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The Eight Short Preludes and Fugues (also Eight Little Preludes and Fugues), BWV 553-560, are a collection of works by Johann Sebastian Bach. While originally attributed to Bach, scholars suggest that...

Georges Bizet composed 'L'Arlésienne' as incidental music to Alphonse Daudet's play of the same name, usually translated as 'The Girl from Arles'. The incidental music has survived and flourished, how...

Georges Bizet composed 'L'Arlésienne' as incidental music to Alphonse Daudet's play of the same name, usually translated as 'The Girl from Arles'. The incidental music has survived and flourished, how...

Emmanuel Chabrier's opera-comique 'Le Roi malgré lui' debuted at the Opéra-Comique in 1887. The opera was well received, although the librettists were booed at the première. The music was praised and...

Emmanuel Chabrier's opera-comique 'Le Roi malgré lui' debuted at the Opéra-Comique in 1887. The opera was well received, although the librettists were booed at the première. The music was praised and...

In 1880, while on a convalescent holiday at the coastal resort of Saint-Pair, Emmanuel Chabrier composed what were to be called 'Pièces pittoresques'. He used 4 of these 10 pieces for piano to orchest...

In 1880, while on a convalescent holiday at the coastal resort of Saint-Pair, Emmanuel Chabrier composed what were to be called 'Pièces pittoresques'. He used 4 of these 10 pieces for piano to orchest...

Nielsen's Rhapsodic Overture (1927) represents the romantic musical element in orchestral composition. The sub-title A fantasy journey to FaroÙr belies the imaginative character of the piece, which is...

Besides opera's Donizetti composed music for wind ensemble and some solopieces for wind instruments. For Oboe and Pianoforte Donizetti composed a Sonata which he dedicated to his friend Severino degl'...

The 'polonaise' and 'ecossaise' are both dances that were very popular in France and Great Britain at the end of the 18th century and at the beginning of the 19th. These compositions were mainly writt...

The 'polonaise' and 'ecossaise' are both dances that were very popular in France and Great Britain at the end of the 18th century and at the beginning of the 19th. These compositions were mainly writt...

In 1882 Richard Strauss wrote his 'Horn Concerto No. 1' in E-flat major, Op. 11. The horn concerto has become the most frequently performed horn concerto written in the 19th Century. At the age of 18...

In 1882 Richard Strauss wrote his 'Horn Concerto No. 1' in E-flat major, Op. 11. The horn concerto has become the most frequently performed horn concerto written in the 19th Century. At the age of 18...

Also sprach Zarathustra!', ('Thus Spoke Zarathustra') is a tone poem by Richard Strauss, composed in 1896 and inspired by Friedrich Nietzsche's philosophical novel 'Thus Spoke Zarathustra!'. The compo...

Also sprach Zarathustra!', ('Thus Spoke Zarathustra') is a tone poem by Richard Strauss, composed in 1896 and inspired by Friedrich Nietzsche's philosophical novel 'Thus Spoke Zarathustra!'. The compo...

Alexandre Levy (1864 - 1892) was a Brazilian composer, pianist and conductor. Born in São Paulo, he pioneered a fusion of classical composition with Brazilian folklore and regional rhythms. In 1890 Al...

Alexandre Levy (1864 - 1892) was a Brazilian composer, pianist and conductor. Born in São Paulo, he pioneered a fusion of classical composition with Brazilian folklore and regional rhythms. In 1890 Al...

Naturally, because of his technical background, when Josef Strauss in 1858 sketched out a polka with the title 'Moulinet' ('Little Mill'), it was to become more than just another piece of dance music....

Naturally, because of his technical background, when Josef Strauss in 1858 sketched out a polka with the title 'Moulinet' ('Little Mill'), it was to become more than just another piece of dance music....

Although Franz Lehár became most known for his contribution to the operetta repertoire, he also composed a lot of marches. One of these is 'Piave induló' (Piave Marsch, Marche form the 106th Regiment)...

Besides opera's Donizetti composed music for wind ensemble and some solopieces for wind instruments. For Oboe and Pianoforte Donizetti composed a Sonata which he dedicated to his friend Severino degl'...

Cavalleria Rusticana became Pietro Mascagni's most successful opera. It is still a great repertoire favorite, almost always double-billed with Ruggiero Leoncavallo's Pagliacci. The aria Voi lo sapete,...

Symphony No. 2, known as "Die Auferstehung" ("The Resurrection"), was written between 1888 and 1894, and first performed in 1895 and became one of Mahler's most popular and successful works during his...

Symphony No. 2, known as "Die Auferstehung" ("The Resurrection"), was written between 1888 and 1894, and first performed in 1895 and became one of Mahler's most popular and successful works during his...

Between late 1887 and March 1888 Gustav Mahler composed his 'Symphony No. 1'. In the first version of the symphony there were 5 movements but when the premiere was not well received, Mahler made some...