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Robert Schumann composed his D-Minor Symphony #4 in 1841, just after completing his Symphony No. 1 in B-flat Major, Op. 38. This version remained unpublished during the composers lifetime. After a thorough revision in late …

Mozart’s piano concerto KV 466 was introduced to the world at one of his academies, i.e., subscription concerts: “produced by and starring W.A. Mozart,” as we might say today. The success of the Concerto on …

There is considerably controversy surrounding Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante K.297b for four wind instruments. Some scholars believe the original was composed for flute, oboe, bassoon and horn but the original is lost and a score discovered …

Beethoven develops the opening movement of his concerto #3 along the general lines of Classical concertos, but he pays specific obeisance to Mozart’s C minor Concerto near the end. Where the first movements of most …

Written about children, but not written for children, the collection of short piano pieces entitled Kinderszenen (Scenes from Childhood) by Robert Schumann was a gift to Clara Wieck in 1838, two years before they were …