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The Cavatina 'Quel guarda il cavaliere' is sung in the first act of Donizetti's opera Don Pasquale by the young Norina .She comments on a novel she is reading, but also dwells on her skills as a charm...

The Cavatina 'Quel guarda il cavaliere' is sung in the first act of Donizetti's opera Don Pasquale by the young Norina .She comments on a novel she is reading, but also dwells on her skills as a charm...

The Cavatina 'Quel guarda il cavaliere' is sung in the first act of Donizetti's opera Don Pasquale by the young Norina .She comments on a novel she is reading, but also dwells on her skills as a charm...

With his 'L'elisir d'amore' (The Elixer of Love), composed in 1832 Donizetti wrote something far greater than a mere comic opera: this was perhaps the first example of a moving, middleclass genre of t...

With his 'L'elisir d'amore' (The Elixer of Love), composed in 1832 Donizetti wrote something far greater than a mere comic opera: this was perhaps the first example of a moving, middleclass genre of t...

With his 'L'elisir d'amore' (The Elixer of Love), composed in 1832 Donizetti wrote something far greater than a mere comic opera: this was perhaps the first example of a moving, middleclass genre of t...

With his 'L'elisir d'amore' (The Elixer of Love), composed in 1832 Donizetti wrote something far greater than a mere comic opera: this was perhaps the first example of a moving, middleclass genre of t...

Ragtime is a piece that grew directly out of the 'Ragtime' section of A Soilder's Tale. It is scored for a small chamber orchestra of eleven instruments: flute, clarinet, two horns, trombone, big drum...

Scott Joplin, American ragtime pianist and composer, was born in Texarkana, Texas in 1865. He learned how to play the piano from a German musician who introduced him to the great European composers. B...

After the 1893 world fair in Chicago where a larger audience had listened to ragtime for the first time, it came down the country with a vengeance. Ragtime is regarded as the precursor of jazz, but it...

Das bei den Donaueschinger Musiktagen 1974 uraufgeführte Stück für Klavier und 23 Instrumente knüpft an die Tradition der Virtuosenkonzerte des vorigen Jahrhunderts an. Natürlich ist die Tonsprache di...

Caldara (1670-1736) komponierte das Werk in Wien im Jahre 1717. Der niederländische Flötenvirtuose Ary van Leeuwen (1875-1953) übersetzte den Liedtext in Deutch und Englisch, revidierte den Notentext,...

Nell dolce dell'oblio Kantate

Gabriel Verdalle (1845-approx. 1915) composed stunning and romantic works for his instrument, remembering sometimes to Satie. The Meditation was originally called Adagio and was renamed by him before...

Le Rossignol (Die Nachtigal) Altes Gedicht Léo Délibes (1836 - 1891) gehörte zum Kreis französischer Romantiker und wirkte als Organist, Chordirigent und Professor für Komposition am Konservatorium au...