Composers Archive

Mozart’s Sonata in D Major, K. 311 contains elaborate pianistic content and an exciting sonata-rondo finale with a cadenza worthy of one of Mozart’s concertos. The flashy third movement is full of many contrasts involving …

Born to German-Slovak parents, Julia Fischer began violin lessons aged three.At the age of six, Fisher began lessons at the Leopold Mozart Conservatory in Augsburg and three years later became a pupil of Ana Chumachenco …

RICHARD STRAUSS (1864-1949) Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40, “A Hero’s Life” The key of E-flat major is the heroic key in music.  As such, its roots are usually traced to Beethoven’s “Eroica” symphony, but in fact, …

The Piano Concerto #20 was Composed in 1785 at the height of Mozart’s popularity in Vienna, and the piece was an immediate success at its February 11 premiere. Following his usual practice, Mozart performed the solo …

Franz Schubert composed the Impromptu No. 3, part of a set of 4 Impromptus, in the two-year period before he died in 1828. He had found tremendous success in the popularity of his short works, …