Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

male, deceased (1791)
genius, composer, prodigy, classical music, Classical composer, european…musicalcomposition, musical prodigy
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (baptized Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era....
Olivier Messiaen

Olivier Messiaen

male, deceased (1992)
technique de mon language musical 1944, Turangalila Symphony, livre d'orgue, Jeune France, from Avignon/Vaucluse, born 10.12.1908…musicalcomposition, composition
Olivier Messiaen was a French composer, organist, and ornithologist. He entered the Paris Conservatoire at the age of 11, and numbered Paul Dukas,...
Karl Marx

Karl Marx

male, deceased (1985)
Conductor, music education, Chamber music, Drei Chöre, Heitere Verse, Educator…musicalcomposition
Karl Marx (November 12 1897, Munich - May 8 1985, Stuttgart) was a German composer, conductor, and educator. Karl Marx first studied natural...
Luciano Berio

Luciano Berio

male, deceased (2003)
from the Province of Imperia, Juilliard School faculty, Italian opera composer, experimental music, composer, Italian…composition, musicalcomposition
Luciano Berio (October 24, 1925 - May 27, 2003) was an Italian composer. He is noted for his experimental work (in particular his 1968 composition...
Darius Milhaud

Darius Milhaud

male, deceased (1974)
Les Six, les choéphores 1915, Medée 1939, Christophe Colombe 1930, LE PAUVRE MATELOT, David 1954…composition, musicalcomposition
Darius Milhaud (September 4, 1892 - June 22, 1974) was a French composer and teacher. He was a member of "Les Six" - also known as the "Groupe des...
Juan Bautista Comes

Juan Bautista Comes

male
lleida, Joan Baptista Comes, Juan Ginés Pérez, Maestro de Capilla, Valencia Cathedral, Christian sacred…musicalcomposition, composition
Juan Bautista Comes, also known as Joan Baptista Comes, (29 February, 1568 - 5 January, 1643) was a Spanish Baroque composer who was born and died...
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

male, deceased (1594)
from the Province of Rome, Renaissance, church music, sixteenth-century, musicalcomposition, Roman School
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (between 3 February 1525 and 2 February 1526 - 2 February, 1594) was an Italian composer of the Renaissance. He...

Percy Goetschius

male, deceased (1943)
German, Institute of Musical Art, new england conservatory, composition, piano, stuttgart…musicalcomposition, The Homophonic Forms of Musical Composition, The Material Used in Musical Composition, Lessons in Musical Form
Percy Goetschius won international fame in the teaching of the theory of composition. Goetschius was the piano pupil of Robert E. H. Gehring, a...
Gustavo Dudamel

Gustavo Dudamel

male, 28 years old
San Francisco Symphony, Latin-American Violin Academy, Gustav Mahler Conducting Prize, lara, musicalcomposition, Dresden Staatskapelle…composition
He's the rock star of classical music. Handsome, talented, charismatic - the usual accolades apply to Gustavo Dudamel , at age 27, incoming music...
Johann Mattheson

Johann Mattheson

male, deceased (1764)
German music theorist, organ, composer, Der vollkommene Capellmeister, Organist, opera…composition, musicalcomposition
Johann Mattheson (September 28, 1681 - April 17, 1764) was a German composer, writer, lexicographer, diplomat and music theorist. Mattheson was...