Spartiti di Musica concertante di Natale per Banda

In 1899 Edward Elgar finished his best-known large-scale composition, the "Enigma Variations". Elgar dedicated the piece to "my friends pictured within", each variation being an affectionate portrayal...

La vigilia di Natale del 1818, il sacerdote cattolico Josef Mohr mostrò al compositore austriaco Franz Xaver Gruber una poesia di sei strofe che aveva scritto nel 1816 e chiese a Gruber di musicarla....

La vigilia di Natale del 1818, il sacerdote cattolico Josef Mohr mostrò al compositore austriaco Franz Xaver Gruber una poesia di sei strofe che aveva scritto nel 1816 e chiese a Gruber di musicarla....

Il Barbiere di Siviglia (1816) di Rossini è una delle più grandi opere comiche. Basato su un'eccellente commedia di Beaumarchais, "Il Barbiere di Siviglia" delizia il pubblico con i suoi personaggi ac...

Il Barbiere di Siviglia (1816) di Rossini è una delle più grandi opere comiche. Basato su un'eccellente commedia di Beaumarchais, "Il Barbiere di Siviglia" delizia il pubblico con i suoi personaggi ac...

Absolutely the most famous "Canzone Napoletana" is "O Sole Mio" composed by the Italian singer and songwriter Eduardo di Capua (1865-1917) in 1898. The lyrics were written by Giovanni Capurro. Though...

Dmitri Shostakovich wrote his second piano concerto in 1957 as a birthday gift for his 19-year-old son Maxim who premiered the piece during his graduation at the Moscow Conservatory. The eager, brilli...

The score of "La Gioconda" is best known for its ballet divertimento "The Dance of the Hours". The tangled story of passion, intrigue, violence and eventual tragedy is set against the grim splendour o...

While Saverio Mercadante (1795-1870) may not have retained the international celebrity of Gaetano Donizetti or Gioachino Rossini beyond his own lifetime, he composed as impressive a number of works as...

While Saverio Mercadante (1795-1870) may not have retained the international celebrity of Gaetano Donizetti or Gioachino Rossini beyond his own lifetime, he composed as impressive a number of works as...

In 1904 Pleyel, the famous Parisian firm of instrument manufacturers, approached Debussy with a commission for a new test piece for chromatic harp, intended for use in the diploma examinations at the...

In 1904 Pleyel, the famous Parisian firm of instrument manufacturers, approached Debussy with a commission for a new test piece for chromatic harp, intended for use in the diploma examinations at the...

L'opera "La Wally" di Alfredo Catalani è nota soprattutto per l'aria "Ebben? Ne andro lontana". L'autore aveva composto quest'aria indipendentemente come "Chanson GroÙnlandaise" nel 1878 e l'aveva poi...

Alfredo Catalani's Opera "La Wally" is best known for its aria "Ebben? Ne andrò lontana". He had composed that aria independently as "Chanson Groënlandaise" in 1878 and later incorporated it into his...

Tschaikowsky's Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36, was written between 1877 and 1878 and first performed at a Russian Musical Society concert in Saint Petersburg on February 1878 under Nikolai Rubinste...

Tschaikowsky's Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36, was written between 1877 and 1878 and first performed at a Russian Musical Society concert in Saint Petersburg on February 1878 under Nikolai Rubinste...

Der Ring des Nibelungen (L'anello del Nibelungo) è un ciclo di quattro opere epiche del compositore tedesco Richard Wagner (1813-1883). Le opere si basano vagamente su personaggi delle saghe norrene e...

Der Ring des Nibelungen (L'anello del Nibelungo) è un ciclo di quattro opere epiche del compositore tedesco Richard Wagner (1813-1883). Le opere si basano vagamente su personaggi delle saghe norrene e...

Il Barbiere di Siviglia (1816) is one of the greatest of all comic operas.Based on an excellent play by Beaumarchais, The Barber of Seville delights audiences with its keenly sketched characters, melo...

As a contribution to the opera 'Armer Columbus' by German composer Erwin Dressel, Shostakovich composed two of his quirkiest and oddest early orchestral pieces. An energetic 'Entr'acte' in c minor (Al...

At the end of his life Offenbach composed his opera 'Les contes d'Hoffman', but unfortunately he was not able to finish it. The plot tells the story of the poet Hoffmann telling three of his amorous a...

At the end of his life Offenbach composed his opera "Les contes d'Hoffman", but unfortunately he was not able to finish it. The plot tells the story of the poet Hoffmann telling three of his amorous a...

When Russian composer Joseph Schillinger met Leon Theremin (the inventor of the theremin) they collaborated resulting in a few of the first original pieces for the theremin. Among those pieces Schilli...