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. Arnold, Samuel
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Compositor Arnold, Samuel Vida Samuel Arnold was born in London, the son of Thomas Arnold and Princess Amalia. The young Arnold studied music under Bernard Gates, one of John Blow’s students, ...

3. 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 ...

4. 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 ...

5. Berlioz, Hector
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... later by Harold in Italy, for viola and orchestra, with a narrative programme of literary origin, written for but never performed by the great violinist Paganini. Concert overtures include a Shakespearean ...

6. Brahms, Johannes
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... of a form in which Brahms had complete mastery. Two overtures, the "Academic Festival Overture" and the "Tragic Overture", with arrangements of his "Hungarian Dances", complete the body of orchestral ...

7. Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Mario
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... Sates in 1939. His works are still largely unpublished and include eight operas, many film scores, ballets, oratorios, overtures, songs and chamber music. Trabajos Castelnuovo-Tedesco wrote several ...

8. Czerny, Carl
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Compositor Czerny, Carl (1791 - 1857) Image Vida Nace en Viena el 21 de febrero de 1791 en el seno de una familia dedicada a la música y que supo encaminar los estudios de Carl hacia el conocimiento ...

9. Dittersdorf, Karl Ditters von
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Compositor Dittersdorf, Karl Ditters von (1739-1799) Vida Karl von Dittersdorf enjoyed a reputation as a composer that even eclipsed that of Haydn and Mozart. He was born as Karl Ditters, in Vienna, ...

10. 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 ...

11. Gade, Niels
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... a Violin Concerto and several concert overtures, with an evocative "A Summer's Day in the Country", five pieces for orchestra. Gade's chamber music includes one mature String Quartet and two String Quintets, ...

12. Gilson, Paul
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... incidental music for the play Alvar and a dramatic series of Symphonic Overtures.  ...

13. Glinka, Mikail
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... Overtures to these operas make effective curtain-raisers. Travel abroad inspired the Spanish mood of Jota aragonesa, a Capriccio brillante also known as the First Spanish Overture. The second of the ...

14. Goldmark, Karl
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... Tale exemplified a form of stage work more familiar from Humperdinck. In addition to two symphonies and two violin concertos, Goldmark wrote a series of concert overtures and  ...

15. Hebenstreit, Pantaleon
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Compositor Hebenstreit, Pantaleon (1667-1750) Vida Born in Eisleben in 1667 we first hear of Hebenstreit in Leipzig where he earned a living playing violin and teaching dancing and keyboard instruments. ...

16. Lully, Jean Baptiste
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Compositor Lully, Jean Baptiste (1632-1687) Image Vida Nace en Florencia (Italia) el 28 de noviembre de 1632 y estudia violín, guitarra y composición con Carissimi. En 1646 viaja a Francia ...

17. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix
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Compositor Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix (1809 - 1847) Image Vida Nació el 3 de febrero de 1809 en Hamburgo en el seno de una familia judía que poco después se convirtió al protestantismo. Fue ...

18. Raff, Joachim
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Compositor Raff, Joachim (1822 - 1882) Vida The son of a music teacher, Joachim Raff followed in his father’s footsteps and began his career in Rapperswil. In 1844 he moved to Zurich where he met ...

19. Reicha, Anton
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... of orchestral music as in other genres, with a series of symphonies, overtures and concertos. Among his many choral and vocal works are settings of the Requiem and other liturgical and sacred texts. Secular ...

20. Sammartini, G. Battista
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... Sammartini’s orchestral music survive, with six violin concertos, one double violin concerto, two flute concertos, in addition to sets of concerti grossi and overtures. These vary in style from an early ...