1. 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 ...

2. Beethoven, Ludwig van
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Compositor Beethoven, Ludwig van Image Vida Nació en Bonn el 16 de diciembre de 1770. Sus primeros brotes de talento musical fueron dirigidos con rígida disciplina por su padre, que era ...

3. Blitzstein, Marcus Samuel
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Compositor Blitzstein, Marcus Samuel (1905 - 1964) Vida Marcus Samuel Blitzstein was born in Philadelphia on March 2nd, 1905, the son of affluent parents. His musical gifts were apparent at an ...

4. Boughton, Rutland
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Compositor Boughton, Rutland (1878 - 1960) Vida Rutland Boughton was born in Aylesbury on January 23rd, 1878. His father was a grocer, in a small and not very thriving way of business, and there ...

5. Dvorák, Antonin
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Compositor Dvorák, Antonin (1841 - 1904) Image Vida Nace en Nelahozeves, un pequeño pueblo bohemio a 30 kilómetros al norte de Praga, el 8 de septiembre de 1841. De niño aprendió a tocar ...

6. Godowsky, Leopold
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... he wrote demanding music for the piano, with arrangements and studies that offer considerable technical challenge. His Waltz Masks and music for two pianists give a sample of his style.  ...

7. Guillou, Jean
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Compositor Guillou, Jean (b. 1930) Vida Born Angers, 18 Apr 1930, Jean Guillou is one of the most individual figures in contemporary French music. In the years after the second World War he studied ...

8. Halle, Adam de la
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Compositor Halle, Adam de la (1245 - 1285 ?) Image Vida Adam de la Halle was a French trouvère poet and composer: his musical and literary works encompass virtually every genre current in ...

9. 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 ...

10. Heller, Stephen
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Compositor Heller, Stephen (1813 - 1888) Vida Stephen Heller was born in Hungary but made his career in Paris, after earlier patronage from members of the Fugger family in Augsburg, from where ...

11. Himmel, Friedrich Heinrich
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Compositor Himmel, Friedrich Heinrich (1765 - 1814) Vida Himmel, from 1785, studied theology in Halle, but spend more of his time there at the piano than in the lecture hall. He was made royal ...

12. Hovhaness, Alan
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Compositor Hovhaness, Alan (1911 - 2000) Vida Alan Hovhaness (b. Somerville, Massachusetts, USA, 8 March 1911) was an American composer of Armenian and Scottish descent. Chronologically, part ...

13. Kuhnau, Johann
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... positions except the university, knew Kuhnau at least since 1716 when together they had proved the new organ at the Liebfrauenkirche in Halle. Trabajos Kuhnau's keyboard works exerted a tremendous ...

14. Locatelli, Antonio
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Compositor Locatelli, Antonio (1695 - 1764) Image Vida Nace en Bergamo (Italia) el 3 de septiembre de 1695 en el seno de una familia de terratenientes acomodados. Posiblemente estudió con ...

15. Löwe, Karl
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Compositor Löwe, Karl (1796 - 1869) Image Vida Terminados sus estudios en Halle, Löwe viajó por varias ciudades alemanas conociendo a personalidades como Goethe, Weber o Hummel. En 1820 ...

16. Marais, Marin
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Compositor Marais, Marin (1656 - 1728) Vida During the period when the French viol school led all of Europe in viol virtuosi (1675-1770), Marin Marais (b. Paris, 31 May 1656, d Paris, 15 August ...

17. Rachmaninov, Sergej
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Compositor Rachmaninov, Sergej (1873 - 1943) Image Vida Nace el 1 de abril de 1873 cerca de Novgorod (Rusia) y empezó a recibir lecciones de música a los 7 años de Anna Dmitrieva Ornarzkaia. Estudió ...

18. Reger, Max
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Compositor Reger, Max (1873 - 1916) Image Vida Nace en Brand, Baviera (Alemania) el 19 de marzo de 1873, hijo de un campesino y músico aficionado. En 1784 recibe lecciones de Adalbert Lindner. ...

19. Reubke, Julius
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Compositor Reubke, Julius (1834 - 1858) Vida Born Hausneindorf, 23 March 1834; died Pillnitz, 3 June 1858, German composer, pianist and organist. He studied the piano with Kullak at the Berlin ...

20. Scheidt, Samuel
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Compositor Scheidt, Samuel (1587 - 1654) Vida The German organist and composer Samuel Scheidt was born in Halle in 1587 and represents the first generation of German composers in the Baroque period. ...