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It is with the 'Slavonic Dances' op. 46 that Antonín Dvorák won international recognition in 1878. Apart from Symphony No. 9, 'From the New World', and Cello Concerto op. 104, they are among the best-...

The Bolero is, without doubt, the most famous of all works by Maurice Ravel (1875-1937). Countless concert performances and recordings as well as its use in films and on television have made this begu...

The cycle Children's Corner by Debussy created between 1906-08 is one of the standard works used in piano lessons, containing the following pieces: Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum, Jimbo's Lullaby, Serenad...

The composer Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706) from Nuremberg left an extensive Clavierwerk [piano oeuvre] which can be played on the organ, harpsichord or modern piano alike. He was a master of variations...

A 'Last Night of the Proms' without this march - unthinkable! 'Pomp and Circumstance Military March No. 1' with its middle section, the hymn-like 'Land of Hope and Glory' by Edward Elgar (1857-1934),...

Mendelssohn's lyrical piano pieces 'Lieder ohne Worte' [Songs without Words] are among the most popular of his compositions. Over 25 years Mendelssohn published his song-like melodies in 8 volumes alt...

Mendelssohn's lyrical piano pieces 'Lieder ohne Worte' [Songs without Words] are among the most popular of his compositions. Over 25 years Mendelssohn published his song-like melodies in 8 volumes alt...

Mendelssohn's lyrical piano pieces 'Lieder ohne Worte' [Songs without Words] are among the most popular of his compositions. Over 25 years Mendelssohn published his song-like melodies in 8 volumes alt...

Mendelssohn's lyrical piano pieces 'Lieder ohne Worte' [Songs without Words] are among the most popular of his compositions. Over 25 years Mendelssohn published his song-like melodies in 8 volumes alt...

Mendelssohn's lyrical piano pieces 'Lieder ohne Worte' [Songs without Words] are among the most popular of his compositions. Over 25 years Mendelssohn published his song-like melodies in 8 volumes alt...

Mendelssohn's lyrical piano pieces 'Lieder ohne Worte' [Songs without Words] are among the most popular of his compositions. Over 25 years Mendelssohn published his song-like melodies in 8 volumes alt...

Mendelssohn's lyrical piano pieces 'Lieder ohne Worte' [Songs without Words] are among the most popular of his compositions. Over 25 years Mendelssohn published his song-like melodies in 8 volumes alt...

Mendelssohn's lyrical piano pieces 'Lieder ohne Worte' [Songs without Words] are among the most popular of his compositions. Over 25 years Mendelssohn published his song-like melodies in 8 volumes alt...

The remark of the music critic Louis Ehlert on the Slavonic Dances that this 'is good for the soul of a decent musician' could also apply to Dvorak's compositions of waltzes and mazurkas: They are a s...

The remark of the music critic Louis Ehlert on the Slavonic Dances that this 'is good for the soul of a decent musician' could also apply to Dvorak's compositions of waltzes and mazurkas: They are a s...

The remark of the music critic Louis Ehlert on the Slavonic Dances that this 'is good for the soul of a decent musician' could also apply to Dvorak's compositions of waltzes and mazurkas: They are a s...

The remark of the music critic Louis Ehlert on the Slavonic Dances that this 'is good for the soul of a decent musician' could also apply to Dvorak's compositions of waltzes and mazurkas: They are a s...

Connections with Chopin's highly stylized waltzes cannot be found in Dvorak's counterpiece at all. Instead, the Bohemian composer enchants the listener with folkloristic elements and a very individual...

Connections with Chopin's highly stylized waltzes cannot be found in Dvorak's counterpiece at all. Instead, the Bohemian composer enchants the listener with folkloristic elements and a very individual...

Connections with Chopin's highly stylized waltzes cannot be found in Dvorak's counterpiece at all. Instead, the Bohemian composer enchants the listener with folkloristic elements and a very individual...

Everybody knows it, and for many a player it was perhaps the first tentative attempt to coax sounds out of the piano: Chopsticks. The origin of this popular piano piece, like that of most folksongs, c...

Après un rêve, written by Gabriel Fauré for solo voice and piano, is a charming performance piece for concerts and festive occasions and one of the most famous and most popular melodies by the French...

Golliwogg's Cakewalk

A 'Last Night of the Proms' without this march - unthinkable! 'Pomp and Circumstance Military March No. 1' with its middle section, the hymn-like 'Land of Hope and Glory' by Edward Elgar (1857-1934),...