Johann Strauss Jr – Wiener Blut Op. 354 – Waltz
Wiener Blut (‘Viennese Blood’ or ‘Viennese Spirit’) Op. 354 is a waltz by Johann Strauss II first performed by the composer on 22 April 1873.[…]
Mozart – String Quartet No. 19 in C major ‘Dissonant’ K 465
The String Quartet No. 19 in C Major, K. 465 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, nicknamed “Dissonance” on account of its unusual slow introduction, is perhaps[…]
Fauré – Élégie Op. 24
The Élégie (Elegy), Op. 24, was written by the French composer Gabriel Fauré in 1880, and first published and performed in public in 1883. Originally[…]
Happy Classical Music – Tchaikovsky Collection
Happy Classical Music – Tchaikovsky Collection Classical music is art music produced or rooted in the traditions of Western culture, including both liturgical (religious) and secular[…]
Classical Music for Reading – Mozart Collection
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 1756 – 5 December 1791), baptised as Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart,[b] was a prolific and influential composer of the[…]
Classical Music for Reading – Debussy Collection
Claude Debussy (22 August 1862 – 25 March 1918) was a French composer. He is sometimes seen as the first Impressionist composer, although he vigorously[…]
Classical Music for Reading – Chopin Collection
Frédéric François Chopin (1 March 1810 – 17 October 1849) was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist of the Romantic era who wrote primarily for[…]
Happy Classical Music – Tchaikovsky, Mozart, Vivaldi, Strauss
Happy Classical Music – Tchaikovsky, Mozart, Vivaldi, Strauss Classical music is art music produced or rooted in the traditions of Western culture, including both liturgical (religious)[…]
Austrian Classical Music – Great Austrian Composers
Vienna has been an important center of musical innovation. 18th- and 19th-century composers were drawn to the city due to the patronage of the Habsburgs,[…]
Italian Classical Music – Great Italian Composers
For many centuries, Italian classical music has been the center of music in Europe. The types of romantic melodies that are known to have been[…]