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. Fano, Guido Alberto
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Compositor Fano, Guido Alberto Vida He began studying music at the age of nine, under the guidance of Vittorio Orefice, choir master and conductor in Padua, who gave him his first piano lessons ...

3. Aber, Johann
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Compositor Aber, Johann Vida Johann Aber was an Italian composer and flautist of German descent, living in Milan. In 1765 he was flautist in Sammartini’s orchestra for a concert in honour of Archduke ...

4. Adams, James B.
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Compositor Adams, James B. Vida James B. Adams was rather obscure, and he wasn’t famous either. He was an English composer, and he is so unknown that no one even knows when he was born. For that ...

5. Allegri, Gregorio
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... a number of masses, motets, and a small number of instrumental works, including a four-part sonata for string ensemble that might be considered an important early string quartet, written as it was over ...

6. Antheil, George
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... pianist, performing in recital many of his own works such as Mechanisms, Airplane Sonata, and Sonata Sauvage. The riots that  ...

7. 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, ...

8. 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 ...

9. Barber, Samuel
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Compositor Barber, Samuel Vida Nace en West Chester (Pensilvania, USA) el 9 de marzo de 1910. Destacado desde su juventud por su facilidad para componer obras vocales, obtiene el cargo de Organista ...

10. Bartok, Bela
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Compositor Bartok, Bela Image Vida Nace en Nagyszentminklo, Transilavania. Influido en sus inicios por Liszt, Wagner y R. Strauss, Bartók se dedicó, concluida su formación musical en Budapest ...

11. Bax, Arnold
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Compositor Bax, Arnold Image Vida British composer and novelist, born in London. Literary influences, especially the poetry of W.B.Yeats, were important in establishing Arnold Bax as the leading ...

12. 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 ...

13. Biber, Heinrich
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... service with the Prince-Bishop of Olmutz. Trabajos Among a number of interesting compositions are Biber's fifteen Rosary Sonatas, for violin and basso continuo, with its unaccompanied violin Passacaglia, ...

14. 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 ...

15. 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, ...

16. Bononcini, Giovanni Maria
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... di cappella at Modena Cathedral from 1673. He wrote mainly instrumental works (nine sets of sonatas and dance movements, 1666-78) but latterly turned to vocal genres, composing a chamber opera, madrigals ...

17. Boulez, Pierre
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Compositor Boulez, Pierre (b. 1925) Image Vida Nace en 1925, en Montbrison (Francia). Estudió con Messiaen en el Conservatorio de París y con Andrée Vaurabourg y René Leibowitz. Desde ...

18. Boyce, William
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... Symphonies in eight parts, published in 1760, compositions that reflect the changing tastes of the time. His set of Twelve Trio Sonatas followed a fashion that had started with Corelli in the previous ...

19. Brahms, Johannes
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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 ...

20. Britten, Benjamin
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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 ...