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Louis Spohr (1784-1859), a German composer, conductor, and violinist, formed an acquaintance with Beethoven and, although greatly critical of his ninth symphony, promoted much of his work. His innovat...

Louis Spohr (1784-1859), a German composer, conductor, and violinist, formed an acquaintance with Beethoven and, although greatly critical of his ninth symphony, promoted much of his work. His innovat...

Richard Strauss (1864-1949) wrote his VIOLIN CONCERTO IN D MINOR, Op. 8, between 1881 and 1882, and it remained his only foray in that genre. Composed while a teenager and still in school. While still...

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) composed Petrushka, K012 (Original 1911 Version) between August 1910 and May 1911 as his second ballet for Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, following the triumph of The F...

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) composed Petrushka, K012 (Original 1911 Version) between August 1910 and May 1911 as his second ballet for Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, following the triumph of The F...

This Mozart-inspired work, completed in January of 1877, was the first composition by Tchaikovsky for cello and orchestra. This version of Variations on a Rococo Theme, heavily edited by Wilhelm Fitze...

Captivated by the playing of famed Franz Liszt pupil Eugen d'Albert during the 1883-1884 concert season, Peter Iljitsch Tschaikowsky (1840-1893) began work on Concert Fantasia. After an arduous compos...

Souvenir d'un lieu cher (Memory of a Dear Place) is a set of three pieces originally written for violin and piano written around the same time as Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto. The piece was finished...

SOUVENIR D'UN LIEU CHER (Memory of a dear place) is a set of three pieces originally written for violin and piano written around the same time as Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto. The piece was finished...

SOUVENIR D'UN LIEU CHER (Memory of a dear place) is a set of three pieces originally written for violin and piano written around the same time as Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto. The piece was finished...

Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) began work in 1877 and finished it the following year. Begun soon after Tchaikovsky established his relationship with long-time patroness Nadezhda von Mech, SYMPH...

Richard Wagner (1813-1883) wrote the five-act opera Rienzi, der Letzte der Tribunen (Rienzi, the Last of the Tribunes), WWV 49, was written in 1840, with a libretto by the composer after Edward Bulwer...

TANNHÄUSER, an 1845 opera in three acts by Richard Wagner (1813-1883), combines two German legends: the mythologized medieval German Minnesänger and poet, and the tale of the Wartburg Song Contest. Li...

TANNHÄUSER, an 1845 opera in three acts by Richard Wagner (1813-1883), combines two German legends: the mythologized medieval German Minnesänger and poet, and the tale of the Wartburg Song Contest. Li...

The Barber of Seville (Il barbiere di Siviglia) was written by Giocchino Rossini (1792-1868) in 1816. The two-act comic opera is considered one of the greatest opera buffas ever written, and it remain...

Romanian composer, violinist, and conductor George Enescu (1881-1955) (Fr. Georges Enesco) wrote the two Roumanian (Romanian) Rhapsodies, Op. 11, in 1901. Much like Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsodies, both...

Franz Liszt (1811-1886) wrote 19 HUNGARIAN RHAPSODIES for piano as a way to incorporate the music of his youth into his compositions, and HUNGARIAN RHAPSODY No. 5 in E minor, S.244/5 (also formerly li...

Franz Liszt (1811-1886) wrote 19 HUNGARIAN RHAPSODIES for piano as a way to incorporate the music of his youth into his compositions, and HUNGARIAN RHAPSODY No. 5 in E minor, S.244/5 (also formerly li...

While less known today, German composer Moritz Moszkowski (1854-1925) was a popular and respected composer during his life. Known best for his piano compositions, his most popular work is his Spanish...

The Pirates of Penzance (The Slave of Duty), written in 1879, was the fifth collaboration between Arthur Sullivan and W. S. Gilbert. It tells the story of a 21 year old man, Frederic, who is apprentic...

The Pirates of Penzance (The Slave of Duty), written in 1879, was the fifth collaboration between Arthur Sullivan and W. S. Gilbert. It tells the story of a 21 year old man, Frederic, who is apprentic...

The longest and best known of Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky's (1840-1893) four orchestral suites, Suite No. 3 in G Major, Op. 55 was written and orchestrated between April and July 1884. Unoriginally unce...

Waverley Overture, Op. 1bis / H. 26 (Grande ouverture de waverly) was composed in 1827--1828 by Hector Berlioz (1803--1869) and stands as his earliest surviving orchestral work, inspired by the histor...

Waverley Overture, Op. 1bis / H. 26 (Grande ouverture de waverly) was composed in 1827--1828 by Hector Berlioz (1803--1869) and stands as his earliest surviving orchestral work, inspired by the histor...