Dvorak - Short Biography vořák was born in Nelahozeves, a Bohemian village on the Vltava River north of Prague. He came to know music early, in[…]
The Story Behind "Canon In D Major" by Pachelbel Like his other works, Pachelbel's Canon went out of style, and remained in obscurity for centuries. A[…]
Verdi - Short Biography Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi (10 October 1813 – 27 January 1901) was an Italian composer best known for his operas. He was[…]
The Story Behind "The Nutcracker" by Tchaikovsky The story of The Nutcracker is loosely based on the E.T.A. Hoffmann fantasy story The Nutcracker and the Mouse[…]
The Story Behind the Symphony No. 5 by Beethoven Beethoven was already growing deaf when he started his fifth symphony in 1804. He began working on[…]
The Story Behind "Eine kleine Nachtmusik" by Mozart Eine kleine Nachtmusik, or “A Little Night Music”, byname of Serenade No. 13 in G Major, serenade for[…]
The Story Behind "Bagatelles" by Beethoven By the end of 1803, Beethoven had already sketched bagatelles Nos. 1 to 5, along with several other short works[…]
Prokofiev - Short Biography Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev (27 April 1891 – 5 March 1953) was a Russian composer, pianist, and conductor who later worked in the[…]
The Story Behind "Moonlight" by Beethoven The Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 27, No. 2, is a piano sonata by Ludwig van Beethoven.[…]
The Story Behind "The Blue Danube" by Strauss In 1865, Johann Herbeck, choirmaster of the Vienna Men’s Choral Society, commissioned Strauss to write a choral work;[…]