1. Eccard, Johannes
(Type: Composer | Bereich: Composers Biographies)

Komponist Eccard, Johannes Leben German compose: after serving the banker Jacob Fugger in Augsburg (1577-78), Eccard joined the chapel of Prince Georg Friedrich of Preussen-Ansbach in Königsberg ...

2. 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 ...

3. Aber, Johann
(Type: Composer | Bereich: Composers Biographies)

Komponist Aber, Johann Leben Johann Aber was an Italian composer and flautist of German descent, living in Milan. In 1765 he was flautist in Sammartini’s orchestra for a concert in honour of Archduke ...

4. 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, ...

5. Alain, Jehan Ariste
(Type: Composer | Bereich: Composers Biographies)

Komponist Alain, Jehan Ariste Leben Jehan Ariste Alain was born into a family of organists on February 3rd, 1911 in St-Germain-en-Laye, a suburb in west Paris. His father Albert, was a composer, ...

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

... using a pseudonym. He was German, probably called Petrus Imhoff, and he was skilled in music, in particular as a copyist, who Arbeiten The origin of all the music is not known, and Alamire had ...

7. Bach, Johann Michael
(Type: Composer | Bereich: Composers Biographies)

Komponist Bach, Johann Michael Leben Born: Arnstadt,Germany, Aug 1648; died: Gehren,Germany 17 May 1694, German composer and distant relative of J.S.Bach, he was taught by his father and in 1665 ...

8. Baermann, Heinrich
(Type: Composer | Bereich: Composers Biographies)

Komponist Baermann, Heinrich Leben Baerman was a German family of musicians, principally wind players. The most important members were Heinrich, a clarinettist known throughout Europe for his ...

9. Beethoven, Ludwig van
(Type: Composer | Bereich: Composers Biographies)

Komponist Beethoven, Ludwig van Image Leben The eldest son of a singer in the Kapelle of the Archbishop-Elector of Cologne and grandson of the Archbishop's Kapellmeister. Beethoven settled ...

10. Bella, Jan Levoslav
(Type: Composer | Bereich: Composers Biographies)

... the priesthood to become director of music in Hermannstadt, now Sibiu in modern Romania, with its then considerable German population. In the next forty years he established a reputation as a conductor ...

11. Berwald , Franz
(Type: Composer | Bereich: Composers Biographies)

Komponist Berwald , Franz ( 1796- 1868 ) Image Leben The Swedish composer and violinist, Franz Berwald, descended from a family of musicians of remote German origin. Although generally speaking ...

12. Bingen, Hildegard von
(Type: Composer | Bereich: Composers Biographies)

Komponist Bingen, Hildegard von (1098 - 1179) Leben German abbess and mystic, one of the earliest known female composers. Hildegard's musical and literary output is immense, including religious ...

13. Blacher, Boris
(Type: Composer | Bereich: Composers Biographies)

Komponist Blacher, Boris (1903-1975) Image Leben Boris Blacher was born in China, but returned to Germany where he worked as a teacher of composition in Berlin and later in Dresden. His career ...

14. Bon, Anna
(Type: Composer | Bereich: Composers Biographies)

Komponist Bon, Anna (1740 - ??) Leben Anna Bon is a fascinating figure among women composers in the 1700's. Among the rarity of women composers, Anna Bon is an enigma because not much is known ...

15. 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 ...

16. Brauel, Henning
(Type: Composer | Bereich: Composers Biographies)

... lives in Aalen, Germany, where he composes and teaches music at the local music school.  ...

17. Bruckner, Anton
(Type: Composer | Bereich: Composers Biographies)

Komponist Bruckner, Anton (1824-1896) Image Leben Anton Bruckner is born at Ansfelden (4 September 1824) and died in Vienna (11 October 1896). He was the son of a village schoolmaster and ...

18. Bülow, Hans von
(Type: Composer | Bereich: Composers Biographies)

Komponist Bülow, Hans von (1830 - 1894) Image Leben One of the outstanding German conductors and pianists of his time. Von Bülow studied piano with Liszt, whose daughter Cosima he married. ...

19. Busoni, Ferruccio
(Type: Composer | Bereich: Composers Biographies)

Komponist Busoni, Ferruccio (1866 - 1924) Image Leben Born near Florence in Italy, Busoni was the son of talented musicians. His father was Italian and his mother German and Ferruccio came ...

20. Carissimi, Giacomo
(Type: Composer | Bereich: Composers Biographies)

... Apollinare church of the Collegio Germanico-Ungarico in Rome, an important Jesuit educational establishment. Arbeiten Carissimi's many compositions include various works for church performance, ...