Composers Archive

Beethoven completed his String Quartet in C# Minor in May 1826. He may have heard it in a private performance before he died, but it was apparently not played publically until 1835. Beethoven’s long evolving experiments …

The ROMANCE in F minor, Op. 11 was composed by Antonín Dvorák in 1877, reworked from the Andantino movement of his 1873 STRING QUARTET NO. 5 in F minor, a work written before he was …

Maurice Ravel’s Sonatine for Piano Solo, composed in 1905, has a classical form in the style of Haydn, blended with modern harmonies. This work is very different from the impressionist style of Debussy, and it …

Born in 1933, Christian Ferras exhibited a strong talent as a child, studying violin with George Enescu and eventually coming to the attention of the leading conductors of his day. He was a soulful, intelligent …

Nigunim: Hebrew Melodies The Hebrew word “Nigun” means melody. And Nigunim is simply the plural. While Gil Shaham was born in the US, his family is from Israel, and undoubtedly he may have heard some …