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Don Carlo Gesualdo, Prince of Venosa: The Music and Murders of An Italian Nobleman

By: nick arteaga

Hindemith Violin Concerto: Notes on the German Composer’s 1940 Work for Violin and Orchestra

By: Paul-John Ramos

Marc Blitzstein and Leonard Bernstein: A Brief History of the Airborne Symphony and Their Friendship

By: Paul-John Ramos

The Life of Johann Christian Bach: The English Bach

By: Feature Writer Samantha Markham

Composer James Barnes: Professor at the University of Kansas Renowned for Band Music

By: Alex Hoffman

The Life of Grazyna Bacewicz: Poland’s Second Female Composer

By: Feature Writer Samantha Markham

Haydn's Creation Schwarzenberg Palace, Vienna: The Great Oratorio of Enlightenment Music

By: Rosemary Gemmell

Polish Nationalism in Chopin's Music: How Chopin’s Homeland Influenced His Compositions

By: Cheryl Metzger

The Legendary Margaret Bonds and her Music: The Queen of African-American Composers

By: Jacqueline Banks

Carrie Jacobs Bond Composer of I Love You Truly: World-Famous Songwriter of Victorian Vocal Works

By: Anya Laurence

Musicians Sir Hubert Parry and Joseph Parry: Nineteenth Century Composers of Symphonies and Oratorios

By: Anya Laurence

Song of Pain and Beauty - Story of Two Musicians: The Biography of Ivor Gurney and Marion Scott

By: Anya Laurence

The Rags of William Bolcom: The Comeback of Ragtime in the Late 20th Century

By: Cheryl Metzger

Purcell, Handel, Haydn and Mendelssohn: A Catalogue of 2009 Composer Anniversaries

By: Feature Writer Sarah Canice Funke

Composer and Pianist Louis Moreau-Gottschalk: Founder of American Piano Music

By: Cheryl Metzger

Igor Stravinsky's Symphony of Psalms: Inspiration of Stravinsky's Music

By: Gwendolyn Cuizon

Life and Works of Igor Fedorovich Stravinsky: Influences Include Rimsky-Korsakov and Russian Conservatory

By: Gwendolyn Cuizon

Lesser-Known Works of Fryderyk Chopin: The Rondos and the Bolero

By: Cheryl Metzger

Influential African American Composers: George Walker, R. Nathaniel Dett, Amadeo Roldán, James Price Johnson

By: Feature Writer Sarah Canice Funke

Composers Harry Rowe Shelley and Dudley Buck: Victorian Era Organists, Composers and Hymn Writers

By: Anya Laurence

Christian Victor-Hely-Hutchinson, Musical Genius: A Carol Symphony, His Best Known Composition

By: Anya Laurence

British Composer Victor Hely-Hutchinson: Composed "A Carol Symphony" and Hundreds of Songs

By: Anya Laurence

Sibelius: Unique and Powerful Music: Recommended Recordings of Sibelius for Music Lovers

By: Paul Louis

French Composer Olivier Messiaen Turns 100: Another Centennial Birthday for Modern Classical Music

By: Feature Writer Sarah Canice Funke

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart & Leopold Mozart: A Bitter Father-Son Relationship?

By: Jenny Ashford

The Legacy of Dietrich Buxtehude: Both Bach and Handel Learned From the North German Organ Master

By: Lorin Wilkerson

Women in Music:Those Who Write,Those Who Play: Tom Quick's Monday Night Concert features Global Cornucopia of Sound

By: Feature Writer Coral Andrews

British Sound Artist Janek Schaefer: Composer of "Post Office Delivery" and "Extended Play"

By: Feature Writer Sarah Canice Funke

The Rough and Rowdy Side of J.S. Bach: Bach's Temper and Impatience Got Him Into Trouble

By: Lorin Wilkerson

British Composer Awards 2008 Shortlist: Pitkin, Schaefer, Bingham, Carter, Saariaho and More

By: Feature Writer Sarah Canice Funke

American Classical Composer George Rochberg: From Serialism to Tonality Rochberg Reigned Supreme

By: Anya Laurence

Basil Poledouris: Film Composer: His Life and Music

By: David Abraham Dueck

American Composer Mabel Wheeler Daniels: Wrote "An American Girl in Munich" About Her Studies

By: Anya Laurence

A brief Biography of Shostakovich: Shostakovitch Best of the Soviet Composers?

By: Andy Allison

Modest Mussorgsky's Great Compositions: "Pictures at an Exhibition" Last Three Sections

By: Anya Laurence

Arvo Pärt Life and Works: Estonian Minimalist and Avant-Garde Composer, famous for Cantus

By: Feature Writer Tel Asiado

Les Six French Composers: Honegger, Durey, Auric, Milhaud, Poulenc and Tailleferre

By: Feature Writer Tel Asiado

Maria Anna Mozart: Austrian Pianist and Composer, Sister of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

By: Feature Writer Tel Asiado

Composer Ruth Crawford-Seeger: American Folk Music Scholar and Teacher

By: Anya Laurence

Composer Oliver Schroer Dies: Toronto-Born Fiddler Taken By Leukemia

By: Feature Writer Sarah Canice Funke

Michael Giacchino: His Music: From 'Medal of Honor' to 'Lost' to 'Ratatouille': Star Composer

By: David Abraham Dueck

Philip Glass Film Music Highlights: The Minimalist Composer and His Music for Cinema

By: Peter Reeves

Gustav and Alma Mahler: Alma Maria Schindler, Wife of Composer of 'Das Lied von der Erde.'

By: Anya Laurence

Gustav Mahler's Middle Years: Prague, Olmutz, Laibach and Kassel Opera Houses

By: Anya Laurence

Composer Gustav Mahler: Creator of 'Das Lied von der Erde' and His Early Years

By: Anya Laurence

Antonio Sacchini: 18th Century Italian Opera Composer, Famous for 'Oedipe'

By: Feature Writer Tel Asiado

Liszt and His Piano Students: The Teaching Career of Hungarian Pianist Franz Liszt

By: Anya Laurence

Franz Liszt's Love Life: Carolyne von Sayn-Wittgenstein and the Hungarian Composer

By: Anya Laurence

Composers of Star Trek Music: James Horner and Alexander Courage Compose Music for Sci-Fi Series

By: David Abraham Dueck

Composer Franz Liszt's Mistress: Marie d'Agoult and the Great Hungarian Pianist and Composer

By: Anya Laurence

Hungarian Composer Franz Liszt: Early Life of the Hungarian Piano Virtuoso and Composer

By: Anya Laurence

Francisco Tarrega Biography: Spanish Composer, Classical Guitarist, Teacher

By: Feature Writer Tel Asiado

Rachmaninoff in America: Russian Composer-Pianist's Career as a Concert Pianist in the USA

By: Anya Laurence

Isaac Albeniz, Life and Works: 19th-Century Spanish Composer & Pianist Composed Iberia Piano Suite

By: Feature Writer Tel Asiado

Sergei Rachmaninoff the Conductor: Russian Piano Virtuoso and Composer was also a Conductor of Note

By: Anya Laurence

Sergei Rachmaninoff: Russian Piano Virtuoso and Composer's Early Years

By: Anya Laurence

Dame Ethel Smyth Life and Works: English Composer, Suffragette, Writer

By: Feature Writer Tel Asiado

Russia's Mighty Handful: Group of Russian Nationalist Composers "The Five"

By: Feature Writer Tel Asiado

George Gershwin and Oscar Levant: A Broadway Composer's Friendship with a Witty, Virtuoso Pianist

By: George Stephen Murray

Ludwig van Beethoven's Romances: Great German Composer's Love Affairs

By: Anya Laurence

Frederic Chopin's Piano Students: Keyboard Pupils of the Great Polish Composer Chopin

By: Anya Laurence

Gabriel Faure and Marguerite Long: How Composer Faure's and Pianist Long's Careers Worked Together

By: George Stephen Murray

Henry Purcell, Life and Works: Baroque Composer Famous for Opera Dido and Aeneas

By: Feature Writer Tel Asiado

Johann Pachelbel Biography: Baroque Composer Best Known for Canon in D Major

By: Feature Writer Tel Asiado

Louis Moreau Gottschalk: Biography of Celebrated New Orleans Born Pianist-Composer

By: Anya Laurence

Composer Maria von Paradis: Life and Works of Blind Austrian Pianist-Composer & Friend of Mozart

By: Anya Laurence

Composer Augusta Holmes: Irish-French Classical Pianist and Composer

By: Anya Laurence

French Composer Cecile Chaminade: Pianist Wrote Many Popular Works Including 'Scarf Dance'

By: Anya Laurence

Amy Marcy Cheney Beach: American Composer of Many Large-Scale Works

By: Anya Laurence

Frederic Chopin's Romances: The Polish Composer's Love Affairs with George Sand and Others

By: Anya Laurence

Georg Friedrich Handel's Romances: German Composer's Alleged Love Affairs with Victoria Tesi and Others

By: Anya Laurence

Bohemian Composer Antonin Dvorak: The Czech Composer's Life in Spillville, Iowa Inspired 'Humoresque'

By: Anya Laurence

Darius Milhaud and Les Six: French Composer of the Jazz Age with a Latin American Beat

By: Feature Writer Tel Asiado

Biography of Sir Arthur Bliss: English Composer and Conductor, Famous for A Colour Symphony

By: Feature Writer Tel Asiado

Joaquin Rodrigo, Life and Works: Spanish Composer, Virtuoso Pianist, Famous for Guitar Music

By: Feature Writer Tel Asiado

Samuel Barber, American Composer: Neo-Classical Style Musician with Passion for Poetry and Drama

By: Feature Writer Tel Asiado

Bio of Franz Schreker, Composer: Austrian Conductor, Teacher, Founder of Vienna Philharmonic Choir

By: Feature Writer Tel Asiado

Chopin's Visit to Teplice Spa: Polish Composer Played Teplice Castle on 1st Trip to Czechoslovakia

By: Anya Laurence

Chopin and Czechoslovakia: Chopin's First Travels to Bohemia, Silesia and Moravia in 1829

By: Anya Laurence

Antonin Dvorak in America: Czech Composer from Bohemia Spent the 1890s in New York

By: Anya Laurence

Biography of Manuel de Falla: Spanish Composer of Classical Music and Dances of Andalusia

By: Feature Writer Tel Asiado

Biography of Domenico Scarlatti: The Life and Works of the Italian Composer and Organist, Baroque Era

By: Feature Writer Tel Asiado

Bio of TV Actor Efrem Zimbalist Jr: The Son of Famous Musicians Gluck and Zimbalist Also a Composer

By: Anya Laurence

Composer Gena Branscombe: Biography of Canadian Choral Conductor and Notes on Her Music

By: Anya Laurence

Pianist-Composer Mana-Zucca: Biography of the American Pianist, Actress, Singer and Composer

By: Anya Laurence

Maurice Ravel Biography: French Composer and Pianist Famous for Boléro and Schéhérazade

By: Feature Writer Tel Asiado

Biography of Musician Eric Satie: Avant Garde French Composer, Occult Founder, and 'Les Six' Mentor

By: Feature Writer Tel Asiado

Camille Saint-Saens, Composer: French Organist, Piano Virtuoso and Child Prodigy

By: Feature Writer Tel Asiado

Biography of Anton Rubinstein: 19th-Century Russian Pianist, Composer & Teacher of Tchaikovsky

By: Feature Writer Tel Asiado

Young Composer Fung Lam: The Music of Hong Kong-Born Cellist and Composer Appears Worldwide

By: Feature Writer Sarah Canice Funke

Biography of Claudio Monteverdi: Italian Composer, Late Renaissance and Early Baroque Eras

By: Feature Writer Tel Asiado

Edvard Grieg Life and Works: Norway's Greatest Composer is Famous for His Peer Gynt Suite

By: Feature Writer Tel Asiado

Biography of Leonard Bernstein: American Conductor and Composer, also Pianist, Teacher, Author

By: Feature Writer Tel Asiado

British Composer Judith Weir: Medal of Music Winner Popularizes Storytelling through Modern Opera

By: Feature Writer Sarah Canice Funke

Aram Ilyich Khachaturian Biography: Armenian Composer, Advocate of Russian Music

By: Feature Writer Tel Asiado

Luigi Cherubini Biography: Italian-born French Composer and Teacher, Master of Religious Music

By: Feature Writer Tel Asiado

Singer and Composer Maria Malibran: The Daughter of Manuel Garcia and Sister of Pauline Garcia-Viardot

By: Anya Laurence

Organizations of Women Composers: Musical Organizations Founded by Female Classical Composers

By: Anya Laurence

Composer Eugenie Rocherolle: Biography of a Prolific American Classical Composer from Connecticut

By: Anya Laurence

Female American Composers: A History of American Women Who Were Celebrated Composers

By: Anya Laurence

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