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Le Martyre de Saint Sébastien is a five-act musical mystery play on the subject of Saint Sebastian, with a text written in 1911 by the Italian author Gabriele d'Annunzio and incidental music by the Fr...

Le Martyre de Saint Sébastien is a five-act musical mystery play on the subject of Saint Sebastian, with a text written in 1911 by the Italian author Gabriele d'Annunzio and incidental music by the Fr...

Leoš Janáček (1854 - 1928) was a Czech composer, musical theorist, folklorist, publicist and teacher. He was inspired by Moravian and other Slavic folk music to create an original, modern musical styl...

Leoš Janáček (1854 - 1928) was a Czech composer, musical theorist, folklorist, publicist and teacher. He was inspired by Moravian and other Slavic folk music to create an original, modern musical styl...

When you hear the composer name Faure, you automatically think of the well-known French composer Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924). Much less well known is Jean-Baptiste Faure (1830 - 1914) who was a celebrat...

When you hear the composer name Faure, you automatically think of the well-known French composer Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924). Much less well known is Jean-Baptiste Faure (1830 - 1914) who was a celebrat...

The 'Marsch der Priester' is played at the very beginning of the second act of Mozart's opera 'Die Zauberflöte': the priests enter to a solemn march. Bruno Peterschmitt transcribed this march for a Br...

The 'Marsch der Priester' is played at the very beginning of the second act of Mozart's opera 'Die Zauberflöte': the priests enter to a solemn march. Bruno Peterschmitt transcribed this march for a Br...

'Die Zauberflöte' isn't a romantic love story but a real parable: a resemblance about higher human striving to purity and self-improvement. Not love between two people is in the centre but a more indi...

'Die Zauberflöte' isn't a romantic love story but a real parable: a resemblance about higher human striving to purity and self-improvement. Not love between two people is in the centre but a more indi...

'Die Zauberflöte' isn't a romantic love story but a real parable: a resemblance about higher human striving to purity and self-improvement. Not love between two people is in the centre but a more indi...

'Die Zauberflöte' isn't a romantic love story but a real parable: a resemblance about higher human striving to purity and self-improvement. Not love between two people is in the centre but a more indi...

Tannhäuser is an 1845 opera in three acts, music and text by Richard Wagner based on two German legends: "Tannhäuser", the mythologized medieval German Minnesänger and poet, and the tale of the "Wartb...

Tannhäuser is an 1845 opera in three acts, music and text by Richard Wagner based on two German legends: "Tannhäuser", the mythologized medieval German Minnesänger and poet, and the tale of the "Wartb...

Richard Strauss (1864-1949) composed his 'Festmusik der Stadt Wien' for 19 brass players in two choirs and five timpani. The first version was dedicated to the City Council of Vienna and premiered on...

Richard Strauss (1864-1949) composed his 'Festmusik der Stadt Wien' for 19 brass players in two choirs and five timpani. The first version was dedicated to the City Council of Vienna and premiered on...

In 1890 Rimsky-Korsakov finished his opera-ballet "Mlada". Later he derived a suite from this opera. The "Cortège" is the last movement of this suite. This "Cortège" is also known as "Procession of th...

In 1890 Rimsky-Korsakov finished his opera-ballet "Mlada". Later he derived a suite from this opera. The "Cortège" is the last movement of this suite. This "Cortège" is also known as "Procession of th...

Symphony No. 9 popularly known as the "New World Symphony", was composed by Antonín Dvořák in 1893 during his visit to the United States from 1892 to 1895. It is by far his most popular symphony, and...

Symphony No. 9 popularly known as the "New World Symphony", was composed by Antonín Dvořák in 1893 during his visit to the United States from 1892 to 1895. It is by far his most popular symphony, and...

Tod und Verklärung (Death and Transfiguration), Op. 24, is a tone poem for large orchestra by Richard Strauss. Strauss began composition in the late summer of 1888 and completed the work on 18 Novembe...

Tod und Verklärung (Death and Transfiguration), Op. 24, is a tone poem for large orchestra by Richard Strauss. Strauss began composition in the late summer of 1888 and completed the work on 18 Novembe...

Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881) composed the 'Pictures at an Exhibition' in 1874 as a suite of ten piano pieces. The suite is generally acknowledged to be Mussorgsky's greatest solo piano composition, a...

Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881) composed the 'Pictures at an Exhibition' in 1874 as a suite of ten piano pieces. The suite is generally acknowledged to be Mussorgsky's greatest solo piano composition, a...

'La Péri' is a 1912 ballet in one act by French composer Paul Dukas, originally choreographed by Ivan Clustine and first performed in Paris, about Iskender (the name of Alexander the Great in Persian)...