The Italian composer Claudio Monteverdi was born in 1567 and is considered one of the most important musicians in the history of music. He w...

The term vocalise  can be traced back to the Italian/French composer Jean-Baptiste Lully as well as other French composers of the Baroque pe...

Germany has a long tradition of Lieder (songs) that began as early as the 12th century with the sung poems of the troubadors as well as chur...

The Erlking ( Erlkönig in German)  is a Scandinavian folktale that was introduced to Germany in the 18th century and is most closely ass...

Des Knaben Wunderhorn or The Boy's Magic [Hunting]  Horn  is one of the most important early Romantic era collections of German poetry a...

Hugo Wolf  was an Austrian composer who was a child prodigy. His father taught him the piano and violin beginning at four years of age.  He ...

The Waltz as a form of dance had its origins in the Austrian/German Ländler , a folk dance that includes stomping, leaping and twirling abou...