1. Chàvez, Carlos
(Type: Composer | Bereich: Composers Biographies)

Komponist Chàvez, Carlos Image Leben Born 13 June 1899 in Mexico City, Carlos Chávez was a renowned composer, conductor, and educator whose distinctive, often highly percussive music synthesized ...

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

Komponist Alamire, Petrus Leben To describe Petrus Alamire as a composer would be misleading, since there never was such a person, and it is exceedingly doubtful that he ever personally contributed ...

3. Albrechtsberger, J. Georg
(Type: Composer | Bereich: Composers Biographies)

Komponist Albrechtsberger, J. Georg Image Leben Albrechtsberger, a contemporary of F.J. Haydn, was a famous organist and revered teacher as well as a prolific composer. Although W.A. Mozart ...

4. Bach, Johann Christian
(Type: Composer | Bereich: Composers Biographies)

Komponist Bach, Johann Christian Image Leben Johann Christian Bach is commonly called the "English Bach", and was the youngest son of Johann Sebastian Bach und Magdalene. He was born in Leipzig, ...

5. Bach, Johann Sebastian
(Type: Composer | Bereich: Composers Biographies)

... "Air on the G string", a late 19th century transcription of the "Air from the Suite in D major", BWV 1068. Three of Bach's violin concertos, written at Coethen between 1717 and 1723, survive in their original ...

6. 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 ...

7. Bennett, Robert Russell
(Type: Composer | Bereich: Composers Biographies)

Komponist Bennett, Robert Russell (1894-1981) Leben Born in Kansas City in 1894, it appeared that Robert Russell Bennett would be a major classical composer, and among his mentors was Nadia Boulanger ...

8. Bériot, Charles-Auguste de
(Type: Composer | Bereich: Composers Biographies)

... players, in the practice studio if not in the concert hall. The so-called Military Concerto, No. 1 in D major, is of particular interest, with his popular Spanische Weisen for violin duet.  ...

9. Blomdahl, Karl-Birger
(Type: Composer | Bereich: Composers Biographies)

... in music, and was strongly influenced by Hindemith. His music later moved towards the Second Viennese School, and he became a major Swedish figure in the world of experimental music. There remained an ...

10. Boccherini, Luigi
(Type: Composer | Bereich: Composers Biographies)

... compositions are performed today (with the notable exception of the famous minuet from his String Quintet in E major, Opus 13 n.5), his name is very important in musical development. He definitely established ...

11. Boismortier, Joseph Bodin de
(Type: Composer | Bereich: Composers Biographies)

... to Paris in about 1724. In the years that followed, he published over one hundred and two major works, all written with an eye on popularity. They were printed and reprinted providing him with enormous ...

12. 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 ...

13. 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 ...

14. Bruch, Max
(Type: Composer | Bereich: Composers Biographies)

... violin and orchestra is a relatively modest pendant. "Kol Nidrei", for cello and orchestra, based on Hebrew themes, is a major item in cello repertoire, making use of themes from an external source, as ...

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

Komponist Cage, John (1912-1992) Image Leben John Cage is born at Los Angeles (5 September 1912) and died at New York (12 August 1992). He left Pomona College early to travel in Europe (1930-31), ...

16. Cannabich, Johann
(Type: Composer | Bereich: Composers Biographies)

Komponist Cannabich, Johann (1731 - 1798) Leben Johann Christian Innocenz Bonaventura Cannabich was the son of a flute-player and composer, Martin Friedrich Cannabich; Christian was born in Mannheim, ...

17. 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 ...

18. 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 ...

19. Clementi, Muzio
(Type: Composer | Bereich: Composers Biographies)

Komponist Clementi, Muzio (1752-1832) Image Leben Muzio Clementi was born in Roma, in 1752. His father was a silversmith, and became aware of his son's musical talent at a young age. When ...

20. Qu, Xiao-Song
(Type: Composer | Bereich: Composers Biographies)

Komponist Qu, Xiao-Song (b. 1952) Leben Qu  was born in southwestern China in 1952. In 1968, after completinq middle school he was sent down to the countryside during the Cultural Revolution, ...