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A 'Cachucha' is a Spanish folk dance originating in Andalusia, characterized by the use of castanets and popularized by ballerina Fanny Elssler in the 19th century. In 1837 Johann Strauss sr. composed...

Giuseppe Giuseppe Verdi composed his opera Rigoletto in 1851 and together with La Traviata (1853) and Il Trovatore (1853) it belongs to the top of his middle period of composing. The quartet Un di se...

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...

Un dì, felice, eterea' is a duet from the first act of Giuseppe Verdi's Opera 'La Traviata'. It is sung by the male and female protagonists of the opera, Alfredo (a tenor) and Violetta (a soprano). Th...

Un dì, felice, eterea' is a duet from the first act of Giuseppe Verdi's Opera 'La Traviata'. It is sung by the male and female protagonists of the opera, Alfredo (a tenor) and Violetta (a soprano). Th...

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...

Most of the music which Dmitri Shostakovich used for his Ballet Suites was composed for the silent films in the early 30ies or was re-used from early opera's and ballets. The Dutch composer/arranger C...

Most of the music which Dmitri Shostakovich used for his Ballet Suites was composed for the silent films in the early 30ies or was re-used from early opera's and ballets. The Dutch composer/arranger C...

Much of Schubert's songs do have a simple strophic character. These verses stand half-way between 'Art-song' and 'Folk-song'; the melody seems to be drawn from nature. Schubert marvellously achieved t...

Much of Schubert's songs do have a simple strophic character. These verses stand half-way between 'Art-song' and 'Folk-song'; the melody seems to be drawn from nature. Schubert marvellously achieved t...

Anton Anton Bruckner's Fifth Symphony in B-flat major was composed in Vienna during the years 1875 and 1876.The crowning glory of the whole work is the Finale. (Concert Band)

Anton Anton Bruckner's Fifth Symphony in B-flat major was composed in Vienna during the years 1875 and 1876.The crowning glory of the whole work is the Finale. (Concert Band)

Urlicht belongs to Mahler's Wunderhornlieder. The song is also used in in his second symphony called 'Auferstehung'. The text of the song deals about the great pain and despair that mankind is living...

Urlicht belongs to Mahler's Wunderhornlieder. The song is also used in in his second symphony called 'Auferstehung'. The text of the song deals about the great pain and despair that mankind is living...

The 'symphonie Fantastique' (Episode in the life of an artist) was heard for the first time in Paris on 5 December 1830. Still we can feel the beating of the creator's heart at every performance. In t...

The 'symphonie Fantastique' (Episode in the life of an artist) was heard for the first time in Paris on 5 December 1830. Still we can feel the beating of the creator's heart at every performance. In t...

La Traviata tells the story of the young and beautiful courtesan Violetta who falls in love with Alfredo, an ordinary and poor young man. She leaves her luxurious live for him and finally offers her l...

La Traviata tells the story of the young and beautiful courtesan Violetta who falls in love with Alfredo, an ordinary and poor young man. She leaves her luxurious live for him and finally offers her l...

La Damnation de Faust was in the beginning a kind of oratorio, although Hector Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) called it himself a concert-opera. To place the Hungarian March in the piece, Hector Berlioz s...

La Damnation de Faust was in the beginning a kind of oratorio, although Hector Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) called it himself a concert-opera. To place the Hungarian March in the piece, Hector Berlioz s...

The German composer Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) started working on his German Requiem before reaching the age of 30, and by the time he was 33 he had completed it in its essentials - a work whose char...

The German composer Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) started working on his German Requiem before reaching the age of 30, and by the time he was 33 he had completed it in its essentials - a work whose char...

About Mendelssohn's oratorio Elias The Times said: 'Never was there a more complete triumph - never a more thorough and speedy recognition of a great work of art.' The libretto of Elijah is most skilf...

About Mendelssohn's oratorio Elias The Times said: 'Never was there a more complete triumph - never a more thorough and speedy recognition of a great work of art.' The libretto of Elijah is most skilf...

Most of Mozart's solo horn music was composed between 1781 and 1789 for his friend and fellow freemason, Ignaz Leutgeb, an accomplished player from Salzburg who continued to perform after setting up a...