François-Joseph Gossec (1734-1829) came from a Walloon peasant family. At the age of six, he was already a choirboy at...
Music
Bozza’s magnificent flute quartet
Eugène Bozza, who was born in Nice in 1905 and died in Valenciennes in 1991, was a violinist, composer and conductor....
Olivier Messiaen – a blackbird for the flutist
I probably don't think of any other composer as often as I think of Messiaen in my daily life - at least not with this...
Johann Strauss Radetzky March
It is probably the best known and most played march in the world: the Army March II dedicated to Field Marshal Josef...
Ravel’s Bolero – a classic earworm
Maurice Ravel composed his Bolero in 1928 for the dancer Ida Rubinstein. Throughout his life, he was to have a very...
Daniel Dorff and his many, great works for flute
Daniel Dorff is an American composer. He was born in 1956 in New Rochelle/New York and studied at Cornell University...
Puccini – Tosca and Tuscany
In 1858, Giacomo Puccini was born in Lucca, the once independent republic in northwestern Tuscany. In the...
An introduction to “Flow my teares”
In the course of the 16th century the lute gradually broke away from its old role. Within a few decades, it rose from...
The Bird Trader
Today I'd like to talk about an official, even a section chief, who does not fit into the usual prejudice and who...
The origins of the operetta
At the end of the 19th century Vienna was undisputedly the music capital of Europe. While other countries were...
Yes, writing and reading.
"Yes, writing and reading." Yes, writing and reading It's never been my business, because since childhood. I...
Chopin’s Mazurkas
During his short life F. Chopin has written more than fifty mazurkas. He composed the first as a 15-year-old boy, the...
On the beautiful blue Danube
The Danube Waltz is probably one of the most famous works of orchestral literature. One of the reasons for this is...
Moonlight Sonata
"This change has brought forth a dear, magical girl who loves me and whom I love; it is a few blissful moments again...
Tchaikovsky, Piano Concerto No. 1
When the 35-year-old Pjotr Tchaikovsky wanted to dedicate his first piano concerto to Nikolai Rubinstein, thus hid his...