1. Elgar, Edwuard
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

Composer Elgar, Edwuard (1857 - 1934) Life 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 ...

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

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

3. Haydn, Franz Joseph
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

... the English admiral's victory at the Battle of the Nile. Between 1796 and 1802 Haydn wrote seven Masses, all with popular German nicknames, "Heiligmesse", "Paukenmesse", "Coronation Mass", "Theresienmesse", ...

4. Ireland, John
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

... a very competent score for the film "The Overlanders". The coronation choral commission of 1937, "These Things Shall Be", proved impressive in its time. His songs include settings of Housman, Hardy, Yeats, ...

5. Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

Composer Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756 - 1791) Image Life The youngest child and only surviving son of the Austrian composer Leopold Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus received his early musical training ...

6. Purcell, Henry
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

Composer Purcell, Henry (1659-1695) Image Life He was a chorister in the Chapel Royal until his voice broke in 1673, and he was then made assistant to John Hingeston, whom he succeeded as ...

7. Ristori, Giovanni Alberto
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

Composer Ristori, Giovanni Alberto (1692-1753) Life Ristori's exact birthplace is uncertain and could be Bologna, Venice or Vienna; his father Tommaso was the director of a group of Italian comedians ...

8. Stamitz, Johann
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

...  In 1742, he performed as solo violinist at the festivities held in Frankfurt in honour of the coronation of Emperor Karl VII, and created so much enthusiasm for his performance that he attracted the notice ...

9. Vaughan-Williams, Ralph
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

... works include "The Lark Ascending" for violin and orchestra, "Sir John in Love" and "Flourish for a Coronation". He composed music for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953.  ...

10. 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 ...

11. Liszt, Franz ( Complete Catalogue)
(Type: Catalogo | Section: Catalogues)

Composer Liszt, Franz Catalog OPUS- TITLE S30 Responsorien und Antiphonen [5 sets] S136 Douze Études [opus 6, 1826 version] S137 Douze Grandes Études [1837 version] S138 Mazeppa ...

12. Walton, William (Best Works)
(Type: Catalogo | Section: Catalogues)

Composer Walton, William (Best Works) Catalog Orchestral Music 2 symphonies Capriccio Burlesco, march Crown Imperial, Improvisations on an Impromptu of Benjamin Britten, Johannesburg Festival ...

13. Sacred and Concert Pieces, Anthems, Te Deums and Jubilates, English Hymns
(Cataloghi/Handel)

Sacred Concert Pieces HWV 229 Seven Church Cantatas from Halle (Music Missing) HWV 230 Ah! che troppo ineguali/ O del ciel! Maria Regina (fragment?), HWV 231 Coelestis dum spirat aura, Antiphon, ...