1. Anglebert, Jean-Henri d’
(Type: Composer | Bereich: Composers Biographies)

Komponist Anglebert, Jean-Henri d’ Leben Jean-Henri d’Anglebert succeeded Chambonnières as harpsichordist to Louis XIV, a position later held by his son. At Versailles he collaborated, inevitably, ...

2. 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 ...

3. Buxtehude, Dietrich
(Type: Composer | Bereich: Composers Biographies)

Komponist Buxtehude, Dietrich (c. 1637 - 1707) Image Leben Buxtehude was a distinguished composer and organist who greatly influenced the young composers of his time. Handel and Johann Sebastian ...

4. 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 ...

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

Komponist Czerny, Carl (1791 - 1857) Image Leben A precociously gifted Austrian pianist, Carl Czerny is best known for his piano studies, especially those collected in his Complete Theoretical ...

6. Debussy, Claude
(Type: Composer | Bereich: Composers Biographies)

Komponist Debussy, Claude (1862 - 1918) Image Leben Claude Debussy was arguably the most influential composer of the late 19th and early 20th century. He attended the Paris Conservatoire ...

7. Duruflè, Maurice
(Type: Composer | Bereich: Composers Biographies)

... tours abroad. Arbeiten Duruflé's organ music includes a Prélude, adagio and choral varié on the Veni Creator Spiritus, a Suite and a Prelude and Fugue in memory of the composer and organist Jehan ...

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

Komponist Franck, César (1822 - 1890) Image Leben Born at Liège in 1822, Cèsar Franck was originally intended by his father for a career as a virtuoso pianist. In Paris his nationality excluded ...

9. Gounod, Charles
(Type: Composer | Bereich: Composers Biographies)

Komponist Gounod, Charles (1818 - 1893) Image Leben Gounod had a particularly strong influence on French composers from the middle of the 19th century. After a classical education, he entered ...

10. 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, ...

11. Hovhaness, Alan
(Type: Composer | Bereich: Composers Biographies)

Komponist Hovhaness, Alan (1911 - 2000) Leben Alan Hovhaness (b. Somerville, Massachusetts, USA, 8 March 1911) was an American composer of Armenian and Scottish descent. Chronologically, part ...

12. Howells, Herbert
(Type: Composer | Bereich: Composers Biographies)

Komponist Howells, Herbert (1892 - 1983) Leben Herbert Howells started his musical career as a cathedral organist. He succeeded Gustav Holst as director of music at St Paul's Girls' School in ...

13. Ireland, John
(Type: Composer | Bereich: Composers Biographies)

Komponist Ireland, John (1879-1962) Image Leben A pupil at the Royal College of Music in London, John Ireland studied with Sir C.H. Stanford and mixed with such contemporaries as Holst and ...

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

Komponist Jongen, Joseph (1873-1953) Leben Jongen was Belgiums greatest composer after Franck, whose music was an early influence. His first successes were with chamber music (notably a large ...

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

Komponist Lilburn, Douglas Gordon (1915 - 2001) Leben Douglas Gordon Lilburn was born November 2, 1915 in Wanganui, New Zealand. His first years, until 1930, were mostly spent at the family station ...

16. 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 ...

17. Lutoslawsky, Witold
(Type: Composer | Bereich: Composers Biographies)

Komponist Lutoslawsky, Witold (1913-1994) Image Leben Lutoslawski, Witold, born at Warsaw, 25 January 19139, is died there, 7 February 1994. He studied with Maliszewski at the Warsaw Conservatory ...

18. Messiaen, Olivier
(Type: Composer | Bereich: Composers Biographies)

Komponist Messiaen, Olivier (1908-1992) Image Leben He studied at the Paris Conservatoire (1919-30) with Dukas, Emmanuel and Dupré, and taught there (1941-78) while also serving as organist ...

19. 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 ...

20. Pachelbel, Johann
(Type: Composer | Bereich: Composers Biographies)

Komponist Pachelbel, Johann (1653 - 1706) Leben German organist and composer Johann Pachelbel, b. August 1653, d. Mar. 3, 1706, is noted by music historians for his influence on Johann Sebastian ...