Composers Archive

The soprano voice inspired some of Mozart’s most sublime music, including not only the familiar arias from the great operas, but many neglected treasures among the works we know as concert arias. Mozart wrote several …

The Piano Concerto in A-Minor by Robert Schumann was premiered in Dresden Germany on December 4, 1845. The work was written for—and premiered by—Clara Wieck Schumann, his wife, who was considered to be one of the …

Johann Sebastian titled his collection of Preludes and fugues “Das Wohltemperirte Clavier”. The book is dated 1722 and was composed in Köthen, essentially for the youth who desired to learn music, including those who were …

Johannes Brahms composed his violin concerto for his friend, Joseph Joachim 25 years after their first meeting, and Brahms worked closely with him in creating the solo part; he clearly intended the Concerto to be a …

Even though Franz Schubert died at age 31, he left this world far richer than when he was born.  He left us symphonies, chamber music, sonatas for piano and for other instruments, AND also 600 …