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Claude Debussy's (1862-1918) Pelléas et Mélisande adapted Maurice Maeterlinck's play of the same name in which Prince Golaud marries a mysterious young woman, Mélisande, but becomes jealous of his hal...

Tosca è un'opera melodrammatica in tre atti ambientata a Roma nel giugno del 1800, con il controllo del Regno di Napoli su Roma minacciato dall'invasione dell'Italia da parte di Napoleone. Contiene ra...

Un Ballo in Maschera è un'opera in tre atti del 1859 di Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) su libretto di Antonio Somma. Inizialmente basata sul libretto di Eugène Scribe per l'opera in cinque atti Gustave II...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

On the score of his cantata JAUCHZET GOTT IN ALLEN LANDEN (EXULT IN GOD IN EVERY LAND), BWV 51, J.S. Bach (1685-1750) wrote "For the 15th Sunday after Trinity and at any time", indicating that he had...

Dopo la sconfitta di Napoleone durante la campagna del 1813, il patriottismo tedesco ebbe un'impennata di popolarità. Questa tendenza influenzò pesantemente la poesia e la musica dell'epoca. Nel 1814,...

The song cycle LES NUITS D'ETE (SUMMER NIGHTS) is a setting of six poems by composer Hector Berlioz' (1803-1869) neighbor and friend, Théophile Gautier. The text deals in themes of love in all its fac...

Les Sept Paroles du Christ ("Le sette ultime parole di Cristo") è uno dei due oratori di Théodore Dubois (1837-1924) e rimane l'opera corale più frequentemente eseguita del compositore. Eseguita per l...

Antonín Dvorák (1841-1904) began composition of his setting of the Stabat Mater text in 1876 and finally finishing the orchestral version in late 1877, though it was not published until 1881 as Op. 58...

Questa edizione dell'opera più famosa di George Frideric Handel è stata curata da Ebenezer Prout e include accompagnamenti aggiuntivi in gran parte riscritti da lui stesso. La prefazione di Prout offr...

EIN' FESTE BURG IST UNSER GOTT ('A Mighty Fortress Is Our God') is among the best known hymns written by reformer Martin Luther, and has been used by many composers, including by J.S. Bach, in various...

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) composed the three-act oratorio Hercules, HWV 60 during a four-week period in 1744. Telling the story of the ancient Greek hero Hercules' death through the jealousy...

During the semi-retirement from his long service as Kapellmeister to the Esterházy family, Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) was tasked with composing a Coronation Mass for the wife of his patron, Prince...

L'impostazione originale per coro e tastiera del "Tui sun coeli" dal Salmo 88 (Vulgata) vv. 12, 15a fu completata da Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) tra il 1796 e il 1799. I titoli alternativi includon...