1. Albèniz Isaac
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Compositor Albèniz Isaac Image Vida Uno de los compositores españoles más importantes del siglo XIX, especialmente por sus obras para piano, de inspiración nacionalista y lenguaje moderno. Es, ...

2. Agricola Alexander
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Compositor Agricola Alexander Vida Agricola was a Franco-Flemish contemporary of Josquin Des Prez who spent most of his working life in Italy. During his lifetime he was considered by some writers ...

3. Alfano Franco
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Compositor Alfano Franco Image Vida Franco Alfano was born in Posillipo, near Naples, on 8 March, 1875. He studied piano in Naples with Alessandro Longo and later attended the Conservatorio ...

4. Falla, Manuel de
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Compositor Falla, Manuel de Image Vida Nació en Cádiz el 23 de noviembre de 1876, estudió música con su madre y luego piano en Madrid. En 1939 fijó su residencia en Argentina, donde murió ...

5. Alain, Jehan Ariste
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Compositor Alain, Jehan Ariste Vida Jehan Ariste Alain was born into a family of organists on February 3rd, 1911 in St-Germain-en-Laye, a suburb in west Paris. His father Albert, was a composer, ...

6. Anfossi, Pasquale
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Compositor Anfossi, Pasquale Vida Pasquale Anfossi, compositor from Taggia (Liguria, Italy), takes place in a troubled moment in building his own space since there was Mozart with his successes ...

7. Arban, Jean-Baptiste
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... salon orchestras and conducted at the Paris Opera before taking up a post as saxhorn professor at a military school. This eventually led to a professorship of the cornet, his favoured instrument, at the ...

8. 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, ...

9. 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 ...

10. 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 ...

11. 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 ...

12. 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 ...

13. Bennett, Robert Russell
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Compositor Bennett, Robert Russell (1894-1981) Vida Born in Kansas City in 1894, it appeared that Robert Russell Bennett would be a major classical composer, and among his mentors was Nadia Boulanger ...

14. Berlioz, Hector
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... King Lear and two overtures based on the  ...

15. Berwald , Franz
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Compositor Berwald , Franz ( 1796- 1868 ) Image Vida The Swedish composer and violinist, Franz Berwald, descended from a family of musicians of remote German origin. Although generally speaking ...

16. Bingen, Hildegard von
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... treatises, plays, and "abstract" music. The latter is monophonic, in the style of Gregorian chant, making use of the primary forms of the time: sequence, hymn, etc. Her melodic contours are consistently ...

17. 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 ...

18. Bossinensis, Franciscus
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... his life working in and around Venice. Trabajos He was a composer of both vocal works with lute accompaniment, and lute solos. Passed down we have 172 works, though there is just a question mark ...

19. Boughton, Rutland
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... king Arthur: The birth of Arthur, the round  ...

20. Boulanger, Lili
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... to sing songs by Gabriel Fauré, with that elder composer himself at the piano. She began taking lessons in various aspects of music from Fauré, Caussade, Vidal, and her own sister Nadia Boulanger. Lili ...