Baton Music

Johann Strauss's (1825-1899) ninth operetta 'Eine Nacht in Venedig' (A Night in Venice) premiered 1883 in Berlin and is his only operetta to be premiered outside Vienna. Although the score gained high...

Rückert-Lieder is a song cycle of five Lieder for voice and orchestra or piano by Gustav Mahler, based on poems written by Friedrich Rückert. Dutch arranger Jos van de Braak transcribed the complete c...

Rückert-Lieder is a song cycle of five Lieder for voice and orchestra or piano by Gustav Mahler, based on poems written by Friedrich Rückert. Dutch arranger Jos van de Braak transcribed the complete c...

In Lehar's bittersweet operetta Giuditta, the beautiful heroine Giuditta abandons her husband to be with Octavio, an army captain. When he leaves her to pursue his military career, she becomes a night...

'Tristsch Tratsch' was a satirical magazine in Vienna in. In 1858 it printed a profile of Johann Strauss: it was feared, said the report, that Strauss' concert seasons in Russia and the development of...

Beside his 150 waltzes Johann Strauss composed several operettas of which Die Fledermaus his best contribution to this genre is. The terzett Nein mit solchen Advokaten is sung by Rosalinde, Blind and...

Beside his 150 waltzes Johann Strauss composed several operettas of which Die Fledermaus his best contribution to this genre is. The duet Dieser Anstand, so manierlich is sung by Rosalinde and her hus...

Nico Dostal (1895-1981) was an Austrian operetta and film music composer. He was the nephew of composer Hermann Dostal. Whilst working as a Kapellmeister and composer, Dostal wrote the music for the f...

Beside his 150 waltzes Johann Strauss composed several operettas of which Die Fledermaus his best contribution to this genre is. The Melodram is sung by Frank, governor of the prison, at the very begi...