Jos van de Braak

The 'Funeral March of a Marionette' (Marche funèbre d'une marionnette) is a short piece by Charles Gounod. It was written in 1872 for solo piano and orchestrated by the composer in 1879. The 'Funeral...

The 'Vier letzte Lieder' (Four Last Songs), Op. posth., for soprano and orchestra are the final completed works of Richard Strauss. They were composed in 1948 when the composer was 84. The songs are '...

As a composer Lehár started with contributions to the opera-genre but the great triumph of his first operetta Die lustige Witwe, (The merry widow), in 1905 made him clear that he had to give his talen...

The 'Vier letzte Lieder' (Four Last Songs), Op. posth., for soprano and orchestra are the final completed works of Richard Strauss. They were composed in 1948 when the composer was 84. The songs are '...

Der Rosenkavalier (El caballero de la rosa o El portador de la rosa), Op. 59, es una ópera cómica en tres actos de Richard Strauss con libreto original alemán de Hugo von Hofmannsthal. Es una adaptaci...

Zueignung es una canción compuesta por Richard Strauss en 1885 con un poema del poeta austriaco Hermann von Gilm. Se incluyó en la primera colección de canciones que Strauss publicó, la Op. 10, en 188...

At the end of his life Offenbach composed his opera 'Les contes d´Hoffman', but unfortunately he was not able to finish it. The plot tells the story of the poet Hoffmann telling three of his amorous a...

'Morgen!' is the last in a set of four songs composed in 1894 by the German composer Richard Strauss. It was one of his 'four Lieder Opus 27', a wedding present to his wife Pauline. 'Morgen!' remains...

Pietro Alessandro Yon (1886-1943) fue un organista y compositor italiano que hizo carrera en Estados Unidos. Como compositor, Yon es famoso por su Humoresque "L'organo primitivo" und "Gesù bambino". '...

Paul Lincke (1866-1946) is Germany's best known operetta composer and often compared with Austria's Johann Strauss. He composed a lot of operetta's, songs, dance- , revue- and filmmusic. In 1902 he co...

English composer Henry Eccles (1670-1742) played as a violinist in the court of King William and Queen Mary in the period after the glory time of Henry Purcell. However, conceiving himself neglected i...

English composer Henry Eccles (1670-1742) played as a violinist in the court of King William and Queen Mary in the period after the glory time of Henry Purcell. However, conceiving himself neglected i...

Zaide (originally, Das Serail) is an unfinished opera written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1780. Only the arias and ensembles from the first two acts were composed. Missing are an overture and third...

Rückert-Lieder is a song cycle of five Lieder for voice and orchestra or piano by Gustav Mahler, based on poems written by Friedrich Rückert. The set of songs is not a cycle in the narrowest sense, be...

One of the musical highlights from Franz von Suppé's operetta 'Boccaccio' is the aria 'Hab'ich nur dein Liebe' wich is sung by Fiametta. It's a beautiful tiny subdued aria which has become repertoire...

One of the musical highlights from Franz von Suppé's operetta 'Boccaccio' is the aria 'Hab'ich nur dein Liebe' wich is sung by Fiametta. It's a beautiful tiny subdued aria which has become repertoire...

Rückert-Lieder is a song cycle of five Lieder for voice and orchestra or piano by Gustav Mahler, based on poems written by Friedrich Rückert. Dutch arranger Jos van de Braak transcribed the complete c...

Rückert-Lieder is a song cycle of five Lieder for voice and orchestra or piano by Gustav Mahler, based on poems written by Friedrich Rückert. Dutch arranger Jos van de Braak transcribed the complete c...

In 1915 Sergei Rachmaninov composed the 'Fourteen Songs' opus 34. The last song of this set is the 'Vocalise'. Written for high voice (soprano or tenor) with piano accompaniment, it contains no words,...

The music to the drama Masquerade consists of 14 pieces, mostly dances. Using five out of these 14 numbers Aram Khachaturian composed an orchestral suite and in this transcription for symphonic band t...

The 'March Opus 99' was composed by Sergei Prokofiev in 1943-44 for a Soviet military band and first broadcast on the radio from Moscow on April 30, 1944. It is not a typical march, but rather a livel...

The 'March Opus 99' was composed by Sergei Prokofiev in 1943-44 for a Soviet military band and first broadcast on the radio from Moscow on April 30, 1944. It is not a typical march, but rather a livel...

Jon Lord (1941 - 2012) was an English composer, pianist, and Hammond organ player known for his pioneering work in fusing rock with classical or baroque forms, especially with "Deep Purple", as well a...

Fantasía sobre villancicos es una obra de 1912 para barítono, coro y orquesta del compositor inglés Ralph Vaughan Williams. Se estrenó en el "Festival de los Tres Coros" de 1912 en la Catedral de Here...

Fantasía sobre villancicos es una obra de 1912 para barítono, coro y orquesta del compositor inglés Ralph Vaughan Williams. Se estrenó en el "Festival de los Tres Coros" de 1912 en la Catedral de Here...