1. Fano, Guido Alberto
(Type: Composer | Sección: Composers Biographies)

Compositor Fano, Guido Alberto Vida He began studying music at the age of nine, under the guidance of Vittorio Orefice, choir master and conductor in Padua, who gave him his first piano lessons ...

2. Alamire, Petrus
(Type: Composer | Sección: Composers Biographies)

... probably collected it on his travels before he arrived in the Low Countries - as they were then know. Handed down is around 850 works in 48 choir books. Music is even discovered in bookbindings, obviously ...

3. Allegri, Gregorio
(Type: Composer | Sección: Composers Biographies)

Compositor Allegri, Gregorio Vida Gregorio Allegri was born around 1582 in Rome. The earliest record we have of his career is that he joined the choir school at S. Luigi dei Francesi in Rome in ...

4. Berlioz, Hector
(Type: Composer | Sección: Composers Biographies)

Compositor Berlioz, Hector (1803 - 1869) Image Vida Compositor francés y figura destacada en el desarrollo del romanticismo musical del siglo XIX, nació en la Côte-Saint-André el 11 de diciembre ...

5. Blow, John
(Type: Composer | Sección: Composers Biographies)

Compositor Blow, John (1649 – 1708) Vida English composer. He was organist and choirmaster at Westminster Abbey and the Chapel Royal and the teacher of Henry Purcell. He wrote more than 100 anthems ...

6. Bolcom, William Elden
(Type: Composer | Sección: Composers Biographies)

Compositor Bolcom, William Elden (b. 1938) Vida Born Seattle, 26 May 1938, American composer and pianist. He studied with Milhaud at Mills College (1958-61) and Leland Smith at Stanford (1961- ...

7. Bortniansky, Dmitri Stepanovich
(Type: Composer | Sección: Composers Biographies)

... the court choir in St. Petersburg. In 1796, he was appointed director of the czar’s court chapel and a councilor of state; in addition to his other duties, he composed  ...

8. Britten, Benjamin
(Type: Composer | Sección: Composers Biographies)

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. Caurroy, Eustache Du
(Type: Composer | Sección: Composers Biographies)

Compositor Caurroy, Eustache Du (1549 - 1609) Vida Du Caurroy was a student of Claude Le Jeune, and the last major composer of Renaissance vocal polyphony in France. Du Caurroy served as composer ...

10. Cavalli, Francesco
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... revivals of his work have achieved popularity in recent years. He became a choir-boy at St. Mark's in Venice in 1616 under the direction of Monteverdi, with whom he later enjoyed a close working relationship. ...

11. Cesti, Antonio
(Type: Composer | Sección: Composers Biographies)

Compositor Cesti, Antonio (1623 - 1669) Vida After serving as a choirboy at Arezzo, Cesti joined the Franciscan order at the provincial congregation at Volterra in 1637. Cesti's career took an ...

12. Cooper, Paul
(Type: Composer | Sección: Composers Biographies)

... chamber ensemble, voice, choir, and solo piano. His six symphonies and string quartets and multiple solo and choral works are formally economical and encompass a wide variety of musical styles. Cooper's ...

13. Desprez, Josquin
(Type: Composer | Sección: Composers Biographies)

Compositor Desprez, Josquin (ca. 1440-1521) Image Vida Nacido en Francia, posiblemente en la región de Hainaut, nada se sabe de su infancia ni de su juventud, sólo que al final de ésta inició ...

14. Dufay, Guillaume
(Type: Composer | Sección: Composers Biographies)

Compositor Dufay, Guillaume (c. 1400 - 1474) Image Vida Nacido en torno al año 1400 en Cambrai (Francia), desde los 9 años de edad es cantor del coro de la Catedral de Cambrai, donde aprende ...

15. Duprè, Marcel
(Type: Composer | Sección: Composers Biographies)

Compositor Duprè, Marcel (1886 - 1971) Vida Nace en Rouen (Francia) el 3 de mayo de 1886, en el seno de una familia de larga tradición musical. Inicia los estudios de órgano con su padre, llegando ...

16. Escobar, Pedro de
(Type: Composer | Sección: Composers Biographies)

Compositor Escobar, Pedro de (1465 - ? 1535) Vida Pedro de Escobar (Oporto, c. 1465 - ? Évora, after 1535) Portuguese composer active in Spain . He was a singer in the chapel choir at the court ...

17. Fauré, Gabriel
(Type: Composer | Sección: Composers Biographies)

Compositor Fauré, Gabriel (1845 - 1924) Image Vida Nace en Pamiers (Francia), el 12 de mayo de 1845. En 1854 comienza a estudiar en la Ecole de Musique Classique et Religieuse con Niedermeyer, ...

18. Finzi, Gerald
(Type: Composer | Sección: Composers Biographies)

... England Three Choirs Festival in 1950, while his Dies  ...

19. Gabrieli, Giovanni
(Type: Composer | Sección: Composers Biographies)

Compositor Gabrieli, Giovanni (c. 1558 - 1613) Vida Nace en Venecia hacia el año 1555. Es sobrino de Andrea Gabrieli, con quien estudia. Por consejo de su tío, sirve como músico en la corte ...

20. Gibbons, Orlando
(Type: Composer | Sección: Composers Biographies)

Compositor Gibbons, Orlando (1583 - 1625) Image Vida Gibbons was born in Oxford, and held positions as Organist of the Royal Chapel, as keyboard player in the privy chamber of the all-important ...