1. Rossini Gioacchino
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Composer Gioacchino Rossini Image Life Of Rossini's three dozen or so operas, Il Barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville) is probably the best known, a treatment of the first play of the ...

2. Falla, Manuel de
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Composer Falla, Manuel de Image Life The music of Spain has exercised an exotic fascination, but often in forms adapted by foreign composers. Manuel de Falla is representative of a group of ...

3. Adams, James B.
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Composer Adams, James B. Life James B. Adams was rather obscure, and he wasn’t famous either. He was an English composer, and he is so unknown that no one even knows when he was born. For that ...

4. Albinoni, Tommaso
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Composer Albinoni, Tommaso Image Life Renowned Venetian violinist and prolific composer, Albinoni produced more than 50 operas (Rodrigo in Algeri, 1702) most of which were staged in Venice ...

5. Alfvén, Hugo
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Composer Alfvén, Hugo Life A Swedish composer, conductor and violinist, Alfvén was born and had his musical training in Stockholm. He wrote a considerable amount of orchestral, choral, vocal and ...

6. Anfossi, Pasquale
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Composer Anfossi, Pasquale Life Pasquale Anfossi, compositor from Taggia (Liguria, Italy), takes place in a troubled moment in building his own space since there was Mozart with his successes and ...

7. Arensky, Anton Stephanovich
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... Imperial Chapel in St. Petersburg from 1895 until 1901 and he travelled widely as a pianist and conductor. Works Arensky wrote two symphonies and a violin concerto, as well as a set of variations ...

8. Arne, Thomas
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Composer Arne, Thomas Life One of the leading English composers of his time, and also a violinist, Arne wrote a great deal of theatre music, attempting to establish English opera, as well as composing ...

9. Aulin, Tor
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Composer Aulin, Tor Life Though Tor Aulin studied composition with Scharwenka, he early career focused on the violin, playing in orchestras, before forming the Aulin Quartet in 1887. It became ...

10. Bach, Johann Sebastian
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... on the G string", a late 19th century transcription of the "Air from the Suite in D major", BWV 1068. Three of Bach's violin concertos, written at Coethen between 1717 and 1723, survive in their original ...

11. Bach, Wilhelm Friedemann
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... 22, 1710, and when he was no longer a child he passed into a strong musical instruction program. He was trained by his father in musical theory, composition, and playing organ, violin, harpsichord, and ...

12. Barber, Samuel
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Composer Barber, Samuel Life American composer and musician, born in Pennsylvania, Barber was a graduate of the Curtis Institute, Philadelphia, where he studied piano, conducting, singing and composition. ...

13. Bartok, Bela
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... is the Concerto for Orchestra, commissioned by Koussevitzky for the Boston Symphony Orchestra. The two Violin Concertos are important additions to the solo violin repertoire. The Viola Concerto and the ...

14. Bax, Arnold
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... including The Garden of Fand, November Woods and Tintagel, are his best known works. He wrote seven symphonies and some fine chamber music. There are concertos for cello, for viola and for violin and Symphonic ...

15. Beethoven, Ludwig van
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Composer Beethoven, Ludwig van Image Life The eldest son of a singer in the Kapelle of the Archbishop-Elector of Cologne and grandson of the Archbishop's Kapellmeister. Beethoven settled in ...

16. Bellon, Jean-François
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Composer Bellon, Jean-François (1795-1867) Life Jean-François Bellon was a Paris-based violinist and composer. As a result of the Waterloo War in 1815, his training at the Paris Conservatoire ...

17. Berg, Alban
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... Berg's Violin Concerto and Chamber Concerto are an important part of 20th century repertoire. His Lyric Suite for string quartet was later orchestrated in part, while the delicately orchestrated Three ...

18. Bériot, Charles-Auguste de
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Composer Bériot, Charles-Auguste de (1802 - 1870) Life A pupil of the Italian violinist Viotti, Bériot became one of the most distinguished players of his time, the creator of the Franco-Belgian ...

19. Berlioz, Hector
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... later by Harold in Italy, for viola and orchestra, with a narrative programme of literary origin, written for but never performed by the great violinist Paganini. Concert overtures include a Shakespearean ...

20. Berwald , Franz
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Composer Berwald , Franz ( 1796- 1868 ) Image Life The Swedish composer and violinist, Franz Berwald, descended from a family of musicians of remote German origin. Although generally speaking ...