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. Babbit Milton
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Compositor Babbit Milton Vida The compositional and intellectual wisdom of Milton Babbitt has influenced a wide range of contemporary musicians. A broad array of distinguished musical achievements ...

3. 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 ...

4. Allegri, Gregorio
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... a number of masses, motets, and a small number of instrumental works, including a four-part sonata for string ensemble that might be considered an important early string quartet, written as it was over ...

5. Antheil, George
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Compositor Antheil, George Vida The work of George Antheil, the self-proclaimed "bad boy of music," is marked by sustained rhythmic vitality, harmonic pungency, and melodic vigor. Born on 8 July ...

6. Arnold, Malcolm
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Compositor Arnold, Malcolm Vida Sir Malcolm Arnold was born in Northampton on 21 October 1921. After study at the Royal College of Music, London, he joined the London Philharmonic Orchestra, becoming ...

7. Bellon, Jean-François
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Compositor Bellon, Jean-François (1795-1867) Vida 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 ...

8. Berkeley, Michael
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Compositor Berkeley, Michael (b. 1948) Vida English composer, son of Lennox Berkeley. He studied composition, singing and piano at the Royal Academy of Music, but it was not until his late twenties, ...

9. Birtwistle, Harrison
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Compositor Birtwistle, Harrison (b. 1934) Vida Born Accrington, 15 July 1934, English composer. He studied at the Royal Manchester College of Music (1952-5), where Davies and Goehr were fellow ...

10. Boismortier, Joseph Bodin de
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Compositor Boismortier, Joseph Bodin de (1691-1755) Vida Joseph Bodin de Boismortier was among the most popular composers of 18th-century France. He was born in the town of Perpignan and relocated ...

11. 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 ...

12. Cage, John
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Compositor Cage, John (1912-1992) Image Vida Nace en Los Angeles en 1912. En la postura radicalmente vanguardista de Cage, alumno de Schönberg y Cowell, son características una voluntaria ...

13. Carter, Elliott
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Compositor Carter, Elliott (b. 1908) Image Vida Carter studied at Harvard (1926-32), at the Ecole Normale de Musique in Paris (1932-35) and privately with Boulanger. Back in the USA he worked ...

14. Cooper, Paul
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... 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 ...

15. 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 ...

16. 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 ...

17. Giuliani, Mauro
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... music is enormous (Sonatas, Duets, Concerts for guitar and orchestra, music for ensembles with one or more guitars, etc.)  ...

18. Glass, Philipp
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Compositor Glass, Philipp (born 1937) Image Vida Descubrió la música en el taller de reparación de radios de su padre, Ben Glass, quien introdujo a sus hijos en el mundo de la música de cámara. El ...

19. Goldmark, Karl
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Compositor Goldmark, Karl (1830 - 1915) Vida Hungarian by birth, Karl Goldmark made his principal career in Vienna, after earlier years during which he earned his living as a violinist in theatre ...

20. Gombert, Nicolas
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... vocal, some for ensembles of up to twelve distinct voices. As opposed to his Italian contemporaries, who had begun work on a more animated and harmonically-oriented idiom, Gombert kept entirely within ...