1. Rossini Gioacchino
(Type: Composer | Sezione: Composers Biographies)

Compositore Gioacchino Rossini Immagine Life Figlio di musicisti, ricevette le prime nozioni dai genitori e più tardi, a Lugo, anche dai fratelli Malerbi. Nel 1804 si iscrisse al Liceo ...

2. Babbit Milton
(Type: Composer | Sezione: Composers Biographies)

Compositore Babbit Milton Life The compositional and intellectual wisdom of Milton Babbitt has influenced a wide range of contemporary musicians. A broad array of distinguished musical achievements ...

3. Chàvez, Carlos
(Type: Composer | Sezione: Composers Biographies)

Compositore Chàvez, Carlos Immagine Life Sostanzialmente autodidatta, viaggiò in Europa e negli Stati Uniti svolgendo intensa attività come direttore d’orchestra, conferenziere e organizzatore ...

4. Allegri, Gregorio
(Type: Composer | Sezione: Composers Biographies)

Compositore Allegri, Gregorio Life Gregorio Allegri nacque a Roma intorno al 1582; la prima traccia della sua carriera di musicista è rappresentata dal fatto che lavorò alla scuola corale "S. Luigi ...

5. Antheil, George
(Type: Composer | Sezione: Composers Biographies)

Compositore 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 ...

6. Arnold, Malcolm
(Type: Composer | Sezione: Composers Biographies)

Compositore Arnold, Malcolm Life Sir Malcolm Arnold was born in Northampton on 21 October 1921. After study at the Royal College of Music, London, he joined the London Philharmonic Orchestra, ...

7. Bellon, Jean-François
(Type: Composer | Sezione: Composers Biographies)

Compositore Bellon, Jean-François (1795-1867) Life Jean-François Bellon was a Paris-based violinist and composer. As a result of the Waterloo War in 1815, his training at the Paris Conservatoire ...

8. 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, ...

9. 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 ...

10. Boismortier, Joseph Bodin de
(Type: Composer | Sezione: Composers Biographies)

Compositore Boismortier, Joseph Bodin de (1691-1755) Life Joseph Bodin de Boismortier was among the most popular composers of 18th-century France. He was born in the town of Perpignan and relocated ...

11. Boulez, Pierre
(Type: Composer | Sezione: Composers Biographies)

Compositore Boulez, Pierre (b. 1925) Immagine Life Pierre Boulez è nato a Montbrison (il 25 marzo 1925), compositore e direttore d'orchestra francese. Inizialmente Boulez si orienta verso ...

12. Cage, John
(Type: Composer | Sezione: Composers Biographies)

Compositore Cage, John (1912-1992) Immagine Life Compositore statunitense; studia prima negli Stati Uniti e successivamente in Francia, allievo di Dillon e Lèvy per il pianoforte, e di ...

13. Carter, Elliott
(Type: Composer | Sezione: Composers Biographies)

Compositore Carter, Elliott (b. 1908) Immagine Life Allievo di Piston e Boulanger, crebbe artisticamente in modo del tutto indipendente dalla tipica evoluzione del compositore moderno di ...

14. Cooper, Paul
(Type: Composer | Sezione: Composers Biographies)

... for orchestra, chamber ensemble, voice, choir, and solo piano. His six symphonies and string quartets and multiple solo and choral works are formally economical and encompass a wide variety of musical ...

15. Couperin, Francois
(Type: Composer | Sezione: Composers Biographies)

Compositore Couperin, Francois (1668 - 1733) Immagine Life François Couperin, noto come "il grande" per distinguerlo dallo zio, pure eminente musicista, rappresenta il vertice più alto all’interno ...

16. Francaix, Jean
(Type: Composer | Sezione: Composers Biographies)

Compositore Francaix, Jean (1919 - 1997) Immagine Life Jean Françaix, alunno di Nadia Boulanger, presenta nelle sue prime opere gli influssi di Ravel e di Poulenc; successivamente segue una ...

17. Giuliani, Mauro
(Type: Composer | Sezione: Composers Biographies)

Compositore Giuliani, Mauro (1781 - 1829) Immagine Life Giuliani fu chitarrista e compositore; lavorò soprattutto a Vienna, e poi fu nuovamente in Italia; a Vienna ebbe modo di suonare con ...

18. Glass, Philipp
(Type: Composer | Sezione: Composers Biographies)

Compositore Glass, Philipp (born 1937) Immagine Life Compositore statunitense; dopo aver studiato alla Juilliard School e all'università di Chicago, nel 1964 vince una borsa di studio della ...

19. Goldmark, Karl
(Type: Composer | Sezione: Composers Biographies)

Compositore Goldmark, Karl (1830 - 1915) Life Hungarian by birth, Karl Goldmark made his principal career in Vienna, after earlier years during which he earned his living as a violinist in theatre ...

20. Gombert, Nicolas
(Type: Composer | Sezione: Composers Biographies)

... some for ensembles of up to twelve distinct voices. As opposed to his Italian contemporaries, who had begun work on a more animated and harmonically-oriented idiom, Gombert kept entirely within the domain ...