1. 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 ...

2. 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 ...

3. Abe, Keiko
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Compositor Abe, Keiko Vida Keiko Abe was born in Tokyo into a family of doctors and businessmen. As a child she studied piano, composition and percussion and, most notably, from the age of 12, ...

4. 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 ...

5. Bellini, Vincenzo
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... donde estudia con Giovanni Furno (armonía), Giacomo Tritto (contrapunto) y Nicola Zingarelli (composición). De carácter siempre agradable y sencillo, Trabajos Bellini achieved recognition as a ...

6. 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 ...

7. Zeisl, Eric
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Compositor Zeisl, Eric (1905 - 1959) Vida Eric Zeisl was born in Vienna on May 18, 1905; against strong family resistance, he entered the Vienna State Academy at age fourteen; two years later, ...

8. Zelenka, Jan Dismas
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... musician, an event that led Zelenka to feel disillusioned by the lack of recognition he had received for his acheivements. Trabajos He was a skilled contrapuntalist and a creative harmonic composer. ...

9. Zuylen, Elisabeth van Tuyll van Serooskerken
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Compositor Zuylen, Elisabeth van Tuyll van Serooskerken (1740 - 1805) Vida Isabella Agneta Elisabeth van Tuyll van Serooskerken, known as Belle van Zuylen was born at Slot Zuylen, a castle at ...

10. Durante, Francesco
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... notice with their operas, Durante achieved international recognition through his church music, along with some vocal chamber and instrumental works.  ...

11. Dussek, Johann
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Compositor Dussek, Johann (1761-1812) Image Vida Jan Ladislav Dussek pertenece a una familia de músicos: su padre, dos hermanos y la hermana eran interpretes y compositores. Alcanzó fama ...

12. Ferneyhough, Brian
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Compositor Ferneyhough, Brian (b. 1943) Vida Brian Ferneyhough was born in Coventry, England on 16 January 1943. He received formal musical training at the Birmingham School of Music and the Royal ...

13. Franck, César
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Compositor Franck, César (1822 - 1890) 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 ...

14. Gluck, Willibald
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Compositor Gluck, Willibald (1714-1787) Image Vida Nace en Neumarkt (hoy Alemania), el 2 de julio de 1714. Hijo de Alexander Gluck (1683-1743) y de María Walburga (1692-1740), que no deseaban ...

15. Górecki, Henryk
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... international success with the third of his symphonies, after earlier achievement that was recognised principally in his native country. His musical idiom is original and unconventional, while often drawing ...

16. Guerau, Francisco
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... "Canarios" is a melody that is instantly recognised and made popular by later composers.  ...

17. Hanson, Howard
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Compositor Hanson, Howard (1896-1981) Vida Though of Swedish parentage, Howard Hanson was one of the first composers to reach international recognition with education solely in America. He did, ...

18. 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 ...

19. Joplin, Scott
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Compositor Joplin, Scott (ca. 1867 - 1917) Image Vida El nombre de Joplin está ligado al ragtime clásico sea por las numerosas composiciones que nos ha dejado como por sus conciertos y por ...

20. Liszt, Franz
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Compositor Liszt, Franz (1811 - 1886) Image Vida Nace el 22 de octubre de 1811 en la localidad de Raiding (Hungría). Fue el precursor del recital para piano y, a través de sus numerosos ...