In 19th century musical life, the region of Germany and Austria reigned supreme.  For those ambitious enough to want international recog...

 The 1935 film The Bride Of Frankenstein is a rarity in the movie world; a sequel that actually has been regarded by many as superior to th...

Prokofiev wrote a set of variations for piano in 1913, and over the years continued to expand on it until it took form as his 3 rd piano co...

This composition was based on Russian Orthodox liturgical themes found by Rimsky-Korsakov in an old book. His idea was to highlight the pag...

 Franz Liszt began planning the work as early as 1838 after he saw The Triumph Of Death fresco by Francesco Traini in the Campo Santo ...

The history of the term ballad begins with a type of French medieval narrative song which was generally danced to. Ballet derives from the ...

For any piece of music, there is only so much that can be notated on the page. It is of course the same way with language in a stage play. ...