1. Announcements :AudiMozart! 2010
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Ciao a tutti! Vi segnalo il V CONCORSO INTERNAZIONALE per l'esecuzione dei concerti di MOZART per FLAUTO, oboe, clarinetto, fagotto, corno e ORCHESTRA. Si svolgerà a Rovereto (TN) dal 21 maggio ...

2. Falla, Manuel de
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

Composer Falla, Manuel de Image Life The music of Spain has exercised an exotic fascination, but often in forms adapted by foreign composers. Manuel de Falla is representative of a group of ...

3. Albinoni, Tommaso
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... and secular instrumental works (Adagio for Organ and Strings). Most of Albinoni’s operas have been lost, but a few arias from them remain. Works The set of twelve for strings, Op. 5, the twelve Oboe ...

4. 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 ...

5. Bellini, Vincenzo
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... instrumental and sacred vocal works and his Oboe Concerto is relatively popular. Works Bellini achieved recognition as a significant operatic composer in 1827 when "Il Pirata" was staged at La ...

6. Zimmermann, Bernd Alois
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... been considered by many to be the most important German opera since Berg’s Lulu. Zimmermann’s orchestral works include concertos for violin, for oboe, for atrings and for orchestra, with Canto di speranza ...

7. Quantz, Johann Joachim
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

Composer Quantz, Johann Joachim (1697 - 1773) Image Life After the death of his father, a blacksmith, Quantz began his musical training under his uncle, a town musician in Merseburg. He studied ...

8. Fiala, Joseph
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

... for oboe and for cor anglais and a double horn concerto. He wrote a number of works for wind band. His chamber music includes string quartets and quartets with oboe, as well as sets of duos for violin ...

9. Galliard, John Ernst
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

...  Galliard worked in London most of his life (from 1706) but learned the oboe and flute from Marechal, a member of the French orchestra in Celle. He was  ...

10. Haydn, Franz Joseph
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Composer Haydn, Franz Joseph (1732 - 1809) Image Life The Austrian composer "Papa" Haydn was universally loved and an important figure in the development of the classical symphony and string ...

11. Howells, Herbert
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... are a Rhapsody Quintet for clarinet and string quartet, sonatas for oboe and for clarinet and piano, and three Violin Sonatas. As an organist by  ...

12. Krommer, Franz
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

... for Wind Ensembles (from Quartets to Octets, Partitas, Variations, etc.) and a lot of Wind Concertos (Clarinet Concertos, Oboe Concertos, etc.)  ...

13. Larsson, Lars-Erik
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

... oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, saxophone, violin, viola, cello, double bass and piano.  ...

14. Ligeti, Gyorgy
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... works that have aroused interest include a Chamber Concerto for thirteen instruments, the Cello Concerto and the Concerto for flute, oboe and strings. Lontano, written in 1967, has a place in contemporary ...

15. Lutoslawsky, Witold
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Composer Lutoslawsky, Witold (1913-1994) Image Life Lutoslawski, Witold, born at Warsaw, 25 January 19139, is died there, 7 February 1994. He studied with Maliszewski at the Warsaw Conservatory ...

16. Marcello, Alessandro
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... hundreds of jobbing composers had it not been for J. S. Bach. Marcello's Oboe Concerto in D minor is actually a transcription by Bach, and once Bach takes notice, the rest of the world does too. Alessandro's ...

17. Milhaud, Darius
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Composer Milhaud, Darius (1892 - 1974) Image Life Born into a Jewish family living in Aix-en-Provence, Darius Milhaud studied under Dukas, Gédalge and Widor at the Paris Conservatoire, originally ...

18. Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
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Composer Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756 - 1791) Image Life The youngest child and only surviving son of the Austrian composer Leopold Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus received his early musical training ...

19. Poulenc, Francis
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Composer Poulenc, Francis (1899 - 1963) Image Life After receiving a classical education, the French composer Francis Poulenc studied with Ricardo Vines who introduced him to Satie and Auric. ...

20. Schnittke, Alfred
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

...  Works Orchestral music by Schnittke includes a number of interesting concertos or works for solo instrument and orchestra. These include concertos for violin, for cello, for oboe and harp, for viola ...