In 1847 Liszt gave up his life as a traveling piano virtuoso and devoted himself to musical composition. He had been made honorary music dir...

Bruckner began composing his 9th Symphony straight away after his 8th symphony  in 1887, and he worked on it intermittently until he die...

Within the symphonic output of the prolific Josef Haydn there are symphonies of his middle period that fall under the label of Sturm und D...

The time of publication of compositions doesn't necessarily follow in the chronological order in which they are written.  Saint-Saëns...

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...