1. Anglebert, Jean-Henri d’
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Composer Anglebert, Jean-Henri d’ Life Jean-Henri d’Anglebert succeeded Chambonnières as harpsichordist to Louis XIV, a position later held by his son. At Versailles he collaborated, inevitably, ...

2. Antheil, George
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Composer Antheil, George Life The work of George Antheil, the self-proclaimed "bad boy of music," is marked by sustained rhythmic vitality, harmonic pungency, and melodic vigor. Born on 8 July ...

3. Bargiel, Woldemar
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... before returning to his native Berlin, where he was later appointed professor of composition at the invitation of Joachim. His music is influenced by Schumann, who regarded him as one of the leading composers ...

4. Carter, Elliott
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Composer Carter, Elliott (b. 1908) Image Life Carter studied at Harvard (1926-32), at the Ecole Normale de Musique in Paris (1932-35) and privately with Boulanger. Back in the USA he worked ...

5. Dalza, Joan Ambrioso
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... time, he gravitated towards Venice. The music that has survived is almost entirely in dance form, their relative simplicity would indicate that they were composed with a popular market in mind. In total ...

6. Dvorák, Antonin
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Composer Dvorák, Antonin (1841 - 1904) Image Life The late 19th century brought an increasing awareness of national identity to various ethnic groups in Europe and Dvorák’s musical career ...

7. Ferneyhough, Brian
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Composer Ferneyhough, Brian (b. 1943) Life Brian Ferneyhough was born in Coventry, England on 16 January 1943. He received formal musical training at the Birmingham School of Music and the Royal ...

8. Gesualdo da Venosa
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... of madrigals include some remarkable and striking compositions, such as the five-voice Moro, lasso, al mio duolo, and the earlier Ahi, disperata vita. His numerous sacred compositions include works intended ...

9. Giordano Umberto
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Composer Giordano Umberto (1867 - 1948) Life The opera composer Umberto Giordano studied at the Naples Conservatoire and achieved his first success with the opera "Mala Vita" in Rome in 1892 Subsequent ...

10. Levant, Oscar
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Composer Levant, Oscar (1906 - 1972) Life Levant was studying with Martin Miessler, a graduate of the Leipzig Conservatory who specialized in the Czerny piano method. He began work with the well-regarded ...

11. Manfredini, Francesco Onofrio
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Composer Manfredini, Francesco Onofrio (1684-1762) Life He was born in Italy in 1684, probably to a musical family. He did take lessons in violin from the great Torelli, and must have become a ...

12. 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 ...

13. Paisiello, Giovanni
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Composer Paisiello, Giovanni (1741-1816) Image Life Giovanni Paisiello, composer of Italiano opere, was born in Taranto on 9 May 1741. His father, a veterinary surgeon who acquired such fame ...

14. Piccinni, Niccolò
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Composer Piccinni, Niccolò (1728-1800) Image Life Niccollò Piccinni was a well-known opera composer from Italia, and was the part of that famous war called the Gluck - Piccinni Fued. Piccinni ...

15. Pleyel, Ignaz
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... at the S. Carlo Theatre in 1785. In 1791 he accepted an invitation to conduct the Professional Concerts in London. During Pleyel's London stay, F.J. Haydn generally received more critical and popular ...

16. Rue, Pierre de La
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Composer Rue, Pierre de La (ca. 1460 - 1518) Life La Rue was a Franco-Flemish master of vocal polyphony, and a highly regarded composer in his native Flanders. La Rue spent some years in Italy, ...

17. Scarlatti, Alessandro
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Composer Scarlatti, Alessandro (1660-1725) Image Life He was the father of Domenico Scarlatti. When he was 12 he was sent to Rome, where he may have studied with Carissimi. He married in ...

18. Schütz, Heinrich
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Composer Schütz, Heinrich (1585-1672) Image Life In 1590 he moved with his family to Weissenfels. In 1598 Landgrave Moritz, impressed by his musical accomplishments, took him to Kassel, where ...

19. Shostakowich, Dmitri
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Composer Shostakowich, Dmitri (1906 - 1975) Image Life Dmitry Shostakovich belongs to the generation of composers trained principally after the Communist Revolution of 1917. He graduated from ...

20. Sorabji, Kaikhosru Shapurji
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Composer Sorabji, Kaikhosru Shapurji (1892 - 1988) Life Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji was born in Chingford, Essex, England on 14 August 1892; his father was a Zoroastrian Parsi civil engineer and ...