Beethoven’s Third Symphony
De 3e Symfonie in Es-groot opus 55 (ook wel de Eroïca, de ‘heroïsche’ genoemd) van Ludwig van Beethoven ontstond in 1803/1804. Beethoven schreef de symfonie ter ere van Napoleon Bonaparte. Beethoven heeft ook met […]
Melodies & Pieces
Beethoven’s Second Symphony
Ludwig van Beethoven schreef zijn 2e Symfonie in de jaren 1801 en 1802. Hij dirigeerde zelf de première, deze keer in het Theater an der Wien. De symfonie is gecomponeerd voor 2 fluiten, 2 […]
Beethoven’s First Symphony
Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op. 21, was dedicated to Baron Gottfried van Swieten, an early patron of the composer. The piece was published in 1801 by Hoffmeister & Kühnel of […]
Mozart: The Magic Flute
The Magic Flute is an opera in two acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to a German libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder. The work is in the form of a Singspiel, a popular form during the time […]
10th Century: Notker the Stammerer
Notker the Stammerer, also known as Notker Balbulus, or simply Notker, was a Benedictine monk at the Abbey of Saint Gall, now in Switzerland, where he was a leading literary scholar of the Early Middle […]
1938 Shostakovich – The Second Waltz
The Suite for Jazz Orchestra No. 2 is a suite by Dmitri Shostakovich. It was written in 1938 for the newly founded State Jazz Orchestra of Victor Knushevitsky, and was premiered on 28 November 1938 […]
1600 Euridice
The year 16oo is a traditional milestone in the history of Western music. As will be shown later, the quarrels over the respective merits of ancient and modern music were then at their height. It […]
1905 Debussy Clair de Lune
Suite bergamasque is a piano suite by Claude Debussy. He began composing it around 1890, at the age of 28, but significantly revised it just before its 1905 publication. The popularity of the 3rd movement, […]
1510 Missa de Beata Virgine (Josquin)
The Missa de Beata Virgine is a musical setting of the Ordinary of the Mass, by Renaissance composer Josquin des Prez. A late work, probably composed or assembled around 1510, it was the most popular […]