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Musical composers, more usually of "classical" music, belong here.

Bach, Johann Sebastian

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This category lists sites that provide biographies and autobiographies for Johann Sebastian Bach. Biographies may be brief but the information contained should have the basic details, e.g., birth and death dates, some details of the life lived, major accomplishments, etc.

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This category lists pages and sites about the German composer Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). He helped define the Baroque period and is possibly the greatest master of musical counterpoint who ever lived.

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Bizet, Georges Alexandre César Léopold

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This category lists sites that provide biographies and autobiographies for Georges Bizet. Biographies may be brief but the information contained should have the basic details, e.g., birth and death dates, some details of the life lived, major accomplishments, etc.

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This category lists pages and sites about the Romantic composer Georges Bizet (1838-1875). Known best for his operas, including Carmen, he also wrote symphonic and incidental music, overtures, and works for piano and voice.

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Borodin, Aleksandr Porfir'yevich

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This category lists sites that provide biographies and autobiographies for Aleksandr Porfir'yevich Borodin. Biographies may be brief but the information contained should have the basic details, e.g., birth and death dates, some details of the life lived, major accomplishments, etc.

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This category lists pages and sites about the Russian composer Aleksandr Porfir'yevich Borodin (1833-87) who was also a chemist and physician. He published important chemistry papers and helped found a women's medical school. Music, especially composition, was his recreation. He later joined Balakirev in Moguchaya Kuchka (Mighty Little Heap), or The Five, a group of influential, nationalistic composers.
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Brahms, Johannes

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This category lists sites that provide biographies and autobiographies for Johannes Brahms. Biographies may be brief but the information contained should have the basic details, e.g., birth and death dates, some details of the life lived, major accomplishments, etc.

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This category lists pages and sites about the German Romantic composer Johannes Brahms who was born in Hamburg in 1833 and died in Vienna, Austria in 1897.

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Chopin, Frederic

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This category lists sites that provide biographies and autobiographies for Frederic (Fryderyk) Francois Chopin. Biographies may be brief but the information contained should have the basic details, e.g., birth and death dates, some details of the life lived, major accomplishments, etc.

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This category lists pages and sites about the Romantic period composer Frederic (Fryderyk) Francois Chopin, who was born in 1810 in Poland and died in 1849 in France, where he spent much of his adult life. Accomplished in many areas of music, he is most known as virtuoso pianist and composer for that instrument.

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Classical

The word 'classical' really has two meanings: firstly, it is used when music is described as belonging to one of two broad categories, for example 'pop' and 'classical'. However, when it is written with a capital 'C', it refers to the short period of time between approximately 1750 and 1820. Examples of composers writing music during the Classical period include Mozart and Haydn. Beethoven also began writing music in the 'Classical' style, although his later works are said to be 'Romantic' in style.
From about 1830, composers began to compose in a more imaginative, emotional way. These works are said to be in the 'Romantic' style. The Romantic composers were inspired by things such as dreams, literature and the supernatural. Examples of composers include Berlioz, Chopin, Brahms, Mendelssohn, Wagner, Tchaikovsky, Liszt and Rachmaninov.
Sites in this category cover composers of music written in the classical tradition from approximately 1750 onwards. This includes composers of the Classical and Romantic periods, as well those writing 'classical' music from the twentieth century to the present.

Corelli, Arcangelo

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This category lists sites that provide biographies and autobiographies for Arcangelo Corelli. Biographies may be brief but the information contained should have the basic details, e.g., birth and death dates, some details of the life lived, major accomplishments, etc.

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This category lists pages and sites about the Italian Baroque composer and violinist Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713). His chamber music includes four sets of trio sonatas, a set of 12 sonatas for solo violin and continuo, the last of which includes the variations on La Follia, and a set of 12 concerti grossi.

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Donizetti, Domenico Gaetano Maria

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This category lists sites that provide biographies and autobiographies for Gaetano Donizetti. Biographies may be brief but the information contained should have the basic details, e.g., birth and death dates, some details of the life lived, major accomplishments, etc.

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This category lists pages and sites about the Italian Romantic composer Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848) who wrote chamber, piano, and church music as well as various songs. He is most remembered for his many operas, some of which are still standards in the repertoire, or which have various portions beloved by specific parts. Notable operas include Lucrezia Borgia, Lucia di Lamermoor (from the Sir Walter Scott novel), Don Pasquale, L'elisir d'amore, La Favorita, and La Fille du régiment (The Daughter of the Regiment).

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Early

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Music composed before approximately 1500 is often called 'Medieval' music. After this, during the 16th Century, there became a great interest in learning and culture, and it was an age of exploration and discovery. This period is often called the 'Renaissance', which literally means 're-birth'.
Examples of composers during this time include Palestrina, Morley, Monteverdi, Byrd, Weelkes and Gibbons.
From about 1600 to 1750, the violin started to take the place of the viol. Music in this period is often called 'Baroque', which is a name borrowed from architecture. Baroque music is often full of ornamentation and decoration.
Examples of composers during this time include Vivaldi, D. Scarlatti, Bach, Corelli, Handel and Purcell.
Sites in this category cover the lives and works of composers of 'Early' music from the Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque periods.

Elgar, Edward, Sir

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This category lists sites that provide biographies and autobiographies for Edward Elgar. Biographies may be brief but the information contained should have the basic details, e.g., birth and death dates, some details of the life lived, major accomplishments, etc.

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This category lists pages and sites about the English late Romantic composer Edward Elgar who was born in 1857 and died in 1934. Among his most well-known works are the Pomp and Circumstance Marches and the Enigma Variations.

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Ellington, Duke

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This category lists sites that provide biographies and autobiographies for Duke Ellington. Biographies may be brief but the information contained should have the basic details, e.g., birth and death dates, some details of the life lived, major accomplishments, etc.

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This category lists pages and sites about the Jazz and orchestral composer and pianist Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (1899-1974) who is among the most admired and influential musicians and composers in the history of American music.

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Gershwin, George

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This category lists sites that provide biographies and autobiographies for George Gershwin. Biographies may be brief but the information contained should have the basic details, e.g., birth and death dates, some details of the life lived, major accomplishments, etc.

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This category lists pages and sites about George Gershwin (1898 - 1937), born in New York to Russian-Jewish parents. He did much in his short life to bridge the gap between American popular music and serious classical compositions. Among his most known works are the opera Porgy and Bess and the orchestral pieces Rhapsody in Blue and An American in Paris.

Handel, George Frederic

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This category lists sites that provide biographies and autobiographies for George Frederic Handel. Biographies may be brief but the information contained should have the basic details, e.g., birth and death dates, some details of the life lived, major accomplishments, etc.

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This category lists pages and sites about the British composer George Frederic Handel (Georg Friedrich Händel, 1685-1759) who was born in Germany, studied in Italy, and moved to England in 1710, where he stayed for the rest of his life.

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Haydn, Franz Joseph

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This category lists sites that provide biographies and autobiographies for Franz Joseph Haydn. Biographies may be brief but the information contained should have the basic details, e.g., birth and death dates, some details of the life lived, major accomplishments, etc.

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This category lists pages and sites about Austrian composer Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809). Popularly known as the "Father of the Symphony" much of his life was spent in the service of the Esterházy princes; his many instrumental and sacred works are considered the foundation of the Viennese school of composition.

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Holst, Gustavus Theodore

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This category lists sites that provide biographies and autobiographies for Gustav Holst. Biographies may be brief but the information contained should have the basic details, e.g., birth and death dates, some details of the life lived, major accomplishments, etc.

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This category lists pages and sites about the composer Gustav Holst (1874-1934) who was born, lived and died in England. Holst is best known for his orchestral suite, "The Planets".

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Liszt, Franz Joseph

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This category lists sites that provide biographies and autobiographies for Ferencz Liszt. Biographies may be brief but the information contained should have the basic details, e.g., birth and death dates, some details of the life lived, major accomplishments, etc.

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This category lists pages and sites about Ferencz Liszt, born in Raiding, Hungary on 22 October, 1811. An innovator and viruoso pianist, he finally left the concert stage to devote himself to composition. After many personal tragedies, Liszt turned to the priesthood in 1863, entering a Dominican monastery.

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Mahler, Gustav

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This category lists sites that provide biographies and autobiographies for Gustav Mahler. Biographies may be brief but the information contained should have the basic details, e.g., birth and death dates, some details of the life lived, major accomplishments, etc.

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This category lists pages and sites about the Austrian composer and conductor Gustav Mahler, born into a poor Jewish family in the town of Kaliste in Bohemia.

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Mendelssohn, Felix

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This category lists sites that provide biographies and autobiographies for Felix Mendelssohn. Biographies may be brief but the information contained should have the basic details, e.g., birth and death dates, some details of the life lived, major accomplishments, etc.

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This category lists pages and sites about the composer Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809-1847) who was grandson of Jewish philosopher Moses Mendelssohn. Born in Hamburg, brought up in Berlin, he was a piano prodigy in his youth. Both he and his sister, Fannny, composed from an early age. Fanny was discouraged by her father and brother because she was a woman; Felix was encouraged, and produced sonatas, songs, cantatas, organ works, and even a symphony by the time he was 16 years old.

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Rachmaninov, Sergei Vasilyevich

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This category lists sites that provide biographies and autobiographies for Sergei Rachmaninov. Biographies may be brief but the information contained should have the basic details, e.g., birth and death dates, some details of the life lived, major accomplishments, etc.

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This category lists pages and sites about Romantic composer Sergei Rachmaninov ("Sergey" and "Rachmaninoff" are common variant spellings), born in Novgorod, Russian in 1873. The Russian Revolution led him to leave Russia and he settled in the United States. Rachmaninoff determined to become a superior pianist, thus supporting his family, which had lost all its possessions during the flight from Communism. He died in Los Angeles in 1943.

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Ravel, Joseph Maurice

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This category lists sites that provide biographies and autobiographies for Maurice Ravel. Biographies may be brief but the information contained should have the basic details, e.g., birth and death dates, some details of the life lived, major accomplishments, etc.

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This category lists pages and sites about the composer Maurice Ravel who was born in the Basque region of France in 1875. Ravel died in 1937. He composed a large body of work, also providing orchestrations for previous pieces. Of all his compositions, Bolero is doubtless the one best known.

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Rimsky-Korsakov, Nicolai Andreyevich

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This category lists sites that provide biographies and autobiographies for Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov. Biographies may be brief but the information contained should have the basic details, e.g., birth and death dates, some details of the life lived, major accomplishments, etc.

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This category lists pages and sites about Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov, a Russian composer, one of five Russian composers known as The Five, and was later a teacher of harmony and orchestration. He is particularly noted for a predilection for folk and fairy-tale subjects, and for his extraordinary skill in orchestration, which may have been influenced by his synesthesia.

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Romantic

For Classical composers who composed during the Romantic period (1810-1890).

Rossini, Gioacchino Antonio

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This category lists sites that provide biographies and autobiographies for Gioacchino Antonio Rossini. Biographies may be brief but the information contained should have the basic details, e.g., birth and death dates, some details of the life lived, major accomplishments, etc.

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This category lists pages and sites about the Italian Romantic period opera composer Gioacchino Antonio Rossini (1792-1868). He was born on Leap Day and claimed that helped to make him somewhat a joyful rogue and rake. Operas include Guillaume Tell (William Tell) and Il Barbiere de Siviglia (The Barber of Seville).

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Schubert, Franz Peter

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This category lists sites that provide biographies and autobiographies for Franz Peter Schubert. Biographies may be brief but the information contained should have the basic details, e.g., birth and death dates, some details of the life lived, major accomplishments, etc.

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This category lists pages and sites about Austrian composer Franz Peter Schubert (1797-1828). During much of his life, his hundreds of Lieder and song-cycles attracted the most attention, but he also wrote symphonies, theater music, and religious music. He also composed several operas, but they are seldom performed or remembered.

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Schumann, Robert Alexander

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This category lists sites that provide biographies and autobiographies for Robert Schumann. Biographies may be brief but the information contained should have the basic details, e.g., birth and death dates, some details of the life lived, major accomplishments, etc.

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This category lists pages and sites about German composer Robert Schumann (1810-1856). He most fully entered the realm of the Romantic period in his piano compositions, while his symphonies more closely followed the dictates of the Classical era. His courtship of and marriage to Clara Wieck is a famous chapter in musical history, as are his later problems with mental illness, including an attempted suicide and final confinement in an asylum.

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Sibelius, Jean

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This category lists sites that provide biographies and autobiographies for Jean Sibelius. Biographies may be brief but the information contained should have the basic details, e.g., birth and death dates, some details of the life lived, major accomplishments, etc.

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This category lists pages and sites about the Finnish Romantic composer Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) born in Hameenlinna, a small garrison north of Helsinki.

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Strauss, Johann, Jr.

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This category lists sites that provide biographies and autobiographies for Strauss, Johann II. Biographies may be brief but the information contained should have the basic details, e.g., birth and death dates, some details of the life lived, major accomplishments, etc.

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This category lists pages and sites about Strauss, Johann II (b Vienna, 1825; d Vienna, 1899). Austrian composer, conductor, and violinist, eldest son of Johann Strauss, and deservedly known as ‘the Waltz King’.

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Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilych

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This category lists sites that provide biographies and autobiographies for Peter Ilych Tchaikovsky. Biographies may be brief but the information contained should have the basic details, e.g., birth and death dates, some details of the life lived, major accomplishments, etc.

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This category lists pages and sites about composer Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) who was the single greatest force in bringing Russian music to the world at large. One of his greatest strengths was his ability to synthesize his nationalist, patriotic love of Russia and her music with the styles and influences of the broader Romantic movement.

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Verdi, Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco

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This category lists sites that provide biographies and autobiographies for Giuseppe Verdi. Biographies may be brief but the information contained should have the basic details, e.g., birth and death dates, some details of the life lived, major accomplishments, etc.

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This category lists pages and sites about the composer Giuseppe Verdi, born in La Roncole, Parma, Italy in 1813. He is most noted for his twenty-eight operas, the music of many being familiar even to those with no interest in opera. He also composed instrumental and religious music. Verdi died in 1901.

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Vivaldi, Antonio

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This category lists sites that provide biographies and autobiographies for Antonio Vivaldi. Biographies may be brief but the information contained should have the basic details, e.g., birth and death dates, some details of the life lived, major accomplishments, etc.

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This category lists pages and sites about the Italian Baroque composer Antonio Vivaldi was born in 1648. Vivaldi developed the concerto into its modern form and produced some of the most familiar music from the period, including his "Four Seasons."

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Wagner, Wilhelm Richard

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This category lists sites that provide biographies and autobiographies for Richard Wagner. Biographies may be brief but the information contained should have the basic details, e.g., birth and death dates, some details of the life lived, major accomplishments, etc.

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This category lists pages and sites about German composer (Wilhelm) Richard Wagner born in Leipzig in 1813 was the son of a civic clerk, who died soon after the composer's birth. His Mother then married a Jewish Actor, Ludwig Geyer, who died in 1821.

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Walker, George Theophilus

This category lists sites that provide biographies and autobiographies for George Walker. Biographies may be brief but the information contained should have the basic details, e.g., birth and death dates, some details of the life lived, major accomplishments, etc.

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This category lists pages and sites about the American composer George Theophilus Walker (born June 27, 1922). He received the Pulitzer for his work Lilacs in 1996.

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