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The autograph manuscript bears evidence that the symphony was completed in October 1812, merely five months after the seventh one. It was first performed in a concert given of Beethoven's works in Vie...

Bartók wrote 'Two Rumanian Dances' for piano, op. 8a in 1909-1910 and arranged the first of the pair for orchestra in time for a concert on 12 February 1911. The highly positive reviews of the premier...

The plan for the three orchestral Nocturnes took a long time to mature: Debussy first alluded to them as 'Three evening scenes' in a letter dated September 1892. Two years later the work was already r...

Immerse yourself in the vibrant hustle and bustle of 1920s Paris: With "An American in Paris," George Gershwin created a timeless orchestral masterpiece brimming with joie de vivre, jazzy elegance, an...

The First String Quartet completed in 1909 - a work that may almost be regarded as the precursor of the great orchestral folksong variation, 'The Peacock' - is based for the first time on elements ent...