Baton Music

In 1869 Johann Strauss composed the polka francaise 'Im Krapfenwald'l' ('In Krapfen's Woods'). It was originally titled 'Im Pawlowsk Walde' when first performed in Pavlovsk (Russia). Reportedly, sever...

Tannhäuser is one of Richard Wagner's richest and most elaborate musical achievements. A mood of autumnal melancholy imbues the third and final act: Wolfram feels the chill hand of impending death, bu...

Kurt Weill (1900-1950) was best-known work is "Die Dreigroschenoper" ("Threepenny Opera") (1928), a reworking of John Gay's "The Beggar's Opera", written in collaboration with Bertolt Brecht. Weill's...

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...

Geronimo Gimeniz (1854 - 1923) was born in Sevilla and by the age of twelve he was a violinist in a theatre orchestra in Cadiz. The intermezzo from 'La Baile de Luis Alonso' is in the repertoire of ev...

'El Barbero de Sevilla' is a one-act zarzuela, divided into three scenes, with a libretto by Guillermo Perrín y Vico and Miguel de Palacios and music by Jéronimo Giménez. It premiered at the 'Teatro d...

The 'Seufzer Galopp' (Sigh Galop), opus 9, is a galop composed by Johann Strauss Sr. In 1828. Dutch arranger Jos van de Braak transcribed this galop for Symphonic Band including the 'Seufzer'.

Der Karneval in Paris, opus 100, is a gallop composed by Johann Strauss Sr. in 1838. Dutch arranger Jos van de Braak transcribed this galop for Symphonic Band.

Der Karneval in Paris, opus 100, is a gallop composed by Johann Strauss Sr. in 1838. Dutch arranger Jos van de Braak transcribed this galop for Symphonic Band.

A 'Cachucha' is a Spanish folk dance originating in Andalusia, characterized by the use of castanets and popularized by ballerina Fanny Elssler in the 19th century. In 1837 Johann Strauss sr. composed...

A 'Cachucha' is a Spanish folk dance originating in Andalusia, characterized by the use of castanets and popularized by ballerina Fanny Elssler in the 19th century. In 1837 Johann Strauss sr. composed...

Un dì, felice, eterea' is a duet from the first act of Giuseppe Verdi's Opera 'La Traviata'. It is sung by the male and female protagonists of the opera, Alfredo (a tenor) and Violetta (a soprano). Th...

Un dì, felice, eterea' is a duet from the first act of Giuseppe Verdi's Opera 'La Traviata'. It is sung by the male and female protagonists of the opera, Alfredo (a tenor) and Violetta (a soprano). Th...

The Spanish composer Pedro Iturralde (*1929) has to be considered both as pioneer and nestor of Spanish jazz music. Pequena Czarda (little dance) is a virtuoso little solo piece for saxophone and pian...

If we say that zarzuela is Spanish light opera with spoken dialogue we shall be near the mark. Geronimo Gimeniz is a Sevillan composer of many Zarzuela's. The short temperamental aria Zapatuedo is fro...

Il Barbiere di Siviglia (1816) is one of the greatest of all comic operas.Based on an excellent play by Beaumarchais, The Barber of Seville delights audiences with its keenly sketched characters, melo...

Johannes Brahms composed the Alt-Rhapsodie in September of 1869 as a wedding gift to the daughter of his close friend and confidant, Clara Schumann. The Alt-Rhapsodie is set to several verses of a poe...

Chaminade's Concertino for Flute in D major, Op. 107 was composed in 1902 for flute and orchestra and was later arranged for flute and piano. Scholarship indicates that the Concertino was commissioned...

In 1933 Revueltas composed his brief symphonic poem "Janitzio" named after an island in Lake Patzcuaro, in the state of Michoacán, west of Mexico City, whose population had derived its income largely...

Johann Strauss wrote the 'Russische Marsch-Fantasie' (Russian March Fantasy) for a tour to Russia in 1872. Because the tour was cancelled, the successful first performance of the march was held in Vie...

Although Arturo Marquez was already an accomplished composer in Mexico, his music started to reach the international stage with the introduction of his series of Danzones in the early 1990s. This vene...

Saint-Saëns also contributed voluminously to the French concertante literature. He wrote five piano concertos, three violin concertos, two cello concertos, and about twenty smaller concertante works f...

Nowadays, Carmen is probably the most famous opera in the whole opera-repertoire, although its premiere in 1875 was a great disappointment because of the misunderstanding of the very realistic plot. C...

Maurice Ravel finished In 1905 his piano cycle "Miroirs" of which some parts are orchestrated by the composer himself. Especially the fourth part, "Alborada del gracioso", created in 1919 in Paris for...

Ombra mai fù is the opening aria from the 1738 opera Serse by Georg Friederich Handel. The opera itself was a commercial failure, lasting only five performances in London after its premiere. In the 19...