Serenade

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PIANO

Ständchen from Schwanengesang serenade as Schubert's last testament

Originating in Europe in the Middle Ages, the serenade (ger. ständchen) is a love song composed for one vocal line and a...
Classical Guitar

Capricho Arabe: the first composition of Francisco Tarrega became his epitaph

Capricho Arabe is the most popular work of the iconic Spanish guitarist Francisco Tárrega who initiated the revival of...
Classical Guitar

Ferdinando Carulli: the Parisian sensation and décacorde guitar inventor

Ferdinando Carulli was among the most influential Italian guitarists whose music, textbooks, and instrument design... 2 comments
TECHNOLOGIES

Pianola: the reproducing piano as the first Hi-Fi player and preservation capsule for recitals on piano rolls

Long before the recording era, mankind was already looking for ways to play music automatically. The earliest known... 1 comment
Classical Guitar

Serenata Española by Joaquim Malats: the piano piece that conquered guitar world

Serenata Española, written by Spanish piano virtuoso Joaquim Malats, has been the most popular work among guitarists for...
Clarinet

National holiday as a birthday gift for Denmark's biggest composer

Carl August Nielsen (1865-1931) was one of the major symphonists of the postromantic epoch and Denmark's most eminent...
ORCHESTRA

Dvorak's string serenade is a mirror of his blissful years

For Antonin Dvořák, 1875 was a grand time for both creative productivity and wholesome family life. The birth of his...
ORCHESTRA

Comic 'Italienische Serenade' was the end of Hugo Wolf

The inspiration for the Italian Serenade came to Hugo Wolf from the novella Leben eines Taugenichts by the German...
WIND ENSEMBLE

Mozart's rewritten serenade inspired by street musicians

The Serenade in E-flat major exists in two versions: a sextet of two clarinets, two bassoons, and two horns, and an...