Kalmus Orchestra Library

George Frideric Händel (1685-1759) was contracted to write Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351 in 1749 by George II of Great Britain to be performed in London's Green Park on April 27 of that year...

The three-act opera Rodrigo, HWV 5, was composed in 1707 and was George Frideric Handel's (1685-1759) first opera in the Italian style. Telling the tale of the historical Rodrigo, the last Visigothic...

The three-act opera Rodrigo, HWV 5, was composed in 1707 and was George Frideric Handel's (1685-1759) first opera in the Italian style. Telling the tale of the historical Rodrigo, the last Visigothic...

Il compositore oraziano Johan Halvorsen (1864-1935) compose la sua MARCIA D'INGRESSO DEI BOIARI nel 1893, e rimane la sua opera più popolare. In seguito all'offerta di un posto al Conservatorio di Buc...

Il compositore oraziano Johan Halvorsen (1864-1935) compose la sua MARCIA D'INGRESSO DEI BOIARI nel 1893, e rimane la sua opera più popolare. In seguito all'offerta di un posto al Conservatorio di Buc...

Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) wrote Symphony No. 45 in F-sharp minor 'Farewell' (Hob. I.45; 'Abschiedssinfonie' in German), the most well-known of his 'Sturm und Drang' symphonies, in 1772, and it is...

Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) wrote Symphony No. 45 in F-sharp minor 'Farewell' (Hob. I.45; 'Abschiedssinfonie' in German), the most well-known of his 'Sturm und Drang' symphonies, in 1772, and it is...

Symphony No. 44 was completed in 1772 by Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809). Rumored that the composer requested the third movement be played at his funeral, the work is popularly known as "Trauersinfonie...

Symphony No. 44 was completed in 1772 by Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809). Rumored that the composer requested the third movement be played at his funeral, the work is popularly known as "Trauersinfonie...

Tradizionalmente attribuita a Franz Joseph Haydn, la TOY SYMPHONY, Hob.II: 47, è nota per il suo stravagante assortimento di strumenti giocattolo. La paternità è stata a lungo contestata e i musicolog...

Tradizionalmente attribuita a Franz Joseph Haydn, la TOY SYMPHONY, Hob.II: 47, è nota per il suo stravagante assortimento di strumenti giocattolo. La paternità è stata a lungo contestata e i musicolog...

The three-act opéra comique Zampa, ou La fiancée de marbre (Zampa, or the Marble Bride) was written in 1831, and is one of Ferdinand Hérold's (1791-1833) most popular works during the 19th century. It...

HÄNSEL UND GRETEL, un Märchenspiel (opera fiabesca) in tre atti, fu scritto da Engelbert Humperdinck (1854-1921) nel 1890-1892, su libretto della sorella Adelheid Wette. Humperdinck iniziò a lavorare...

HÄNSEL UND GRETEL, un Märchenspiel (opera fiabesca) in tre atti, fu scritto da Engelbert Humperdinck (1854-1921) nel 1890-1892, su libretto della sorella Adelheid Wette. Humperdinck iniziò a lavorare...

French composer Édouard Lalo (1823-1892) wrote Le roi d'Ys, an opera in three acts and five tableaux, between 1875 and 1888. He was prompted by his wife, contralto Julie de Maligny, to use the Breton...

French composer Édouard Lalo (1823-1892) wrote Le roi d'Ys, an opera in three acts and five tableaux, between 1875 and 1888. He was prompted by his wife, contralto Julie de Maligny, to use the Breton...

Édouard Lalo (1823-1892) wrote Concerto for Cello in D minor a few years after the popular Symphonie espagnole in 1876 for Belgian cellist Adolphe Fischer. The following year, Fischer was the soloist...

Édouard Lalo (1823-1892) wrote Concerto for Cello in D minor a few years after the popular Symphonie espagnole in 1876 for Belgian cellist Adolphe Fischer. The following year, Fischer was the soloist...

Anatoly Lyadov (1855-1914), one of the Russian Five, wrestled with doubt in his own creative talent. Exclusively writing small-scale works, he explored the folk music of his native country, much of wh...

Anatoly Lyadov (1855-1914), one of the Russian Five, wrestled with doubt in his own creative talent. Exclusively writing small-scale works, he explored the folk music of his native country, much of wh...

Anatoly Lyadov (1855-1914) compose KIKIMORA, Op. 63 nel 1909. Basata su questa figura familiare della mitologia slava, la partitura contiene la seguente descrizione tratta dai racconti popolari russi...

Anatoly Lyadov (1855-1914) compose KIKIMORA, Op. 63 nel 1909. Basata su questa figura familiare della mitologia slava, la partitura contiene la seguente descrizione tratta dai racconti popolari russi...

IL LAGO INCANTATO, op. 62 è un poema tonale di Anatolij Lyadov (1855-1914). Sottotitolato "scena di fiaba", è probabilmente la sua opera più celebre per la sua delicata partitura e la sua suggestiva t...

Hungarian virtuoso pianist and composer Franz Liszt (1811-1886) began to develop the concept of the symphonic poem (symphonische dichtung; poème symphonique) following his 1847 retirement from concert...

Franz Liszt (1811-1886) started work on his CONCERTO FOR PIANO AND ORCHESTRA No. 2 in A major, S. 125, in 1839 and 1840. Putting it through a series of revisions, he dedicated the concerto to his stud...