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Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1957) was an Austrian-American composer who was recognized as an exceptional musical talent at a young age. The son of the influential music critic Julius Korngold, he gr...

George Gershwin, born Jacob Gershowitz (New York, September 26, 1898 - Hollywood, July 11, 1937), was an American composer, pianist, conductor and painter. He is considered one of the greatest America...

Vilém Blodek (1834-1874) was a Czech composer and contemporary of Bedřich Smetana, with whom he often collaborated. Deeply influenced by the folk music of his time, he lent his works a natural, melodi...

An der schönen blauen Donau (The Blue Danube Waltz) has had more success as a concert waltz than in the original choral version: since its victorious performance at the World Exhibition in Paris (1867...

Many European countries have a wealth of original, traditional Christmas carols that took form in the course of centuries as they were passed on and complemented from generation to generation. From th...

Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1957) was an Austrian-American composer who was recognized as an exceptional musical talent at a young age. The son of the influential music critic Julius Korngold, he gr...

1. Emerald Isle, in this part, the musical spotlight focuses in on the green island of Ireland and its great wealth of traditional folk music. The piece opens with the air 'My Lodging Is on the Cold G...

George Gershwin, born Jacob Gershowitz (New York, September 26, 1898 - Hollywood, July 11, 1937), was an American composer, pianist, conductor and painter. He is considered one of the greatest America...

Giulio Caccini (ca. 1550 - 1618), also known as Giulio Romano, was an Italian composer, singer, and lute player and is regarded as the founder of opera. Today, Caccini's music is receiving attention a...

French composer Daniel François Esprit Aubers extensive outputconsisted mainly of operas, but unfortunately today only two of theseare still well known, including the comic opera Fra Diavolo. The stor...

Weill's famous "Dreigroschenoper", in which prevailing opera conventions are ridiculed. The first part is a "serious", almost baroque overture, followed by a ballad that is easy on the ears, and the f...

Russian composer Alexandre Glazunov composed this work in 1900 originally as a solo work for cello and piano but also for cello and orchestra. It is an occasional work for a fellow teacher (Alexandre...

Vilém Blodek (1834-1874) was a Czech composer and contemporary of Bedřich Smetana, with whom he often collaborated. Deeply influenced by the folk music of his time, he lent his works a natural, melodi...

Der amerikanische Komponist und Pianist George Gershwin (1898 - 1937) komponierte neben ernster Musik auch viel Unterhaltungsmusik (man denke an sein "Klavierkonzert", "American in Paris" und "Porgy a...

Mit dieser "Opéra comique" / Operette aus dem Jahr 1872 begründete der französische Komponist Charles Lecocq (1832 - 1918) seinen Ruf auf dem Gebiet der leichten Opernmusik / Operette, zunächst in Brü...

Mit dieser "Opéra comique" / Operette aus dem Jahr 1872 begründete der französische Komponist Charles Lecocq (1832 - 1918) seinen Ruf auf dem Gebiet der leichten Opernmusik / Operette, zunächst in Brü...

Fanfare. Der Engländer Edward Elgar (1857 - 1934) schrieb diese Fanfare mit dem Titel "Civic Fanfare" für die Eröffnung des "Three Choirs Festval" in der Kathedrale von Hereford im Jahr 1927. In der O...

Organist und Komponist Pietro Alessandro Yon (Turijn 1886-New York 1943) war von italienischer Herkunft. Er studierte in Mailand, Turin und Rom. Anfangs war er Organist in Rom; 1907 übersiedelte er in...

Alexander's Band is back in Dixieland, Anything is nice of it comes from Dixieland en I'll dance my way right back to Dixieland. Three characteristic dixieland everygreen, skilfully set for Molenaar's...

Alexander's Band is back in Dixieland, Anything is nice of it comes from Dixieland en I'll dance my way right back to Dixieland. Three characteristic dixieland everygreen, skilfully set for Molenaar's...

In den Werken des französischen Komponisten Paul Dukas (1865-1935) ist stilistisch die Bewunderung für Wagner sowie für den französischen Impressionismus spürbar, woraus sich ein interessanter, selten...

François-Adrien Boieldieu (1775-1834) is considered as the one of themost important representatives of the French opéra-comique. His styleis characterised by natural, unembellished melody lines, strai...

Neben dem Zigeunerbaron und Eine Nacht in Venedig ist Die Fledermaus eine der bekanntesten Operetten von Johann Strauss (Sohn). Dieses Werk, das 1874 uraufgeführt wurde, ist ein Paradebeispiel für die...

The Austro-Hungarian composer and conductor Franz Lehár is mainly known for his operettas. Wiener Frauen (Viennese Women), from 1902, is one of the first operettas that Lehár wrote. The overture has q...

This overture introducing Fibich's opera 'Sarka', was composed between 1896 and 1897 and is based on a famous Bohemian legend. Several Czech composers, such as Bedrich Smetana and Leos Janacek, have u...