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

... and secular instrumental works (Adagio for Organ and Strings). Most of Albinoni’s operas have been lost, but a few arias from them remain. Arbeiten The set of twelve for strings, Op. 5, the twelve ...

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. Barber, Samuel
(Type: Composer | Bereich: Composers Biographies)

... composition. He won a Pullitzer scholarship in 1935 and the American Academy’s Prix de Rome in 1936 allowing him to study in Rome. He is best known for his famous Adagio for Strings, the slow movement ...

5. Bartok, Bela
(Type: Composer | Bereich: Composers Biographies)

Komponist Bartok, Bela Image Leben Arguably the greatest composer of his nation and a proficient pianist, Bartok started a systematic collection of Hungarian folk music and neighbouring regions, ...

6. 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 ...

7. Bull, John
(Type: Composer | Bereich: Composers Biographies)

Komponist Bull, John (1562 ? - 1628) Image Leben John Bull was among the most distinguished English keyboard-players of his time, and his career forms a link with the developing keyboard ...

8. 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), ...

9. Cazzati, Maurizio
(Type: Composer | Bereich: Composers Biographies)

... contributions to the development of instrumental music, especially in the unique repertory of music for trumpet and strings. Cazzati’s conspicuous absence from the Accademia Filarmonica of Bologna, founded ...

10. Charpentier, Marc Antoine
(Type: Composer | Bereich: Composers Biographies)

... forces that include woodwind, trumpet, timpani and strings.  ...

11. Cowell, Henry
(Type: Composer | Bereich: Composers Biographies)

Komponist Cowell, Henry (1897 - ?) Leben A tireless musical explorer and inventor, Cowell was born 11 March 1897 in Menlo Park, California, where he grew up surrounded by a wide variety of Oriental ...

12. Danzi, Franz
(Type: Composer | Bereich: Composers Biographies)

Komponist Danzi, Franz (1763 - 1826) Image Leben Franz Danzi served as a cellist in the famous Mannheim Orchestra and he was a prolific composer in many genres. In 1783 he took his father's ...

13. Durey, Louis
(Type: Composer | Bereich: Composers Biographies)

... other works. Durey wrote a Concertino for piano, wind instruments, double bass and timpani, a Mouvement symphonique for piano and strings and a string Sinfonietta, as well as a Fantaisie concertante for ...

14. Dvorák, Antonin
(Type: Composer | Bereich: Composers Biographies)

Komponist Dvorák, Antonin (1841 - 1904) Image Leben The late 19th century brought an increasing awareness of national identity to various ethnic groups in Europe and Dvorák’s musical career ...

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

... concertos and a number of chamber compositions for piano and strings, his chief claim to fame lies in his more than eighteen nocturnes.  ...

16. Francaix, Jean
(Type: Composer | Bereich: Composers Biographies)

Komponist Francaix, Jean (1919 - 1997) Image Leben Noted for his concise style and skills as a pianist, Jean Françaix was a composer of great facility and consistent wit. He studied composition ...

17. 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 ...

18. 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, ...

19. Händel, Georg Friedrich
(Type: Composer | Bereich: Composers Biographies)

Komponist Händel, Georg Friedrich (1685 - 1759) Image Leben The son of a surgeon who was unwilling to allow him a musical education, Handel studied law at the University of Halle before moving ...

20. Haydn, Franz Joseph
(Type: Composer | Bereich: Composers Biographies)

Komponist Haydn, Franz Joseph (1732 - 1809) Image Leben The Austrian composer "Papa" Haydn was universally loved and an important figure in the development of the classical symphony and string ...