"Zorba's Dance" is an instrumental by Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis. The music is part of the soundtrack for the 1964 film Zorba the Greek, and use...More
"Zorba's Dance" is an instrumental by Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis...
The Austrian Franz Schubert (1797 – 1828) did not really stand in the spotlight during his lifetime. He was not a crowd favorite like his predecesso...More
The Austrian Franz Schubert (1797 – 1828) did not really stand in th...
Josef Suk played second violin in the Bohemian String Quartet. Since 1914 the ensemble was obliged to perform the Austrian national anthem at the open...More
Josef Suk played second violin in the Bohemian String Quartet. Since 1...
The Quintet in G minor belongs to the first group of three quintets written by Ignaz Pleyel in 1785 and published for the first time in 1786. Of all h...More
The Quintet in G minor belongs to the first group of three quintets wr...
Mozart composed more than 20 string quartets, including famous series such as the Milanese Quartets (KV 155-160) and the six "Haydn Quartets". His Str...More
Mozart composed more than 20 string quartets, including famous series ...
John Milton Cage (Los Angeles, September 5, 1912 – New York, August 12, 1992) was an American avant-garde composer and one of the most important inn...More
John Milton Cage (Los Angeles, September 5, 1912 – New York, August ...
In the oeuvre of Ludwig van Beethoven, the string quartet (along with the symphony and the piano sonata) is the genre to which he contributed in a man...More
In the oeuvre of Ludwig van Beethoven, the string quartet (along with ...
Weber's Quartet is a successful symbiosis of concert and chamber music elements which was to contribute significantly to the genre's change of functio...More
Weber's Quartet is a successful symbiosis of concert and chamber music...
Three progressive collections of contemporary string quartet repertoire from leading composers to encourage and facilitate the development of ensemble...More
Three progressive collections of contemporary string quartet repertoir...
During the years of their exile in America, Paul and Gertrud Hindemith regularly met with two young violinists for private music-making. When Hindemit...More
During the years of their exile in America, Paul and Gertrud Hindemith...
Wolfgang Birtel, born on May 31, 1951, was a research associate at the musicological institutes in Saarbrücken and Mainz for ten years and headed the...More
Wolfgang Birtel, born on May 31, 1951, was a research associate at the...
Lubos Fiser (1935-1999) was one of the most distinctive figures of Czech music in the 20th century and composed the Variations on an Unknown Theme in ...More
Lubos Fiser (1935-1999) was one of the most distinctive figures of Cze...
The String Quartet in G minor by Anton Wranitzky (1761-1820) is one of the great works that combine stylistic devices developed by the turn of the cen...More
The String Quartet in G minor by Anton Wranitzky (1761-1820) is one of...
A work different from 'Rhapsody in Blue', the 'Piano Concerto in F' or other concert works, yet a 'charming' piece, admitted Ira Gershwin, the brother...More
A work different from 'Rhapsody in Blue', the 'Piano Concerto in F' or...
Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka was the first Russian composer to gain wide recognition within his own country and is often regarded as the fountainhead of R...More
Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka was the first Russian composer to gain wide r...
The strijkkwartetten of Joseph Haydn are very different. Waar men doorgaans vanuit a vast stramien (de sonatavorm) componeerde, a vaste 'formule', lik...More
The strijkkwartetten of Joseph Haydn are very different. Waar men door...
Demanding salon music for string quartet (with double-bass ad libitum) is provided by Wolfgang Birtel in his 'Latin Dances' with four titles which can...More
Demanding salon music for string quartet (with double-bass ad libitum)...
Robert Schumann (Zwickau, June 8, 1810 – Endenich (near Bonn), July 29, 1856) was a German composer, pianist, conductor, and music critic during the...More
Robert Schumann (Zwickau, June 8, 1810 – Endenich (near Bonn), July ...
Faye-Ellen Silverman is an American composer whose works draw inspiration from a variety of sources, including her Jewish heritage. Some of her works,...More
Faye-Ellen Silverman is an American composer whose works draw inspirat...
Carson Turner’s latest instalment to The Schott String Quartet Series is a wonderful collection of traditional Irish folk tunes. These intermediate-...More
Carson Turner’s latest instalment to The Schott String Quartet Serie...
