The Romantic period was one of the most innovative in music history, characterised by lyrical melodies, rich harmonies, and emotive expression. Hector Berlioz Hector Berlioz The arch-Romantic composer, Berlioz’s life was…
The Romantic period was one of the most innovative in music history, characterised by lyrical melodies, rich harmonies, and emotive expression. Hector Berlioz Hector Berlioz The arch-Romantic composer, Berlioz’s life was…
The Romantic period was one of the most innovative in music history, characterised by lyrical melodies, rich harmonies, and emotive expression. Hector Berlioz Hector Berlioz The arch-Romantic composer, Berlioz’s life was…
François-Clément Théodore Dubois (24 August 1837 – 11 June 1924) was a French composer, organist and musicteacher. His music includes ballets, oratorios and three symphonies, he wrote many religious works, and had considerable hopes for a successful career on the operatic…
Representated of neoromanticism in Polish music, Władysław Żeleński (6 July 1837 – 23 January 1921) was a Polish composer, pianist and organist. Also, Aleksander Zarzycki (February 26, 1834– November 1, 1895) was a Polish pianist,composer and conductor, author of piano and violin compositions, mazurkas, polonaises, krakowiaks, and songs. This 59th volume…
2013 marks the Wagner’s bicentennial year. Wilhelm Richard Wagner (22 May 1813 – 13 February 1883) was a German composer, theatre director, polemicist, and conductor primarily known for his operas. Unlike most opera composers, who…
Gustav Mahler was a late-Romantic Austrian composer and a best known during his own lifetime as one of the leading orchestral and operatic conductors. As a composer, Mahler acted as a bridge…
French composer Charles Gounod known for his Ave Maria (based on a work by Bach) as well as his operas Faust (derived from Goethe) and Roméo et Juliette (based on the Shakespeare play Romeo and Juliet). The Faust remains the composition for which he is best…
The later 19th century brought an increasing consciousness of national identity to various ethnic groups in Europe and elsewhere in the world. Antonín Dvořák, born in a Bohemian village where…
Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov (10 August 1865 – 21 March 1936) was a Russian composer of the late Russian Romantic period, music teacher and conductor. He served as director of the Saint…