Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904) was a Czech composer best known for his nine symphonies, especially the 9th known as "From The New Worl...

The 5th Symphony of Beethoven with its familiar three short and one long note motif, is the most recognizable and popular pieces of music ...

When Beethoven left his home town of Bonn for Vienna for the second time in 1792, his friend and patron  Count Waldenstein wrote this in a ...

Ludwig van Beethoven first worked on what was to become the sixth symphony in 1802 and there is evidence found in sketchbooks that he work...

The Age of Enlightenment began towards the end of the 17th century and lasted until the end of the 18th century. It was a movement spearhea...

In 1908 Jean Sibelius had a tumor removed from his throat that proved to be cancerous. For the next few years he feared a return of the canc...

Max Bruch was born in 1838 and died in 1920. He lived through almost the entire Romantic age of music and into the dawn of the Modern era,...