1. Eccard, Johannes
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

Composer Eccard, Johannes Life German compose: after serving the banker Jacob Fugger in Augsburg (1577-78), Eccard joined the chapel of Prince Georg Friedrich of Preussen-Ansbach in Königsberg ...

2. Fano, Guido Alberto
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

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 ...

3. Aber, Johann
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

Composer Aber, Johann Life 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. Adophe, Bruce
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

Composer Adophe, Bruce Life Bruce Adolphe has composed music for Itzhak Perlman, The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, the Beaux Arts Trio, Sylvia McNair, ...

5. Alain, Jehan Ariste
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

Composer Alain, Jehan Ariste Life Jehan Ariste Alain was born into a family of organists on February 3rd, 1911 in St-Germain-en-Laye, a suburb in west Paris. His father Albert, was a composer, ...

6. Alamire, Petrus
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

... using a pseudonym. He was German, probably called Petrus Imhoff, and he was skilled in music, in particular as a copyist, who Works The origin of all the music is not known, and Alamire had probably ...

7. Bach, Johann Michael
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

Composer Bach, Johann Michael Life Born: Arnstadt,Germany, Aug 1648; died: Gehren,Germany 17 May 1694, German composer and distant relative of J.S.Bach, he was taught by his father and in 1665 ...

8. Baermann, Heinrich
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

Composer Baermann, Heinrich Life Baerman was a German family of musicians, principally wind players. The most important members were Heinrich, a clarinettist known throughout Europe for his velvety ...

9. Beethoven, Ludwig van
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

Composer Beethoven, Ludwig van Image Life The eldest son of a singer in the Kapelle of the Archbishop-Elector of Cologne and grandson of the Archbishop's Kapellmeister. Beethoven settled in ...

10. Bella, Jan Levoslav
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

... the priesthood to become director of music in Hermannstadt, now Sibiu in modern Romania, with its then considerable German population. In the next forty years he established a reputation as a conductor ...

11. Berwald , Franz
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

Composer Berwald , Franz ( 1796- 1868 ) Image Life The Swedish composer and violinist, Franz Berwald, descended from a family of musicians of remote German origin. Although generally speaking ...

12. Bingen, Hildegard von
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

Composer Bingen, Hildegard von (1098 - 1179) Life German abbess and mystic, one of the earliest known female composers. Hildegard's musical and literary output is immense, including religious ...

13. Blacher, Boris
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

Composer Blacher, Boris (1903-1975) Image Life Boris Blacher was born in China, but returned to Germany where he worked as a teacher of composition in Berlin and later in Dresden. His career ...

14. Bon, Anna
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

Composer Bon, Anna (1740 - ??) Life Anna Bon is a fascinating figure among women composers in the 1700's. Among the rarity of women composers, Anna Bon is an enigma because not much is known of ...

15. Brahms, Johannes
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

Composer Brahms, Johannes (1833 - 1897) Image Life Brahms was born in Hamburg to the son of a double-bass player and his older seamstress wife. The violinist Joseph Joachim introduced him ...

16. Brauel, Henning
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

... lives in Aalen, Germany, where he composes and teaches music at the local music school.  ...

17. Bruckner, Anton
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

Composer Bruckner, Anton (1824-1896) Image Life Anton Bruckner is born at Ansfelden (4 September 1824) and died in Vienna (11 October 1896). He was the son of a village schoolmaster and organist, ...

18. Bülow, Hans von
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

Composer Bülow, Hans von (1830 - 1894) Image Life One of the outstanding German conductors and pianists of his time. Von Bülow studied piano with Liszt, whose daughter Cosima he married. ...

19. Busoni, Ferruccio
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

Composer Busoni, Ferruccio (1866 - 1924) Image Life Born near Florence in Italy, Busoni was the son of talented musicians. His father was Italian and his mother German and Ferruccio came ...

20. Carissimi, Giacomo
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

... Apollinare church of the Collegio Germanico-Ungarico in Rome, an important Jesuit educational establishment. Works Carissimi's many compositions include various works for church performance, Mass ...