There are generally two kinds of concertos for violin. Those that are written by violin virtuosos themselves such as ones by Paganini, a...

In Beethoven's day, most music was taught by private instruction. Beethoven had the good fortune to be taught by some of the finest te...

Max Bruch's music aesthetics put him squarely in the camp of Brahms and other so-called conservative composers.  But the fact that a c...

Friedrich Rust  was a German composer that was a contemporary of Haydn. By his own admission he could play the first part of J.S. Bach...

Say the name Paganini to a modern music lover and the first impression would most likely be of a virtuoso violinist dazzling the the early...

During the Soviet reign of Russia, many composers and other artists got into trouble with the authorities because they refused to kow-tow ...

The full title of Liszt's work is A Symphony to Dante's Divine Comedy.   Liszt began sketching themes for this work as early as 18...