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

Compositore 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. Falla, Manuel de
(Type: Composer | Sezione: Composers Biographies)

Compositore Falla, Manuel de Immagine Life De Falla nacque nel 1876 a Cádiz, dove iniziò gli studi musicali; successivamente mosse verso Madrid e poi a Parigi, rintrando a Madrid nel 1914. ...

3. Adams, James B.
(Type: Composer | Sezione: Composers Biographies)

Compositore Adams, James B. Life James B. Adams was rather obscure, and he wasn’t famous either. He was an English composer, and he is so unknown that no one even knows when he was born. For that ...

4. Agnesi, Maria Teresa
(Type: Composer | Sezione: Composers Biographies)

Compositore Agnesi, Maria Teresa Life Italian composer, harpsichordist, singer and librettist: as a girl she performed in her home while her elder sister Maria Gaetna (1718-99; she became a distinquished ...

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

Compositore 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. Alfvén, Hugo
(Type: Composer | Sezione: Composers Biographies)

Compositore Alfvén, Hugo Life A Swedish composer, conductor and violinist, Alfvén was born and had his musical training in Stockholm. He wrote a considerable amount of orchestral, choral, vocal ...

7. Anglebert, Jean-Henri d’
(Type: Composer | Sezione: Composers Biographies)

Compositore 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, ...

8. Arcadelt, Jacob
(Type: Composer | Sezione: Composers Biographies)

Compositore Arcadelt, Jacob Life Jacob Arcadelt fu un compositore di origine francese, autore di musica sacra e secolare – madrigali e chansons – noto come "Il bianco e dolce cigno". Allievo ...

9. Bach, Johann Michael
(Type: Composer | Sezione: Composers Biographies)

... became organist at Arnstadt castle. He preceded the great J.S. Bach as town organist in Gehren. His compositions display a bias towards choral works, his motets, in particular, being of real standing. ...

10. Bach, Johann Sebastian
(Type: Composer | Sezione: Composers Biographies)

... form, with others existing now only in later harpsichord  ...

11. Bach, Wilhelm Friedemann
(Type: Composer | Sezione: Composers Biographies)

Compositore Bach, Wilhelm Friedemann Immagine Life Wilhelm Friedemann fu il secondo figlio più anziano di Johann Sebastian e Maria Barbara. Nacque a Weimar il 22 novembre 1710; apprese ...

12. Bantock, Granville
(Type: Composer | Sezione: Composers Biographies)

...  Relatively conservative in musical language, he was attracted to the treatment of exotic subjects, Persian, Chinese, Russian and Scottish, in his works for the theatre and choral and orchestral compositions, ...

13. Barber, Samuel
(Type: Composer | Sezione: Composers Biographies)

Compositore Barber, Samuel Life Nato a West Chester, Pennsylvania, nel 1910, Barber fu uno dei primi studenti del "Curtis Institute" di Philadelphia, dove studiò pianoforte, direzione d’orchestra, ...

14. Bax, Arnold
(Type: Composer | Sezione: Composers Biographies)

Compositore Bax, Arnold Immagine Life Arnold Bax, inglese di nascita ma irlandese per affinità culturale, compositore la cui opera è caratterizzata sempre da un elemento etnico celtico, occupa ...

15. Beethoven, Ludwig van
(Type: Composer | Sezione: Composers Biographies)

Compositore Beethoven, Ludwig van Immagine Life Di origine fiamminga, la famiglia lo avviò alla musica molto precocemente. A 9 anni iniziò studi più regolari con Christian Neefe, organista ...

16. Bevin, Elway
(Type: Composer | Sezione: Composers Biographies)

... Master of the Choristers (1585) and organist (1589) at Bristol Cathedral. In 1605 he became a Gentleman Extraordinary of the Chapel Royal. He composed mainly sacred music, notably a Dorian or Short Service, ...

17. Biber, Heinrich
(Type: Composer | Sezione: Composers Biographies)

... different sonorities and unusual chordal effects.  ...

18. Blitzstein, Marcus Samuel
(Type: Composer | Sezione: Composers Biographies)

Compositore Blitzstein, Marcus Samuel (1905 - 1964) Life Marcus Samuel Blitzstein was born in Philadelphia on March 2nd, 1905, the son of affluent parents. His musical gifts were apparent at an ...

19. Boeck, August de
(Type: Composer | Sezione: Composers Biographies)

... the introduction of musical impressionism into Belgium. He was among the most distinguished Belgian composers of his generation, contributing notably to music for the stage, choral and chamber music.  ...

20. Bonporti, Francesco Antonio
(Type: Composer | Sezione: Composers Biographies)

Compositore Bonporti, Francesco Antonio (1672 - 1749) Life Bonporti – nato a Trento nel 1672 – prese lezioni di musica a Roma tra il 1691 e il 1695; studiò poi violino con Corelli, e composizione ...