Concert Band
Die Schlittschuhläufer
Les Patineurs
Konzertwalzer
Wiener Praterleben
MVSR3465
Siegfried Translateur was a German composer, publisher and music director. He hailed from the province of Silesia where he was born as an illegitimate child. His mother later married cantor Salomon Lagodzinsky who in turn adopted young Siegfried. ...
Liebesflammen
MVSR2659
World-renowned march composer Julius Fučík was born in Prague in 1872. An authentic and versatile Bohemian musician, Fučík attended the conservatory in his hometown for violin and bassoon. In 1891 he studied composition with Antonín ...
Vom Donauufer
MVSR3902
Military band director Julius Fučík (1872-1916) was one of the most prominent representatives of his profession. Upon graduating from the Prague Conservatory, where he had studied under Milde, Bláha and Dvořák, he served the ...
Über den Wellen
MVSR2413
Most of his life, the Otomi Indian Juventino Rosas (1868-1894) was a victim of circumstances and lived in adverse conditions. When his familiy moved to the Mexican capital in 1875, its members played music to keep their heads above water after a fashion. ...
Kaiserwalzer
MVSR1503
Berlin darf sich fast mit gleichem Recht wie Wien als Johann-Strauß-Stadt bezeichnen. Der Komponist war an der Spree ebenso bekannt und geschätzt wie an der Donau, er hat in Berlin Erfolge von triumphalen Ausmaßen erlebt. Bei vielen ...
Estudiantina
MVSR0178
Charles Emil Levy called himself Emil Waldteufel. He was born in Strasbourg in 1837 and died in 1915 after a eventful life as "Parisian king of Waltz". There were times of poverty and times of great success and popularity. His Spanish ...
Im schönen Elbetal
MVSR0217
Frantisek Kmoch was born in Kolín in 1848 and received his musical education in Prag. He became director in Krakow in 1884, one year later in Budapeset and 1899 in Vienna. After he founded his own string and wind orchestra he became good ...
Russian Waltz
MVSR2360
In the course of the 19th century, Glinka, Tchaikovsky and other composers contributed to the development of the Russian concert waltz, which eventually achieved a remarkable expressiveness. Apart from that, there always has been the (dance) waltz ...