Composers Archive

The Well-Tempered Clavier (Das Wohltemperierte Klavier), BWV 846–893, is a collection of solo keyboard music composed by Johann Sebastian Bach. He first gave the title to a book of preludes and fugues in all 24 …

The slow second movement of the piano concerto by Maurice Ravel is one of the most poignant and beautiful pieces of music ever written. It begins with a long melody for solo piano that has …

Schubert’s Arpeggione Sonata was composed in 1824 but only published in 1871, long after the composer’s death in 1828, and almost as long after the principal instrument for which it was written fell out of …

The soloist opens Prokofiev’s violin concerto #2 alone and unequivocally in G minor. Yet by the end of this initial phrase, the muted violas and basses enter in the remote key of B minor. The …

I had a delightful time today when I listened to a recording of Mozart’s Piano Concerto #13. I did some research about the circumstances in Mozart’s life at the time, and I learned the following: …