1. Rossini Gioacchino
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... Figaro trilogy by Beaumarchais on which Mozart had drawn thirty years before in Vienna. Other well known comic operas by Rossini include La Scala di Seta (The Silken Ladder), Il Signor Bruschino, L'Italiana ...

2. Alfano Franco
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Composer Alfano Franco Image Life Franco Alfano was born in Posillipo, near Naples, on 8 March, 1875. He studied piano in Naples with Alessandro Longo and later attended the Conservatorio ...

3. Bach, Carl Philip Emanuel
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Composer Bach, Carl Philip Emanuel Image Life A Rococo style composer, and a son of Johann Sebastian Bach, C.P.E. Bach was a wonderful author of cheerful music. He was born on March 8, 1718, ...

4. 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 ...

5. Baker, Kenny
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

Composer Baker, Kenny Life Born Withersnea, England, UK, 1 March 1921, influential and highly accomplished English trumpeter and flugelhorn exponent, Baker embraces most jazz styles and is known ...

6. Bliss, Arthur
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

... theatre and cinema. Works Familiar music by Bliss includes excerpts from his film-score for H.G. Wells's "Things to Come", and the patriotic march Welcome the Queen, also written for a film.  ...

7. Blitzstein, Marcus Samuel
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

Composer Blitzstein, Marcus Samuel (1905 - 1964) Life Marcus Samuel Blitzstein was born in Philadelphia on March 2nd, 1905, the son of affluent parents. His musical gifts were apparent at an early ...

8. Boulanger, Lili
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

Composer Boulanger, Lili (1893 - 1918) Life Lili Boulanger was born in France on 21 August, 1893. She began her music studies very early, and one of the highlights of her life was being able ...

9. 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 ...

10. 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 ...

11. Chabrier, Gabriel
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

... Debussy, Ravel and Poulenc. Works Chabrier's Spanish rhapsody España is perhaps his best known piece. Also popular are his Joyeuse marche and Suite pastorale, an arrangement of some of his own ...

12. Clarke, Jeremiah
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

... part of a suite for wind instruments with the original title of The Prince of Denmark's March.  ...

13. Clementi, Muzio
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

Composer Clementi, Muzio (1752-1832) Image Life Muzio Clementi was born in Roma, in 1752. His father was a silversmith, and became aware of his son's musical talent at a young age. When ...

14. Cowell, Henry
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

Composer Cowell, Henry (1897 - ?) Life 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 ...

15. Ding, Shande
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

... classes of the famous Russian teacher Borodin Zakharov. He have his graduation piano recital in 1935 and was appointed piano professor at Works His important compositions include Long March, New ...

16. Duncan, Trevor
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

Composer Duncan, Trevor (1924 - 2005) Life Much of the music of Trevor Duncan must be well known to listeners, not least the March from his Little Suite, used as the signature-tune for the BBC ...

17. Durey, Louis
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

Composer Durey, Louis (1888 - 1979) Image Life Strongly influenced by Debussy's opera "Pelléas et Mélisande", Louis Durey joined Les Six (with Poulenc, Milhaud, Auric, Honegger and Tailleferre), ...

18. Dussek, Johann
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

Composer Dussek, Johann (1761-1812) Image Life Johann Ludwig Dussek was a Bohemian, born in Caslav, on February 9, 1761. His father was the town organist, and at the age of five he began ...

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

... its unsolved musical puzzle, is one of the best of his works. Elgar is best known for his "Pomp and Circumstance", a set of five marches.    The concert overture Cockaigne is an evocation of London, while ...

20. Francaix, Jean
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

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