1. Albinoni, Tommaso
(Type: Composer | Bereich: Composers Biographies)

... Oboe Concertos, Op. 7, the set of a dozen varied concertos, Op. 9 and the Violin Concertos, Op. 10, are notable. The popular "Adagio in G minor" was arranged, or rather reconstructed, for organ and strings ...

2. Arensky, Anton Stephanovich
(Type: Composer | Bereich: Composers Biographies)

... for strings on a theme by Tchaikovsky, a work originally composed for string quartet. His best known composition is the Piano Trio in D minor, the first of two such works, which was written in 1894 and ...

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

Komponist Bach, Johann Sebastian Image Leben Johann Sebastian Bach   (father of Carl Philip Emanuel, Johann Christian and Wilhelm Friedemann Bach) was the most significant member of the Bach ...

4. Bonporti, Francesco Antonio
(Type: Composer | Bereich: Composers Biographies)

... of sacred vocal music. Bonporti returned to Trent ordained as a priest and obtained a minor office in the cathedral in 1697: he regarded himself as primarily a priest rather than a composer. Arbeiten ...

5. 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 ...

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

Komponist Byrd, William (1543 - 1623) Image Leben William Byrd, (b. 1543, d. July 4, 1623), the most famous and versatile English composer of his age, inherited a characteristically English ...

7. Chambonnières, Jacques Champion
(Type: Composer | Bereich: Composers Biographies)

... member of the minor nobility, he entered the royal service and enjoyed a career of varied material success, while nevertheless winning a considerable reputation as a performer and composer. At the least ...

8. Cherubini, Luigi
(Type: Composer | Bereich: Composers Biographies)

... a place in repertory, with the aria "Ah, nos peines" providing a popular soprano operatic recital piece. His Requiem in C minor is his greatest work.  ...

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

... Chopin wrote is for the piano and his songs are a minor part of his output. As a young musician Chopin provided himself with a number of pieces for piano and orchestra. These include two piano concertos, ...

10. Czerny, Carl
(Type: Composer | Bereich: Composers Biographies)

... an Practical Pianoforte School. At the age of ten he became a pupil of Beethoven and made his first public appearance in Vienna in 1800, when he played Mozart's C minor Piano Concerto. He was subsequently ...

11. Ding, Shande
(Type: Composer | Bereich: Composers Biographies)

... Long March, New China Symphonic Suite, Spring Symphonic Poem, Symphonic Overture, Piano Concerto in B flat major, String Quartet in E minor, Piano Trio in C major, the cantata Ode to the Huangpu River, ...

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

Komponist Elgar, Edwuard (1857 - 1934) Leben Born near Worcester in England, the son of a piano-tuner and owner of a music shop, Elgar was self-taught in composition and began his career by writing ...

13. Franck, César
(Type: Composer | Bereich: Composers Biographies)

... works are the Symphonic Variations for solo piano and orchestra and the Symphony in D minor, completed in 1888 and first performed at a Conservatoire concert the following year. A brief series of symphonic ...

14. Grieg, Edward
(Type: Composer | Bereich: Composers Biographies)

Komponist Grieg, Edward (1843 - 1907) Image Leben Edvard Grieg is the most important Norwegian composer of the later 19th century, a period of growing national consciousness. As a child, ...

15. Guerre, Elisabeth Jacquet de La
(Type: Composer | Bereich: Composers Biographies)

Komponist Guerre, Elisabeth Jacquet de La (1665 - 1729) Leben Baptized Elisabeth Jacquet the 17th of March, 1665, in Paris, probably on the Ile Saint-Louis where her parents lived at the time, ...

16. Haydn, Michael
(Type: Composer | Bereich: Composers Biographies)

Komponist Haydn, Michael (1737-1806) Image Leben Johann Michael Haydn, a composer of Österreich and younger brother of Franz Josef Haydn, was born in Rohrau, in Österreich, and was baptised ...

17. Lalo, Edward
(Type: Composer | Bereich: Composers Biographies)

... Written in 1874, and first performed by the Spanish violinist Pablo Sarasate, it is a popular part of current violin repertoire. His Cello Concerto in D minor, written in 1877, enjoys rather less popularity, ...

18. Lilburn, Douglas Gordon
(Type: Composer | Bereich: Composers Biographies)

... (farm) they called "Drysdale", at which time he was sent to the Waitaki Boys' High School in Oamaru where he received his first formal piano lessons (His first piano Sonata in C minor was composed-1932). ...

19. Lortzing, Albert
(Type: Composer | Bereich: Composers Biographies)

... considerable financial hardship. In 1850 he joined a minor Berlin theatre specialising in farces and plays for which he provided the music. Arbeiten Lortzing's opera Zar und Zimmermann (Tsar and ...

20. Magnard, Albéric
(Type: Composer | Bereich: Composers Biographies)

... Piano Trio in F minor, Quintet for piano and wind, a string quartet, a violin sonata and a cello sonata deserve  ...