Biography of classical music composers biographies

          Biographies of the major composers, including: Bach & Beethoven (with very large bios from Grove enc.) and Brahms, Buxtehude, Chopin, Debussy, Dvorak.!

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        1. I recently read Christoph Wolff's Bach biography (which I understand is the standard Bach bio), and enjoyed it a lot.
        2. Biographies of the major composers, including: Bach & Beethoven (with very large bios from Grove enc.) and Brahms, Buxtehude, Chopin, Debussy, Dvorak.
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        4. Classical Music Memoirs ; 1.

          5. A list of famous and influential composers throughout history, including the greatest composers Bach, Mozart, Beethoven and Franz Schubert.

          Composers of the Medieval period

          Hildegard von Bingen (1097 – 1179) German writer, mystic, composer and polymath.

          Hildegard wrote many liturgical songs, which pushed the boundaries of traditional Gregorian Chant. Her greatest work was Ordo Virtutum (Play of the Virtues) – a morality play.

          Composers of the Renaissance period

           

          John Dunstable (1390 – 1453) English composer of polyphonic music.

          Dunstable had a big influence on the development of music through his creation of chords with triads, which became known as the Burgundian School: la countenance angloise or “the English countenance” e.g Quam pulchra es.

          Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c.

          The site provides a list of famous composers along with their biographies, fact, music compositions and notable contributions to the field.

          1525 – 1594) Italian Renaissance composer of sacred music. Palestrina was a prolific composer of masses, motets, madrigals and offertories. An influential