Second Viennese School
Vienna (capital of the Austro-Hungarian Empire) is a significant musical and cultural centre and a prominent source of musical activity...
Olivier Messaien
Olivier Messiaen was a French composer and is regarded by many to be the most significant and influential musical figure of the mid-20th...
Wie Lieblich Sind Deine Wohnungen (From Ein Deutsches Requiem)
“Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen” (How lovely is Thy dwelling place) is the fourth movement of Johannes Brahms’ Ein deutsches Requiem...
John Cage
No matter how you see him, whether he was regarded as a musical visionary or just another enfant terrible , the American minimalist...
Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev
Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev was a Russian composer of the modern era. His music have become enduring classics to this day and are still...
Sonata V (from Sonatas & Interludes)
Sonatas & Interludes is a collection of works for prepared piano, composed by John Cage (1912-1992) in the modern era. It is one of...
Symphony no. 4 in G Major by Gustav Mahler
Gustav Mahler’s fourth symphony was written at the start of the modern era. Mahler completed this symphony in 1901, the completed product...
Romeo and Juliet Overture
The Romeo and Juliet Overture is a concert overture (sometimes called overture-fantasy) by Russian composer Pyotr Il’yich Tschaikovsky...
Béla Bartók
Béla Bartók was known as a pianist, composer, educator, and ethnomusicologist whose works are among the most well-known and performed...
Arnold Schoenberg
Arnold Schoenberg was an Austrian composer and member of the Second Viennese School, along with his pupils Alban Berg and Anton Webern....