1. Fano, Guido Alberto
(Type: Composer | Bereich: Composers Biographies)

Komponist Fano, Guido Alberto Leben He began studying music at the age of nine, under the guidance of Vittorio Orefice, choir master and conductor in Padua, who gave him his first piano lessons ...

2. Alamire, Petrus
(Type: Composer | Bereich: Composers Biographies)

... probably collected it on his travels before he arrived in the Low Countries - as they were then know. Handed down is around 850 works in 48 choir books. Music is even discovered in bookbindings, obviously ...

3. Allegri, Gregorio
(Type: Composer | Bereich: Composers Biographies)

Komponist Allegri, Gregorio Leben Gregorio Allegri was born around 1582 in Rome. The earliest record we have of his career is that he joined the choir school at S. Luigi dei Francesi in Rome in ...

4. Berlioz, Hector
(Type: Composer | Bereich: Composers Biographies)

Komponist Berlioz, Hector (1803 - 1869) Image Leben A leading figure of French Romanticism, Hector Berlioz was considered to be an outsider as far as the French musical establishment was concerned ...

5. Blow, John
(Type: Composer | Bereich: Composers Biographies)

Komponist Blow, John (1649 – 1708) Leben English composer. He was organist and choirmaster at Westminster Abbey and the Chapel Royal and the teacher of Henry Purcell. He wrote more than 100 anthems ...

6. Bolcom, William Elden
(Type: Composer | Bereich: Composers Biographies)

Komponist Bolcom, William Elden (b. 1938) Leben Born Seattle, 26 May 1938, American composer and pianist. He studied with Milhaud at Mills College (1958-61) and Leland Smith at Stanford (1961- ...

7. Bortniansky, Dmitri Stepanovich
(Type: Composer | Bereich: Composers Biographies)

... the court choir in St. Petersburg. In 1796, he was appointed director of the czar’s court chapel and a councilor of state; in addition to his other duties, he composed  ...

8. Britten, Benjamin
(Type: Composer | Bereich: Composers Biographies)

Komponist Britten, Benjamin (1913-1976) Image Leben Benjamin Britten is born at Lowestoft, 22 November 1913, and died at Aldeburgh, 4 December 1976. He studied with Frank Bridge as a boy ...

9. Caurroy, Eustache Du
(Type: Composer | Bereich: Composers Biographies)

Komponist Caurroy, Eustache Du (1549 - 1609) Leben Du Caurroy was a student of Claude Le Jeune, and the last major composer of Renaissance vocal polyphony in France. Du Caurroy served as composer ...

10. Cavalli, Francesco
(Type: Composer | Bereich: Composers Biographies)

... revivals of his work have achieved popularity in recent years. He became a choir-boy at St. Mark's in Venice in 1616 under the direction of Monteverdi, with whom he later enjoyed a close working relationship. ...

11. Cesti, Antonio
(Type: Composer | Bereich: Composers Biographies)

Komponist Cesti, Antonio (1623 - 1669) Leben After serving as a choirboy at Arezzo, Cesti joined the Franciscan order at the provincial congregation at Volterra in 1637. Cesti's career took an ...

12. Cooper, Paul
(Type: Composer | Bereich: Composers Biographies)

... chamber ensemble, voice, choir, and solo piano. His six symphonies and string quartets and multiple solo and choral works are formally economical and encompass a wide variety of musical styles. Cooper's ...

13. Desprez, Josquin
(Type: Composer | Bereich: Composers Biographies)

... into the service of Cardinal Ascanio Sforza, whom he probably accompanied in Rome in 1484. His name first appears among the papal chapel choir in 1486 and Arbeiten Josquin's works gradually became ...

14. Dufay, Guillaume
(Type: Composer | Bereich: Composers Biographies)

... the choir at Cambrai Cathedral, Dufay was briefly in the service of the Malatesta family in Italy. After a further period in France, he returned to sing in the Papal chapel in 1428. He was subsequently ...

15. Duprè, Marcel
(Type: Composer | Bereich: Composers Biographies)

Komponist Duprè, Marcel (1886 - 1971) Leben French organist, composer and teacher; both of his grandfathers were organists and choirmasters, the mother was a pianist and cellist, the father an ...

16. Escobar, Pedro de
(Type: Composer | Bereich: Composers Biographies)

Komponist Escobar, Pedro de (1465 - ? 1535) Leben Pedro de Escobar (Oporto, c. 1465 - ? Évora, after 1535) Portuguese composer active in Spain . He was a singer in the chapel choir at the court ...

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

...  He was a pupil of Camille Saint-Saens at the Louis Niedermeyer School. He played the organ in various Parisian churches for many years and eventually became chief organist and choirmaster at La Madeleine. ...

18. Finzi, Gerald
(Type: Composer | Bereich: Composers Biographies)

... England Three Choirs Festival in 1950, while his Dies  ...

19. Gabrieli, Giovanni
(Type: Composer | Bereich: Composers Biographies)

... setting of the Jubilate Deo, using double choir and brass, is characteristic of his style of writing. The most widely known of Gabrieli's works is the Sonata pian' e forte, an eight-part composition for ...

20. Gibbons, Orlando
(Type: Composer | Bereich: Composers Biographies)

Komponist Gibbons, Orlando (1583 - 1625) Image Leben Gibbons was born in Oxford, and held positions as Organist of the Royal Chapel, as keyboard player in the privy chamber of the all-important ...