Simon Scheiwiller

'Tarantelle styrienne' was written in 1890 after Claude Debussy returned from Villa Medici, Italy, where he had spent over two years studying as part of the requirements of the Prix de Rome, which he...

'Tarantelle styrienne' was written in 1890 after Claude Debussy returned from Villa Medici, Italy, where he had spent over two years studying as part of the requirements of the Prix de Rome, which he...

Felix Mendelssohn was a skilled organist, and during his visits to Britain he gave a number of well-received organ recitals. It cannot be said that Mendelssohn was the most innovative composer of his...

Felix Mendelssohn was a skilled organist, and during his visits to Britain he gave a number of well-received organ recitals. It cannot be said that Mendelssohn was the most innovative composer of his...

Felix Mendelssohn was a skilled organist, and during his visits to Britain he gave a number of well-received organ recitals. It cannot be said that Mendelssohn was the most innovative composer of his...

Felix Mendelssohn was a skilled organist, and during his visits to Britain he gave a number of well-received organ recitals. It cannot be said that Mendelssohn was the most innovative composer of his...

'The world famous tale Hansel and Gretel by The Brothers Grimm was set to music in the 1890s by German composer Engelbert Humperdinck. The children's opera is performed regularly at many opera houses....

French composer Émile Waldteufel has written more than 250 dances, which were mostly waltzes. Among his wellknown pieces are España or Estudiantina, and the then Prince of Wales and future King Edward...

The Paris horn player Louis François Dauprat was professor at the Conservatoire de Paris, thus having a great influence on the French school of horn playing. He wrote his compositions mostly for didac...

Charles Gounod wrote his Six mélodies in 1839 at the age of 21 for the newly emerging valve horn. They are now available in a new, completely revised edition.

The concerto was written for 'Corno pastoriccio' and may be played on a horn, an alphorn or on whatever natural instrument that may sound the notes d, g, b, d (concert pitch). The orchestral version w...

Camille Saint-Saëns composed the 'Cello Concerto No. 1' in A minor, Op. 33, in 1872, when he was 37 years old. The concerto has a unique structure, as it consists of one continuous movement with three...

Camille Saint-Saëns composed the 'Cello Concerto No. 1' in A minor, Op. 33, in 1872, when he was 37 years old. The concerto has a unique structure, as it consists of one continuous movement with three...

Camille Saint-Saëns composed the 'Cello Concerto No. 1' in A minor, Op. 33, in 1872, when he was 37 years old. The concerto has a unique structure, as it consists of one continuous movement with three...

Camille Saint-Saëns composed the 'Cello Concerto No. 1' in A minor, Op. 33, in 1872, when he was 37 years old. The concerto has a unique structure, as it consists of one continuous movement with three...

The German composer Engelbert Humperdinck is best known for his fairy-tale opera Hansel and Gretel, the libretto of which was written by his sister Adelheid Wette. This collaboration also gave rise to...