Composers Archive

The Violin Concerto No. 3 by Camille Saint-Seans was composed in 1880, dedicated to and premiered by the wildly famous Spanish violinist and composer Pablo de Sarasate (1844 – 1908). Having already written six previous …

The score for “Concerto for Orchestra” was written in only two months at the health resort of Saranac Lake in upstate New York and completed on October 8, 1943. The first performance, an enormous success …

Ravel’s “La Valse” exists in three versions, all written between December 1919 and March 1920. The composer’s original piano duet version, displays all the virtuosity, technical brilliance, and sensual richness that are the hallmarks of …

The Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue, BWV 903 probably belongs to the years Bach spent in Coeten (1717-1722). Here the listener is presented with a work that is wholly German and of a style already well-known …

Contrary to earlier beliefs, the evidence indicates that Mozart heard the three symphonies #39, 40, and 41 performed during the final years of his life. He had orchestra parts copied, an expense he would not …