1. Rossini Gioacchino
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Compositor Gioacchino Rossini Image Vida Nace en Pésaro (Italia) el 29 de febrero de 1792; sus primeros estudios musicales transcurrieron en el ambiente familiar, siendo su padre un trompista ...

2. Ambrose, Saint
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Compositor Ambrose, Saint Image Vida He was bishop and Doctor of the Church. Tradition has assigned to him a musical significance exceeding that of any other early Christian leader. He has ...

3. Anonymous (XI-XV cent.)
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Compositor Anonymous (XI-XV cent.) Vida The medieval musical experience is impossible to recapture, for most of the music of daily life is lost to us. The sounds of street hawkers, the songs sung ...

4. Bach, Johann Christian
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Compositor Bach, Johann Christian Image Vida Nació en Leipzig el 5 de septiembre de 1735, era el último hijo de Johann Sebastian Bach y Ana Magdalena. El Bach de Milán o el Bach de Londres, ...

5. 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 ...

6. Bach, Wilhelm Friedemann
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Compositor Bach, Wilhelm Friedemann Image Vida 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 ...

7. Boëllmann, Léon
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... gothique. Born in Alsace in 1862, he served as organist at the church of St. Vincent-de-Paul in Paris from 1881 until his early death in 1897. Trabajos In addition to the Toccata from the Suite ...

8. Boyce, William
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... he was a rival of Arne and in 1757 became Master of the King's Music. His works include a variety of music for both church and theatre. Trabajos Boyce's instrumental music includes a set of Eight ...

9. Brito, Estêvâo de
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... capella at Málaga Cathedral, subsequently to be offered and to refuse a similar position at the royal chapel. He died in Málaga in 1641. Trabajos The church music of de Brito represents a particularly ...

10. 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 ...

11. Buxtehude, Dietrich
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Compositor Buxtehude, Dietrich (c. 1637 - 1707) Image Vida Buxtehude fue desde 1668 hasta su muerte organista en la Iglesia de S. María en Lubeck, dando un grandísimo empuje a la vida musical ...

12. Byrd, William
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Compositor Byrd, William (1543 - 1623) Image Vida William Byrd, (b. 1543, d. July 4, 1623), the most famous and versatile English composer of his age, inherited a characteristically English ...

13. Cadman, Charles Wakefield
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Compositor Cadman, Charles Wakefield (1881 - 1946) Vida A native of Pennsylvania, Cadman was educated in Pittsburgh, where he spent time as a church organist and music critic; in 1904, he began ...

14. Capriola, Vincenzo
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Compositor Capriola, Vincenzo (1474 - ca. 1550) Vida From a personal aspect, the most interesting is Vincenzo Capriola, who was most probably an Italian nobleman who became the most gifted Italian ...

15. Cardoso, Manuel
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... whose contrapuntal practices he mastered. His surviving church music, published in his lifetime, includes three books of Masses, a Cantica to the Blessed Virgin and a collection of various motets, music ...

16. 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' ...

17. Cavalli, Francesco
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... He became second organist of the basilica in 1639 and first organist in 1665. He wrote music for the theatre and the church. Trabajos Cavalli wrote a version of the legend of Medea, Giasone, and ...

18. Charpentier, Marc Antoine
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Compositor Charpentier, Marc Antoine (? 1643 - 1704) Vida Compositor francés, nacido en París, su primera vocación fue la de pintor. Se trasladó a Italia a estudiar y ahí conoció al compositor ...

19. Clarke, Jeremiah
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... a vicar-choral at St. Paul's Cathedral. In 1704 he became joint organist with Croft of the Chapel Royal, but went out of his mind and shot himself in 1707. He wrote a quantity of music for the church ...

20. Couperin, Francois
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Compositor Couperin, Francois (1668 - 1733) Image Vida Nace en París el 10 de noviembre de 1668 en una familia de músicos. Estudia música, clavecín y órgano en círculos familiares y con ...