1. Chàvez, Carlos
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Composer Chàvez, Carlos Image Life Born 13 June 1899 in Mexico City, Carlos Chávez was a renowned composer, conductor, and educator whose distinctive, often highly percussive music synthesized ...

2. Alamire, Petrus
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Composer Alamire, Petrus Life To describe Petrus Alamire as a composer would be misleading, since there never was such a person, and it is exceedingly doubtful that he ever personally contributed ...

3. Albrechtsberger, J. Georg
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Composer Albrechtsberger, J. Georg Image Life Albrechtsberger, a contemporary of F.J. Haydn, was a famous organist and revered teacher as well as a prolific composer. Although W.A. Mozart ...

4. Bach, Johann Christian
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Composer Bach, Johann Christian Image Life Johann Christian Bach is commonly called the "English Bach", and was the youngest son of Johann Sebastian Bach und Magdalene. He was born in Leipzig, ...

5. Bach, Johann Sebastian
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... on the G string", a late 19th century transcription of the "Air from the Suite in D major", BWV 1068. Three of Bach's violin concertos, written at Coethen between 1717 and 1723, survive in their original ...

6. Beethoven, Ludwig van
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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 ...

7. Bennett, Robert Russell
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Composer Bennett, Robert Russell (1894-1981) Life Born in Kansas City in 1894, it appeared that Robert Russell Bennett would be a major classical composer, and among his mentors was Nadia Boulanger ...

8. Bériot, Charles-Auguste de
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... players, in the practice studio if not in the concert hall. The so-called Military Concerto, No. 1 in D major, is of particular interest, with his popular Spanische Weisen for violin duet.  ...

9. Blomdahl, Karl-Birger
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... in music, and was strongly influenced by Hindemith. His music later moved towards the Second Viennese School, and he became a major Swedish figure in the world of experimental music. There remained an ...

10. Boccherini, Luigi
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... are performed today (with the notable exception of the famous minuet from his String Quintet in E major, Opus 13 n.5), his name is very important in musical development. He definitely established the ...

11. Boismortier, Joseph Bodin de
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... to Paris in about 1724. In the years that followed, he published over one hundred and two major works, all written with an eye on popularity. They were printed and reprinted providing him with enormous ...

12. Brahms, Johannes
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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 ...

13. Britten, Benjamin
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

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 ...

14. Bruch, Max
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... and orchestra is a relatively modest pendant. "Kol Nidrei", for cello and orchestra, based on Hebrew themes, is a major item in cello repertoire, making use of themes from an external source, as Bruch ...

15. Cage, John
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

Composer Cage, John (1912-1992) Image Life John Cage is born at Los Angeles (5 September 1912) and died at New York (12 August 1992). He left Pomona College early to travel in Europe (1930-31), ...

16. Cannabich, Johann
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

Composer Cannabich, Johann (1731 - 1798) Life Johann Christian Innocenz Bonaventura Cannabich was the son of a flute-player and composer, Martin Friedrich Cannabich; Christian was born in Mannheim, ...

17. 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 ...

18. Chopin, Frederyk
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Composer Chopin, Frederyk (1810 - 1849) Image Life A young man of humble origins and the only son of a French father and a Polish mother, Chopin won early fame as a brilliant pianist within ...

19. Clementi, Muzio
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

Composer Clementi, Muzio (1752-1832) Image Life Muzio Clementi was born in Roma, in 1752. His father was a silversmith, and became aware of his son's musical talent at a young age. When ...

20. Qu, Xiao-Song
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

Composer Qu, Xiao-Song (b. 1952) Life Qu  was born in southwestern China in 1952. In 1968, after completinq middle school he was sent down to the countryside during the Cultural Revolution, where ...