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Vaughan Williams' setting of four poems from George Herbert's 1633 collection, The Temple: Sacred Poems was done between 1906 and 1911. The premiere was given under the composer's direction on...

Composed between August 4 and October 25 of 1897, A Hero's Song was at first entitled A Hero's Life, which is curious because another work with that exact title was being composed at the same time by...

Vaughan Williams conducted the first performance of his great choral symphony on his 38th birthday, October 12, 1910, at the Leeds Music Festival. The work was well received and has been in the...

Verdi received a request in November of 1869 from the Viceroy of Egypt to compose a commemorative hymn for the opening of the Suez Canal. Verdi refused the request on the grounds that he was not...

Johann Pachelbel's beloved Canon, the first movement of the Canon and Gigue in D major, was completely unknown until its publication in a 1918 article in the German periodical Archiv f?r...

The Carnival Overture, Op.92 - second of the set of three concert overtures originally entitled as "Nature, Life and Love", followed fast on the heels of its predecessor. Work started on July 28 and...

The first of a ground-breaking series of thirteen works for orchestra, Liszt's Ce qu'on entend sur la montagne (What One Hears in the Mountains) drew its inspiration from a poem by Victor Hugo...

Dvorak had long refused the repeated requests for a cello concerto from his friend, the renowned cellist Hanus Wihan (1855-1920) until he attended the premiere of Victor Herbert's second concerto in...

New, digitally-enhanced reprint of the full score issued by Boosey & Co., London in 1901, the same year Elgar conducted the world premiere of this sparkling concert overture. Sometimes known as "In...

Otto Taubmann's classic vocal score of Mozart's Coronation Mass was first issued in the early 20th century and has become the standard edition in continuous use by performers all over the world for...

Composed rapidly during April of 1879 in the wake of his success with the two serenades (Opp.22 and 44), Dvorak this time incorporated Czech folk dances into his new work, which was to be for full...

Debussy composed his concertante masterwork on commission from Pleyel for a competition held at the Brussels conservatoire featuring a newly improved "harpe chromatique" and string orchestra. The...

Composed in 1855-56, Liszt's "Symphony to Dante's 'Divina Commedia'" is programmatic work depicting Dante's journey through hell and purgatory. It was quite advanced for its era, employing many new...

Die Ideale is the penultimate work of the revolutionary series of thirteen tone poems Liszt composed for orchestra. It was originally intended to be the final one, since the final symphonic poem...

Haydn's second great oratorio, known in English as "The Seasons", was composed 1799-1800 in the wake of the great success and popularity of its predecessor. As with "The Creation", the German...

Having been inspired by performances of Handel oratorios while visiting London in 1791-92 and 1794-95, Joseph Haydn determined to write one of his own and was given an English libretto entitled The...

Originally composed in 1786 as a work for orchestra, Haydn's piece inspired by the Seven Last Words of Christ was recast as a string quartet the next year and published as his Op.51. On his way to...

Falla's showpiece El Amor Brujo (The Phantom Lover) was first composed as a gitaneria for voice, actors and chamber orchestra in 1914-15. He later prepared a version for voice and orchestra which was...

The seventh in his visionary series of thirteen tone poems for orchestra, Liszt's Festkl?nge was originally intended as a wedding march for his own wedding to Princess Wittgenstein during a brief...

Number 8 in his series of thirteen tone poems for orchestra, Liszt's H?ro?de fun?bre or 'Heroic Elegy' was composed from 1849-56 and given its premiere in Breslau on 10 November 1857 with the...

Hamlet, inspired by the well-known Shakespeare tragedy, is number ten in Liszt's series of thirteen tone poems for orchestra. It was composed in 1858 during Liszt's tenure in Weimar but did not...

The ninth in his ground breaking series of thirteen tone poems for orchestra, Liszt's "Hungaria" or 'Heroic Elegy' was composed in 1854 and given a tremendously successful premiere in Budapest's...

The eleventh in Liszt's series of thirteen tone poems for orchestra, Hunnenschlacht or 'Battle of the Huns' - composed from 1855-57 - was inspired by a painting of the same title by Wilhelm von...

Comissioned by the Committee for the Completion of the National Theatre, Dvorak composed this work in exactly one month (August 9 to September 9) of 1883. The original plan was as an introduction to...

Composed in 1891, V Př?rodě (In Nature's Realm) is the first of Dvorak's three concert overtures (Opp.91-93) which were originally titled as the "Nature, Life and Love" trilogy. The first...

This is a new, digitally-enhanced reprint of the classic vocal score edited by H.W. Nicholl, with a piano reduction arranged by Felix Mendelssohn that was first issued in 1900 by G. Schirmer of New...

Debussy's one-act ballet, or 'Po?me dans?', was given its first performance by Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes on May 15, 1913 with scenery by L?on Bakst; Vaslav Nijinsky was the featured dancer and...

Judith, Lyric Drama in 3 ActsAuthor: George Whitefield ChadwickPublisher: Petrucci Library PressPublication Date: Jan 25, 2010Number of Pages: 192 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10:...

Composed in 1913 to Konstantin Balmont's free adaptation in Russian of poetry by Edgar Allan Poe, Kolokola (also known as The Bells), was one of Rachmaninoff's favorites among his own works...

Debussy composed his "Sc?ne lyrique" in 1884 for his Prix de Rome cantata entry. It was given its premiere that same year at the Institut de France in Paris followed with publication by Durand. He...