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Die Zauberflöte isn't a romantic love story but a real parable: a resemblance about higher human striving to purity and self-improvement. Not love between two people is in the centre but a more indivi...

Dutch composer Johan Wagenaar (1862 - 1941) parodied the conventions of Romantic opera in his own operas and secular cantatas, his music itself is staunchly Romantic in voice, little troubled by even...

Dutch composer Johan Wagenaar (1862 - 1941) parodied the conventions of Romantic opera in his own operas and secular cantatas, his music itself is staunchly Romantic in voice, little troubled by even...

Rienzi, der Letzte der Tribunen (WWV 49) (Rienzi, the Last of the Tribunes) is an early opera by Richard Wagner in five acts, with the libretto written by the composer after Bulwer-Lytton's novel of t...

Rienzi, der Letzte der Tribunen (WWV 49) (Rienzi, the Last of the Tribunes) is an early opera by Richard Wagner in five acts, with the libretto written by the composer after Bulwer-Lytton's novel of t...

George Gershwin composed his 'Cuban Overture' in July and August 1932. Originally was the work titled 'Rumba' and was the result of a two-week holiday which Gershwin took in Havana, Cuba in February 1...

George Gershwin composed his "Cuban Overture" in July and August 1932. Originally was the work titled "Rumba" and was the result of a two-week holiday which Gershwin took in Havana, Cuba in February 1...

George Gershwin composed his "Cuban Overture" in July and August 1932. Originally was the work titled "Rumba" and was the result of a two-week holiday which Gershwin took in Havana, Cuba in February 1...

Many see Wagner's Tristan und Isolde as the beginning of the move away from common practice harmony and tonality and consider that it lays the groundwork for the direction of classical music in the 20...

Many see Wagner's Tristan und Isolde as the beginning of the move away from common practice harmony and tonality and consider that it lays the groundwork for the direction of classical music in the 20...

The idea of a 'Hamlet overture' had first occurred to Tschaikowsky in 1876. However, by 1888 he had altered these plans when he was asked to write incidental music for a production of Shakespeare's pl...

The idea of a 'Hamlet overture' had first occurred to Tschaikowsky in 1876. However, by 1888 he had altered these plans when he was asked to write incidental music for a production of Shakespeare's pl...

The idea of a 'Hamlet overture' had first occurred to Tschaikowsky in 1876. However, by 1888 he had altered these plans when he was asked to write incidental music for a production of Shakespeare's pl...

The idea of a 'Hamlet overture' had first occurred to Tschaikowsky in 1876. However, by 1888 he had altered these plans when he was asked to write incidental music for a production of Shakespeare's pl...

Beethoven's only opera 'Fidelio' embodies his ideals of heroism and freedom from political oppression. The opera was first produced in Vienna in 1805, under the title of 'Leonora' with the overture no...

Beethoven's only opera 'Fidelio' embodies his ideals of heroism and freedom from political oppression. The opera was first produced in Vienna in 1805, under the title of 'Leonora' with the overture no...

In his early years, Richard Straus was primarily a 'domestic' composer with dances, songs, piano pieces, sonatas and sonatinas after Classical models alternate with first cautious attempts. In this pr...

In his early years, Richard Straus was primarily a 'domestic' composer with dances, songs, piano pieces, sonatas and sonatinas after Classical models alternate with first cautious attempts. In this pr...

Black Granite is dedicated to the men and women who gave their lives in Vietnam, and whose names are forever engraved on the solemn black granite stone wall at the Vietnam Memorial in Washington DC. T...

Between the Two Rivers was commissioned by Fanfare 'Prins Hendrik', from Aalst in the Netherlands. The title derives from the fact that the town of Aalst lies between two tributaries of the River Domm...

Der Titel Hail the Dragon! bezieht sich auf das Werk The Year of the Dragon, das Philip Sparke im Jahre 1984 für denselben Auftraggeber geschrieben hat. Das Stück beginnt mit einer lebhaften, energier...

The special occasion that Philip Sparke was honoured to write this piece for was the 200th anniversary of the Stadtmusik Bad Säckingen. Since Bad Säckingen is known as the 'Trompeterstadt', or trumpet...

Second to None is a perfectly suitable title for this work, though it actually refers to 'Nulli Secundus', the motto of the British Corps of Army Music, who gave the commission to Philip Sparke. The...