1. Chàvez, Carlos
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Compositor Chàvez, Carlos Image Vida Descendiente de indios mexicanos, Carlos Chávez Ramírez nace en Calzada de Tacuba (México) el 13 de junio de 1899 comenzando desde muy joven sus estudios ...

2. Bach, J. Christoph Friedrich
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... at Bückeburg in the same year as his father's death. Known as the "Bückeburg" Bach, Johann Christoph Friedrich composed oratorios, symphonies, cantatas, keyboard works, songs, and concertos. Johann Christoph ...

3. Bach, Johann Sebastian
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Compositor Bach, Johann Sebastian Image Vida Johann Sebastian Bach nace en Eisenach, Thuringia, Alemania, en una familia de músicos. Su padre, Johann Ambrosius Bach, violinista de talento ...

4. Bononcini, Antonio Maria
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... where he became maestro di cappella in 1721. His compositions, including some 20 stage works, 40 solo cantatas and several sacred works, are more  ...

5. Bononcini, Giovanni Maria
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... and two sets of solo cantatas. His treatise Musico prattico (1673) was widely influential. His sonatas, among the finest of the late 17th-century Modenese  ...

6. Boulanger, Lili
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... Boulanger made a noted place in music history by being the first woman to win the Prix de Rome; it was in 1913, and her piece was her cantata "Faust  ...

7. Boulez, Pierre
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Compositor Boulez, Pierre (b. 1925) Image Vida Nace en 1925, en Montbrison (Francia). Estudió con Messiaen en el Conservatorio de París y con Andrée Vaurabourg y René Leibowitz. Desde ...

8. Britten, Benjamin
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Compositor Britten, Benjamin (1913-1976) Image Vida Benjamin Britten nace en Lowestoff (Inglaterra) el 22 de noviembre de 1913, iniciándose en la música con Frank Bridge, con el que aprende ...

9. Carissimi, Giacomo
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... include various works for church performance, Mass settings, cantatas and motets. His 14 Latin oratorios are of particular interest and he developed the form of this genre. These include Belshazzars' ...

10. Clérambault, Louis-Nicolas
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Compositor Clérambault, Louis-Nicolas (1676-1749) Vida As with many composers born in the 17th century, we know little of the personal life of Louis-Nicolas Clerambault, though it is recorded ...

11. Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel
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... best known composition is the cantata "Hiawatha's Wedding Feast", later extended as Scenes from the "Song of Hiawatha", based on the poem by Longfellow. The ballet music from Hiawatha was later arranged ...

12. Danzi, Franz
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... by Apostolo Zeno, Iphigenie in Aulis. Danzi wrote sacred and secular choral music, Masses, oratorios and cantatas. His songs and canzonettes are in contemporary style, but no longer regarded as an important ...

13. Ding, Shande
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... Long March, New China Symphonic Suite, Spring Symphonic Poem, Symphonic Overture, Piano Concerto in B flat major, String Quartet in E minor, Piano Trio in C major, the cantata Ode to the Huangpu River, ...

14. Dittersdorf, Karl Ditters von
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Compositor Dittersdorf, Karl Ditters von (1739-1799) Vida Karl von Dittersdorf enjoyed a reputation as a composer that even eclipsed that of Haydn and Mozart. He was born as Karl Ditters, in Vienna, ...

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

16. Gade, Niels
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Compositor Gade, Niels (1817 - 1890) Image Vida The Danish composer, organist and violinist, Niels Gade, began his musical career with the Danish Royal Orchestra. His first success as a composer ...

17. Geminiani, Francesco
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... He also composed the ballet "La foresta Incantata".  ...

18. Guerre, Elisabeth Jacquet de La
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Compositor Guerre, Elisabeth Jacquet de La (1665 - 1729) Vida Baptized Elisabeth Jacquet the 17th of March, 1665, in Paris, probably on the Ile Saint-Louis where her parents lived at the time, ...

19. Händel, Georg Friedrich
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Compositor Händel, Georg Friedrich (1685 - 1759) Image Vida Nace el 23 de febrero de 1685 en Halle (Alemania), donde recibe su primera formación musical. En 1702 ingresa en la universidad ...

20. Hasse, Johann Adolph
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... 1764, he lived in Vienna. Trabajos Hasse composed operas, cantatas, Masses, oratorios, Psalms, and instrumental works (sonatas, concertos, and chamber music). Hasse is mentioned in a letter (1775) ...