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Pyotr Ilych Tschaikowsky composed his Marche Slave in five days in the fall of 1876, completing the score on October 7 (and beginning his Symphonic Fantasia Francesca da Rimini the same day).It's mayb...

Paul Dukas completed The Sorcerer's Apprentice in the spring of 1897, and it was performed for the first time on May 18 of that year in Paris. On that occasion, the composer conducted the orchestra of...

Scherzo d'apres une ballade de Goethe Paul Dukas completed The Sorcerer's Apprentice in the spring of 1897, and it was performed for the first time on May 18 of that year in Paris. On that occasion, t...

This movement from Edvard Grieg's Lyric Suite is very suitable for an intermezzo or as a final in your concert program. But as an encore the March of the Dwarfs will absolutely charm your audience! Th...

Every year, Pomp and Circumstance (March no.1) is one of the encore's at the Last Night of the Proms in London: without any doubt, it's Edward Elgar's most populair work. (Concert Band)

Paul Lincke (1866-1946) is Germany's best known operetta composer and often compared with Austria's Johann Strauss. He composed a lot of operetta's, songs, dance- , revue- and filmmusic. From 1893 til...

Gangar is the second movement of Edvard Grieg's Lyric Suite: a Norwegian march in an easy mood. (Concert Band)

Die lustige Witwe, composed by Franz Franz Lehar is one of the absolute highlights in the whole operetta-repertoire. The duet Lippen schweigen - Love unspoken - is a waltz in a very romantic. This tra...

Die lustige Witwe, composed by Franz Franz Lehar is one of the absolute highlights in the whole operetta-repertoire. The duet Lippen schweigen - Love unspoken - is a waltz in a very romantic. This tra...

The name 'Pathetique' for the last of Pyotr Ilych Tschaikowsky's six symphonies was suggested by the composer's brother the day after its premiere in 1893. And indeed the 'Finale' of this symphony is...

Johann Strauss jr. composed a great amount of polka's to perform with his own orchestra that played on 'dance soirees' in Vienna. The polka-mazurka Stadt und Land, Opus 322 is a beautiful example of S...

Crown Imperial is an orchestral march by the English composer William Walton. It was first performed at the coronation of King George VI in 1937, and substantially revised in 1963. Walton composed the...

Crown Imperial is an orchestral march by the English composer William Walton. It was first performed at the coronation of King George VI in 1937, and substantially revised in 1963. Walton composed the...

Crown Imperial è una marcia orchestrale del compositore inglese William Walton. Fu eseguita per la prima volta in occasione dell'incoronazione di Re Giorgio VI nel 1937 e rivista in modo sostanziale n...

As many may be aware, Emile Waldteufel rivaled Johann Strauss II in the genre of the waltz. But unlike Strauss, many of Waldteufel's popular waltzes were arrangements of folk themes or themes by other...

Entry March of the Boyars, composed in 1895 by the Norwegian composer Johan Halvorsen, has been a popular orchestral favorite ever since and one of the best-known examples of Scandinavian orchestral m...

Tristsch Tratsch era una rivista satirica di Vienna. Nel 1858 pubblicò un profilo di Johann Strauss: si temeva, si diceva, che le stagioni concertistiche di Strauss in Russia e lo sviluppo del suo sti...

Jon Lord (1941 - 2012) was an English composer, pianist, and Hammond organ player known for his pioneering work in fusing rock with classical or baroque forms, especially with "Deep Purple", as well a...

Jon Lord (1941 - 2012) è stato un compositore, pianista e suonatore di organo Hammond inglese, noto per il suo lavoro pionieristico nel fondere il rock con forme classiche o barocche, in particolare c...

Rosen aus dem Süden (Roses from the South), is a waltz medley composed by Strauss in 1880 with its themes drawn from the operetta Das Spitzentuch der Königin inspired by a novel by Heinrich Bohrmann-R...

La "Joyeuse Marche" del compositore francese Emmanuel Chabrier è la seconda metà di una coppia di brani orchestrali (l'altro era il "Prélude Pastoral") eseguiti per la prima volta il 4 novembre 1888 a...