1. Albèniz Isaac
(Type: Composer | Sezione: Composers Biographies)

Compositore Albèniz Isaac Immagine Life Formatosi musicalmente al Conservatorio di Madrid, incominciò in giovanissima età la carriera di concertista di pianoforte, tenendo tournèes in diversi ...

2. 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 ...

3. Addinsell , Richard
(Type: Composer | Sezione: Composers Biographies)

Compositore Addinsell , Richard Life Addinsell studiò musica a Berlino e Vienna, e ebbe chiara fama principalmente quale compositore di musica per il teatro e per il cinema. Addinsell viene ...

4. Arne, Thomas
(Type: Composer | Sezione: Composers Biographies)

Compositore Arne, Thomas Life One of the leading English composers of his time, and also a violinist, Arne wrote a great deal of theatre music, attempting to establish English opera, as well as ...

5. Arnold, Samuel
(Type: Composer | Sezione: Composers Biographies)

... at the Chapel Royal. He began writing for the stage in 1764, and quickly developed a grand reputation, especially with the English opera "The Maid of the Hill" in 1765. The Maid of the Hill is largely ...

6. Bach, Johann Christian
(Type: Composer | Sezione: Composers Biographies)

Compositore Bach, Johann Christian Immagine Life Uno dei figli sopravvissuti di Johann Sebastian, Friedrich Christoph, divenne musicista da camera di corte a Bückeburg, nello stesso anno della ...

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

Compositore Bach, Johann Sebastian Immagine Life Il massimo rappresentante del barocco musicale nacque in un paese della Turingia come discendente di una famiglia dedita alla musica da almeno ...

8. Baker, Kenny
(Type: Composer | Sezione: Composers Biographies)

Compositore Baker, Kenny Life Born Withersnea, England, UK, 1 March 1921, influential and highly accomplished English trumpeter and flugelhorn exponent, Baker embraces most jazz styles and is known ...

9. Balakirev, Alexejewich
(Type: Composer | Sezione: Composers Biographies)

Compositore Balakirev, Alexejewich Immagine Life Ottimo pianista fin da fanciullo, a quindici anni dirigeva l’orchestra di Alexandr Ulibiscev mentre continuava da autodidatta gli studi musicali. Nel ...

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

Compositore Bantock, Granville Life Granville Bantock played an important part in the development and promotion of English music, both as a conductor and as a teacher and educational administrator. ...

11. 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 ...

12. 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 ...

13. Bennett, William Sterndale
(Type: Composer | Sezione: Composers Biographies)

Compositore Bennett, William Sterndale (1816 - 1875) Immagine Life Musicista profondamente stimato da Robert Schumann, Bennett fu anche uomo abile ad inserirsi in una vita pubblica che lo ...

14. Berkeley, Michael
(Type: Composer | Sezione: Composers Biographies)

Compositore Berkeley, Michael (b. 1948) Life English composer, son of Lennox Berkeley. He studied composition, singing and piano at the Royal Academy of Music, but it was not until his late twenties, ...

15. Bernstein, Leonard
(Type: Composer | Sezione: Composers Biographies)

Compositore Bernstein, Leonard (1918-1990) Immagine Life Leonard Bernstein deve considerarsi una delle figure di spicco di tutto il mondo della musica statunitense; oggi viene ricordato sia ...

16. Binchois, Gilles de Bins
(Type: Composer | Sezione: Composers Biographies)

Compositore Binchois, Gilles de Bins (c. 1400 - 1460) Immagine Life Nel periodo in cui la scuola polifonica franco-fiamminga dettava legge in tutto il mondo musicale di quel tempo, Binchois ...

17. Birtwistle, Harrison
(Type: Composer | Sezione: Composers Biographies)

Compositore Birtwistle, Harrison (b. 1934) Life Born Accrington, 15 July 1934, English composer. He studied at the Royal Manchester College of Music (1952-5), where Davies and Goehr were fellow ...

18. Bliss, Arthur
(Type: Composer | Sezione: Composers Biographies)

... English music, after a more controversial period of composition in youth. In accordance with the perceived duties of his official position, he wrote various ceremonial pieces, in addition to music for ...

19. Blow, John
(Type: Composer | Sezione: Composers Biographies)

Compositore Blow, John (1649 – 1708) Life English composer. He was organist and choirmaster at Westminster Abbey and the Chapel Royal and the teacher of Henry Purcell. He wrote more than 100 ...

20. Boughton, Rutland
(Type: Composer | Sezione: Composers Biographies)

Compositore Boughton, Rutland (1878 - 1960) Life Rutland Boughton was born in Aylesbury on January 23rd, 1878. His father was a grocer, in a small and not very thriving way of business, and ...