La Marioposa (The Butterfly) by Francisco Tarrega (1852-1909) Tárrega is considered to have laid the foundations for 20th century classical guitar and for increasing interest in the guitar as a recital instrument. Tárrega preferred small intimate performances over the concert stage. Some believe this was because he played without the nails needed for volume. Others …
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Asturias-Leyenda by Isaac Albeniz (1860-1909) The virtuoso pianist and composer Isaac Albeniz was an instrumental figure in the development of the Spanish “nationalist” school of composition. Asturias-Leyenda is from his “Suite espanola” which contains eight pieces for piano with both geographical and generic titles. For example, Asturias is an old province of northwestern Spain, and …
Andantino in A Minor by Felix Horetzky (1796-1870) born in Horyszów Ruski in Poland on the 1st January 1796,and died in Edinburgh on 6th of October 1870.We don’t know who gave him his early guitar lessons,but a short time before 1831 he went to Vienna to continue his guitar studies under Mauro Giuliani,the famous guitarist.At …
Pastorale by Joseph Kuffner (1776-1856) Level Beginner Joseph Küffner was a German musician and composer, a contemporary of Beethoven. He was a violinist with the Würzburg court orchestra, and was later, when Würzburg became part of Bavaria (1802), assigned to take charge of military music. At this point he became bandmaster with a Bavarian Army …
Evening Prayer by Engelbert Humperdinck (1854-1921) Engelbert Humperdinck (1 September 1854 – 27 September 1921) was a German composer, best known for his opera, Hänsel und Gretel. Humperdinck was born at Siegburg in the Rhine Province; at the age of 67 he died in Neustrelitz, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. His reputation rests chiefly on his opera Hänsel …
Humming Song by Robert Schumann (1810-1856) Level Beginner Robert Schumann, sometimes known as Robert Alexander Schumann was a German composer, aesthete and influential music critic. He is regarded as one of the greatest and most representative composers of the Romantic era.
Symphony No.5 by Franz Schubert (1797-1828) Although he died at an early age, Schubert was tremendously prolific. He wrote some 600 Lieder, nine symphonies (including the famous “Unfinished Symphony”), liturgical music, operas, some incidental music, and a large body of chamber and solo piano music. Appreciation of his music during his lifetime was limited, but …
Symphony No. 9 in E Minor by Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904) Level Beginner Antonin Dvorak was a Czech composer of the late Romantic music, who employed the idioms of the folk music of Moravia and his native Bohemia. Dvořák’s own style is sometimes called “romantic-classicist synthesis”. His works include symphonic, choral and chamber music, concerti, operas …
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Symphony No. 3 (3rd Movement) by Johannes Brahms (1833 -1897) Johannes Brahms was a German composer and pianist, and one of the leading musicians of the Romantic period. Born in Hamburg, Brahms spent much of his professional life in Vienna, Austria, where he was a leader of the musical scene. Brahms is sometimes grouped with …
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Ode to Joy (chords) by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer and pianist. The crucial figure in the transition between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western art music, he remains one of the most famous and influential composers of all time.
