin, is Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky's (1840-1893) best-known opera. The story depicts the life of the titular Onegin, a Russian dandy who does not...

Tchaikovsky's largest symphony both in length and instrumentation, the MANFRED SYMPHONY remained unnumbered, though it was written between his 4th and 5th symphonies.  A programmatic symphony bas...

La Marche Slave, Op. 31, ("Marcia slava") fu eseguita per la prima volta a Mosca nel novembre 1876. Si tratta di un'entusiasmante opera patriottica basata su temi popolari serbi e russi. Čajkovskij fu...

Lo Schiaccianoci è un "balletto delle fate" in due atti scritto da Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893). Basato sul racconto di E. T. A. Hoffmann del 1816 "Lo schiaccianoci e il re dei topi", la prod...

Among the most frequently performed and well-known of P. I. Tchaikovsky's (1840-1893) works, The Year 1812, Solemn Overture, Op. 49 (more commonly known as the 1812 Overture) was written in 1880 to co...

Among the most frequently performed and well-known of P. I. Tchaikovsky's (1840-1893) works, The Year 1812, Solemn Overture, Op. 49 (more commonly known as the 1812 Overture) was written in 1880 to co...

Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) accarezzò per la prima volta l'idea di scrivere un'ouverture per HAMLET nel 1876. Dodici anni dopo, l'attore Lucien Guitry lo contattò con la richiesta di scrivere...

The Sleeping Beauty ballet in 3 acts, which tells the story of conflicting forces of good and evil, incorporates various fairy-tale characters from the Brothers Grimm and French fairy tales. Tchaikovs...

Peter Iljitsch Tschaikowsky (1840-1893) began work in 1877 and finished it the following year. Begun soon after Tchaikovsky established his relationship with long-time patroness Nadezhda von Mech, SYM...