Composers were marketed as purveyors of the “classical”; it was a way of telling 19th-Century consumers that, by playing and listening to Haydn, Brahms, and Mendelssohn, they could become ...

From Mendelssohn’s Elijah to his Scottish Symphony, here are some of the early Romantic composer’s most glorious pieces of ...

After his death in 1901, Dédé’s “Morgiane” – like many manuscripts of 19th century Black composers – vanished ... of African American artists to classical music.

She highlights the case of 19th-century German composer Fanny Mendelssohn who ... Many of them were from the eras known as the baroque and classical music periods which span 1600-1800.

When you think of a waltz, it’s likely that your thoughts turn to Johann Strauss, the Viennese composer often dubbed ‘The ...

Composer; he combined the impact of harmony with an active melody to give his "impressionism" an individual mark, one that distinguished him from other European composers adhering to the trend. (opens ...