1. Abe, Keiko
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Composer Abe, Keiko Life Keiko Abe was born in Tokyo into a family of doctors and businessmen. As a child she studied piano, composition and percussion and, most notably, from the age of 12, the ...

2. Arensky, Anton Stephanovich
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... Imperial Chapel in St. Petersburg from 1895 until 1901 and he travelled widely as a pianist and conductor. Works Arensky wrote two symphonies and a violin concerto, as well as a set of variations ...

3. Bach, Johann Sebastian
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Composer Bach, Johann Sebastian Image Life Johann Sebastian Bach   (father of Carl Philip Emanuel, Johann Christian and Wilhelm Friedemann Bach) was the most significant member of the Bach ...

4. Bax, Arnold
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... Variations for piano and orchestra in addition to a Concertante for piano left hand and orchestra, written for Harriet Cohen, with whom he had a long relationship. Bax's choral works include settings ...

5. 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 ...

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

... life he experimented with serialism. Works The work that established Blacher on the international scene was his Variations on a Theme of Paganini, an orchestral work based on the theme from the ...

7. Boulanger, Lili
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

Composer Boulanger, Lili (1893 - 1918) Life Lili Boulanger was born in France on 21 August, 1893. She began her music studies very early, and one of the highlights of her life was being able ...

8. Brahms, Johannes
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... massive in structure, and all the result of long periods of work and revision. The two early Serenades have their own particular charm, while the Variations on a Theme by Haydn enjoy enormous popularity, ...

9. 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 ...

10. Bull, John
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

... on both sacred and secular models. His best known work is The King's Hunt, with a series of dance movements, fantasias and song-variations, some of which make considerable demands on the performer.  ...

11. Buxtehude, Dietrich
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... of chorale preludes, variations on Lutheran chorale melodies.  ...

12. Byrd, William
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Composer Byrd, William (1543 - 1623) Image Life William Byrd, (b. 1543, d. July 4, 1623), the most famous and versatile English composer of his age, inherited a characteristically English ...

13. Cabezón, Antonio de
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

... of 29 Tientos, pieces varied in technique and mood, Diferencias, sets of variations on secular tunes, Versillos, harmonised versions of the eight psalm tones, and Magnificats, as well as Glosas, compositions ...

14. Chopin, Frederyk
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... three works based on Polish themes, a "Fantasia", a "Krakowiak "and a "Grand polonaise", and a set of variations on a theme by Mozart. Chopin wrote an Introduction and Polonaise for cello and piano for ...

15. Clementi, Muzio
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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 ...

16. Copland, Aaron
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Composer Copland, Aaron (1900 - 1990) Image Life Copland (born in Brooklyn, N.Y., nov. 14, 1900) began serious musical study in his early teens. He was the first of many American musicians ...

17. Corelli, Arcangelo
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... solo group of two violins, cello and harpsichord. The Violin Sonatas include a particularly well known set of variations on the popular dance-tune La Follia, a melody used by many composers of the period. ...

18. Czerny, Carl
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

... form of exercises and studies, of which he wrote a very large number, up to his Opus 861, Studies for the Left Hand. His other piano music consists of Sonatas and Sonatinas, with various medleys, variations ...

19. Ding, Shande
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

... of piano pieces, including Variations on Themes of Chinese Folk-songs, a children's piano suite Happy Festival, Xinjiang Dances Nos. 1 and 2, and art-songs such as Blue Mist, My Husband gives Me a Sunflower, ...

20. Dohnanyi, Ernö
(Type: Composer | Section: Composers Biographies)

... for his Variations on a Nursery Song for piano and orchestra.  ...