Baton Music

The 'Banditen-Galop (Bandit's Gallop) is a gallop which was arranged from melodies in Strauss' operetta 'Prinz Methusalem'. The title of the composition is derived from the appearance in the stage wor...

Dmitri Shostakóvich compuso su Sinfonía nº 5 en re menor, Op. 47, entre abril y julio de 1937. Fue estrenada el 21 de noviembre de 1937 en Leningrado por la Orquesta Filarmónica de Leningrado. El estr...

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'...

Inspired by one of his students and his later wife, Ottorino Respighi composed in 1922 'Vetrate di Chiesa' (The Church Windows). This four movement Symphonic Suite is based on Gregorian melodies. It's...

Die Moldau (Vltava) es el segundo movimiento del ciclo de poemas sinfónicos "Ma Vlast", del compositor checo Bedrich Smetana. En esta pieza, Smetana utiliza la pintura tonal para evocar los sonidos de...

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...

George Whitefield Chadwick (1854-1931) fue un compositor estadounidense. Su estilo se considera "americano", pero quedó eclipsado hacia el final de su vida, cuando la música de Gershwin y Copland se h...

'Russian Easter Festival Overture' (La grande Pâque russe), is a concert overture written by the Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov in 1888. It is based on themes from the 'obikhod', which is a...

Victor August Herbert (1859-1924) fue un compositor, violonchelista y director de orquesta estadounidense nacido en Irlanda y criado en Alemania. Herbert fue un compositor prolífico, con una obra enor...

Josef Strauss was an Austrian composer and brother of Johann jr. and Eduard. He joined the 'Strauss' family orchestra, along with his brothers Johann and Eduard in the 1850s. He wrote 283 opus numbers...

In 1851 Johann Strauss jr. composed the 'Albion-Polka', dedicated to Count Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, husband of Queen Victoria of Great Britain. The count and his wife, Priscilla, both loved music...

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...

A Shropshire Lad es una colección de 63 poemas del poeta inglés Alfred Edward Housman (1859-1936). Los poemas hablan de la fugacidad del amor y de la juventud, del deber hacia la patria, de enfrentars...

Johann Strauss jr. composed in 1864 the 'Persischer Marsch' (Persian March), Op. 289. It was dedicated this to his Majesty Nasir-ad-Din imperial Shah of Persia (1831 - 1896). The melody of the trio is...

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...

Norwegian composer Johan Halvorsen composed incidental music for the play 'Vasantasena' in 1896 while he worked as a theater conductor in Bergen. Later he selected four numbers for performance as a co...

Carl Millöcker (1842-1899), was an Austrian composer mainly known for his operetta Der Bettelstudent. In 1884 Millocker composed the opereatta Gasparone. on a libretto by Friedrich Zell and Richard Ge...

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...

Richard Wagner compuso el "Idilio de Sigfrido" como regalo de cumpleaños a su segunda esposa, Cosima, tras el nacimiento de su hijo Sigfrido en 1869. Fue estrenado en la mañana de Navidad del 25 de di...

Richard Wagner compuso el "Idilio de Sigfrido" como regalo de cumpleaños a su segunda esposa, Cosima, tras el nacimiento de su hijo Sigfrido en 1869. Fue estrenado en la mañana de Navidad del 25 de di...

El "Cascanueces" de Tschaikowsky es un ballet en dos actos con un libreto adaptado del cuento de E. T. A. Hoffmann "El Cascanueces y el Rey de los Ratones". Se ha convertido en una de sus composicione...

Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf (1739 -1799) was an Austrian composer and violinist. Although his 'Concerto for Harp and Orchestra in A major' is a favorite of concerto-starved harpists the world over, t...

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...

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...