Spartiti medio Musica classica

In tutta la letteratura musicale, c'è poco di più mozzafiato nella sua cruda potenza musicale di questo movimento da I pianeti di Gustav Holst. Un fragoroso tema di guerra introduce l'opera in un dram...

Experience a true milestone of wind band literature with the world-famous "Moorside March" from Gustav Holst's masterful "A Moorside Suite"! This exhilarating march captivates musicians and audiences...

L'opera Peter Grimes di Britten, acclamata dalla critica, è stata eseguita per la prima volta nel 1945 ed è entrata a far parte del repertorio standard. Inoltre, la suite orchestrale da concerto Four...

Paul Lavender arranged the third movement (Allegro Assai) of the popular Symphonic Dances by Sergey Rachmaninoff for wind orchestra. He successfully managed to apply the original's dynamics and drama...

'Woodwind and percussion players usually are unfamiliar with the antiphonal brass choir tradition. I made this modern, more easily readable version of Bonelli's classic 1600 Toccata for flexible wind...

I suonatori di fiati e percussioni di solito non hanno familiarità con la tradizione del coro antifonale di ottoni. Ho realizzato questa versione moderna e più facilmente leggibile della classica Tocc...

Hardly any motif in music history is as world-famous, powerful, and electrifying as the legendary opening theme of Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 in C Minor. With "Beethoven's Fifth", published...

Henry Purcell (1659-1695) è stato un compositore inglese di musica barocca, le cui opere sono ancora oggi spesso eseguite e registrate. Le sue opere sono tra le più importanti del repertorio barocco....

Nel 1866, Strauss fu incaricato di scrivere un'opera per il Wiener Männergesangverein. Scrisse il valzer "An der schönen blauen Donau", che però alla prima del 13 febbraio 1867 ebbe scarso successo. S...

Anton Bruckner compose i suoi "Kleine Orchesterstücke" nel 1862 come primo tentativo in quel campo che in seguito avrebbe fatto suo: la musica orchestrale. Questi quattro pezzi sono piccoli e melodios...

Although Franz Lehár became most known for his contribution to the operetta repertoire, he also composed a lot of marches. One of these is 'Piave induló' (Piave Marsch, Marche form the 106th Regiment)...

The Toy Symphony, (Kinder-Sinfonie) was also published as Sinfonia Berchtolsgadensis because it was written for instruments that were manufactured in the toy industry of Berchtensgaden that flourished...

Cantique de Noël (O Holy Night) is a Christmas carol composed by French composer Adolphe Adam in 1847 to the poem "Minuit, Chrétiens" (Midnight, Christians) by Placide Cappeau (1808-1877), a wine merc...

Alla fine della sua vita Offenbach compose l'opera "Les contes d'Hoffman", ma purtroppo non riuscì a portarla a termine. La trama narra la storia del poeta Hoffmann che racconta tre delle sue avventur...

Ecce sacerdos magnus (Ecco un grande sacerdote), WAB 13, è un mottetto sacro del 1885 del compositore austriaco Anton Bruckner. Si tratta di un'ambientazione musicale dell'omonima antifona. L'opera è...

As a composer, Johann Strauss Sr. is probably less well known than his son Johann Strauss Jr., but his 'Radeztky March' is still one of the most popular pieces in classical music. Besides this march h...

In 1869 Johann Strauss composed the polka francaise 'Im Krapfenwald'l' ('In Krapfen's Woods'). It was originally titled 'Im Pawlowsk Walde' when first performed in Pavlovsk (Russia). Reportedly, sever...

The Cavatina 'Quel guarda il cavaliere' is sung in the first act of Donizetti's opera Don Pasquale by the young Norina .She comments on a novel she is reading, but also dwells on her skills as a charm...

Giuseppe Verdi's romantic opera Il Trovatore lives by its streams of memorable melodies. One of those is the 'Miserere' which is placed in the fourth and final act. A chorus of monks begins chanting a...

Classical composers who have used csárdás themes in their works include Emmerich Kálmán, Franz Liszt, Johannes Brahms, Léo Delibes, Johann Strauss, Pablo de Sarasate, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and othe...

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...

Johann Strauss wrote the 'Russische Marsch-Fantasie' (Russian March Fantasy) for a tour to Russia in 1872. Because the tour was cancelled, the successful first performance of the march was held in Vie...

Saint-Saëns ha anche contribuito in modo massiccio alla letteratura concertante francese. Scrisse cinque concerti per pianoforte, tre concerti per violino, due concerti per violoncello e circa venti o...

Johann Strauss jr. composed in 1864 the 'Persischer Marsch' (Persian March), Op. 289. It was dedicated this to his Majesty Nasir-ad-Din imperial Shah of Persia (1831-1896). The melody of the trio is t...