Composer

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   Orchestra

   Things Lost In The Fire: Norwegian folk of Geirr Tveitt

   The very mindful application of folk music to classical during the early 20th century became a global trend since every…

   August 11, 2018

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   Viol

   Exceptional sensibility of consort music from the traveling maestro of the Stuart era

   John Jenkins (1592–1678), lutenist and string player, was the most eminent composer of the Stuart and Commonwealth eras…

   August 6, 2018

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   Orchestra

   'English Dances' creator was fascinated by jazz in youth

   Sir Malcolm Henry Arnold (1921–2006), British composer and conductor, has an impressive body of work to his name,…

   August 4, 2018

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   Orchestra

   'Mysterious Mountain' creator was not thrilled with its popularity

   American composer Alan Hovhaness is perhaps most known for his work Mysterious Mountain, or Symphony No.2, which proved…

   July 29, 2018

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   Trumpet

   Forgotten German composer behind the shift from Baroque to Classical

   Johann Friedrich Fasch (1688-1758) was the leader of the transitional period from late Baroque to early Classical in…

   July 28, 2018

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   Piano

   Influential music teacher Nadia Boulanger considered her music worthless

   Juliette Nadia Boulanger (1887–1979) was conductor, composer, and one of the most influential teachers of musical…

   July 20, 20181 comment

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   Orchestra

   Modern jazz trumpet for gifted Mozart scholar

   Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778–1837) was an Austrian composer and outstanding virtuoso pianist during the transition…

   July 15, 2018

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   Orchestra

   Obscured by Vivaldi, an Italian virtuoso found fans in England

   Francesco Saverio Geminiani—influential Italian violinist, composer, and theorist—was born in 1687 in the scenic town…

   July 14, 2018

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   Classical Guitar

   Spanish guitar maestro who invented footstool wrote the Nokia tune

   Spanish maestro Francisco Tárrega had a colossal influence on the guitar development—in terms of both technical…

   July 10, 2018

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    Songwriter

    There were no bluebirds over the White Cliffs of Dover

    (There'll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover is an iconic song composed in 1941 by the American songwriting…

    July 8, 20184 comments

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    Orchestra

    Alessandro Scarlatti: Italian opera innovator was lost in history for two centuries

    Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725) was among the most important Italian composers of the late Baroque period. His huge…

    July 7, 2018

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    Classical Guitar

    The world's first gramophone record for Paraguayan guitar

    South American guitar maestro Agustín Barrios Mangoré (1885-1944) was born into a large family with seven sons in the…

    July 3, 2018

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    Orchestra

    Im Sommerwind is an atypical work of the typical modernist composer

    Austrian composer Anton Webern rose to fame as a member of the Second Viennese School, a prominent movement known for…

    July 1, 2018

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    Orchestra

    Romeo and Juliet eclipsed by the tragic beauty of Chinese Butterfly Lovers

    The Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto is one of the best known classical orchestra pieces in China, though a vast…

    June 30, 2018

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    Vibraphone

    Cal Tjader: the inception of Latin jazz in the Bay Area

    Vibraphonist Cal Tjader was a fruitful composer who combined Afro-Cuban and Brazilian rhythms with jazz harmonies,…

    June 26, 2018

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    Songwriter

    The Birth of 'Venus': from Stephen Foster, to The Big 3, and Shocking Blue

    Stephen Foster (1826—1864) was an American composer whose vast contribution to a popular song, specifically the ballad…

    June 25, 20182 comments

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    Trumpet

    Nameless trumpet sonata credited to Purcell after years of debate

    Henry Purcell, the most prominent English figure of the Baroque era, covered a wide field of genres, producing music…

    June 24, 2018

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    Orchestra

    Mother of film score genre learned music through BBC radio broadcasts

    Doreen Mary Carwithen, also known as Mary Alwyn, was the first student to be selected from the Royal Academy to join an…

    June 23, 2018

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    Male Vocal

    Dede Efendi: the father of the famous Ottoman waltz

    İsmail Dede Efendi (1778–1846) is one of the greatest Turkish classical composers. He has created masterpieces in all…

    June 20, 2018

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    Classical Guitar

    William Walton forgot that his only guitar work was written for guitar

    Great guitarist Julian Bream commissioned music from a number of composers to contribute to the creation of the modern…

    June 19, 2018

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    Orchestra

    The lively nature of A Color Symphony emerged from the Great War horrors

    A Colour Symphony, dedicated to the legendary conductor Sir Adrian Boult, was the first major orchestral work by the…

    June 16, 2018

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    Classical Guitar

    Fernando Sor: the Beethoven of the guitar

    Spanish composer Fernando Sor was probably the most well-known guitar player in what has since been dubbed the First…

    June 15, 2018

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    Big band

    The Stride Piano founder left nightclubs in favor of symphonic music

    James P. Johnson has secured an honorable place in jazz music history as one of the most gifted piano players and…

    June 13, 2018

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    Orchestra

    English Idyll through the eyes of the Lost Generation hero

    Promising English composer George Butterworth appeared to show no interest in writing symphonic music, instead…

    June 10, 2018

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    Orchestra

    Dvorak's string serenade is a mirror of his blissful years

    For Antonin Dvořák, 1875 was a grand time for both creative productivity and wholesome family life. The birth of his…

    June 9, 2018

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    Saxophone

    Nelson's time in the Marines inspired his future composer career

    Oliver Edward Nelson (1932–1975) was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer. He is best remembered for…

    June 8, 2018

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    Orchestra

    Famous harp masterpiece was created to show off a new instrument

    François-Adrien Boieldieu's output of instrumental music was initially meager and virtually ceased once he became one…

    June 3, 2018

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    Orchestra

    Comic 'Italienische Serenade' was the end of Hugo Wolf

    The inspiration for the Italian Serenade came to Hugo Wolf from the novella Leben eines Taugenichts by the German…

    June 2, 2018

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    Cello

    Bach's brilliant cello suites survived thanks to Anna Magdalena

    The Bach collection of six suites for solo cello may have been written around 1720 as basic practice pieces intended to…

    June 1, 20181 comment

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    Viol

    Authentic recreation of Alfonso X El Sabio's medieval works

    Alfonso X el Sabio, byname Alfonso the Wise, or the Learned (1221-1284) was the king of Castile and Leon. Along with…

    May 23, 2018