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. Babbit Milton
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Compositor Babbit Milton Vida The compositional and intellectual wisdom of Milton Babbitt has influenced a wide range of contemporary musicians. A broad array of distinguished musical achievements ...

4. Corghi, Azio
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Compositor Corghi, Azio Image Vida The Italian composer Azio Corghi is among leading contemporary composers in his native country. His remarkable Anabaptist opera Divara - Wasser und Blut, ...

5. Abe, Keiko
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... the marimba. After forming her own trio playing commercial light classics, in 1962 she turned to the world of contemporary classical music. In the following years she was employed as an orchestral percussionist ...

6. Albrechtsberger, J. Georg
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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 ...

7. 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 ...

8. Anonymous (XI-XV cent.)
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Compositor Anonymous (XI-XV cent.) Vida The medieval musical experience is impossible to recapture, for most of the music of daily life is lost to us. The sounds of street hawkers, the songs sung ...

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. 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 ...

11. Beethoven, Ludwig van
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... there was precedent in contemporary France, ends with the defeat of the evil prison governor and the rescue of Florestan, testimony to the love and constancy of his wife Leonora. Beethoven contemplated ...

12. Bella, Jan Levoslav
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... and composer, respected by his contemporaries Brahms, Hans von Bülow, Joachim, Dohnányi and others and writing music that at times echoes Liszt or  ...

13. 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 ...

14. Bentzon, Niels Viggo
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... His output has had an experimental character and has been influenced by being a practical part of the contemporary debate. Bentzon's opus list comprises about 560 numbered works, and he is one of Denmark's ...

15. Berio, Luciano
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Compositor Berio, Luciano (1925 - 2003) Image Vida Nacido en 1925 en una familia de tradición musical, su primer profesor fue su padre. Despues estudió en el Conservatorio de Milán, composición ...

16. Binchois, Gilles de Bins
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Compositor Binchois, Gilles de Bins (c. 1400 - 1460) Image Vida In a period when Franco-Flemish composers were of the greatest importance, Binchois was regarded by his contemporaries as one ...

17. Birtwistle, Harrison
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... students, interesting themselves in contemporary and medieval music. He then worked as a clarinettist and schoolteacher for brief periods; in 1975 he was appointed music director at the National Theatre. ...

18. 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 ...

19. Bloch, Ernst
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Compositor Bloch, Ernst (1880-1959) Vida Romántico, neoclásico, neorromántico y expresionista, fueron algunos de los estilos por los que pasó la música de Ernst Bloch, nacido en Ginebra el 24 de ...

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

Compositor Blomdahl, Karl-Birger (1916-1968) Vida Karl-Birger Blomdahl was born in 1916 and after studying biochemistry, became a pupil of Rosenberg. He was soon to embrace the most recent moves ...