Music

Franck (10 December 1822 – 8 November 1890) was a composer, pianist, organist, and music teacher who worked in Paris during his adult life. He was born at Liège, in what is now Belgium (though at the… Read more »

Ralph Vaughan Williams, (born October 12, 1872, Down Ampney, Gloucestershire, England—died August 26, 1958, London, England), English composer in the first half of the 20th century, founder of the nationalist movement in English music. Vaughan Williams… Read more »

Foto boven: Webern en Berg 9 February 1885 – 24 December 1935) was an Austrian composer of the Second Viennese School. His compositional style combined Romantic lyricism with the twelve-tone technique. Although he left a relatively small oeuvre,… Read more »

Georges Bizet  (25 October 1838 – 3 June 1875), registered at birth as Alexandre César Léopold Bizet, was a French composer of the Romantic era. Best known for his operas in a career cut… Read more »

“Before the passing sky, in long hours of contemplation of its magnificent and ever-changing beauty, I am seized by an incomparable emotion. The whole expanse of nature is reflected in… Read more »

لودفيغ فان بيتهوفن 路德维希·范·贝多芬 ルートヴィヒ・ヴァン・ベートーヴェン Λούντβιχ βαν Μπετόβεν לודוויג ואן בטהובן ਲੁਡਵਿਗ ਵਾਨ ਬੀਥੋਵਨ Лю́двиг ван Бетхо́вен لودویگ فان بتهوون לודוויג וואן בעטהאוון 루트비히 판 베토벤 Людвіг ван Бетховен ബീഥോവൻ… Read more »

Remembering Isaac By Gino Francesconi Isaac Stern was born on July 21, 1920, in Kremenets—at the time, a city in Poland, now in today’s Ukraine—and immigrated to San Francisco with… Read more »

Johann Sebastian Bach (* 21. März / 31. März 1685greg. in Eisenach, Sachsen-Eisenach; † 28. Juli 1750 in Leipzig, Kursachsen) war ein deutscher Komponist, Kantor, Hofkonzertmeister, Violinist sowie Orgel– und Cembalovirtuose des Barocks aus Thüringen. In seiner Hauptschaffensperiode war er Thomaskantor zu Leipzig. Er ist der prominenteste Vertreter der Musikerfamilie Bach und gilt heute als einer der… Read more »

De componist Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart stierf al op 35-jarige leeftijd. Maar hij liet een onovertroffen muzikale erfenis na in de klassieke muziek. Wie was Mozart? Een korte levensgeschiedenis van een van de beroemdste… Read more »

Quint was born on March 26, 1974 in St. Petersburg, Russia. He studied at Moscow‘s Special Music School for the Gifted with Russian violinist Andrei Korsakov and made his orchestral debut at the age of… Read more »