The last major composition by Lachner was the Symphonic Suite No. 7, written in 1881. He was 79 years  old when he wrote it, and had fallen ...

Étienne Méhul was a French composer at the time of the French Revolution and Napoleon. He was well-known in his time as an opera composer,...

The csárdás is a traditional Hungarian folk dance, the name of which derives from the Hungarian word for tavern. The beginnings of the dan...

In Handel's time, specific music for specific instruments was not always the case. Music that had been written  for an instrument or c...

Chausson was a member of the group of disciples devoted to César Franck , whose musical aesthetics had a profound influence on his compositi...

Sergei Rachmaninoff graduated with high honors from the Moscow Conservatory after taking the piano exam in 1891, and remained at the conse...

Bernard Herrmann was a composer who is most well-known for his work in motion pictures. He wrote music for many films and worked with some...