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Antonio Capuzzi (August 1, 1755 - March 28, 1818) was an Italian violinist and composer who studied violin with Nazari and composition with Bertoni. In 1805 he moved to Bergamo, where he was professor...

Franz Liszt's 19 Hungarian Rhapsodies are characterised by melancholy, great expressiveness and wonderful gypsy rhythms. No. 2 is the best known of all, mainly thanks to the use of various passages fo...

All men are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and are to meet one another in a spirit of brotherhood. This article 1 of the Universal Declaration o...

All men are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and are to meet one another in a spirit of brotherhood. This article 1 of the Universal Declaration o...

Thomas Doss orchestrated this inspiring and very playable transcription of Christus factus est (WAB 11), the motet written by Bruckner in 1884, for wind orchestra. After Messe für den Gründonnerstag f...

This work, originally written for organ, was the initial offering in the DHWL. The organ and the contemporary wind band share numerous timbre and sound projection properties as well as sharing philoso...

One of J. S. Bach's most recognizable compositions, the Toccata and Fugue in D minor BWV565 is truly a masterpiece of inventiveness which displays the tonal and technical capabilities of either the or...

One of J. S. Bach's most recognizable compositions, the Toccata and Fugue in D minor BWV565 is truly a masterpiece of inventiveness which displays the tonal and technical capabilities of either the or...

Haydn's 'most perfect concerto,' originally written for soloist and orchestra, was conceived to display the capabilities of the then newly invented valve trumpet. This Robert Rumbelow setting for solo...

The music included in Dancin' into the '20s has been chosen to reflect some of the styles of music and corresponding use for exhibition and social dancing during the years leading into the 1920s. Each...

Rogers describes these dances as 'acts of fancy.' The dances include: 'Dance with Pennons,' 'Mourning Dance' (for off-stage soprano solo), and 'Dance with Swords'. They are dazzling in color yet rich,...

Confrey is known primarily for his 'novelty piano' compositions, which cultivated the style of Jelly Roll Morton and Scott Joplin. This arrangement of one of his compositions conjures an image of the...

This classical horn concerto has been masterfully transcribed for wind ensemble accompaniment by Robert W. Rumbelow. The first movement, Allegro Maestoso, is in traditional sonata form; the second, An...

Harrison's Dream is a musical depiction of the forty-year effort by John Harrison during the first half of the 18th century to develop a chronometer capable of providing exact time on the high seas. H...

Harrison's Dream is a musical depiction of the forty-year effort by John Harrison during the first half of the 18th century to develop a chronometer capable of providing exact time on the high seas. H...

With The Young Amadeus, Jan de Haan gives new freshness and youthfulness to the second movement from the Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra in A major (K. 622), which Mozart composed in 1791 shortly...

Das Rondo aus dem Stück Abdelazer oder die Rache des Mohren ist eines der bekanntesten Stücke von Purcell - nicht zuletzt, weil Benjamin Britten es für seinen berühmten Young Person's Guide to the Orc...

Nessun Dorma, an aria from Puccini's Turandot, is now instantly recognised due mainly to the performance by the late Pavarotti at the 1990 World Cup in Italy. Since that time its popularity has contin...