1. 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 ...

2. Falla, Manuel de
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... Spanish composers who won international recognition. He was born in 1876 in Cádiz, where he first studied, moving later to Madrid and then to Paris, but returning to Madrid when war broke out in 1914. ...

3. Abe, Keiko
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Composer Abe, Keiko Life Keiko Abe was born in Tokyo into a family of doctors and businessmen. As a child she studied piano, composition and percussion and, most notably, from the age of 12, the ...

4. Bach, Wilhelm Friedemann
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Composer Bach, Wilhelm Friedemann Image Life Wilhelm Friedemann Bach was the second child, the oldest son, of Johann Sebastian Bach and Maria Barbara Bach. He was born in Weimar on November ...

5. Bellini, Vincenzo
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... instrumental and sacred vocal works and his Oboe Concerto is relatively popular. Works Bellini achieved recognition as a significant operatic composer in 1827 when "Il Pirata" was staged at La ...

6. Boughton, Rutland
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Composer Boughton, Rutland (1878 - 1960) Life Rutland Boughton was born in Aylesbury on January 23rd, 1878. His father was a grocer, in a small and not very thriving way of business, and there ...

7. Zeisl, Eric
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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 ...

8. Zelenka, Jan Dismas
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... an event that led Zelenka to feel disillusioned by the lack of recognition he had received for his acheivements. Works He was a skilled contrapuntalist and a creative harmonic composer. His works ...

9. Zuylen, Elisabeth van Tuyll van Serooskerken
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Composer Zuylen, Elisabeth van Tuyll van Serooskerken (1740 - 1805) Life Isabella Agneta Elisabeth van Tuyll van Serooskerken, known as Belle van Zuylen was born at Slot Zuylen, a castle at the ...

10. Durante, Francesco
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... with their operas, Durante achieved international recognition through his church music, along with some vocal chamber and instrumental works.  ...

11. Dussek, Johann
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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 ...

12. 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 ...

13. Franck, César
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Composer Franck, César (1822 - 1890) Image Life Born at Liège in 1822, Cèsar Franck was originally intended by his father for a career as a virtuoso pianist. In Paris his nationality excluded ...

14. Gluck, Willibald
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Composer Gluck, Willibald (1714-1787) Image Life He was born at Erasbach (2 July 1714), and died in Vienna (15 Nov. 1787). His father was a forester in the Upper Palatinate (now the western ...

15. Górecki, Henryk
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... international success with the third of his symphonies, after earlier achievement that was recognised principally in his native country. His musical idiom is original and unconventional, while often drawing ...

16. Guerau, Francisco
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... "Canarios" is a melody that is instantly recognised and made popular by later composers.  ...

17. Hanson, Howard
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Composer Hanson, Howard (1896-1981) Life Though of Swedish parentage, Howard Hanson was one of the first composers to reach international recognition with education solely in America. He did, ...

18. Hovhaness, Alan
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Composer Hovhaness, Alan (1911 - 2000) Life Alan Hovhaness (b. Somerville, Massachusetts, USA, 8 March 1911) was an American composer of Armenian and Scottish descent. Chronologically, part of ...

19. Joplin, Scott
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Composer Joplin, Scott (ca. 1867 - 1917) Image Life Joplin was born in east Texas between July 1867 and January 1898. His father had been a slave, his mother was a free-born black woman. ...

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

Composer Liszt, Franz (1811 - 1886) Image Life Considered to be one of the world’s greatest pianists, Franz Liszt’s career spanned virtually the whole of the Romantic period. He taught and ...