1. Anglebert, Jean-Henri d’
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Compositor Anglebert, Jean-Henri d’ Vida Jean-Henri d’Anglebert succeeded Chambonnières as harpsichordist to Louis XIV, a position later held by his son. At Versailles he collaborated, inevitably, ...

2. Antheil, George
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Compositor Antheil, George Vida The work of George Antheil, the self-proclaimed "bad boy of music," is marked by sustained rhythmic vitality, harmonic pungency, and melodic vigor. Born on 8 July ...

3. Bargiel, Woldemar
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... Leipzig, before returning to his native Berlin, where he was later appointed professor of composition at the invitation of Joachim. His music is influenced by Schumann, who regarded him as one of the leading ...

4. Carter, Elliott
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Compositor Carter, Elliott (b. 1908) Image Vida Carter studied at Harvard (1926-32), at the Ecole Normale de Musique in Paris (1932-35) and privately with Boulanger. Back in the USA he worked ...

5. Dalza, Joan Ambrioso
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... the time, he gravitated towards Venice. The music that has survived is almost entirely in dance form, their relative simplicity would indicate that they were composed with a popular market in mind. In ...

6. 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 ...

7. 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 ...

8. Gesualdo da Venosa
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... of madrigals include some remarkable and striking compositions, such as the five-voice Moro, lasso, al mio duolo, and the earlier Ahi, disperata vita. His numerous sacred compositions include works intended ...

9. Giordano Umberto
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Compositor Giordano Umberto (1867 - 1948) Vida The opera composer Umberto Giordano studied at the Naples Conservatoire and achieved his first success with the opera "Mala Vita" in Rome in 1892 ...

10. Levant, Oscar
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Compositor Levant, Oscar (1906 - 1972) Vida Levant was studying with Martin Miessler, a graduate of the Leipzig Conservatory who specialized in the Czerny piano method. He began work with the well-regarded ...

11. Manfredini, Francesco Onofrio
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Compositor Manfredini, Francesco Onofrio (1684-1762) Vida He was born in Italy in 1684, probably to a musical family. He did take lessons in violin from the great Torelli, and must have become ...

12. Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
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Compositor Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756 - 1791) Image Vida Nace el 27 de enero de 1756 en Salzburgo y pronto se reveló como un niño prodigio. Educado por su padre, a los seis años interpretaba ...

13. Paisiello, Giovanni
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Compositor Paisiello, Giovanni (1741-1816) Image Vida Nace en Táranto (Italia) el 9 de mayo de 1740. Estudia en el Conservatorio de San Onofre de Nápoles con Durante y Cotumacci. En 1765 ...

14. Piccinni, Niccolò
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Compositor Piccinni, Niccolò (1728-1800) Image Vida Niccollò Piccinni was a well-known opera composer from Italia, and was the part of that famous war called the Gluck - Piccinni Fued. Piccinni ...

15. Pleyel, Ignaz
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... première at the S. Carlo Theatre in 1785. In 1791 he accepted an invitation to conduct the Professional Concerts in London. During Pleyel's London stay, F.J. Haydn generally received more critical and ...

16. Rue, Pierre de La
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Compositor Rue, Pierre de La (ca. 1460 - 1518) Vida La Rue was a Franco-Flemish master of vocal polyphony, and a highly regarded composer in his native Flanders. La Rue spent some years in Italy, ...

17. Scarlatti, Alessandro
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Compositor Scarlatti, Alessandro (1660-1725) Image Vida Nace en Palermo el 2 de Mayo de 1660. En 1672 se traslada junto con sus hermanas a Roma donde permanecerá seis años. En 1678 es ...

18. Schütz, Heinrich
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Compositor Schütz, Heinrich (1585-1672) Image Vida Nace en Köstritz (Sajonia, hoy Alemania) en el seno de una familia de comerciantes y es bautizado el 9 de octubre de 1585. Ingresa en ...

19. Shostakowich, Dmitri
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Compositor Shostakowich, Dmitri (1906 - 1975) Image Vida Shostakovich entró en el Conservatorio de Petrogrado en 1919, donde estudió piano con Leonid Nikolayev hasta 1923 y composición hasta ...

20. Sorabji, Kaikhosru Shapurji
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Compositor Sorabji, Kaikhosru Shapurji (1892 - 1988) Vida Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji was born in Chingford, Essex, England on 14 August 1892; his father was a Zoroastrian Parsi civil engineer and ...