Joseph Joachim Raff

Energetic tempo, soaring vocal lines, and unified rhythmic texture create a rousing setting of Schulze's text about Jager (hunters) roaming the forest. The strophic form and straightforward harmony ma...

Energetic tempo, soaring vocal lines, and unified rhythmic texture create a rousing setting of Schulze's text about Jager (hunters) roaming the forest. The strophic form and straightforward harmony ma...

Swiss composer Joachim Raff was born in Lachen in 1822, and during the course of his life he composed more than 200 works, including 11 symphonies. A romantic composer, he was strongly influenced by n...

The name Joachim Raff is known to many of us as the composer of works for piano. The research of editor Jeremy Wiggins tells us that there are hundreds of other works including many for choirs. Fruhli...

The name Joachim Raff is known to many of us as the composer of works for piano. The research of editor Jeremy Wiggins tells us that there are hundreds of other works including many for choirs. Fruhli...

The German-Swiss composer Joachim Raff (1822-1882), often viewed controversially now due to claims discovered after his death that he was heavily involved in the creation of works of his friend and be...

The German-Swiss composer Joachim Raff (1822-1882), often viewed controversially now due to claims discovered after his death that he was heavily involved in the creation of works of his friend and be...

Stylistically strongly influenced by Liszt's North German School, Raff was drawn to Weimar in 1850 on Mendelssohn's recommendation, where he served as director of Hoch's Conservatory until his death i...