• Written by Helmut Schwaiger
• Categorised Composer, Composer, Deaths & Honors, Highlights Deaths and Honours, Recommendations

Ennio Morricone was a quiet man, introverted and without scandal. Even if his name will forever be connected with (western) film,…

• Written by Helmut Schwaiger
• Categorised Composer, Recommendations, Sheet music

On November 19, 1942, the Russians began a pincer-shaped large-scale offensive in Stalingrad in the northwest and south of the city….

• Written by Helmut Schwaiger
• Categorised Composer, Recommendations

On November 14th, Leopold Mozart’s 300th birthday was celebrated. For a long time, the father of Nannerl and Wolfgang was portrayed…

• Written by Helmut Schwaiger
• Categorised Composer, Recommendations

Ten compositions were to be judged anonymously by the jury, in which Paul Hindmarsh, Oliver Waespi and Lucy Pankhurst were represented….

• Written by Helmut Schwaiger
• Categorised Composer, Recommendations

Many call the composition style of the German-born Jacques Offenbach “more French than French” and so he became the most popular…