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Pictures at an ExhibitionThe ten movement suite for solo piano, Pictures at an Exhibition, by Modest Mussorgsky was written as a memorial to the…

Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68, PastoralCompleted in 1808, the 6th symphony is one of the few works in Beethoven's output that has explicit references…

A German Requiem, Op. 45Unlike the typical Latin text of the Roman Catholic requiems, or masses for the dead, Johannes Brahms chose verses from the German…

Concierto de AranjuezThe inspiration for the title of Rodrigo's most well known work comes from the Palace and its surrounding gardens in Aranjuez, Spain.…

Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565One of the most famous works in the reperoire of the organ, the Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565, of J.S. Bach…

Symphony No. 3, Op. 36, Symphony of Sorrowful SongsPolish composer Henryk Górecki composed his 3rd symphony between October and December of 1976. The…

Violin Concerto in e, Op. 64This Violin Concerto was the last major orchestral work completed by Mendelssohn and premiered in 1845. Mendelssohn used the…

Fanfare for the Common ManCopland composed the Fanfare in 1942 at the request of the Cincinnati Sympony Orchestra's conductor Eugene Goossens. The piece's…

Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas TallisBritish composer Ralph Vaughan Williams composed the Fantasia in 1910 on the melody of the hymn, "When, rising from…

Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58While composers premiering their own works is something of a rarity today, the practice was standard in the early…