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. Agricola Alexander
(Type: Composer | Sezione: Composers Biographies)

Compositore Agricola Alexander Life Agricola, un contemporaneo di origine franco-fiamminga di Josquin Des Prez, passò la maggior parte della sua vita in Italia. Dai suoi contemporanei fu ritenuto ...

3. 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 ...

4. Corghi, Azio
(Type: Composer | Sezione: Composers Biographies)

Compositore Corghi, Azio Immagine Life Azio Corghi ha studiato pianoforte a Torino e Composizione a Milano con B. Bettinelli. Ha insegnato composizione al Conservatorio di Milano. Fra ...

5. Abe, Keiko
(Type: Composer | Sezione: Composers Biographies)

... the marimba. After forming her own trio playing commercial light classics, in 1962 she turned to the world of contemporary classical music. In the following years she was employed as an orchestral percussionist ...

6. Albrechtsberger, J. Georg
(Type: Composer | Sezione: Composers Biographies)

Compositore Albrechtsberger, J. Georg Immagine Life Albrechtsberger, contemporaneo di F.J. Haydn, fu organista rinomato ed un eccellente didatta, oltre a essere compositore. Ebbe, in vita, ...

7. Anfossi, Pasquale
(Type: Composer | Sezione: Composers Biographies)

Compositore Anfossi, Pasquale Life Pasquale Anfossi, compositor from Taggia (Liguria, Italy), takes place in a troubled moment in building his own space since there was Mozart with his successes ...

8. Anonymous (XI-XV cent.)
(Type: Composer | Sezione: Composers Biographies)

Compositore Anonymous (XI-XV cent.) Life The medieval musical experience is impossible to recapture, for most of the music of daily life is lost to us. The sounds of street hawkers, the songs ...

9. 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 ...

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

... nel 1936. Insegnò per breve tempo al Curtis Institute, ma presto si ritirò, dedicandosi esclusivamente alla composizione (era il Works Barber wrote three operas, Vanessa, with a libretto by Menotti, ...

11. 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 ...

12. Bella, Jan Levoslav
(Type: Composer | Sezione: Composers Biographies)

... and composer, respected by his contemporaries Brahms, Hans von Bülow, Joachim, Dohnányi and others and writing music that at times echoes Liszt or  ...

13. 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 ...

14. Bentzon, Niels Viggo
(Type: Composer | Sezione: Composers Biographies)

... His output has had an experimental character and has been influenced by being a practical part of the contemporary debate. Bentzon's opus list comprises about 560 numbered works, and he is one of Denmark's ...

15. Berio, Luciano
(Type: Composer | Sezione: Composers Biographies)

Compositore Berio, Luciano (1925 - 2003) Immagine Life Nato in una famiglia di tradizioni musicali nel 1925, il suo primo insegnante fu suo padre; al Conservatoire di Milano successivamente ...

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)

... students, interesting themselves in contemporary and medieval music. He then worked as a clarinettist and schoolteacher for brief periods; in 1975 he was appointed music director at the National Theatre. ...

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. Bloch, Ernst
(Type: Composer | Sezione: Composers Biographies)

Compositore Bloch, Ernst (1880-1959) Life Allievo di Jacques-Daleroze, rivelò precocissime doti musicali, e si perfezionò in seguito a Bruxelles, Francoforte e Monaco. Fu a Parigi, poi insegnò ...

20. Blomdahl, Karl-Birger
(Type: Composer | Sezione: Composers Biographies)

Compositore Blomdahl, Karl-Birger (1916-1968) Life Karl-Birger Blomdahl was born in 1916 and after studying biochemistry, became a pupil of Rosenberg. He was soon to embrace the most recent moves ...