Partituras para orquesta

Spanish conductor and composer Gerónimo Giménez (1854-1923) was dedicated to writing zarzuelas, the populist Spanish genre of lyric-dramatic one-act operas popular at the end of the 19th century and b...

VARIACIONES SOBRE UNA CANCIÓN DE PARVULARIO, Op. 25 es una obra de Ernst von Dohnányi (1877-1960) para piano y orquesta, compuesta en 1913 y estrenada en Berlín ese mismo año con el propio compositor...

Following a disastrous concert tour of Germany in 1885-86, Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921) withdrew to a small Austrian village, where he composed THE CARNIVAL OF THE ANIMALS (LE CARNAVAL DES ANIMAUX)...

Ernest Chausson (1855-1899) comenzó a trabajar en su POÈME DE L'AMOUR ET DE LA MER (POEMA DEL AMOR Y DEL MAR), OP. 19, en 1882. El compositor eligió dos poemas escritos por su amigo Maurice Bouchor co...

Richard Strauss (1864-1949) wrote his 3 Gesänge älterer deutscher Dichter (3 Songs by Older German Poets) in 1899 for high voice and piano. The three songs are: 1. An sie (To Them; text by Friedrich G...

The song cycle LES NUITS D'ETE (SUMMER NIGHTS) is a setting of six poems by composer Hector Berlioz' (1803-1869) neighbor and friend, Théophile Gautier. The text deals in themes of love in all its fac...

The song cycle LES NUITS D'ETE (SUMMER NIGHTS) is a setting of six poems by composer Hector Berlioz' (1803-1869) neighbor and friend, Théophile Gautier. The text deals in themes of love in all its fac...

The song cycle LES NUITS D'ETE (SUMMER NIGHTS) is a setting of six poems by composer Hector Berlioz' (1803-1869) neighbor and friend, Théophile Gautier. The text deals in themes of love in all its fac...

The song cycle LES NUITS D'ETE (SUMMER NIGHTS) is a setting of six poems by composer Hector Berlioz' (1803-1869) neighbor and friend, Théophile Gautier. The text deals in themes of love in all its fac...

The song cycle LES NUITS D'ETE (SUMMER NIGHTS) is a setting of six poems by composer Hector Berlioz' (1803-1869) neighbor and friend, Théophile Gautier. The text deals in themes of love in all its fac...

The song cycle LES NUITS D'ETE (SUMMER NIGHTS) is a setting of six poems by composer Hector Berlioz' (1803-1869) neighbor and friend, Théophile Gautier. The text deals in themes of love in all its fac...

Richard Strauss (1864-1949) wrote his 3 Gesänge älterer deutscher Dichter (3 Songs by Older German Poets) in 1899 for high voice and piano. The three songs are: 1. An sie (To Them; text by Friedrich G...

Le Tombeau de Couperin es una suite para piano solo de Maurice Ravel, compuesta entre 1914 y 1917. La obra consta de seis movimientos, basados en los de una suite barroca tradicional. Cada movimiento...

In October of 1898, Edward Elgar returned home after a long day of teaching, ate dinner, then sat down at the piano to doodle on the keys. Elgar described what followed: “In a little while, soothed an...

Compuesta en 1911, la PETITE SUITE es una de las obras más ligeras de Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. Con cuatro movimientos contrastantes, la suite es una atractiva muestra de la memorable escritura melódic...

Richard Wagner (1813-1883) escribió la ópera en cinco actos RIENZI, DER LETZTE DER TRIBUNEN (RIENZI, LA ÚLTIMA DE LAS TRIBUNAS), WWV 49, fue escrita en 1840, con un libreto del compositor basado en la...

Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) began composing the songs of DES KNABEN WUNDERHORN (THE BOY'S MAGIC HORN) in 1892, finishing in 1901. Comprised of 15 songs total by the end, each sets folktale texts, as pub...

Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) comenzó a componer las canciones de DES KNABEN WUNDERHORN (EL CUERNO MÁGICO DEL NIÑO) en 1892, terminándolas en 1901. Compuestas por un total de 15 canciones hasta el final,...

Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) began composing the songs of DES KNABEN WUNDERHORN (THE BOY'S MAGIC HORN) in 1892, finishing in 1901. Comprised of 15 songs total by the end, each sets folktale texts, as pub...

Le Cid by Jules Massenet (1842-1912) is an opera in four acts with ten tableaux. It tells the the story of the historical Spanish knight Rodrigue, who led Spain's army to victory of the Moors, earning...

Le Cid by Jules Massenet (1842-1912) is an opera in four acts with ten tableaux. It tells the the story of the historical Spanish knight Rodrigue, who led Spain's army to victory of the Moors, earning...

GISELLE, ballet en dos actos del compositor francés Adolphe Charles Adam (1803-1856), se estrenó en París el 28 de junio de 1841 y es, junto con el villancico MINUIT, CHRÉTIENS (O HOLY NIGHT en españo...

Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) compuso CANCIONES A POEMAS DE RUECKERT (CANCIONES DESPUÉS DE RÜCKERT; RÜCKERT-LIEDER) entre 1901 y 1902. No fueron concebidas como un ciclo, ya que cada canción sólo estaba c...

Étienne-Nicolas Méhul (1763-1817), whose artistic career coincided with the French Revolution, earned the admiration of both Beethoven and Napoleon. As a composer of more than forty operas, he also wr...

George Gerswhin (1898-1937) teamed up with Tin Pan Alley lyricist Michael E. Rourke (pen name Herbert Reynolds) in a 1919 competition to compose a national anthem for the United States of America, whi...