1. Aber, Johann
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

... Leopold. He was flautist in the La Scala orchestra in 1779, flute teacher at the Collegio Longone, and one of the 84 musicians whose names appear on the Act of Foundation, dated 26 March 1783, of the Pio ...

2. Albert, Stephen
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

Composer Albert, Stephen Life Born in New York City on 6 February 1941, Albert began his musical training on the piano, French horn, and trumpet as a youngster. He first studied composition at ...

3. Zeisl, Eric
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

Composer Zeisl, Eric (1905 - 1959) Life Eric Zeisl was born in Vienna on May 18, 1905; against strong family resistance, he entered the Vienna State Academy at age fourteen; two years later, his ...

4. Castiglioni, Niccolo'
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

... the Rockefeller Foundation. Until 1969, he was a visiting professor at various universities in the USA. Since then, he has been living in Italy (Milan, and Bressanone -  ...

5. Cooper, Paul
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

Composer Cooper, Paul (1926 - 1996) Life Born 19 May 1926 in Victoria, Illinois, Paul Cooper was educated at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, the Conservatoire National, and ...

6. Crumb, George
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

... and Rockefeller Foundations) and is a member of the National Institute of Arts and Letters. Presently he is composer in residence at the  ...

7. Donatoni, Franco
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

... the Accademia Chigiana in Siena and at Bologna University. Works Donatoni has an excellent ability in accommodating his cultural roots to the crisis of the European avant garde, a crisis which ...

8. Ferneyhough, Brian
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

Composer Ferneyhough, Brian (b. 1943) Life Brian Ferneyhough was born in Coventry, England on 16 January 1943. He received formal musical training at the Birmingham School of Music and the Royal ...

9. Franckenstein, Clemens von
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

... von Hofmannsthal was contemporaneous with the development of their operas, and Strauss' recommendation led to Franckenstein's appointment to the Royal  ...

10. Kalinnikov, Vasily
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

Composer Kalinnikov, Vasily (1866 - 1901) Life Vasily Sergeyevich Kalinnikov was born in 1866 at Voina, in the Oryol District, where Turgenev, Henry James's "beautiful genius", had been born in ...

11. Korngold, Erich
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

Composer Korngold, Erich (1897-1957) Image Life Born in Brno, Korngold proved to be exceptionally talented from an early age. On Mahler’s recommendation he was sent to Vienna where he studied ...

12. Koussevitzky, Sergey
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

Composer Koussevitzky, Sergey (1874 - 1951) Image Life Koussevitzky was a distinguished symphony orchestra conductor who started his career as a double bass virtuoso. He left Russia in 1920 ...

13. Kurtag, Gyorgy
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

Composer Kurtag, Gyorgy (b. 1926) Life Gyorgy Kurtag was born at Lugos (Lugoj, Romania) on 19 February, 1926. From 1940, he took piano lessons from Magda Kardos and studied composition with Max ...

14. Lanner, Joseph
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

Composer Lanner, Joseph (1801 - 1843) Image Life Together with the elder Johann Strauss I, Lanner laid the foundations of the classical Viennese waltz. Taking Weber's "Aufforderung zum Tanze" ...

15. Liszt, Franz
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

... aided two generations of younger musicians and laid the foundation for much of the 20th century’s composition. He was the son of a talented amateur musician who was a steward in the service of the Esterhàzy ...

16. Ma, Sicong
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

Composer Ma, Sicong (1912 - 1987) Life A native of Haifeng, Guangdong, Ma was a famous Chinese composer and violinist. He began to study instruments and got in touch with folk music when he was ...

17. Ma, Sicong
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

Composer Ma, Sicong (1912 - 1987) Life A native of Haifeng, Guangdong, Ma was a famous Chinese composer and violinist. He began to study instruments and got in touch with folk music when he was ...

18. 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 ...

19. Pérotinus
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

Composer Pérotinus ( ~1200 - ?) Life French composer, the most celebrated musician involved in the revision and re-notation of the Magnus liber (attributed to Léoninus). Two decrees by the Bishop ...

20. Saeverud, Harald Sigurd Johan
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

Composer Saeverud, Harald Sigurd Johan (1897 - 1992) Life Harald Sigurd Johan Saeverud was born in Bergen, Norway, April 17th 1897; even though music held a strong position in the family when he ...