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Apr 13, 2024 · Arthur Sullivan in 1888. Sir Arthur Seymour Sullivan MVO (13 May 1842 – 22 November 1900) was an English composer. He is best known for 14 operatic collaborations with the dramatist W. S. Gilbert, including H.M.S. Pinafore, The Pirates of Penzance and The Mikado. His works include 24 operas, 11 major orchestral works, ten choral works and ...
Apr 23, 2024 · Excerpt from Violin Concerto in D Major, Opus 61, by Ludwig van Beethoven, with a pianist playing the orchestra's part. (more) Ludwig van Beethoven (baptized December 17, 1770, Bonn, archbishopric of Cologne [Germany]—died March 26, 1827, Vienna, Austria) was a German composer, the predominant musical figure in the transitional period between ...
Apr 9, 2024 · Johann Andreas Stein (born May 6, 1728, Heidesheim, Speyer [Germany]—died Feb. 29, 1792, Augsburg, Bavaria [Germany]) was a German piano builder, and also a maker of organs and harpsichords, who was the first of a distinguished family of piano makers. The son of an organ builder, Stein apprenticed with the famous instrument maker Johann ...
4 days ago · Name Year of Nationality Notable 21st-century works Remarks birth death Alma Deutscher: 2005: English: The Sweeper of Dreams (opera); Cinderella (opera); Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in G; Piano Concerto in E-flat major
Apr 11, 2024 · Apr. 9, 2024, 6:33 AM ET (The Hollywood Reporter) Paul Bettany to Play Salieri in ‘Amadeus’ Series Opposite Will Sharpe as Mozart. Antonio Salieri (born Aug. 18, 1750, Legnago, Republic of Venice [Italy]—died May 7, 1825, Vienna, Austria) was an Italian composer whose operas were acclaimed throughout Europe in the late 18th century.
Apr 4, 2024 · Requiem in D Minor, K 626, requiem mass by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, left incomplete at his death on December 5, 1791. Until the late 20th century the work was most often heard as it had been completed by Mozart’s student Franz Xaver Süssmayr. Later completions have since been offered, and the most favourably received among these is one by ...
Domenico Scarlatti - Keyboard, Baroque, Sonatas: Of Scarlatti’s 555 sonatas, about 10 are for violin and continuo, 3 are specifically for organ, and the rest are for harpsichord. Scarlatti’s most mature period and largest output was concentrated in the years between 1753, when he was 67, and his death four years later. A consistent development is perceptible in his harpsichord music ...
