1. Chàvez, Carlos
(Type: Composer | Sección: Composers Biographies)

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 ...

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

Compositor Alamire, Petrus Vida To describe Petrus Alamire as a composer would be misleading, since there never was such a person, and it is exceedingly doubtful that he ever personally contributed ...

3. Albrechtsberger, J. Georg
(Type: Composer | Sección: Composers Biographies)

Compositor Albrechtsberger, J. Georg Image Vida Albrechtsberger, a contemporary of F.J. Haydn, was a famous organist and revered teacher as well as a prolific composer. Although W.A. Mozart ...

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. 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 ...

7. 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 ...

8. Bériot, Charles-Auguste de
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... players, in the practice studio if not in the concert hall. The so-called Military Concerto, No. 1 in D major, is of particular interest, with his popular Spanische Weisen for violin duet.  ...

9. Blomdahl, Karl-Birger
(Type: Composer | Sección: Composers Biographies)

... in music, and was strongly influenced by Hindemith. His music later moved towards the Second Viennese School, and he became a major Swedish figure in the world of experimental music. There remained an ...

10. Boccherini, Luigi
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Compositor Boccherini, Luigi (1743-1805) Image Vida Nacido en Lucca (Italia) el 19 de febrero de 1743 en el seno de una familia de larga tradición musical, siendo su padre, Leopold Boccherini, ...

11. Boismortier, Joseph Bodin de
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... to Paris in about 1724. In the years that followed, he published over one hundred and two major works, all written with an eye on popularity. They were printed and reprinted providing him with enormous ...

12. Brahms, Johannes
(Type: Composer | Sección: Composers Biographies)

Compositor Brahms, Johannes (1833 - 1897) Image Vida Brahms nació en Hamburgo el 7 de mayo de 1833. Después de estudiar violín y violonchelo con su padre, contrabajista del teatro de la ...

13. 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 ...

14. Bruch, Max
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... a major item in cello repertoire, making use of themes from an external source, as Bruch did on other occasions to good effect.  ...

15. 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 ...

16. Cannabich, Johann
(Type: Composer | Sección: Composers Biographies)

Compositor Cannabich, Johann (1731 - 1798) Vida Johann Christian Innocenz Bonaventura Cannabich was the son of a flute-player and composer, Martin Friedrich Cannabich; Christian was born in Mannheim, ...

17. 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 ...

18. Chopin, Frederyk
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Compositor Chopin, Frederyk (1810 - 1849) Image Vida Chopin nació en Zelazowa Wola, Polonia, el 22 de febrero de 1810. Su padre Nicolás Chopin fue nombrado profesor de francés en la Academia ...

19. Clementi, Muzio
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Compositor Clementi, Muzio (1752-1832) Image Vida Clementi comenzó estudiando órgano y clavicémbalo en Italia. En 1766 se traslada a Inglaterra donde, gracias a un rico mecenas, puede ...

20. Qu, Xiao-Song
(Type: Composer | Sección: Composers Biographies)

Compositor Qu, Xiao-Song (b. 1952) Vida Qu  was born in southwestern China in 1952. In 1968, after completinq middle school he was sent down to the countryside during the Cultural Revolution, ...