Francis Poulenc

Francis Poulenc

male, deceased (1963)
Les Six, buried at Père Lachaise Cemetery, LGBT, From Paris, Opera composer, Dialogues of the Carmelites…Chamber music, orchestral music, Balletmusic
Francis Jean Marcel Poulenc was a French composer and a member of the French group Les Six. He composed music in all major genres, including art...
Adolphe Adam

Adolphe Adam

male, deceased (1856)
Le postillon de Lonjumeau, opera, Balletmusic, le corsaire, Opera composer, Romantic composer
Adolphe Charles Adam was a French composer and music critic. A prolific composer of operas and ballets, he is best known today for his ballets...

Léo Delibes

male, deceased (1891)
Balletmusic, Opera composer, Romantic composer, composer, French, opera…Romantic music
(Clément Philibert) Léo Delibes was a French composer of Romantic music. He was born in Saint-Germain-du-Val, France. Delibes was born in 1836, th...
Cesare Pugni

Cesare Pugni

male, deceased (1870)
Napoleonic Italian Republic, Italian Republic, Romantic composer, Russian Empire, genoa, La Vivandière…ballet, Imperial Ballet, Russian ballet, First Imperial Ballet Composer, Ballet Composer
Cesare Pugni (born 31 May 1802 in Genoa, Italy {Napoleonic Italian Republicdied 26 January 1870 in St. Petersburg, Russian Empire) was an Italian...

Léon Minkus

male, deceased (1917)
Léon Fyodorovich Minkus, Romantic composer, Giselle, Russian ballet, romanov, czech…First Imperial Ballet Composer, Balletmusic
Ludwig Minkus aka Léon Fyodorovich Minkus, near Brno, Moravia, Austrian Empire, {today the Czech RepublicHe is most noted for the ballets he c...
Ivan Vsevolozhsky

Ivan Vsevolozhsky

male, deceased (1909)
Museum Director, Mariinsky Theatre, ballet, opera, Rurikids, Balletmusic…Russian ballet, Imperial Ballet, First Imperial Ballet Composer
Ivan Alexandrovich Vsevolozhsky (1835-1909) was the Director of the Imperial Theatres in Russia from 1881 to 1898. A competent administrator,...

Cécile Chaminade

female, deceased (1944)
Konzertstück, concertino, ritournelle, French, piano music, Classical pianist…ballet, Balletmusic, Ballet No. 1
Cécile Louise Stéphanie Chaminade was a French composer and pianist. Born in Paris, she studied at first with her mother, then with Félix Le Cou...
Jurriaan Andriessen

Jurriaan Andriessen

male, deceased (1996)
dutch, willem, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead, Serge Koussevitsky, Queen Wilhelmina, Jurriaan Hendrik Andriessen…Balletmusic, folk music, film music, ballet
Jurriaan Hendrik Andriessen (November 15 1925-August 23 1996) was a Dutch composer, whose father, Hendrik, brother Louis, and uncle Willem have...