1. 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 ...

2. 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 ...

3. Biber, Heinrich
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... and the curious string orchestra Battalia (Battle), with its imitation gunfire and drunken soldiers. In the first he makes considerable use of scordatura, with the violin retuned to provide different ...

4. 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 ...

5. 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 ...

6. Cabezón, Antonio de
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... of 29 Tientos, pieces varied in technique and mood, Diferencias, sets of variations on secular tunes, Versillos, harmonised versions of the eight psalm tones, and Magnificats, as well as Glosas, compositions ...

7. Capriola, Vincenzo
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Compositor Capriola, Vincenzo (1474 - ca. 1550) Vida From a personal aspect, the most interesting is Vincenzo Capriola, who was most probably an Italian nobleman who became the most gifted Italian ...

8. Corelli, Arcangelo
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... with a solo group of two violins, cello and harpsichord. The Violin Sonatas include a particularly well known set of variations on the popular dance-tune La Follia, a melody used by many composers of ...

9. Cowell, Henry
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... musical traditions, his father's Irish folk heritage, and his mother's Midwestern folktunes. Already composing in his early teens, Cowell began formal training at age 16 with Charles Seeger at the University ...

10. Duncan, Trevor
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Compositor Duncan, Trevor (1924 - 2005) Vida Much of the music of Trevor Duncan must be well known to listeners, not least the March from his Little Suite, used as the signature-tune for the ...

11. Elgar, Edwuard
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Compositor Elgar, Edwuard (1857 - 1934) Vida Nace el 2 de junio de 1857 en la aldea de Broadheath cerca de Worcester en la región central de Inglaterra. De orígenes humildes, creció rodeado de ...

12. Flotow, Friedrich von
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... most successful were Alessandro Stradella (1844) and Martha (1847), which incorporates the Irish tune The Last Rose of Summer.  ...

13. Gottschalk, L. Moreau
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Compositor Gottschalk, L. Moreau (1829-1869) Image Vida Gottschalk was born in New Orleans in 1829. From early in his childhood, he was exposed to the French and African-tinged Caribbean ...

14. Grainger, Percy
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... or full orchestra. Harvest Hymn appears in various chamber or orchestral arrangements, while Walking Tune remains in its original wind quintet form. Folk-song arrangements for various groups of instruments, ...

15. Halvorsen, Johan
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...  Less often heard are his three symphonies and two Rhapsodies on Norwegian folk-tunes. Halvorsen is regarded with gratitude by viola players for his arrangements of a Sarabande and a Passacaglia by Haendel ...

16. Henze, Hans Werner
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Compositor Henze, Hans Werner (born 1926) Image Vida He studied at a music school in Brunswick and, after war service, with Fortner at the Institute for Church Music in Heidelberg (1946-48). ...

17. Kalinnikov, Vasily
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Compositor Kalinnikov, Vasily (1866 - 1901) Vida Vasily Sergeyevich Kalinnikov was born in 1866 at Voina, in the Oryol District, where Turgenev, Henry James's "beautiful genius", had been born ...

18. Lange-Müller, Peter Erasmus
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Compositor Lange-Müller, Peter Erasmus (185? - 1926) Vida On account of his approximately 250 songs the Danish composer Lange-Müller became very popular. His melody was natural, tuneful and expressive. ...

19. Machaut, Guillaume de
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Compositor Machaut, Guillaume de ( ~ 1300 - 1377) Image Vida Nace en Reims en torno al año 1300 y poco se sabe de su vida. Es cierto que fue secretario de Juan de Luxemburgo, rey de Bohemia, ...

20. Mahler, Gustav
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Compositor Mahler, Gustav (1860 - 1911) Image Vida Nace en Kalischt (Bohemia) el 7 de julio de 1860 en el seno de una familia judía humilde. En 1875 ingresa en el Conservatorio de Viena ...