Baton Music

Mendelssohn composed the incidental music for the play 'Athalia' in the years 1843-1845. The story is based on the play 'Athalie' by the French playwright Jean Racine. From this incidental music, the...

El amor brujo es un ballet compuesto en 1914-1915 por Manuel de Falla. En 1925, el ballet cuenta la historia de amor de una gitana poseída por el espíritu de un antiguo amante. Este amante aparece en...

In 1891, Claude Debussy, accepted an odd commission of a Scottish general named Meredith Reid, a descendant of the 'Lords of Ross'. He asked him to write a march using a traditional melody associated...

Carmen es probablemente la ópera más famosa de todo el repertorio operístico, aunque su estreno en 1875 fue una gran decepción. En el tercer acto, Carmen canta el aria "En vain pour éviter": Carmen le...

Carmen es probablemente la ópera más famosa de todo el repertorio operístico, aunque su estreno en 1875 fue una gran decepción. En el tercer acto, Carmen canta el aria "En vain pour éviter": Carmen le...

Antonín Dvorák (1841-1904) was the greatest representative of the national style in Czechoslovakia. He graduated from the Prague conservatory in 1859 and worked several years as a viola player and mus...

With Les Pêcheurs des Perles Bizet first made his mark in 1863. Set in ancient Ceylon, this tale of friendship, love and betrayal has been performed more and more often in opera houses around the worl...

Eduard Strauss (1835 - 1916) was an Austrian composer who, together with brothers Johann Strauss II and Josef Strauss made up the Strauss musical dynasty. He stamped his own mark with the quick polka,...

Besides operettas Franz Lehár also wrote sonatas, symphonic poems, marches and a number of waltzes. The most popular of these waltzes is 'Gold und Silber' (Gold and Silver) which he composed for Princ...

The Preludes are short piano pieces by George Gershwin writtenin 1926. Each prelude is a well-known example of early-20th-century American classical music strongly influenced by jazz. Gershwin origina...

The Preludes are short piano pieces by George Gershwin writtenin 1926. Each prelude is a well-known example of early-20th-century American classical music strongly influenced by jazz. Gershwin origina...

'Chanson de Matin', Op. 15, No. 2, is composed by Edward Elgar for violin and piano, and later orchestrated by the composer. Its first publication was in 1899 though it is thought that it was almost c...

Johann Strauss jr. composed a great amount of polka's to perform with his own orchestra that played on 'dance soirees' in Vienna. The Polka-schnell 'Leichtes Blut' is a beautiful example of Strauss' r...

Riding on this success of 'España', Chabrier composed the 'Habanera' in 1885 which was met with equal enthusiasm. It's a beautiful example of the Spanish genre that was so popular with French composer...

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...

Pablo Luna Carné (1879-1942) was a Spanish composer mainly known for his zarzuela's. In 1918, he released one of his greatest works, 'El niño judío' ('The Jewish Boy'). 'De España vengo' is the best-k...

Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche Op. 28 (Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks), is a tone poem written in 1894 and 1895 by Richard Strauss. It chronicles the misadventures and pranks of the German peas...

Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche Op. 28 (Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks), is a tone poem written in 1894 and 1895 by Richard Strauss. It chronicles the misadventures and pranks of the German peas...

Victor Herbert (1859-1924) was an Irish-born, German-raised American composer, cellist and conductor. His comic Opera The Enchantress (1911) was considered at the time when it was first produced one o...

Cuando, en 1889, el compositor militar alemán Carl Teike llevó al regimiento su marcha recién compuesta, el Kapellmeister se limitó a decirle: "Ya tenemos suficientes marchas musicales, ¡pon ésta en l...

'La danza' es una canción patter de Gioacchino Rossini, en tiempo de 'Tarantella napoletana'. Es la octava canción de la colección "Les soirées musicales", que compuso entre 1830 y 1835. "La danza" se...

En 1876, Tschaikowsky compuso su ballet "El lago de los cisnes" Op. 20. A pesar de su fracaso inicial, hoy en día es el ballet más popular de todos los tiempos. A pesar de su fracaso inicial, en la ac...

In 1868 Jacques Offenbach's opéra bouffe 'La Périchole' was premiered in Paris. The title character of this three act opera is based on Micaela Villegas, a beloved 18th century Peruvian entertainer an...

The 'Verbrüderungsmarsch Opus 287' is one of Johann Strauss' numerous marches. The march is rather unknown but nevertheless a very grateful piece. Dutch arranger Jos van de Braak transcribed the Verbr...

Gershwin's opera 'Porgy and Bess' contains many songs that have become popular in their own right, becoming standards in jazz and blues in addition to their original operatic setting. One of those is...