Les Djinns  (The Genie) is one of five symphonic poems written by César Franck. As with many of the symphonic poems of Franz Liszt (who is...

Alexander Borodin led a double life as a scientist/chemist and composer in Russia in the 19th century. His output in each of these endeavo...

The music of C.P.E. Bach had a profound effect on the younger composers of his time, namely Mozart and Haydn . It is one of the ironies of...

Franz Lachner's life spanned almost  the entire 19th century. He was born in 1803 in Bavaria and early in his career he was introduc...

Schubert began his life as a composer at an early age. By the time he was 19 he had written this 5th symphony and many other works. Schu...

The series of 13 tone poems Liszt wrote were inspired in content by his readings in classical literature, biography, mythology and history...

Vivaldi's Concerto For Guitar, Strings and Continuo is one of the hundreds of concertos Vivaldi wrote when he was the master of viol...