Baton Orchestral

The 'Banditen-Galop (Bandit's Gallop) is a gallop which was arranged from melodies in Strauss' operetta 'Prinz Methusalem'. The title of the composition is derived from the appearance in the stage wor...

Ernest Bucalossi (1859-1933) was a Britisch-Italian light music composer. The Grasshopper's Dance was written in 1905 and has enjoyed popularity ever since - even appearing in a recent milk commercial...

Ernest Bucalossi (1859-1933) was a Britisch-Italian light music composer. The Grasshopper's Dance was written in 1905 and has enjoyed popularity ever since - even appearing in a recent milk commercial...

Il XIX secolo è stato testimone di una marea di nuovi sviluppi e applicazioni dell'elettricità come nuova e importante fonte di energia. Forse non sorprende che il tema dell'elettricità sia ricorrente...

Il XIX secolo è stato testimone di una marea di nuovi sviluppi e applicazioni dell'elettricità come nuova e importante fonte di energia. Forse non sorprende che il tema dell'elettricità sia ricorrente...

Dmitri Shostakovich compose la Sinfonia n. 5 in re minore, op. 47 tra l'aprile e il luglio del 1937. La sua prima esecuzione avvenne il 21 novembre 1937 a Leningrado da parte dell'Orchestra Filarmonic...

Dmitri Shostakovich compose la Sinfonia n. 5 in re minore, op. 47 tra l'aprile e il luglio del 1937. La sua prima esecuzione avvenne il 21 novembre 1937 a Leningrado da parte dell'Orchestra Filarmonic...

In 1939, Russian composer Dmitri Kabalevsky wrote incidental music for a children's play called 'The Inventor and the Comedians', by the Soviet Jewish writer Mark Daniel. The play was staged at the 'C...

In 1939, Russian composer Dmitri Kabalevsky wrote incidental music for a children's play called 'The Inventor and the Comedians', by the Soviet Jewish writer Mark Daniel. The play was staged at the 'C...

In 1868 Johann Strauss jr. composed the polka 'Freikugeln' (Free-Shooter), opus 326 which commemorated the '3rd German Federal Shooting Contest', which attracted no less than ten thousand entrants fro...

In 1868 Johann Strauss jr. composed the polka 'Freikugeln' (Free-Shooter), opus 326 which commemorated the '3rd German Federal Shooting Contest', which attracted no less than ten thousand entrants fro...

Il compositore russo Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov è noto soprattutto per la suite orchestrale "Caucasian Sketches", che comprende la tanto citata "Procession of the Sardar". Ma altrettanto interessante è...

Il compositore russo Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov è noto soprattutto per la suite orchestrale "Caucasian Sketches", che comprende la tanto citata "Procession of the Sardar". Ma altrettanto interessante è...

Johann Strauss composed the 'Kuss-Walzer' (Kiss Waltz) in 1881. This waltz was dedicated to his second wife, Angelika Dittrich and comprises melodies from Strauss' popular operetta 'Der lustige Krieg'...

Johann Strauss composed the 'Kuss-Walzer' (Kiss Waltz) in 1881. This waltz was dedicated to his second wife, Angelika Dittrich and comprises melodies from Strauss' popular operetta 'Der lustige Krieg'...

Composed in 1868, 'Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald' (Tales from the Vienna Woods) was one of six Viennese waltzes by Johann Strauss which featured a virtuoso part for zither. The waltz's premiere that...

Composed in 1868, 'Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald' (Tales from the Vienna Woods) was one of six Viennese waltzes by Johann Strauss which featured a virtuoso part for zither. The waltz's premiere that...

Czech composer Bedrich Smetana is known as the first composer who wrote music with a specific Czech character. Many of his compositions are based on Czech themes. He used Czech dance rhythms and his m...

Czech composer Bedrich Smetana is known as the first composer who wrote music with a specific Czech character. Many of his compositions are based on Czech themes. He used Czech dance rhythms and his m...

Inspired by one of his students and his later wife, Ottorino Respighi composed in 1922 'Vetrate di Chiesa' (The Church Windows). This four movement Symphonic Suite is based on Gregorian melodies. It's...

Inspired by one of his students and his later wife, Ottorino Respighi composed in 1922 'Vetrate di Chiesa' (The Church Windows). This four movement Symphonic Suite is based on Gregorian melodies. It's...

Indigo und die vierzig Räuber (Indaco e i quaranta ladroni) è stata la prima operetta di Johann Strauss, andata in scena nel 1871 al Theater an der Wien di Vienna, in Austria. In seguito utilizzò le m...

Indigo und die vierzig Räuber (Indaco e i quaranta ladroni) è stata la prima operetta di Johann Strauss, andata in scena nel 1871 al Theater an der Wien di Vienna, in Austria. In seguito utilizzò le m...

In 1860 the curtain of the Carl-Theater in Vienna rose on the first production of Offenbach's parody of Greek mythology, 'Orphée aux enfers' ('Orpheus in the Underworld'). Sitting among the audience i...

In 1860 the curtain of the Carl-Theater in Vienna rose on the first production of Offenbach's parody of Greek mythology, 'Orphée aux enfers' ('Orpheus in the Underworld'). Sitting among the audience i...