Música de concierto de navidad para orquesta de viento

Tchaikovsky composed this ballet between 1875 and 1876. Its premiere, in 1877 at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, was a flop. New productions were staged in Moscow, in 1880 and 1882, but these were no m...

In the summer of 1818 the Austrian composer Franz Schubert (1797-1828) was employed by Count Esterházy to teach music to his two daughters at their home in Hungary. To teach the two young countesses,...

Grieg, who had a keen interest in folk melodies, managed to preserve the freshness and vitality of that music in his short pieces and fragments of bigger works. At times, besides reproducing folk song...

Edward Grieg (Bergen, 1843 -1907) is regarded as Norway's greatest composer. Music historians classify Grieg as belonging to the Norwegian 19th century national school. His art is without doubt 'naif'...

Castel del Monte is a 13th-century citadel and castle situated on a hill in Andria in the Apulia region of southeast Italy, built during the 1240s by the Emperor Frederick II. Although it is commonly...

In September 2024, we will celebrate the 200th birthday of the Upper Austrian composer and organist Anton Bruckner. Many of his well-known works have already been arranged for wind orchestra, but the...

In September 2024, we will celebrate the 200th birthday of the Upper Austrian composer and organist Anton Bruckner. Many of his well-known works have already been arranged for wind orchestra, but the...