Classical Composers

Don Carlo Gesualdo was an Italian nobleman, lutenist and composer. His madrigals rank as the most harmonically expressive compositions of the Renaissance.

Nov 22, 2009 - nick arteaga

Paul Hindemith, though a violist by trade, was able to play every instrument of the symphony orchestra at least passably.

Nov 22, 2009 - Paul-John Ramos

While music has celebrated the friendship between Leonard Bernstein and the 'Dean' of American composers, Aaron Copland, it has overlooked a tie of equal importance.

Oct 9, 2009 - Paul-John Ramos

J.C. Bach, the youngest son of J.S. Bach, achieved success as a composer of chamber music, orchestral works, symphonies and operas.

Sep 11, 2009 - Samantha Markham

James Barnes, one of America's most performed and celebrated composers of music for band, turns 60 today.

Sep 9, 2009 - Alex Hoffman

A gifted female violinist and composer, Grazyna Bacewicz was one of Poland's foremost musical figures.

Sep 2, 2009 - Samantha Markham

At the Schwarzenberg Palace in Vienna on 30th April 1798, there was an unusual silence as an innovative oratorio celebrating creation began its opening recitative.

Jul 14, 2009 - Rosemary Gemmell

Although the name Chopin is undeniably French, the composer considered himself Polish, as Poland was his country of birth. This nationalism is reflected in Chopin's comp

Jun 9, 2009 - Cheryl Metzger

Margaret Bonds was the premier African-American woman composer from the 30's to the 70's. She helped pave the way for many composers of color today.

May 29, 2009 - Jacqueline Banks

The only claim to music fame that Carrie Jacobs Bond had was the fact that she was a distant cousin to John Howard Payne, who wrote the words to the song Home, Sweet Home

May 25, 2009 - Anya Laurence

If you have ever sung the sacred song Jerusalem, you have experienced Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry at his finest. But he and Joseph wrote much more than songs.

May 17, 2009 - Anya Laurence

The story of two brilliant and multi-talented musicians and writers whose lives were intertwined professionally and personally, brought to life by author Pamela Blevins.

Apr 29, 2009 - Anya Laurence

Ragtime had a brief 25 year stint of popularity. In the late twentieth century, several composers, among them William Bolcom, picked up from where early ragtime left off.

Apr 8, 2009 - Cheryl Metzger

Louis Moreau-Gottschalk is not a widely touted name in music circles. However, this Louisiana native made great contributions to classical music that we today recognize

Apr 2, 2009 - Cheryl Metzger

The Symphony of Psalms is one of Stravinky's most popular works. This piece is actually a tribute to his faith in God.

Mar 12, 2009 - Gwendolyn Cuizon

Igor Fedorovich Stravinsky is one of the most widely-known composers. His works are still being played to this day.

Mar 12, 2009 - Gwendolyn Cuizon

Fryderyk Chopin's compositions are well-known and frequently played by professional pianists, but a number of his pieces are hardly ever mentioned, let alone performed.

Feb 6, 2009 - Cheryl Metzger

Connecticut was the home of two of the most celebrated and performed composers of the nineteenth century in the persons of Dudley Buck and Harry Rowe Shelley.

Jan 19, 2009 - Anya Laurence

Hely-Hutchinson was a prolific composer with works ranging from symphonies to nonsense songs. A Carol Symphony has been popular for many years over Christmas season.

Jan 5, 2009 - Anya Laurence

Victor Hely-Hutchinson could write in the style of Handel or other composers, but his own music was melodic, well-crafted, scintillating and original.

Jan 4, 2009 - Anya Laurence

Jean Sibelius is often associated with his popular work, "Finlandia". As usual, the popular piece does not reflect the true depth and beauty of his more seious work.

Dec 22, 2008 - Paul Louis

Biographers' accounts differ about the nature of the relationship between the musical genius and his strict father.

Dec 18, 2008 - Jenny Ashford

In the dead cold of a late German autumn in 1705, an impoverished young musician named J.S. Bach journeyed hundreds of miles on foot to visit Dietrich Buxtehude.

Dec 13, 2008 - Lorin Wilkerson

CKWR FM's Women in Music showcases female composers and instrumentalists from Prague's Vitezslava Kapralova to New York's Wu Han.

Nov 26, 2008 - Coral Andrews

The great Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) is one of the giants in Western music history. Unlike his music however, his life was not always dignified and stately.

Nov 9, 2008 - Lorin Wilkerson