Composers Archive

It is often said that the era of modern music began with a single work in 1894: Claude Debussy’s Prélude à L’Après-Midi D’Un Faune for orchestra. Based on Mallarmé’s poem, Debussy considered the Prélude to be evocative …

Nicola Benedetti began violin lessons at the age of four, In 1997, she entered the Yehudi Menuhin School where she studied with Natasha Boyarskaya.  Upon leaving, she continued her studies with Maciej Rakowski and then …

It wasn’t until 1798 that Prince Lobkowitz (for whom Haydn also wrote string quartets) commissioned from Beethoven a set of six quartets that became Op. 18. The set was finished in 1801. While each Op. …

The Scottish violinist Nicola Benedetti has become very well-known in the classical music field. She signed on to the prestigious Deutsche Grammophon classical label, she has appeared with top symphony orchestras in Britain and other …

The text of the song “Morgen” was set to music by Richard Strauss. He was married to a well-known soprano, and when the composer died in 1949, she died a few months later. As is …