Edwin F. Kalmus

Robert Schumann (1810-1856) escribió su CELLO CONCERTO en la menor, Op. 129, en 1850, en el lapso de sólo dos semanas. Intentó ofrecer la obra a dos editores antes de que Breitkopf y Hartel decidieran...

Robert Schumann (1810-1856) escribió su CELLO CONCERTO en la menor, Op. 129, en 1850, en el lapso de sólo dos semanas. Intentó ofrecer la obra a dos editores antes de que Breitkopf y Hartel decidieran...

CONCERTPIECE (KONZERTSTÜCK) IN F MAJOR, Op. 86 es una obra para cuatro trompas y orquesta de Robert Schumann (1810-1856). La compuso en 1849, cuando vivía en Dresde, después de escuchar a Joseph-Rudol...

The first significant success for Jean Sibelius (1865-1957), KARELIA MUSIC was commissioned for a lottery sponsored by the Viipuri Students' Association to foster education in Vyborg Province. Its fir...

The first significant success for Jean Sibelius (1865-1957), KARELIA MUSIC was commissioned for a lottery sponsored by the Viipuri Students' Association to foster education in Vyborg Province. Its fir...

Started in 1898, Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) completed and premiered his SYMPHONY No. 1 in E minor, Op. 39, the following year when only 33 years old. Dissatisfied with the original version, which has b...

Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) composed his three-movement Symphony No. 3 in C Major, Op. 52 between 1906 and 1907, with the work receiving its premiere by the Helsinki Philharmonic Society under the compo...

Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) composed his three-movement Symphony No. 3 in C Major, Op. 52 between 1906 and 1907, with the work receiving its premiere by the Helsinki Philharmonic Society under the compo...

Kuolema ("Death" in Finnish) is a play by Arvid Järnefelt. Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) happened to be Järnefelt's brother-in-law, and he composed incidental music to the play under the same title (Kuole...

Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) compuso por primera vez el poema tonal En Saga, Op. 9 en 1892, y la obra se estrenó el 16 de febrero de 1893, con Sibelius al frente de la Filarmónica de Helsinki. Aunque cab...

Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) compuso por primera vez el poema tonal En Saga, Op. 9 en 1892, y la obra se estrenó el 16 de febrero de 1893, con Sibelius al frente de la Filarmónica de Helsinki. Aunque cab...

Má vlast (My Fatherland or My Country) is a collection of six symphonic poems composed by Bedrich Smetana (1824-1884) between 1874 and 1879. Conceived as individual works, though commonly presented as...

Má vlast (My Fatherland or My Country) is a collection of six symphonic poems composed by Bedrich Smetana (1824-1884) between 1874 and 1879. Conceived as individual works, though commonly presented as...

Louis Spohr (1784-1859), a German composer, conductor, and violinist, formed an acquaintance with Beethoven and, although greatly critical of his ninth symphony, promoted much of his work. His innovat...

Louis Spohr (1784-1859), a German composer, conductor, and violinist, formed an acquaintance with Beethoven and, although greatly critical of his ninth symphony, promoted much of his work. His innovat...

An der Schönen Blauen Donau (On the Beautiful Blue Danube), Op. 314, written by Johann Strauss II (1825-1899) is one of the most popular works in classical music, and remains well-known in popular cul...

An der Schönen Blauen Donau (On the Beautiful Blue Danube), Op. 314, written by Johann Strauss II (1825-1899) is one of the most popular works in classical music, and remains well-known in popular cul...

Johann Strauss, Jr. (1825-1899) wrote the KAISER-WALZER, Op. 437 (EMPEROR WALTZES) to celebrate the toast of friendship that Franz Joseph I extended when he visited Wilhelm II in 1889. Fritz Simrock,...

Johann Strauss, Jr. (1825-1899) wrote the KAISER-WALZER, Op. 437 (EMPEROR WALTZES) to celebrate the toast of friendship that Franz Joseph I extended when he visited Wilhelm II in 1889. Fritz Simrock,...

The comic operetta DIE FLEDERMAUS (The Bat) by Johann Strauss II (1825-1899) is the composer's best known operetta, though "The Waltz King" is perhaps better remembered yet for his contribut...

Johann Strauss II (1825-1899) escribió FURIOSO POLKA, OP. 260, en 1861, en una época en la que estas danzas rápidas prosperaban en los salones de baile vieneses. En el subtítulo "quasi Galopp", indica...

EL BARÓN GITANO (DER ZIGEUNERBARON) es una opereta en tres actos de Johann Strauss II (1825-1899) estrenada en el Theater an der Wien el 24 de octubre de 1885. Su libreto, escrito por el autor Ignaz S...

DAS SPITZENTUCH DER KÖNIGIN es una opereta de Johann Strauss II (1825-1899). El libreto de Heinrich Bohrmann-Riegen y Richard Genée se basa en una historia ficticia del escritor español Cervantes. Bur...

DAS SPITZENTUCH DER KÖNIGIN es una opereta de Johann Strauss II (1825-1899). El libreto de Heinrich Bohrmann-Riegen y Richard Genée se basa en una historia ficticia del escritor español Cervantes. Bur...

JOHANN STRAUSS II (1825-1899) escribió inicialmente FRÜHLINGSSTIMMEN, Op. 410 (VOCES DE PRIMAVERA) como aria de concierto. Dedicó la pieza, con libreto de Richard Genée, al pianista-compositor Alfred...