Elgar wrote his musical 'billet doux' in 1888 and dedicated it to his fiancée Caroline Alice Roberts. It was premiered in 1889 and helped to establish Elgar's reputation as a composer. To this day the...
The Happy Birthday menus for two- (ED0 9748) and four-hand (ED0 9749) piano, for accordion duo (ED 8054) or string quartet (ED 7717) by Claus-Dieter Ludwig are well-known and extremely popular. Now th...
Enttäuscht, dass er mit seinen musikalischen Ambitionen in der Metropole London nicht reüssieren konnte, zog sich der englische Komponist Edward Elgar in die Provinz zurück. Im Sommer des Jahres 1888...
The popular series 'Souvenir Musical' contains easily playable, yet effective works arranged for piano trio. The editions are addressed to amateur ensembles, lovers of salon music and professional pia...
Sniff a little Berlin air, fire up the organ-organ and off we go to the Metropol Theater: to a round dance of igniting melodies by Paul Lincke, who enraptured Berliners from the beginning of the 20th...
Welcher Musiker kennt das Problem nicht: statt Haydn, Mozart oder Beethoven ist etwas 'Leichtes' gefragt. Zur Geburtstagsfeier oder zur Kaffeetafel im Freien, zum Festbankett oder zur Weihnachtsfeier...
The Czech composer Julyus Fucik (1872-1916) studied violin, bassoon and - with Antonín Dvorák - composition at the Prague Conservatory. During his spell as a bandmaster in the Austro-Hungarian army he...
La Cumparsita possibly is the best-known tango in the world.This arrangement for string quartet is sure to be the highlight of an entertaining evening or as an easy but thrilling concert encore.
