1. Eben, Petr
(Type: Composer | Bereich: Composers Biographies)

Komponist Eben, Petr Leben Born Zcaronamberk, 22 Jan 1929, Czech composer. He studied with Bor Caronkovec at the Prague Academy (1948-54) and has taught at Prague University. His works, chiefly ...

2. Adophe, Bruce
(Type: Composer | Bereich: Composers Biographies)

Komponist Adophe, Bruce Leben Bruce Adolphe has composed music for Itzhak Perlman, The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, the Beaux Arts Trio, Sylvia McNair, ...

3. Bax, Arnold
(Type: Composer | Bereich: Composers Biographies)

Komponist Bax, Arnold Image Leben British composer and novelist, born in London. Literary influences, especially the poetry of W.B.Yeats, were important in establishing Arnold Bax as the leading ...

4. Bennett, William Sterndale
(Type: Composer | Bereich: Composers Biographies)

... a good introduction to his music. The former has a romantic slow movement and the latter a Barcarole (Gondolier's Song) slow movement, inserted at the suggestion of Mendelssohn. Bennett’s songs remain ...

5. Brahms, Johannes
(Type: Composer | Bereich: Composers Biographies)

Komponist Brahms, Johannes (1833 - 1897) Image Leben Brahms was born in Hamburg to the son of a double-bass player and his older seamstress wife. The violinist Joseph Joachim introduced him ...

6. Chopin, Frederyk
(Type: Composer | Bereich: Composers Biographies)

Komponist Chopin, Frederyk (1810 - 1849) Image Leben A young man of humble origins and the only son of a French father and a Polish mother, Chopin won early fame as a brilliant pianist within ...

7. Elgar, Edwuard
(Type: Composer | Bereich: Composers Biographies)

... pieces for local perfomances. He became the leading English composer of his generation and a significant figure among late Romantic European musicians. In 1889 he married one of his piano pupils, Caroline ...

8. Fauré, Gabriel
(Type: Composer | Bereich: Composers Biographies)

Komponist Fauré, Gabriel (1845 - 1924) Image Leben In the rigid official musical establishment of Paris in the latter half of the 19th century Gabriel Faurè won acceptance with difficulty. ...

9. Jongen, Joseph
(Type: Composer | Bereich: Composers Biographies)

... piano quartet and his 1st string quartet, which won a prize) and several orchestra works, particularly the Fantasie on Walloon Christmas Carols op.24. Jongen's compositional style can be divided into ...

10. Liszt, Franz
(Type: Composer | Bereich: Composers Biographies)

Komponist Liszt, Franz (1811 - 1886) Image Leben Considered to be one of the world’s greatest pianists, Franz Liszt’s career spanned virtually the whole of the Romantic period. He taught ...

11. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix
(Type: Composer | Bereich: Composers Biographies)

Komponist Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix (1809 - 1847) Image Leben Felix Mendelssohn was born into a wealthy cultured family. His father was a prominent Jewish banker who added Bartholdy to ...

12. Menotti, Gian Carlo
(Type: Composer | Bereich: Composers Biographies)

Komponist Menotti, Gian Carlo (1911 - 2007) Image Leben Gian Carlo Menotti was born on 7 July 1911, in Cadegliano, Italy. At the age of 7, under the guidance of his mother, he began to compose ...

13. Milán, Luis
(Type: Composer | Bereich: Composers Biographies)

Komponist Milán, Luis (? 1500 - 1561) Leben Luis Milán, a well-known poet and musician at the court of Valencia, was a noted performer and one of the foremost composers for the vihuela, one of ...

14. Offenbach, Jacques
(Type: Composer | Bereich: Composers Biographies)

Komponist Offenbach, Jacques (1819 - 1880) Image Leben A Franco-German composer who won fame as a manager, director and composer of French operettas between 1855 and 1880. The son of a synagogue ...

15. Raynor, John
(Type: Composer | Bereich: Composers Biographies)

... carols, and settings of the Mass and of the Evening Service. Finally, he penned several piano pieces. His songs were championed by Vaughan Williams and sung by several noted soloists, including Ian ...

16. Williamson, Malcolm
(Type: Composer | Bereich: Composers Biographies)

Komponist Williamson, Malcolm (1931 - 2003) Leben Malcolm Benjamin Graham Christopher Williamson, composer of The Happy Prince, was born in 1931 in Sydney, Australia. He entered the Sydney Conservatory ...

17. Aida
(Type: Libretto | Bereich: Librettos)

Autor Giuseppe Verdi Titel Aida Opera (24.12.1871 Opera House, Cairo) Opera in 4 acts, Antonio Ghislanzoni, from a scenario by Auguste Mariette. ... ... Buch "Aida" Opera in quattro ...

18. Oberto Conte di San Bonifacio - LIBRETTO
(Type: Libretto | Bereich: Librettos)

Autor Giuseppe Verdi Titel Oberto Conte di San Bonifacio Opera (17.11.1839 Teatro alla Scala, Milan) Opera in 2 acts, Temistocle Solera. ... ... Buch   Oberto  Atto I CORO Di vermiglia, ...

19. Giovanna d'Arco - LIBRETTO
(Type: Libretto | Bereich: Librettos)

Autor Giuseppe Verdi Titel Giovanna d`Arco Opera (15.2.1845 Teatro alla Scala, Milan) Opera in a prologue and 3 acts, Temistocle Solera, after Schiller's drama Die Jungfrau von Orleans.  ...

20. Macbeth
(Type: Libretto | Bereich: Librettos)

Autor Giuseppe Verdi Titel Macbeth Opera (14.3.1847 Teatro della Pergola, Florence) Opera in 4 acts, Francesco Maria Piave, after Shakespeare's play. ... ... Buch      Macbeth   : ...