Jacques Claessens

As a contribution to the opera "Armer Columbus" by German composer Erwin Dressel, Shostakovich composed two of his quirkiest and oddest early orchestral pieces. An energetic "Entr"acte" in c minor (Al...

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...

Although Arturo Marquez was already an accomplished composer in Mexico, his music started to reach the international stage with the introduction of his series of Danzones in the early 1990s. This vene...

As a contribution to the opera 'Armer Columbus' by German composer Erwin Dressel, Shostakovich composed two of his quirkiest and oddest early orchestral pieces. An energetic 'Entr'acte' in c minor (Al...

Johann Strauss wrote the "Russische Marsch-Fantasie" (Russian March Fantasy) for a tour to Russia in 1872. Because the tour was cancelled, the successful first performance of the march was held in Vie...

Die Afrikanerin es una cuadrilla vienesa que Johann Strauss basó en los temas de la ópera de Meyerbeer "L'Africaine". Se escuchó por primera vez en el Volksgarten de Viena el 7 de julio de 1865 durant...

Die Afrikanerin es una cuadrilla vienesa que Johann Strauss basó en los temas de la ópera de Meyerbeer "L'Africaine". Se escuchó por primera vez en el Volksgarten de Viena el 7 de julio de 1865 durant...

Although Arturo Márquez was already an accomplished composer in Mexico, his music started to reach the international stage with the introduction of his series of Danzónes in the early 1990s. This vene...

The Polka 'Fata Morgana', Opus 330 was written by Johann Strauss for the grand ball of the Association of Artists in Vienna, which was held in Dianabad-Saal on 1 February 1869. All three Strauss broth...

Johann Strauss composed his 'Spanischer Marsch' (Spanish March) in 1888 for María Cristina, regent of Spain, daughter of Archduke Karl Ferdinand and Archduchess Elisabeth of Austria. This march repres...

In 1868 Johann Strauss jr. composed the polka 'Freikugeln' (Free-Shooter), opus 326 which commemorated the '3rd German Federal Shooting Contest', which attracted no less than ten thousand entrants fro...

Johann Strauss composed the 'Kuss-Walzer' (Kiss Waltz) in 1881. This waltz was dedicated to his second wife, Angelika Dittrich and comprises melodies from Strauss' popular operetta 'Der lustige Krieg'...

Czech composer Bedrich Smetana is known as the first composer who wrote music with a specific Czech character. Many of his compositions are based on Czech themes. He used Czech dance rhythms and his m...

Czech composer Bedrich Smetana is known as the first composer who wrote music with a specific Czech character. Many of his compositions are based on Czech themes. He used Czech dance rhythms and his m...

Indigo und die vierzig Räuber (El añil y los cuarenta ladrones) fue la primera opereta de Johann Strauss, estrenada en 1871 en el Theater an der Wien de Viena (Austria). Más tarde utilizó melodías de...

Indigo und die vierzig Räuber (El añil y los cuarenta ladrones) fue la primera opereta de Johann Strauss, estrenada en 1871 en el Theater an der Wien de Viena (Austria). Más tarde utilizó melodías de...

Durch's Telephon (a través del "teléfono") es una polca de Johann Strauss compuesta en 1890 para el baile anual de la asociación vienesa de autores y periodistas "Concordia". El título, "Durch's Telep...

El Gran Relámpago es una ópera inacabada, esbozada en 1932 por Dmitri Shostakovich, de la que sólo llegó a escribir la obertura y 8 piezas siguientes. Son suficientes para mostrarnos que "El gran relá...

El Gran Relámpago es una ópera inacabada, esbozada en 1932 por Dmitri Shostakovich, de la que sólo llegó a escribir la obertura y 8 piezas siguientes. Son suficientes para mostrarnos que "El gran relá...

Reinhold Glière, a Russian composer of Belgian descent. As a composer Glière followed the Russian romantic tradition, something that brought him official praise in 1948 when the music of Prokofiev and...

Johann Strauss wrote the 'Russische Marsch-Fantasie' (Russian March Fantasy) for a tour to Russia in 1872. Because the tour was cancelled, the successful first performance of the march was held in Vie...