Jéronimo Giménez (1854-1923) was born in Sevilla. music. His most well known compositions are 'El baile de Luis Alonso' (1896), 'La boda de Luis Alonso' (1897) and 'La Torre del Oro' (1902). As is qui...
The 'polonaise' and 'ecossaise' are both dances that were very popular in France and Great Britain at the end of the 18th century and at the beginning of the 19th. These compositions were mainly writt...
Ludwig van Beethoven composed several military marches: 'Polonaise' (WoO21), 'Ecossaise' (WoO 22), 'Yorckscher March' (WoO 18), 'Military March' (WoO 19) 'Military March in D Major' (WoO 24) and the '...
La Pícara Molinera" ("The teasing millgirl") is a zarzuela by Spanish composer Pablo Luna (1879-1942). Premiered in 1928, "La Pícara Molinera" is considered as one of the great successes of the compos...
Antonio Álvarez (1867 - 1903) was a Spanish pianist and composer. Among his works are zarzuelas like 'El gran visir', 'Las niñas toreros' and 'El traje del alcalde'. He also composed a numerous pasaca...
Agua, Azucarillos y Aguardiente' is a zarzuela in one act with a libretto by Miguel Ramos Carrión and music by Frederico Chueca. It was premiered at the Apolo theater in Madrid on June 23, 1897 and be...
Ludwig van Beethoven composed several military marches. Among these is the very well known 'Yorckscher March' (WoO 18) which was written in 1808 or 1809 as a march 'Für die böhmische Landwehr' (For th...
José Gomes de Abreu, better known as Zequinha de Abreu (1880-1935) was a Brazilian musician and composer. He was one of the prominent Brazilian composers of the 'Belle Époque', having contributed to t...
Juan Crisóstomo de Arriaga (1806 -1826) was a Spanish Basque composer. He was nicknamed 'the Spanish Mozart' after he died, because, like Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, he was both a child prodigy and an ac...
