1. Fano, Guido Alberto
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Composer Fano, Guido Alberto Life 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 and ...

2. Alamire, Petrus
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... collected it on his travels before he arrived in the Low Countries - as they were then know. Handed down is around 850 works in 48 choir books. Music is even discovered in bookbindings, obviously incorrectly ...

3. Allegri, Gregorio
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Composer Allegri, Gregorio Life Gregorio Allegri was born around 1582 in Rome. The earliest record we have of his career is that he joined the choir school at S. Luigi dei Francesi in Rome in 1591. ...

4. Berlioz, Hector
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Composer Berlioz, Hector (1803 - 1869) Image Life A leading figure of French Romanticism, Hector Berlioz was considered to be an outsider as far as the French musical establishment was concerned ...

5. Blow, John
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Composer Blow, John (1649 – 1708) Life English composer. He was organist and choirmaster at Westminster Abbey and the Chapel Royal and the teacher of Henry Purcell. He wrote more than 100 anthems ...

6. Bolcom, William Elden
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Composer Bolcom, William Elden (b. 1938) Life Born Seattle, 26 May 1938, American composer and pianist. He studied with Milhaud at Mills College (1958-61) and Leland Smith at Stanford (1961- ...

7. Bortniansky, Dmitri Stepanovich
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... the court choir in St. Petersburg. In 1796, he was appointed director of the czar’s court chapel and a councilor of state; in addition to his other duties, he composed  ...

8. Britten, Benjamin
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Composer Britten, Benjamin (1913-1976) Image Life Benjamin Britten is born at Lowestoft, 22 November 1913, and died at Aldeburgh, 4 December 1976. He studied with Frank Bridge as a boy and ...

9. Caurroy, Eustache Du
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Composer Caurroy, Eustache Du (1549 - 1609) Life Du Caurroy was a student of Claude Le Jeune, and the last major composer of Renaissance vocal polyphony in France. Du Caurroy served as composer ...

10. Cavalli, Francesco
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... revivals of his work have achieved popularity in recent years. He became a choir-boy at St. Mark's in Venice in 1616 under the direction of Monteverdi, with whom he later enjoyed a close working relationship. ...

11. Cesti, Antonio
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

Composer Cesti, Antonio (1623 - 1669) Life After serving as a choirboy at Arezzo, Cesti joined the Franciscan order at the provincial congregation at Volterra in 1637. Cesti's career took an important ...

12. Cooper, Paul
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

... chamber ensemble, voice, choir, and solo piano. His six symphonies and string quartets and multiple solo and choral works are formally economical and encompass a wide variety of musical styles. Cooper's ...

13. Desprez, Josquin
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

... into the service of Cardinal Ascanio Sforza, whom he probably accompanied in Rome in 1484. His name first appears among the papal chapel choir in 1486 and Works Josquin's works gradually became ...

14. Dufay, Guillaume
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... the choir at Cambrai Cathedral, Dufay was briefly in the service of the Malatesta family in Italy. After a further period in France, he returned to sing in the Papal chapel in 1428. He was subsequently ...

15. Duprè, Marcel
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Composer Duprè, Marcel (1886 - 1971) Life French organist, composer and teacher; both of his grandfathers were organists and choirmasters, the mother was a pianist and cellist, the father an organist. ...

16. Escobar, Pedro de
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Composer Escobar, Pedro de (1465 - ? 1535) Life Pedro de Escobar (Oporto, c. 1465 - ? Évora, after 1535) Portuguese composer active in Spain . He was a singer in the chapel choir at the court ...

17. Fauré, Gabriel
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...  He was a pupil of Camille Saint-Saens at the Louis Niedermeyer School. He played the organ in various Parisian churches for many years and eventually became chief organist and choirmaster at La Madeleine. ...

18. Finzi, Gerald
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... England Three Choirs Festival in 1950, while his Dies  ...

19. Gabrieli, Giovanni
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... the Jubilate Deo, using double choir and brass, is characteristic of his style of writing. The most widely known of Gabrieli's works is the Sonata pian' e forte, an eight-part composition for two four-part ...

20. Gibbons, Orlando
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

Composer Gibbons, Orlando (1583 - 1625) Image Life Gibbons was born in Oxford, and held positions as Organist of the Royal Chapel, as keyboard player in the privy chamber of the all-important ...