1. Boulez, Pierre
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

Composer Boulez, Pierre (b. 1925) Image Life Pierre Boulez was born at Montbrison (26 March 1925). He studied with Messiaen at the Paris Conservatoire (1942-5) and privately with Andrée Vaurabourg ...

2. Bourgeois, Derek David
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

Composer Bourgeois, Derek David (b. 1941) Life Born Kingston-upon-Thames, 16 Oct 1941, English composer. He studied at Cambridge and with Howells at the RCM; Walton and Britten have also been ...

3. Brahms, Johannes
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

Composer Brahms, Johannes (1833 - 1897) Image Life Brahms was born in Hamburg to the son of a double-bass player and his older seamstress wife. The violinist Joseph Joachim introduced him ...

4. Dvorák, Antonin
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

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

5. Händel, Georg Friedrich
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

... the principal male rôles, led to a general neglect of this important part of Handel's work until recent years, with the increased cultivation of male soprano and male alto voices and a growing understanding ...

6. Lalo, Edward
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

... Maligny, a contralto who sang many of his songs. Lalo also composed operas and chamber music. Works Lalo's flamboyant Symphonie Espagnole is actually a violin concerto in five movements. Written ...

7. Moussorgsky, Modest
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

Composer Moussorgsky, Modest (1839 - 1881) Image Life His mother gave him piano lessons, and at nine he played a Field concerto before an audience in his parents' house. In 1852 he entered ...

8. Pergolesi, Giovanbattista
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

Composer Pergolesi, Giovanbattista (1710 - 1736) Image Life Pergolesi was a composer of instrumental music who wrote for the stage and for the church. He was of considerable importance in ...

9. Searle, Humphrey
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

... Elgar, Vaughan Williams, Havergal Brian, Rubbra, Walton and Tippett; older than Arnold, Simpson, Maxwell Davies, Birtwhistle. A distinguished writer and teacher, Searle also cataloged the music of Franz ...

10. Sousa, John Philip
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

... piano, flute, cornet, baritone, trombone and alto horn. 1867: His father enlisted him in the Marines at age 13 as an apprentice after he  ...

11. Walton, William
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

Composer Walton, William (1902 - 1983) Image Life Born in Lancashire in 1902 to a musical family, Walton was a chorister at Christ Church Cathedral at Oxford, later studied at the university ...

12. Aida (libretto)
(Type: Libretto | Section: Librettos)

Autor Giuseppe Verdi Title Aida Opera (24.12.1871 Opera House, Cairo) Opera in 4 acts, Antonio Ghislanzoni, from a scenario by Auguste Mariette. ... ... Libretto's "Aida" Opera in ...

13. Nabucodonosor LIBRETTO - PDF
(Type: Libretto | Section: Librettos)

Autor Giuseppe Verdi Title Nabucodonosor Opera (9.3.1842 Teatro alla Scala, Milan) Opera in 4 parts, Temistocle Solera, after the play Nabucodonosor by Anicet-Bourgeois and Francis Cornue. ...

14. Giovanna d'Arco LIBRETTO - PDF
(Type: Libretto | Section: Librettos)

Autor Giuseppe Verdi Title Giovanna d`Arco Opera (15.2.1845 Teatro alla Scala, Milan) Opera in a prologue and 3 acts, Temistocle Solera, after Schiller's drama Die Jungfrau von Orleans.  ...

15. Attila LIBRETTO - PDF
(Type: Libretto | Section: Librettos)

Autor Giuseppe Verdi Title Attila Opera (17.3.1846 Teatro la Fenice, Venice) Opera in a prologue and 3 acts, Temistocle Solera (and Francesco Maria Piave), after the play Attila, König der ...

16. Macbeth LIBRETTO - PDF
(Type: Libretto | Section: Librettos)

Autor Giuseppe Verdi Title Macbeth Opera (14.3.1847 Teatro della Pergola, Florence) Opera in 4 acts, Francesco Maria Piave, after Shakespeare's play. ... ... Libretto's      Macbeth ...

17. I Masnadieri LIBRETTO - PDF
(Type: Libretto | Section: Librettos)

Autor Giuseppe Verdi Title I Masnadieri Opera (22.7.1847 Her Majesty's Theatre, London) Opera in 4 acts, Andrea Maffei, after Schiller's drama Die Räuber ... ... Libretto's     I Masnadieri ...

18. Boulez, Pierre (Best Works)
(Type: Catalogo | Section: Catalogues)

Composer Boulez, Pierre (Best Works) Catalog Orchestral Music Domaines for clarinet and 21 instruments Doubles (revised as Figures, doubles, prismes) for orchestra Rituel (in memoriam Bruno Maderna) ...

19. Beethoven, Ludwig van (Complete Catalogue)
(Type: Catalogo | Section: Catalogues)

... violon, alto  ...

20. Brahms, Johannes (Complete Catalogue)
(Type: Catalogo | Section: Catalogues)

Composer Brahms, Johannes (Complete Catalogue) Catalog Op. Work 1       Piano Sonata No. 1 in C Major 2       Piano Sonata No. 2 in F sharp minor 3.1.   Liebestreu - Fidelity in Love, Song for ...