Benjamin Britten's music of the early 1940s was dominated by Peter Grimes, but there were other substantial pieces from this period too. The most important is Serenade, the setting of six English ...

Invented in the early 1840s, the saxophone was a relative latecomer to music—and to jazz. But starting in the mid-1920s, with the rise of the big bands, the instrument slowly but steadily evolved from ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This tenor horn was made around 1878 ...

The death has been announced of the celebrated tenor horn soloist, tutor, clinician, conductor and adjudicator, Gordon ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. James Welsh Pepper (1853-1919), was ...