Peter Tchaikovsky

Peter Tchaikovsky

male, deceased (1893)
Pyotr (Peter) Ilyich Tchaikovsky was a Russian composer of the Romantic era. Although not a member of the group of Russian composers usually known...
Charles-Valentin Alkan

Charles-Valentin Alkan

male, deceased (1888)
Charles-Valentin Alkan (November 30 1813-March 29 1888) was a French composer and one of the greatest virtuoso pianists of his day. His...
Gioachino Rossini

Gioachino Rossini

male, deceased (1868)
Gioachino Antonio Rossini (February 29, 1792 - November 13, 1868) was an Italian composer who wrote 39 operas as well as sacred music and chamber...
Theodor W. Adorno

Theodor W. Adorno

male, deceased (1969)
Theodor Ludwig Wiesengrund Adorno was a German sociologist, philosopher, pianist, musicologist, and composer. He was a member of the Frankfurt...
Max Nordau

Max Nordau

male, deceased (1926)
Max Simon Nordau, born Simon Maximilian Südfeld, Südfeld Simon Miksa in Pest, Hungary, was a Zionist leader, physician, author, and social cr...
Erik Satie

Erik Satie

male, deceased (1925)
Satie and furniture music: not all of Satie's music is "furniture music". In the strict sense the term applies only to five of his compositions,...
Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler

male, deceased (1945) (Berlin, Germany)
Adolf Hitler (20 April 1889 - 30 April 1945) was the leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party (The Nazi party). He was appointed...
Houston Stewart Chamberlain

Houston Stewart Chamberlain

male, deceased (1927)
Houston Stewart Chamberlain (September 9, 1855 - January 9, 1927) was a British-born naturalized German natural scientist, and author of popular...
Otto Weininger

Otto Weininger

male, deceased (1903)
Otto Weininger was an Austrian philosopher. In 1903, he published the book "Geschlecht und Charakter" ("Sex and Character") which gained popularity...

François-Joseph Fétis

male, deceased (1871)
François-Joseph Fétis, Belgian musicologist, composer, critic and teacher. He was one of the most influential music critics of the 19th century, an...