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Born Saxe Eisenach
majorly influenced Pachelbel and Buxtehude,
notable works The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus I. ...
fun fact Bach's first wife was his cousin Maria; they had been married for 14 years and had seven children when she suddenly died while he was traveling with Prince Leopold
https://www-wfmt-com.webpkgcache.com/doc/-/s/www.wfmt.com/2022/04/22/bachs-top-10-works/
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Born England, United kingdom
Majorly influenced he transition between late medieval and early Renaissance music.
Notable works Quam Puchra Es
fun fact His epitaph referred to him as skilled in mathematics and astronomy as well as in music.
https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Dunstable https://study.com/academy/lesson/john-dunstable-biography-music.html#:~:text=The%20bulk%20of%20Dunstable's%20known,to%20Dunstable's%20contemporary%20John%20Bedingham. -
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Born picardy, France
majorly influenced Most of his masses are based on chansons, including works by Antoine Busnois, Alexander Agricola, Guillaume Dufay, Loyset Compère, and himself
Notable works "La Spagna"
fun fact was a Flemish composer of the Renaissance, active in France, Italy and in the Low Countries.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Ghiselin#:~:text=Music%20and%20influence,-As%20with%20Josquin&text=Most%20of%20his%20masses%20are,well%20as%20some%20instrumental%20music. -
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Born Kent, United Kingdom
Major influences John Taverner and Robert Fayrfax.
notable works Lamentations of Jeremiah
fun fact Almost all of his music is for singing without instruments.
https://kidsmusiccorner.co.uk/composers/classical/tallis/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Tallis#:~:text=He%20provides%20a%20rhythmic%20variety,later%20work%2C%20Dum%20transisset%20sabbatum. -
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Born Licoln, United Kingdom
Major Influences Catholicism.
Notable works Cantiones Sacrae (1575, co-written with Tallis;
Fun Fact t is believed that he was the student of the famous composer Thomas Tallis
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Byrd#:~:text=of%2021%20years.-,Catholicism,his%20personal%20and%20creative%20life. https://www.classicsforkids.com/composer/william-byrd/#:~:text=It%20is%20believed%20that%20he,both%20an%20organist%20and%20choirmaster. -
Born Venosa, Italy
Majorly influenced by Gesualdo's life
Notable works the five-voice Moro, lasso, al mio duolo, and the earlier Ahi, disperata vita.
fun fact murdered his wife and her lover
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlo_Gesualdo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlo_Gesualdo#:~:text=Gesualdo%20was%20an%20Italian%20composer,until%20the%2020th%20century... -
Born Florences, Italy
majorly influenced her father
notable works Il primo libro delle musiche a una e due voci,
fun facts She was the first woman to compose opera and the most well-paid musician in the court at the height of her career in the 1620s.
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Born Nuremberg, Germany
major influences unknown
Notable works cantatas for church services and a set of trio sonatas.
Fun fact married and had eight children
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Born Naples, Italy
Major influence Spanish and Portuguese folk music
notable works the Stabat Mater of 1715
fun fact his father, Alessandro Scarlatti, is also a composer.
https://www.tonebase.co/composer-biographies/domenicoscarlatti#:~:text=Scarlatti's%20music%20was%20highly%20influenced,key%20after%20his%20key%20switches.
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Born Ghent, Belgium
Major influences French (Rameau, Duphly), Italian (Domenico Scarlatti),
Notable works First book (1738) · Second book (1738) ·
Fun fact He was born into a musical family; his grandfather, father, brother and sons were all musicians, also called the Boutmy Dynasty
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josse_Boutmy#:~:text=His%20style%20incorporates%20multiple%20European,the%20same%20period%2C%20Joseph%2DHector -
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Founded area is unknown
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Born French first Republic
major influences Beethoven and Weber
notable works Symphonie fantastique (1830), the choral symphony Roméo et Juliette (1839)
fun fact Berlioz is a character in Disney's 1970 film The Aristocats.
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Hector-Berlioz
https://disney-fan-fiction.fandom.com/wiki/Berlioz#:~:text=Berlioz%20is%20a%20character%20in,and%20voiced%20by%20Dean%20Clark. -
born Gyula, Hungary
major influences strongly influenced by János Bihari.
notable works Bátori Mária (1840, two acts; Mária Bátori is the lover of László, son of Coloman of Hungary)
Fun fact He was the father of Hungarian grand opera,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferenc_Erkel#:~:text=He%20was%20the%20father%20of,He%20died%20in%20Budapest.
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Born Zwickau, Germany
Major influneces the Austrian composer Franz Schubert and the literary influence of the German poet Jean Paul Richter
Notable works The Piano Quintet
fun fact Schumann suffered from mental health problems throughout his life.
https://mikulski.me/en/happy-birthday-robert-schumann-7-lesser-known-facts-and-myths-about-robert-schumann/
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Born Raiding, Austria
Major influences Hector Berlioz, Frédéric Chopin, and Niccolò Paganini
Notable works the Études, the Hungarian Rhapsodies, and the Mephisto Waltzes
fun fact he was most famous for being the world's first rockstar
https://www.pianote.com/blog/franz-liszt/#:~:text=Franz%20Liszt%20is%20most%20fam
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Born Cologne, Germany
major influences Beethoven, Schumann, Mendelssohn, and Brahms.
notable works Suite No. 2 for Orchestra (Nordland Suite) (on Swedish themes), Op
fun fact Bruch was an unusually ambitious and productive composer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_compositions_by_Max_Bruch https://www.britannica.com/biography/Max-Bruch -
Born Montaud, France
major influences Gounod and Thomas
Notable works Manon and Werther
Fun fact he first studied piano with his mother.
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Born Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France
Major influences Richard Wagner and the Russian composers Aleksandr Borodin and Modest Mussorgsky.
Noatble works Clair de lune (1905)
fun fact Debussy started receiving piano lessons at age 7.
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Claude-Debussy#:~:text=The%20main%20musical%20influence%20in,poets%20and%20the%20Impressionist%20painters.
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born Munich, Germany
major influences Robert Schumann and Franz Liszt
notable works “Salome” (1905), “Elektra” (1909)
fun fact His father Franz was a principal horn player who gave Richard a solid musical education
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born Henniker, NH
Major influences folk songs, especially from the Irish, Scottish and English peoples,
notable works Her "Gaelic" Symphony, premiered by the Boston Symphony Orchestra in 1896,
fun fact Amy was considered a child prodigy.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_Beach https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Amy_Beach#:~:text=Amy%20Beach's%20musical%20philosophy%20drew,peoples%2C%20who%20immigrated%20to%20America. https://www.lottie.com/blogs/strong-women/amy-beach -
Born Cheltnehma, United Kingdom
Major influences Mendelssohn, Chopin, Grieg and above all Sullivan.
notable works The Planets
Fun fact English-born composer of German and Swedish ancestry. His surname was originally “von Holst.”
https://www.laphil.com/musicdb/artists/2455/gustav-holst https://www.fabermusic.com/we-represent/gustav-holst/works https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustav_Holst -
Born Ciboure, France
major influences Couperin and Rameau to Fauré
Notable works Pavane pour une infante défunte
Fun fact He is by far the most financially successful composer that France has ever produced.
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Born Barnes, London, United Kingdom
Major influences Barnes, London, United Kingdom
notable works Alexander Korda's version of H. G. Wells' Things to Come (1934–35)
Fun fact Bliss's musical training was cut short by the First World War https://www.boosey.com/composer/Arthur+Bliss?ttype=BIOGRAPHY#:~:text=One%20of%20Bliss'%20most%20influential,and%20Adam%20Zero%20(1946).
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Born Munich, Germany
Major influences Monteverdi, the myth of Orpheus and the Renaissance
Notable works Carmina Burana (Songs of Beuren)
Fun fact Bavaria, Carl Orff was witness to two world wars.
https://grandsballets.com/en/composers/detail/carl-orff/#:~:text=Born%20in%20Munich%2C%20Bavaria%2C%20in,short%20pieces%20for%20puppet%20plays.
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born New york
major influence Maurice ravel
Notable works Rhapsody in Blue (1924)
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Born Los Angeles, CA
major influences various East and South Asian cultures.
Notable works In a Landscape. 7 Piano Sonata 1948 Play.
Fun fact one of the first musicians to create electronic music
https://www.classicsforkids.com/composer/john-cage/#:~:text=Cage%20was%20always%20experimenting.,as%20the%20number%20of%20musicians. https://classicalmusiconly.com/composer/john-cage/works https://www.johncage.org/ -
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Born in Buffalo, New York,
Major influences how Mozart and Handel are played
notable works The Blood We Shed
fun fact Christie took French citizenship in 1995
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0160381/#:~:text=William%20Christie%20was%20born%20on,)%20and%20Humanit%C3%A9%20(1999). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Christie_(musician)#:~:text=He%20also%20performed%20contemporary%20music,des%20Arts%20et%20des%20Lettres. -
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A type of music that came after the classical period. Its time period is from 1820 to 1910. not all romantic music belongs to the romantic period despite their name.
prominent composers Frédéric Chopin, Frédéric Chopin and Franz Liszt
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the artistic style and genre of ancient old Greek art with its emphasis on harmony.
prominent composers Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Johann Sebastian Bach, and joseph haydn
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music that was made between the years 1901 and 2000, this century was without a dominant style. Composers explored and tried new forms and sounds that tested the previous norms of music of earlier times.
prominent composers Benjamin Britten, Dmitri Shostakovich, and Claude Debussy.
Fun fact he 20th century was the first century of recorded music
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