Listening to Classical and Romantic Music - Spring 2016

Brahms's focus on orchestral compositions in 1880-85 was partly encouraged by his having a great orchestra at his disposal. In the later...

     Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovksy was born on May 7, 1840, in Russia. Early in his life he attended the Moscow Conservatory, which is where...

Towards the latter of his life, Dvorak goes on to compose many fairy tale based operas, Rusalka being his ninth. Rusalka is the most common ...

1.      Die Hochzeit des Camacho (Camacho’s wedding), overture Op. 10 by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v...

Anton Bruckner, born in 1824 in Ansfelden, Austria. His father passed when he was only 13 and Bruckner was sent to the Augustinian monaste...

      Clara Schumann (1819-1896) set herself apart from the women of her time period.  It was highly uncommon for women, not including renow...

            I don't know about you, but I really had no idea that the Ave Maria tune we all know and love is by Schubert. However, the...