Written in 1887 for the violinist Raphael Diaz Albertini with whom he was touring, the Havanaise ...

Berlioz composed his Grand Messe des Morts, or Requiem, in 1837 for a huge orchestra with four br...

First heard with the premiere of the one-act farce on January 27, 1813 in Venice at the Teatro Sa...

First heard with the opera's premiere on October 9, 1826 in Paris' Salle le Peletier, Rossini's b...

Vaughan Williams' masterpiece for string orchestra was given its premiere on September 6th, 1910 ...

Composed in 1783 for Antonin Kraft, cellist in the court orchestra of Prince Esterhazy, Haydn's D...

Rachmaninov's first one-act opera was written in 1893 while still a student at the Moscow Conserv...

This oratorio by a youthful Camille Saint-Saens was first performed by soloists, chorus and small...

In April, 1819, Beethoven's patron (and pupil) Archduke Rudolph was elected a cardinal, and in Ju...

First performed under the composer's direction on Easter Sunday of 1779 in Salzburg Cathedral, th...

Composed in 1849 in memory of Bruckner's friend Franz Sailer, the Requiem in D minor was the comp...

Saint-Saëns' masterpiece was originally composed in 1872 as a song for voice and piano. It transf...