Composers Archive

The three Romances for Oboe and piano were originally composed while Robert Schumann was in Dresden from the 7th through the 12th of December, 1849. The first known public performance took place on January 24th …

The Arpeggione Sonata has the essential Viennese quality of smiling through tears. Schubert does this with sudden key changes from major to minor, highly chromatic harmonies, and elegant textures that connect it all. A subtle …

Written in 1880 and premiered on February 22, 1881, by the Liverpool Philharmonic Society under the direction of the composer, with Joseph Joachim performing the solo violin, the SCHOTTISCHE FANTASIE (SCOTTISH FANTASY), Op. 46, is …

Mozart’s Piano Sonata No. 15 in F major, KV 533/494 (finished 3 January 1788) is a sonata in three movements: 1. * Allegro 2. * Andante in B♭ major 3. * Rondo: Allegretto The Rondo …

The tragic character of this music comes, of course, mainly from the great Ciaccona at the end. The four preceding dances lead up to it inevitably. Even the faster dance movements do not seem to …