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The Carnival of Venice is a popular Italian folk tune associated with the words "My hat, it has three corners." It was heard in Venice by the virtuoso violinist Nicolo Paganini and made famous in his...

La obra de Pablo de Sarasate "Zigeunerweisen" (Aires gitanos) para violín y orquesta fue escrita en 1878 y estrenada ese mismo año en Leipzig. Se basa en temas del pueblo romaní, concretamente en los...

Pablo de Sarasate's "Zigeunerweisen" (Gypsy Airs) for Violin and Orchestra was written in 1878 and premiered during the same year in Leipzig. It is based on themes of the Roma people, specifically the...

Classical composers who have used csardas themes in their works include Emmerich Kalman, Franz Liszt, Johannes Brahms, Leo Delibes, Johann Strauss, Pablo de Sarasate, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and othe...

Classical composers who have used csárdás themes in their works include Emmerich Kálmán, Franz Liszt, Johannes Brahms, Léo Delibes, Johann Strauss, Pablo de Sarasate, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and othe...

The String Quartet No. 1 in D major, Opus 11, was the first of Tschaikowsky's three string quartets. It was premiered in Moscow in 1871. The second movement from this quartet is the melancholic "Andan...

Rimsky-Korsakov wrote concerto's for Oboe, Clarinet and Trombone and Military Band. The Concerto for Oboe (Variations for Oboe) is now edited by Marc Koninkx for the instrumentation of a modern Sympho...

'Choral Varié' fue escrita en 1904 por el compositor francés Vincent d'Indy (1851-1931) y es una de las piezas más bellas escritas para saxofón en este siglo. Fue encargada y está dedicada a la saxofo...

Choral Varié was written in 1904 by French composer Vincent d"Indy (1851-1931) and is one of the most beautiful pieces written for saxophone in this century. It was commissioned by and is dedicated to...

Felix Mendelssohn's "Concerto for Violin" became immediately very popular soon after its premiere in 1845 and is still regarded as one of the greatest violin concertos of all time. The concerto has de...

Duo Brillant Guillaume Tell, del compositor francés Jules Demersseman, se basa en temas de la famosa ópera de Rossini. Está escrita para flauta y oboe. En este arreglo, la parte solista del oboe tambi...

Rimsky-Korsakov wrote concerto's for Oboe, Clarinet and Trombone and Military Band. The Concerto for Oboe (Variations for Oboe) is now edited by Marc Koninkx for the instrumentation of a modern Sympho...

Hummel wrote his "Concerto a Trombe Principale" (Trumpet Concerto in E Major) for Viennese trumpet virtuoso and inventor of the keyed trumpet, Anton Weidinger (as had Joseph Haydn). It was written in...

Saint-Saëns also contributed voluminously to the French concertante literature. He wrote five piano concertos, three violin concertos, two cello concertos, and about twenty smaller concertante works f...

Giuseppe Baldassare Sammartini (1695 - 1750) was an Italian composer and oboist during the late Baroque and early Classical era. Due to his professional instrument, many of these sonatas were written...

The Fantasia on Hungarian Folk melodies (Fantasie über ungarische Volksmelodien), commonly known in short form simply as the Hungarian Fantasy, is Franz Liszt's arrangement for piano and orchestra of...

Darius Milhaud (1892 - 1974) was a French composer and teacher. He was a member of Les Six - also known as "The Group of Six" - and one of the most prolific composers of the 20th century. His composit...

The Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor by Camille Saint-Saëns, was composed in 1868 and is probably Saint-Saëns' most popular piano concerto. The piece follows the traditional form of three movements but...

The Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor by Camille Saint-Saëns, was composed in 1868 and is probably Saint-Saëns' most popular piano concerto. The piece follows the traditional form of three movements but...

English composer Henry Eccles (1670-1742) played as a violinist in the court of King William and Queen Mary in the period after the glory time of Henry Purcell. However, conceiving himself neglected i...

English composer Henry Eccles (1670-1742) played as a violinist in the court of King William and Queen Mary in the period after the glory time of Henry Purcell. However, conceiving himself neglected i...