• Four of the most important composers from the Medieval Period were Hildegard von Bingen, Leonin, Perotin, and Guillaume de Machaut. (quizbuzzers.nl)
  • Meet Mily Balakirev, an unsung - but highly influential - 19th century Russian composer. (wfmt.com)
  • He was among the most influential composers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. (dbpedia.org)
  • A list of famous and influential composers throughout history, including the greatest composers Bach, Mozart, Beethoven and Franz Schubert. (quizbuzzers.nl)
  • He is widely regarded as one of the greatest composers of the Romantic era. (challengerecords.com)
  • He was a virtuoso pianist and composer. (pianosociety.com)
  • An American virtuoso pianist and composer, Yvar Mikhashoff is best known for his performance of contemporary classical music. (buffalo.edu)
  • Spanning more than a half-century, Joan Tower's career as composer, conductor, performer, and educator has left a lasting impression on the American music scene. (utahsymphony.org)
  • The German-born American composer, conductor, pianist, and educator, Lukas Foss contributed profoundly to the circulation and appreciation of music of the 20th century. (buffalo.edu)
  • There she studied with composer/conductor George Szell from 1940 to 1943. (newmusicusa.org)
  • Major composers like Guillaume Dufay, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, and Franz Joseph Haydn had a great influence on the musicians of their times and the next eras.They were the most famous composer of the Renaissance era, the Romantic era, and the Baroque era respectively. (quizbuzzers.nl)
  • Just as ancient orators would use rhetoric to move the affects (i.e. emotions) of an audience, so, according to Baroque music treatises, should the speaker (i.e. composer) move the affects of the listener. (directcurrentmusic.com)
  • In case of Baroque vocal music, this was inextricably related to the text , and this became a rallying point for th eearly Baroque movement that was led by thinkers and composers such as Bardi, Peri, Caccini and Mei . (directcurrentmusic.com)
  • A reactionary composer and thoerist active during the end of the Renaissance and the beginning of the Baroque period. (directcurrentmusic.com)
  • Steve Reich: Featured Composer at Boosey.com Music Shop. (boosey.com)
  • She has worked closely with influential living composers, including Steve Reich. (roulette.org)
  • Recently dubbed Musical America's "Composer of the Year" for 2020, Tower has been a long-time advocate for living composers and women, in particular. (utahsymphony.org)
  • Counterstream Radio is your online home for exploring the music of America's composers. (newmusicusa.org)
  • James Horner, one of the most prolific film composers died in a plane crash yesterday at the age of 61. (bureau42.com)
  • Ahmad Jamal, a pianist, composer and arranger whose innovative, chamber jazz style had a powerful impact on his contemporaries while gaining widespread popularity via such recordings as his bestselling interpretation of "Poinciana," has died, according to the New York Times. (headcycle.com)
  • The Belgian pianist and composer was a pupil of Franz Liszt and a friend of Edvard Grieg. (wfmt.com)
  • The French pianist in music by eminent Romantic composer Frédéric Chopin. (wfmt.com)
  • As a child prodigy, he was taught by pianist Juan Miguel Joval, and by composer and tutor Nicolás Ruiz Espadero in 1859, and later by the visiting American composer Louis Moreau Gottschalk. (pianosociety.com)
  • Time to break out the big guns, boys - Johann's in town. Bach's name will appear on a good many of these lists, because he did a good many things. Even though he was beyond everyone in his own time period, he was considered old-fashioned. Ever the musician's musician, he continued to be revered by composers and scholars even when his public image languished. (willcwhite.com)
  • The Ravi Coltrane Quartet, led by the premier saxophonist, bandleader, composer, and producer of post-bop jazz, will perform at William Paterson University in Wayne, N.J. on Sunday, October 30. (wpunj.edu)
  • Coltrane has established his own identity as an influential contemporary saxophonist. (wpunj.edu)
  • I've interviewed Glass before five of his 11 NAP benefits, including last month's concert with flutist/saxophonist/composer Jon Gibson, an original member of the Philip Glass Ensemble and another Kutztown regular. (wrti.org)
  • His music is essentially a hybrid between the European romantic piano style of the composers he admired (i.e. (pianosociety.com)
  • Nick Hallett is a Brooklyn-based composer, vocalist, and cultural producer working between the worlds of sound, art, and performance. (roulette.org)
  • Over the years, the great composers have often stood as big as, or often bigger or more famous than the producer, director or even the film itself. (dailyfilmdose.com)
  • The influential American composer George Crumb died Sunday at age 92. (keranews.org)
  • Music by American composer Barbara Harbach. (wfmt.com)
  • For the 2020-21 season we have the opportunity to work with UK-based, American composer and Latin Grammy Award-nominee Arlene Sierra. (utahsymphony.org)
  • Morton Feldman was a unique and influential American composer. (buffalo.edu)
  • He has received many awards and commissions from various organizations, including the Parsons Fund (Library of Congress), the Astra Chamber Society, Meet-the-Composer, the Japan/United States Interlink Festival, the American Music Center, and the Mellon Foundation. (coldbluemusic.com)
  • Polansky's writings on computer music, music theory, and visionary and iconoclastic American composers, including Ruth Crawford Seeger (on whose work he is a noted expert), have appeared in numerous publications. (coldbluemusic.com)
  • for being "one of the most influential American composers of the past four decades. (hpana.com)
  • He worked closely with composers all over the world, including leading figures like John Cage, Morton Feldman, Giacinto Scelsi, Per Nørgård, Poul Ruders, and numerous others. (buffalo.edu)
  • Robert Schumann was a German composer and influential music critic. (challengerecords.com)
  • Robert Schumann[1] (8 June 1810 - 29 July 1856) was a German composer and influential music critic. (nac-cna.ca)
  • Ludwig van Beethoven (1770‒1827) is one of the most renowned and admired composers in the development of Western Classical music. (cdc.gov)
  • In 1823, Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller (1793‒1865), a Vienna-born painter, was commissioned by Christoph Härtel, one of Beethoven’s Leipzig publishers, to paint a portrait of the composer. (cdc.gov)
  • He is sometimes seen as the first Impressionist composer, although he vigorously rejected the term. (dbpedia.org)
  • Claude Debussy is often described as an impressionist composer because of his genius for painting images in sound, and this is perfectly illustrated by the lovely sensuous strains of 'Claire de lune' (moonlight). (lessontutor.com)
  • Composers of the Medieval period Hildegard von Bingen (1097 - 1179) German writer, mystic, composer and polymath. (quizbuzzers.nl)
  • First up, vocalist Daisy Press collaborates with composer-performer Nick Hallett for a concert of new material that traverses medieval plainchant, ambient techno, Indian raga, spectral music, tintinnabuli, and other extended techniques for voices and electronics. (roulette.org)
  • Charlemagne Palestine is an influential composer, performer and visual artist. (eai.org)
  • His video sculptures, installations, performances and single-channel videos encompassed one of the most influential bodies of work in electronic media art. (eai.org)
  • Jennifer Higdon's orchestral work Blue Cathedral has been performed over 600 times since its composition in 2000, making her one of the most-performed living composers at symphony concerts. (utahsymphony.org)
  • Larry Polansky is the composer of a unique body of work that sets highly intellectual, computer-based systems into action in the creation of wonderfully inventive music that sometimes incorporates "low-brow" source materials and vernacular musical styles into its "high-brow" mechanisms. (coldbluemusic.com)
  • No, but the fact is James Newton Howard is perhaps the most sought-after composer today, and arguably one of the few of the old guard of the 80's and 90's doing better work than they were back then. (dailyfilmdose.com)
  • Harrison Birtwistle, an English composer famed for his rigorous artistic vision, sonic audacity and deeply theatrical expression has died at age 87. (wskg.org)
  • The German composer’s contributions vastly widened the scope and development of the concerto, quartet, sonata, and symphony. (cdc.gov)
  • She became one of the most influential female European composers but very little of her music survives. (quizbuzzers.nl)
  • For this reason, we wanted to share some of our favorite living female composers. (utahsymphony.org)
  • What names can you expect to find on this best Renaissance composers list? (quizbuzzers.nl)
  • Medieval composers Name Lifetime Nationality Musical school Surviving works Image Ref(s) (5th century) Early Middle Ages (9th century) The Abbey of Saint Gall becomes a musical and literary center of Europe : Notker the Stammerer (Notker Balbulus) He was one of the last composers to make use of medieval techniques such as isorhythm, but one of the first to use the harmonies, phrasing and expressive melodies characteristic of the early Renaissance. (quizbuzzers.nl)
  • Famous composers of the renaissance period were dominated initially by the English and then northern Europeans composers also showed their presence. (quizbuzzers.nl)
  • The Burgundian court was also influential for composers in the Renaissance and attracted them from all over Europe. (quizbuzzers.nl)
  • Prominent Composers of Renaissance A. William Byrd (1543-1623) A few of the most famous Renaissance composers have even written classical music that is still popular and widely discussed today. (quizbuzzers.nl)
  • The second half of the Renaissance period was incredibly influential, as composers became to move away from the modal system of harmony and towards the organization of major and minor scales. (quizbuzzers.nl)
  • Among the composers who have written works for him are John Cage, Lou Harrison, and Terry Riley. (coldbluemusic.com)
  • Composers on Composing for Band, Volume Two , picks up where volume one left off, opening the door to the creative genius of ten more composers at the top of their field. (giamusic.com)
  • A valuable resource for directors at all levels, each chapter is dedicated to the experiences and works of a single composer, culminating with a complete list of repertoire by grade level. (giamusic.com)
  • Steve Reich's music has been influential to composers all over the world. (boosey.com)
  • Since his debut in 1978, Heimo Zobernig has been one of the most interesting and influential artists in Europe and the world. (lu.se)
  • Classical music that is still popular and widely discussed today European composers but little. (quizbuzzers.nl)
  • Coming from Colombia, where I had only heard about one other woman composer of classical music before me, I didn't realize-in all its dimensions-what it would mean for me to study with her. (newmusicusa.org)
  • Meet one of the most influential Bulgarian composers of all time. (wfmt.com)
  • One of the great perks of being an orchestra in the 21st century is that we get face-time with a lot of great, living composers. (utahsymphony.org)
  • He did come from humble beginnings, was abandoned his Mum and ended up in the most influential rock band of all time. (downtownmusicgallery.com)
  • What impressed you about NAP's support of you in the early years, before you became a full-time composer, when you were driving a cab and moving furniture and working as a plumber? (wrti.org)
  • As the central figure in the Burgundian School, he was the most famous and influential composer in Europe, in the mid-15th century. (quizbuzzers.nl)
  • Waldmüller is credited with being one of the most influential painters of the Biedermeier period, the era between the Congress of Vienna in 1815 and the onset of the revolutions throughout Europe in 1848. (cdc.gov)
  • Starting at age 28, the composer suffered hearing deficits that were initially characterized as tinnitus and high-frequency hearing loss. (cdc.gov)
  • Readers, please chime in on some of the great music scores or composers we need to recognize in the last 5 years or so. (dailyfilmdose.com)
  • In cinema, and in particular Hollywood cinema, the film score or the composer has been one of the essential elements of technical cinema. (dailyfilmdose.com)
  • Is anybody talking about influential and commanding film scores of today? (dailyfilmdose.com)
  • He returned in 1879 and took up the baton, and began to take on students, one of whom was Eduardo Sánchez de Fuentes, who would become one of the more important Cuban composers of the twentieth century. (pianosociety.com)
  • English composer Harrison Birtwistle, seen in 2002, has died, his publisher confirmed on Monday. (wskg.org)
  • He was one of the leading English composers of his day. (quizbuzzers.nl)
  • In music history as one of the leading English composers of his day English and then northern Europeans composers showed. (quizbuzzers.nl)
  • A French composer who has been working for years in France and only recently became a hot property in the English-speaking cinema. (dailyfilmdose.com)
  • 22 August 1862 - 25 March 1918) was a French composer. (dbpedia.org)
  • Basically every 14th, 15th, and 16th century composer right up through Josquin and Vittoria. In fact he's so influential, that some crazy person let loose on the grounds of Deutsche Grammaphon's corporate headquarters even released a CD of Machaut remixes (including one by Brad Mehldau). (willcwhite.com)
  • Birtwistle's sonic brashness was a signature even then: when the opera debuted in 1968 at the U.K.'s Aldeburgh Festival, the festival's cofounders, composer Benjamin Britten and his partner, tenor Peter Pears, removed themselves from the performance midway through. (wskg.org)
  • Since then, he has released numerous CDs as a leader and composer. (wpunj.edu)
  • As a composer and lyricist, Gullan Bornemark (b. 1927) renewed children's singing in Sweden from the early 1960s onwards. (lu.se)