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Johan Wagenaar (1862 -1941) was a Dutch composer and organist. His compositions include operas, cantatas, organ music, and orchestral works. The music of Hector Berlioz had a modest influence on his w...

Johan Wagenaar (1862 -1941) was a Dutch composer and organist. His compositions include operas, cantatas, organ music, and orchestral works. The music of Hector Berlioz had a modest influence on his w...

In 1873 Tschaikowsky composed his "Six Piano Pieces Opus 19". 15 Years later he arranged the fourth movement, "Nocturne", for cello and orchestra. The composer's preferred cellist, Wilhelm Karl Friedr...

In 1873 Tschaikowsky composed his "Six Piano Pieces Opus 19". 15 Years later he arranged the fourth movement, "Nocturne", for cello and orchestra. The composer's preferred cellist, Wilhelm Karl Friedr...

In 1873 Tschaikowsky composed his "Six Piano Pieces Opus 19". 15 Years later he arranged the fourth movement, "Nocturne", for cello and orchestra. The composer's preferred cellist, Wilhelm Karl Friedr...

In 1873 Tschaikowsky composed his "Six Piano Pieces Opus 19". 15 Years later he arranged the fourth movement, "Nocturne", for cello and orchestra. The composer's preferred cellist, Wilhelm Karl Friedr...

Eugene Onegin", the most popular of Tschaikowsky's opera's, is widely considered a theatrical masterpiece. The most popular aria from this opera is "Kuda, kuda vï udalilis" sung by Lensky, fiancé of O...

Eugene Onegin", the most popular of Tschaikowsky's opera's, is widely considered a theatrical masterpiece. The most popular aria from this opera is "Kuda, kuda vï udalilis" sung by Lensky, fiancé of O...

After the Armistice of Versailles was signed on 28 January 1871, the Paris Commune assumed power in Paris on 18 March. Fearing for his safety, Camille Saint-Saëns fled to exile in London. Under these...

After the Armistice of Versailles was signed on 28 January 1871, the Paris Commune assumed power in Paris on 18 March. Fearing for his safety, Camille Saint-Saëns fled to exile in London. Under these...

I Masnadieri è un'opera in quattro atti di Giuseppe Verdi su testo di Andrea Maffei, basata sul dramma "Die Räuber" di Friedrich von Schiller. Con l'aumentare del successo in Italia, Verdi cominciò a...

I Masnadieri è un'opera in quattro atti di Giuseppe Verdi su testo di Andrea Maffei, basata sul dramma "Die Räuber" di Friedrich von Schiller. Con l'aumentare del successo in Italia, Verdi cominciò a...

Carl Heinrich Carsten Reinecke (1824 -1910) was a German composer, conductor, and pianist. After retirement as a teacher at the conservatory, Reinecke devoted his time to composition with a long and v...

Carl Heinrich Carsten Reinecke (1824 -1910) was a German composer, conductor, and pianist. After retirement as a teacher at the conservatory, Reinecke devoted his time to composition with a long and v...

Tschaikowsky's 'Sérénade mélancolique' in B-flat minor for violin and orchestra, was written in February 1875. It was his first work for violin and orchestra, and was written immediately after complet...

Tschaikowsky's 'Sérénade mélancolique' in B-flat minor for violin and orchestra, was written in February 1875. It was his first work for violin and orchestra, and was written immediately after complet...

Pablo de Sarasate was not only a great violin player but a composer as well and because of that it´s quite logic that the violin plays an important role in his work. In 1885 de Sarasate composed his '...

Pablo de Sarasate was not only a great violin player but a composer as well and because of that it´s quite logic that the violin plays an important role in his work. In 1885 de Sarasate composed his '...

Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835) è stato uno dei tre grandi compositori dell'epoca belcantistica che ha dominato la scena operistica italiana nella prima metà del XIX secolo. La Sonnambula è la prima dell...

Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835) è stato uno dei tre grandi compositori dell'epoca belcantistica che ha dominato la scena operistica italiana nella prima metà del XIX secolo. La Sonnambula è la prima dell...

Most of Mozart's solo horn music was composed between 1781 and 1789 for his friend and fellow freemason, Ignaz Leutgeb, an accomplished player from Salzburg who continued to perform after setting up a...

Most of Mozart's solo horn music was composed between 1781 and 1789 for his friend and fellow freemason, Ignaz Leutgeb, an accomplished player from Salzburg who continued to perform after setting up a...

Tschaikovsky composed his 'Concerto for Violin and Orchestra' in the spring of 1878. The work does have a rocky beginning, somewhat like that of his first Piano Concerto. The premiere was both somewha...

Tschaikovsky composed his 'Concerto for Violin and Orchestra' in the spring of 1878. The work does have a rocky beginning, somewhat like that of his first Piano Concerto. The premiere was both somewha...

Sebbene Max Bruch non abbia lasciato, in senso stretto, un concerto per violoncello, i violoncellisti sono comunque estremamente grati per i quattro pezzi concertanti in un unico movimento tratti dall...