A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Adam,
Adolphe (Charles) (1803-56) French;
Paris-based
Style/Period: Early French
Romantic (bel canto)
Best Known
For: ballets---comic
operas
Notable
Works: .
. . Giselle [ballet] (1841) .
. . Cantique de Nöel [O Holy Night]
[carol] (1847)
Musical Influences: Auber; BOIELDIEU; Reicha; Rossini
Has Influenced: DELIBES
Adams,
John (Coolidge) (1947-) American;
San Francisco area-based from 1971
Style/Period: Minimalist
Genre
Profile: 112---1210---1111---200---02---02x
Quantity
of Work Produced: modest
Best Known
For: orchestral
pcs---operas
Notable
Works: .
. . Shaker Loops [string orch. arr.] (1983) .
. . Nixon in China [opera] (1984-87),
incl. 'The Chairman Dances' [orch.] . . . Short
Ride in a Fast Machine [fanfare for orch.] (1986) . . . The Death of Klinghoffer [opera]
(1991) . . . Chamber Sym. [for 15 instrs.]
(1992) . . . Violin Conc. (1993)
Musical
Influences: Cage; [D
Ellington]; Glass;
Harrison; Ives; ---Mozart; Nancarrow; -Ravel; REICH;
Riley; Schoenberg; Stravinsky; jazz
Adler,
Samuel (Hans) (1928-) German-American;
U.S.-based from 1939
Style/Period: "embraces
a wide variety of contemporary styles"
Best
Known For: music
on Jewish themes & for the Hebrew liturgy---orchestral
pcs---vocal- & choral/choral-orchestral music
Musical Influences: Copland;
Hindemith; Piston
Alain,
Jehan (Ariste) (1911-40) French;
Paris-based from 1927
Style/Period: Mystical
Best Known
For: solo
organ
Notable
Works: .
. . Litanies [org] Op.79 (1937) .
. . Variations sur un Thème
de Clément Janequin [org] (1937)
Musical
Influences: Debussy;
Dukas; Dupré; Messiaen; Satie;
Tournemire; Asian music
87.
Albéniz,
Isaac (1860-1909) Spanish (Catalan)
Style/Period: Spanish Nationalist
Genre Profile: 012---2000---0000---300---02---010
Quantity of Work Produced: considerable
Best Known For: solo
piano (& later arrs. thereof for guitar)
Notable
Works: . . . Suite
Española #1 [pf] Op.47 (1886) . . . España
[pf suite] Op.165 (1890) . . . Cantos
de España [pf] Op.232 (p1896) . . . Iberia
[4 books of 12 works for pf] (1906-8; orch. arr. by E.
Arbós,
1906-8)
Musical
Influences: -Chopin;
+Debussy; +Dukas; Fauré; Indy; LISZT;
[F PEDRELL]; +Ravel?; Sarasate; ---D
Scarlatti; --Schubert?;
Wagner; Spanish/Andalusian folk & guitar music and zarzuela
Has
Influenced: Debussy; Falla; Granados;
Messiaen; Moreno
Torróba; Ravel; Rodrigo; Turina
Albinoni,
Tomaso (1671-1751) Italian;
Venice-based
Style/Period: Late
Italian Baroque
Genre Profile: 011---0232---2222---001---02---120
Quantity of
Work Produced: extensive
Best Known
For: concs.---operas---trio
sonatas
Notable Works: .
. . 12 Concerti a Cinque [1 or 2 oboes & strings]
Op.7 (1715) . . . 12 Concerti a
Cinque [1 or 2 oboes (or vln) &
strings] Op.9 (1722) . . . Adagio
in G Minor [arr. of spurious fragment for org & string
orch.] (arr. late 1940s)
Musical Influences: Corelli; Torelli;
+Vivaldi
Has
Influenced: JS
Bach; Telemann?; Vivaldi
Alfvén,
Hugo (1872-1960) Swedish
Style/Period: Late
Romantic
Best
Known For: programmatic
orchestral pcs---vocal & choral
music---syms.
Notable Work: . . . Swedish
Rhapsody #1 'Midsummer Vigil' [orch.] Op.19 (1903)
Musical
Influences: Brahms;
-Mendelssohn; R
Strauss; Wagner;
Swedish folksong
Alkan,
(Charles-)Valentin (1813-88) French;
Paris-based
Style/Period: Middle French
Romantic
Best Known
For: solo
piano & solo organ
Notable
Work: . . . 12
Etudes dans les Tons Mineurs [pf] Op.39 (p1857)
Musical
Influences: --JS
Bach; Beethoven; Berlioz; CHOPIN;
--Handel; Hummel; Liszt; Mendelssohn;
Paganini; Weber?
Has Influenced: Debussy;
Ravel?
Allegri,
Gregorio (1582-1652) Italian;
Rome-based
Style/Period: Early
Italian Baroque (stile
antico)
Best
Known Work: . . . Il
salmo Miserere mei Deus [psalm setting for 9 vv] (c1640)
Musical Influences: PALESTRINA
Has Influenced: +++Liszt;
++Zelenka
Alwyn,
William (1905-85) British; mainly London-based c1920-60
Style/Period: Neoromantic
Best Known
For: syms.---concs.---film
scores
Musical
Influences: Berg; Debussy;
Delius; -Liszt; Puccini; Ravel; Sibelius; Vaughan
Williams; -Wagner; Walton; Czech music
Amram,
David (1930-) American
Best
Known For: music for
stage & film---orchestral
pcs---music on Jewish themes
Musical
Influences: JAZZ;
folk music; Latin American music
Anderson,
Leroy (1908-75) American;
Woodbury CT-based from 1948
Style/Period: American Light
Classical
Best Known
For: light orchestral pcs
Notable
Works: .
. . The Syncopated Clock [orch.]
(1945) . . . Fiddle-Faddle
[string orch.] (1947) .
. . Sleigh Ride [orch.] (1950) .
. . Blue Tango [orch.] (1952)
Musical
Influences: GERSHWIN;
folk music
Andriessen,
Louis (1939-) Dutch; mainly Amsterdam-based
Style/Period: combines Neoclassical outlook with
Minimalism & European Avant-garde
Best
Known For: unusual
instrumental settings---dissonant pcs
Musical
Influences: ---JS
Bach; Berio; Cage; [Miles Davis]?; Feldman; Glass; Messiaen?;
-Ravel; Reich; Riley; Stockhausen; STRAVINSKY; jazz
Arensky,
Anton (1861-1906) Russian; mainly St.
Petersburg- & Moscow-based after 1879
Style/Period: Late Russian
Romantic
Best
Known For: chamber
music---orchestral pcs---concs.---syms.
Notable
Works: .
. . Piano Trio #1 in D minor Op.32
(1894) .
. . Variations on a Theme of
Tchaikovsky in E minor [strings] Op.35a (1894)
Musical
Influences: -Chopin;
-Mendelssohn; Rimsky-Korsakov;
Taneyev; TCHAIKOVSKY
Has
Influenced: Glière; Rachmaninov; Scriabin
Argento,
Dominick (1927-) American;
mainly Minnesota- & Florence-based
Style/Period: Neoromantic
Best
Known For: operas---song
cycles---choral music
Musical
Influences: Britten; Cowell?;
Dallapiccola; Gershwin; Hanson; Hovhaness; ---Mozart;
--Mussorgsky?; Stravinsky; --Verdi
Has Influenced: Larsen
Arne,
Thomas (1710-78) British;
London-based
Style/Period: Pre-Classical
Best
Known For: operas & other stage
works---songs---incidental
music
Notable
Work: .
. . Rule Britannia [song for chorus & orch.
from the masque Alfred] (1740)
Musical
Influences: +JC
Bach; Geminiani; Handel;
D Scarlatti?; French & Italian music
Arnold,
Malcolm (1921-2006) British
Style/Period: Neoromantic (English Vernacularist)
Genre
Profile: 222---1122---2222---102---21---110
Quantity
of Work Produced: extensive
Best
Known For: film
scores---syms.---concs.---chamber
music, espec. sonatas---winds (chamber combs., w/orch.)
Notable
Works: .
. . 4 English Dances (2 sets) [orch.] Opp.
27/33 (1950/1951) . . . Sonatina
for Clarinet & Piano Op.29 (1951) . . . Conc.
for Guitar & Chamber Orch. Op.67 (1959) . . . Brass
Quintet Op.73 (1960) . . . Conc. for Clarinet
& Orch. Op.115 (1974)
Musical
Influences: Bartók;
Bax; --BERLIOZ; Elgar?; Lambert;
Mahler; Sibelius; Walton; jazz; popular
music
Auber,
Daniel-François-Esprit (1782-1871) French;
Paris-based
Style/Period: Early French
Romantic (bel canto)
Best
Known For: comic operas
Notable
Work: .
. . Fra Diavolo [opera] (1830)
Musical
Influences: Cherubini;
Mozart; +Rossini; +Weber?
Has
Influenced: Adam; Cui; Dargomïzhsky;
Donizetti; Flotow; Halévy; Meyerbeer;
Sullivan; Wagner
Auric,
Georges (1899-1983) French
Style/Period: French
Neoclassical
Best
Known For: film
scores---chamber
music---ballets & incidental music
Musical
Influences: Berg?;
Ravel; SATIE; Scriabin; Stravinsky
Babbitt,
Milton (1916-2011) American;
mainly Princeton-based from 1938
Style/Period: Post-Webernian Serial
Best
Known For: computer & magnetic
tape-based music---solo
piano
Musical
Influences: Berg; SCHOENBERG; Sessions;
Stravinsky; Varèse; Webern
Has
Influenced: Davidovsky;
Musgrave; -Perle; Schuller; Wuorinen
61.
Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel (1714-88) German;
Berlin-based 1738-68; Hamburg-based thereafter
Style/Period: Pre-Classical
Genre
Profile: 200---3222---1222---232---00---220
Quantity
of Work Produced: immense
Best
Known For: solo keyboard---syms.---concs.---sonatas & trio
sonatas---sacred vocal & choral music---flute (solo,
chamber combs., concs.)
Notable
Works: .
. . sonatas (6) [fl & continuo] W125-7,129,130,134
(1735-40) . . . 6 Sonatas 'Wurttemberg'
[keyb] W49 (1744) . . . Sonata
for Flute Solo in A minor W132 (1747) . . . Conc.
for Cello & Strings
in A W172 (1753?) .
. . Conc.
for Flute & Strings in G W169 (1755?) . .
. 6
Sonatas & Prelude
[org] W70 (1755 & 1758) .
. . Conc. for Oboe &
Strings in E flat W165 (1765?) . . . Orchestral
Sym. #3 in C from W182, '6 Hamburg Symphonies' (1773)
Musical
Influences: JS
BACH; Hasse; Telemann; Vivaldi
Has
Influenced: JC
BACH; Beethoven; [G Benda];
+Chopin?; Clementi; Dussek; J
HAYDN; Hummel; +Mendelssohn; Mozart;
Weber?
Bach,
Johann Christian (1735-82) German;
London-based from 1762
Style/Period: Pre-Classical
Genre
Profile: 222---2122---2221---220---02---220
Quantity
of Work Produced: extensive
Best
Known For: syms. & sinfonies
concertantes---keyboard sonatas---concs.---chamber
music---operas
Notable
Works: .
. . Grand Over. in B flat from (the opera) Lucio
Silla Op.18 no.2 [orch.] (c1779) . . . Sinfonie
Concertante in A [vln, vc, 2 oboes & strings] (p1773) .
. . 6 Quintets [fl, oboe, vln, va & continuo]
Op.11 (p1774)
Musical
Influences: CPE
BACH; JS BACH; Gluck; Handel?;
Hasse?;
Martini; Sammartini
Has
Influenced: -Arne; -Boyce?;
Clementi; -Gluck?; -J Haydn?; MOZART
1.
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750) German;
Leipzig-based from 1723
Style/Period: Late
German Baroque (w/eclectic German,
French & Italian elements)
Genre
Profile: 003---3323---2222---033---00---330
Quantity
of Work Produced: extensive
Best
Known For: solo
organ---sacred & secular cantatas---concs. & concerti
grossi---masses---orchestral
pcs---passions---works
for solo player---sonatas---harpsichord (solo,
chamber combs., w/orch.)---motets
Notable
Works: .
. . Christ Lag in Todesbanden [church cantata
for 4 solo vv, chorus &
orch.] BWV4 (1707-8?) . . . Toccata &
Fugue in D minor [org] BWV565 (before 1709) . .
. Passacaglia & Fugue in C minor
[org] BWV582 (1708-12?) . . . Prelude & Fugue
in D [org] BWV532 (1708-17) . . . Toccata & Fugue
in F [org] BWV540 (1708-17) . . . Toccata,
Adagio & Fugue in C [org] BWV564 (1708-17) .
. . Brandenburg Concertos [6 concerti
grossi for featured instrs. & strings] BWV1046-51 (1708-21) .
. . unaccompanied lute works BWV995-1000 & 1006a
(c1708-40s) . . . Hunt Cantata
[secular cantata for 4 solo vv & orch.] BWV208 (1713?),
incl. 'That Sheep may Safely Graze' . . . Conc.
for 2 Violins & Strings in D minor BWV1043 (1717-23) .
. . Conc. for Violin & Strings in
A minor BWV1041 (1717-23) . . . Conc.
for Violin & Strings in E BWV1042 (1717-23) .
. . 6 sonatas for violin & harpsichord
BWV1014-9 (1717-23) . . . 3
sonatas for flute & harpsichord BWV1030-2 (1717-30s) .
. . 3 sonatas for flute & continuo
BWV1033-5 (1717-30s) . . . 4
Orchestral Suites [instrs. &
strings] BWV1066-9 (c1717-30s),
incl. 'Air on a G String' .
. . Weichet
Nur 'Wedding Cantata' [secular
cantata for solo v & orch.]
BWV202 (1718-23?) .
. . 6
Partitas & Sonatas for
Solo Violin BWV1001-6 (1720) .
. . Partita
in A minor [fl] BWV1013 (1720s) .
. . Chromatic
Fantasia & Fugue in D
minor [keyb] BWV903 (c1720;
r c1730) . . . The
Well-Tempered Klavier (2
Books) [keyb] BWV846-69 & 870-93
(1722 & 1738-42) .
. . Herz
und Mund und Tat und Leben
[church cantata for 4 solo
vv, chorus & orch.] BWV147
(1723), incl. 'Jesu, Joy
of Man's Desiring' .
. . A
Mighty Fortress is our God
[church cantata for 4 solo
vv, chorus & orch.] BWV80
(1724) . . . St.
John Passion [4 solo vv,
chorus
& orch.]
BWV245
(1724;
r c1730s & 1740s) .
. . St.
Matthew
Passion
[4
solo
vv,
chorus & orch.]
BWV244
(1727,
r1736) .
. . Magnificat
in
D [5
solo
vv,
chorus
& orch.]
BWV243 (c1728-31) .
. . Conc.
for Harpsichord & Strings
in D minor BWV1052 (1728-35) .
. . Conc.
for Harpsichord & Strings
in F minor BWV1056 (1728-35) .
. . 6
Partitas [keyb] BWV825-30
(1731) .
. . Wachet
Auf! 'Sleepers Awake!'
[church cantata for
4 solo vv, chorus & orch.]
BWV140 (1731) .
. . Christmas
Oratorio [6 cantatas
for solo vv, chorus & orch.]
BWV248 (1734) .
. . 'Concerto'
in the Italian
Style [keyb] BWV971
(1735) .
. . 21
Choral Preludes
[org] BWV669-89
(1739) .
. . Goldberg
Variations
[keyb] BWV988
(1741-2) .
. . The
Art of Fugue
[chamber music
for unspecified
instrumentation]
BWV1080 (c1745-50) .
. . The
Musical
Offering
[fl, 2 vlns,
keyb & continuo]
BWV1079
(1747) .
. . Mass
in B minor
[4 solo
vv, chorus & orch.]
BWV232
(c1747-9) .
. . 6
Suites
(Sonatas)
for Solo
Cello
BWV1007-12
(c1750) .
. . Conc.
for
4 Harpsichords & Strings
in A
minor
BWV1065
(d?) .
. . Conc.
for
Oboe & Violin
(or
2 Harpsichords) & Strings
in
C minor
BWV1060
(d?)
Musical
Influences: Albinoni;
Böhm; Bruhns; BUXTEHUDE;
Caldara?; Corelli; F
Couperin; --Frescobaldi; -Froberger;
Fux?; [F Gasparini]?; Handel; +Hasse;
[R Keiser]; Legrenzi; Lotti; Lully;
Marais; Pachelbel;
--Palestrina; +Quantz?; A Scarlatti?;
D Scarlatti?; -Schütz;
--Sweelinck; Telemann; Torelli; Vivaldi; Zelenka
Has
Influenced: ++Alkan;
+++Andriessen; CPE
BACH; JC BACH; WF
BACH; +++Barrios; +++Bartók;
+Beethoven; +++Berio;
+++Bloch;
++Brahms;
++Bruckner;
+++BUSONI; ++Chopin;
+Clementi; +++Creston;
+++Crumb;
+++Debussy; +++Dupré;
+++Elgar; +++Enescu;
+++Falla; ++Fauré;
+++Finzi;
+++[W Fortner]; +++Foss;
++FRANCK; ++Franz;
++Gounod; +++Grainger;
+++Gubaidulina; ++Guilmant?; +++Hanson;
+++Harbison;
Hasse?;
+++Hindemith; +++HONEGGER;
+++Hovhaness; ++Hummel?; +++Indy;
+++Ives;
+++Janácek?; +++Kagel;
+++Karg-Elert; +++Kodály;
+++Koechlin; +++Kokkonen; KREBS;
+++Kurtág; +++Leighton;
+++Ligeti;
++Liszt; ++Loewe;
+++Mahler; +++MARTIN;
+++Martinu; ++MENDELSSOHN;
++Mendelssohn-Hensel; ++[I Moscheles];
+Mozart;
+++Nancarrow; +++Orff;
++[JK Paine]; ++PARRY; +++Pärt;
+++Penderecki;
+++Rachmaninov?; +++REGER; +++Reich;
+Reicha?; ++Rheinberger; +++Rihm;
+++Rochberg; ++Rossini;
+++Ruggles; +++Schnittke;
+++Schoenberg; ++Schubert;
+++Schuman;
++C Schumann; ++R
Schumann; +++Shchedrin; +++Shostakovich;
+++Stanford; +++Stravinsky;
+++Tailleferre; +++Taneyev;
+++Tournemire;
+++Vaughan Williams; +++VILLA-LOBOS;
++Wagner; +++Walker;
+++Webern;
++WIDOR;
+++[BA Zimmermann]
Bach,
Wilhelm Friedemann (1710-84) German;
Halle-based 1746-70
Style/Period: Pre-Classical
Best
Known For: solo keyboard
Notable
Work: .
. . Concerto in F [2 hpschds] Fk10
(c1740)]
Musical
Influences: JS
BACH; Telemann; Zelenka
Badings,
Henk (1907-87) Dutch
Style/Period: Neoclassical
Best
Known For: unusual musical
scales & harmonies---contributed to all main genres, including
electronic music
Musical
Influences: Bartók;
-Bruckner; Hindemith; Honegger; Milhaud; Indonesian
music & scales
Balakirev,
Mily (1837-1910) Russian;
St. Petersburg-based from 1855
Style/Period: Russian Nationalist (Romantic)
Genre
Profile: 212---2000---1101---200---00---120
Quantity
of Work Produced: considerable
Best
Known For: piano (solo,
concs.)---symphonic poems & concert
overs.---syms.---songs
Notable
Works: .
. . Tamara [sym. poem] (1867-82) .
. . Islamey: Oriental Fantasy [pf]
(1869, r1902)
Musical
Influences: -Beethoven; Berlioz; Chopin; Dargomïzhsky; GLINKA; Liszt; R
Schumann; Russian folk music
Has
Influenced: -Borodin;
-Cui; Glazunov;
Ippolitov-Ivanov; -Mussorgsky; RIMSKY-KORSAKOV; Tchaikovsky
54.
Barber, Samuel (1910-81) American
Style/Period: Neoromantic
Genre
Profile: 223---2212---2212---211---22---220
Quantity
of Work Produced: considerable
Best
Known For: significant contributor
to most main genres
Notable
Works: .
. . Dover Beach [songs for solo v & str
qtt] Op.3 (1931) . . . Over. to
(the Sheridan stage comedy) The School for Scandal [orch.]
Op.5 (1931-3) . . . Sonata for
Cello & Piano Op.6 (1932) . . . Sym.
#1 in One Movement Op.9 (1935-6) . . . Adagio
for Strings (from String Quartet #1, Op.11) [orch. arr.] (1936) .
. . Essay for Orch. #1 Op.12 (1937) .
. . Violin Conc. Op.14 (1939-40) .
. . Essay for Orch. #2 Op.17 (1942) .
. . Cello Conc. Op.22 (1945) .
. . Knoxville: Summer of 1915 [songs for
solo v & orch.] Op.24 (1947) . . . Piano
Sonata in E flat minor Op.26 (1949) . . . Medea's
Meditation & Dance of Vengeance from (the ballet) Medea [orch.]
Op.23a (1955) . . . Vanessa [opera]
(1957) . . . Piano Conc. Op.38
(1962) . . . Agnus Dei
[chorus & org/pf; arr. of Op.11] (1967)
Musical
Influences: -Brahms; Copland; Debussy;
+Menotti; Sibelius; Stravinsky
Has
Influenced: Menotti
Barrios
Mangoré, Agustín (1885-1944) Paraguayan
Style/Period: Nationalist (Romantic)
Best
Known For: solo guitar
Notable
Works: . . . Waltzes
[guitar] Op.8 (d?) . . . La
Catedral [guitar] (1921) . . . Julia
Florida [barcarolle for guitar] (1938)
Musical
Influences: ---JS
Bach;
--Beethoven; --Chopin; --Sor;
Tárrega; folk music
Has
Influenced: Lauro
25. Bartók,
Béla (1881-1945) Hungarian;
New York-based from 1940
Style/Period: Hungarian Nationalist (Neoclassical)
Genre
Profile: 023---3302---1322---302---22---020
Quantity
of Work Produced: extensive
Best
Known For: piano (solo,
w/orch.)---concs.---string
quartets---folksong settings---ballets & Duke
Bluebeard's Castle (opera)---violin (chamber
combs., w/orch.)
Notable
Works: .
. . Hungarian folksong arrangements [solo
v & pf] (1904-37?) . . . 14
Bagatelles [pf] S38 (1908) . . . String
Quartet #1 S40 (1908, r1910) . . . Duke
Bluebeard's Castle [opera] S48 (1911) . . . String
Quartet #2 S67 (1915-7) . . . 7
Romanian Folk Dances [orch. arr.] S68 (1917) . . . The
Miraculous Mandarin [pantomime ballet] S73 (1918-9, 1923,
r1924-31; orch. suite 1919, 1927) . . . 2
Sonatas for Violin & Piano S75-6 (1921/1922) .
. . Dance Suite [orch.] S77 (1923) .
. . Mikrokosmos [6 vols. of pf studies] S107
(1926, 1932-9) . . . String Quartet
#3 S85 (1927) . . . Rhapsody #1
for Violin & Piano S86 (1928) . . . String
Quartet #4 S91 (1928) . . . Piano
Conc. #2 S95 (1930-1) . . . String
Quartet #5 S102 (1934) . . . Music
for String Instruments, Percussion & Celesta S106 (1936) .
. . Sonata for 2 Pianos & Percussion
[4 players] S110 (1937) . . . Violin
Conc. #2 S112 (1937-8) . . . Divertimento
for String Orch. S113 (1939) . . . String
Quartet #6 S114 (1939) . . . Conc.
for Orch. S116 (1943, r1945) . . . Sonata
for Unaccompanied Violin S117 (1944) . . . Piano
Conc. #3 S119 (1945) . . . Viola
Conc. S120 (1945)
Musical
Influences: ---JS
Bach; --Beethoven;
+Berg; Brahms; Debussy;
+Gershwin?; Grieg; +Kodály; Liszt;
-Mussorgsky; Nielsen?; ---Palestrina?;
Ravel; ---D Scarlatti?; Schoenberg; R
Strauss; +Stravinsky; Wagner;
FOLK MUSIC; Renaissance music
Has
Influenced: Arnold;
Badings; [E Bergman]; Berio; Blacher; Boulez;
-Bridge;
Brouwer; Britten; Carter; Casella;
Copland; Crawford?; CRUMB;
Druckman?; Dutilleux; Feldman?; Gerhard; Ginastera;
Górecki; Gubaidulina?; KA
Hartmann; Henze; Hindemith; HOLMBOE; Husa;
-Ireland; Jolivet;
[L Kirchner]; Kodály; Kokkonen; Krenek;
KURTÁG; Leighton; LIGETI; LUTOSLAWSKI; Maderna;
Martin; Messiaen; Monk; Nyman; Pärt; Penderecki;
Perle; Persichetti; Petrassi; Piazzolla; Poulenc; Rautavaara; Reich;
Revueltas; Rochberg;
Rubbra?; Sallinen?;
Schickele; Schnittke; Sculthorpe; Shchedrin;
Shostakovich?; Stockhausen; Szymanowski;
+Tan; Tippett; Tubin; Warlock; Xenakis;
Zwilich
Bax,
Arnold (1883-1953) British
Style/Period: Late English
Romantic (Celtic revival)
Genre
Profile: 222---2211---2212---201---10---220
Quantity
of Work Produced: extensive
Best
Known For: syms. & symphonic
poems---chamber music---solo
piano
Notable
Works: .
. . Piano Quintet in G minor (1915) .
. . Tintagel [sym. poem] (1917-9) .
. . Piano Sonata #2 in G (1919)
Musical
Influences: Debussy; Delius;
Dvorák; Elgar; Grieg; Liszt;
Ravel; Sibelius; R
Strauss; Stravinsky; Wagner;
Irish/Celtic folk music; Romantic Russian opera & ballet
Has Influenced: Arnold;
Moeran
Beach,
Amy Marcy [Mrs. H. H. A.] (1867-1944) American;
New York-based from 1914
Style/Period: Late
Romantic (New England school)
Genre
Profile: 201---2000---2122---200---01---220
Quantity of Work Produced: considerable
Best
Known For: piano (solo,
chamber combs., w/orch.)---songs
Notable
Work: .
. . Sonata for Violin & Piano in A minor
Op.34 (1898)
Musical
Influences: --Beethoven?; Brahms;
-Chopin; Debussy; Dvorák;
Grieg?; Liszt; MacDowell;
+Rachmaninov; -R
Schumann; R Strauss; Wagner;
folk music; Native American themes
3.
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827) German;
Vienna-based from 1792
Style/Period: Late
Viennese Classical
Genre
Profile: 332---3302---3333---310---23---320
Quantity
of Work Produced: extensive
Best
Known For: syms.---piano (sonatas,
chamber combs., concs.)---chamber music (string
quartets, violin sonatas, trios,
etc.)---overs.---Violin
Conc. in D---Fidelio (opera)---Mass in D 'Missa Solemnis'
Notable
Works: .
. . Piano Conc. #2 in B flat Op.19 (1793-5,
r1798) . . . Piano Conc. #1 in
C Op.15 (1795, r1800) . . . Quintet
for Piano & Winds in E flat Op.16 (1796) . . . Piano
Sonata #8 in C minor 'Pathetique' Op.13 (1797-8?) .
. . Septet in E flat [winds & strings]
Op.20 (1799-1800) . . . Sym. #1
in C Op.21 (1800) . . . Sonata
for Violin & Piano in F 'Spring' Op.24 (1800-1) .
. . Piano Conc. #3 in C minor Op.37 (1800?) .
. . Piano Sonata #14 in C sharp minor 'Moonlight'
Op.27 no.2 (1801) . . . Sym. #2
in D Op.36 (1801-2) . . . Piano
Sonata #17 in D minor 'Tempest' Op.31 no.2 (1802) .
. . Sonata for Violin & Piano in A minor
'Kreutzer' Op.47 (1802-3) . . . Sym.
#3 in E flat 'Eroica' Op.55 (1803) . . . Conc.
for Violin, Cello, Piano & Orch. in C Op.56 (1803-4) .
. . Piano Sonata #21 in C 'Waldstein' Op.53
(1803-4) . . . Fidelio [opera]
Op.72 (1804-5) . . . Piano Sonata
#23 in F minor 'Appassionata' Op.57 (1804-5) . . . Leonore
Over. #3 (to the opera Fidelio) [orch.] Op.72a (1805-6) .
. . Over. to (the opera) Fidelio [orch.]
Op.72b (1805) . . . Piano Conc.
#4 in G Op.58 (1805-6) . . . String
Quartet #7 in F Op.59 no.1 (1805-6) . . . String
Quartet #9 in C 'Hero' Op.59 no.3 (1805-6) . . . Sym.
#4 in B flat Op.60 (1806) . . . Violin
Conc. in D Op.61 (1806) . . . Over.
to (the Collin play) Coriolan in C minor [orch.] Op.62
(1807) . . . Sonata for Cello & Piano
in A Op.69 (1807-8) . . . Sym.
#5 in C minor Op.67 (1807-8) . . . Piano
Trio #4 in D 'Ghost' Op.70 no.1 (1808) . . . Sym.
#6 in F 'Pastoral' Op.68 (1808) . . . Piano
Conc. #5 in E flat 'Emperor' Op.73 (1809) . . . Over. & Incidental
Music to (the Goethe play) Egmont [orch.] Op.84 (1809-10) .
. . Piano Sonata #26 in E flat 'Les Adieux'
Op.81a (1809-10) . . . Piano Trio
#7 in B flat 'Archduke' Op.97 (1810-1) . . . Sym.
#7 in A Op.92 (1811-2) . . . Sym.
#8 in F Op.93 (1812) . . . Sonata
for Cello & Piano in D Op.102 no.2 (1815) . . . Piano
Sonata #29 in B flat 'Hammerklavier' Op.106 (1817-8) .
. . Mass in D 'Missa Solemnis' [4 solo vv,
chorus & orch.] Op.123 (1819-23) . . . 33
Variations on a Waltz by Diabelli [pf] Op.120 (1819, 1822-3) .
. . Piano Sonata #31 in A flat Op.110 (1821-2) .
. . Piano Sonata #32 in C minor Op.111 (1821-2) .
. . Sym. #9 in D minor 'Choral' [4 solo vv,
chorus & orch.] Op.125 (1822-4) . . . 6
Bagatelles [pf] Op.126 (1823-4) . . . String
Quartet #15 in A minor Op.132 (1825) . . . String
Quartet #13 in B flat Op.130 (1825-6) . . . Grosse
Fuge in B flat [str qtt] Op.133 (1825-6) . . . String
Quartet #14 in C sharp minor Op.131 (1826) . . . String
Quartet #16 in F Op.135 (1826)
Musical
Influences: CPE
Bach; -JS Bach; Cherubini; Clementi;
Dittersdorf?; Dussek; --Fux; Gluck;
-Handel; J
Haydn; Mayr?; Méhul; Mozart;
---Palestrina; Reicha; Salieri;
-D Scarlatti; Viotti; gypsy music
Has
Influenced: Alkan;
+Balakirev; ++Barrios; ++Bartók;
++Beach?; BERLIOZ; Berwald;
+Bizet; +Boito;
+Borodin;
+BRAHMS; BRUCKNER;
++Busoni?; Carulli?; ++Chadwick; ++Chávez; -Clementi?; Chopin; CZERNY;
++Dukas; +Dvorák;
++Elgar?; Franck; Gade; Giuliani;
Glinka; +++Górecki?; Gounod?; +Grieg; ++Honegger;
+Indy;
++Ives; +++Kagel;
KUHLAU; ++Kurtág; Lalo; Liszt;
Loewe; ++Mahler; -Mayr; ++Medtner;
-Méhul; Mendelssohn; Mendelssohn-Hensel; Nicolai;
++Nono; Paganini;
+[JK Paine]; ++Reger; Reicha;
+Reinecke?; +++Rihm; ++Rochberg; Rossini; +Rubinstein; +Saint-Saëns;
++Schoenberg; SCHUBERT;
++Schuman; C Schumann?; R Schumann;
++Shostakovich;
++Sibelius; Spohr;
++Stenhammar; +Sullivan; +Svendsen;
++Taneyev; +Tchaikovsky; ++Tippett;
+++Tower; Verdi; Vieuxtemps; WAGNER;
Weber?;
++Webern; ++Wolf; +++Zwilich
51.
Bellini, Vincenzo (1801-35) Italian
Style/Period: Early Italian
Romantic (bel canto)
Genre
Profile: 002---0020---0011---110---03---220
Quantity
of Work Produced: considerable
Best
Known For: operas---songs
Notable
Works: .
. . Conc. for Oboe & Strings in E flat
(c1825) . . . La
Sonnambula [opera]
(1831) . . . Norma [opera]
(1831) . . . I Puritani [opera]
(1835)
Musical
Influences: Donizetti?; Mayr;
Meyerbeer; -Mozart; Paisiello; --Pergolesi; ROSSINI;
Spontini; [N Zingarelli]; folksong
Has
Influenced: BOTTESINI; Chopin;
++Cilea; -Donizetti; Glinka;
Liszt?; ++Mascagni?;
-Mercadante; -Meyerbeer?; Nicolai;
-[G PACINI]; C Schumann; R Schumann?; +Tchaikovsky?; Verdi; Wagner
Bennett,
Richard Rodney (1936-2012) British; New
York-based from 1979
Style/Period: Post-Schoenbergian Serial (Neoromantic)
Best
Known For: works prolifically
in all main genres, but especially in stage & screen
Musical
Influences: -Berg; Boulez;
Britten; Poulenc; [E Lutyens]; Stravinsky?; Walton; jazz; popular
song
72.
Berg, Alban (1885-1935) Austrian;
Vienna-based
Style/Period: Expressionist to
1925; Serial thereafter
Genre
Profile: 022---0202---0211---200---03---020
Quantity
of Work Produced: modest
Best
Known For: significant contributor
to most main genres
Notable
Works: .
. . songs [solo v & pf/orch.] (1900-12) .
. . Piano Sonata Op.1 (1907-8?) .
. . String Quartet Op.3 (1910) .
. . Three Pieces for Orch. Op.6 (1914-5) .
. . Wozzeck [opera] Op.7 (1917-22) .
. . Chamber Conc. [vln, pf & 13 wind
instrs.] (1923-5) . . . Lyric Suite
for String Quartet (1925-6) . . . Lulu [opera]
(1929-35) . . . Lulu Symphony [suite
for solo v & orch. from the opera] (1934) . . . Violin
Conc. 'To the Memory of an Angel' (1935)
Musical
Influences: Brahms; Debussy;
Dukas?; MAHLER; SCHOENBERG; Schreker;
--Schubert?; --R Schumann; R Strauss?; -Wagner;
Wolf; Zemlinsky; jazz
Has
Influenced: Alwyn;
Auric?; Babbitt;
-Bartók; +Bennett;
Blacher; Boulez;
-Bridge; Britten;
Crawford?; Dallapiccola; Davies; Finney;
Gershwin; Ginastera; Harrison; KA
Hartmann; Henze; [B Herrmann];
+Holliger; Jolivet; Kagel?; Kokkonen;
Krenek; Kurtág; Larsson;
Leighton; Ligeti; Maderna;
Messiaen?; Penderecki; Perle;
Scelsi; Schnittke; Schulhoff; Schuller?;
Shostakovich; [E Wellesz]; [BA Zimmermann]; +Zwilich
Berio,
Luciano (1925-2003) Italian
Style/Period: European Avant-garde
Genre
Profile: 012---1222---2211---212---12---22x
Quantity
of Work Produced: considerable
Best
Known For: works
for solo player ('Sequenza' series)---music theatre & other
works for solo v or vv
& instrumental ensemble---chamber
music---magnetic tape-based
pcs---music on political subjects
Notable
Works: .
. . Nones [orch.] (1954) . . . Sequenza
I [fl] (1958) . . . Sequenza III
[solo female v] (1965) . . . Sequenza
V [trombone] (1966) . . . Sinfonia
[8 solo vv & orch.] (1968, r1969)
Musical
Influences: ---JS
Bach;
Bartók;
Boulez; DALLAPICCOLA;
-Mahler; +Stockhausen; Stravinsky;
Webern; folksong
Has
Influenced: Andriessen;
Bolcom; Crumb?; Reich?; Schnittke
Berkeley,
Lennox (1903-89) British
Style/Period: French
Neoclassical
Best
Known For: solo
piano---songs---choral
music---chamber music
Notable
Work: .
. . Sonatina for Recorder/Flute & Piano
Op.13 (1939)
Musical
Influences: +Britten;
--Chopin; Fauré;
---Mozart; Poulenc; RAVEL; Stravinsky
29.
Berlioz, Hector (1803-69) French;
mainly Paris-based from 1821
Style/Period: Early French
Romantic (New German school)
Genre
Profile: 332---0201---0001---110---03---330
Quantity
of Work Produced: considerable
Best
Known For: dramatic music
for orch.---concert overs.---operas---syms.---sacred vocal- & choral-orchestral music---songs---orchestration
Notable
Works: .
. . Symphonie Fantastique Op.14 (1830) .
. . Harold in Italy [sym. for va & orch.]
Op.16 (1834) . . . Benvenuto
Cellini [opera] (1834-7) . . . Grande
Messe des Morts (Requiem) [solo v, chorus & orch.] Op.5 (1837) .
. . Over. to (the opera) Benvenuto Cellini [orch.]
Op.23 (1838) . . . Romeo
& Juliet ['dramatic symphony' for solo vv, chorus & orch.]
Op.17 (1839) . . . Grande
Symphonie Funèbre et Triomphale [military band,
string orch. & chorus ad lib] Op.15 (1840) .
. . Les Nuits d'Été
[song cycle for solo v & pf/orch.] Op.7 (1840-1,
1843-56) . . . Roman
Carnival Over. [concert over. based on material from
the opera Benvenuto Cellini] Op.9 (1844) .
. . The Damnation of Faust ['dramatic
legend' for 4 solo vv, chorus
& orch.] Op.24 (1845-6) . . . Te
Deum [solo v, chorus & orch.] Op.22 (1849) .
. . L'Enfance du Christ [sacred
oratorio for solo v, chorus & orch.] (1850-4) .
. . Les Troyens [opera]
(1856-8) . . . Béatrice
et Bénédict [opera] (1860-2)
Musical
Influences: BEETHOVEN;
Cherubini; -Gluck; Halévy?;
[J-F Le Sueur]; Méhul;
Meyerbeer?; -Mozart; Reicha; Spontini; Weber
Has
Influenced: Alkan;
++ARNOLD; Balakirev;
-Berwald?; Borodin; Busoni;
G Charpentier; Delibes; Franck; Glinka;
Gounod; +Honegger?; Indy; Koechlin; Liszt; Mahler;
Massenet; Mussorgsky; Nielsen?;
[JK Paine]; Raff; Rimsky-Korsakov;
Rubinstein; Saint-Saëns; Sibelius; Smetana;
Jos Strauss?; R Strauss; Sullivan;
Svendsen; Tchaikovsky; Thomas;
Varèse?; Verdi; Wagner
50.
Bernstein, Leonard (1918-90) American;
mainly New York-based
Style/Period: American Vernacularist (w/eclectic
Neoclassical, Neoromantic & Serial elements)
Genre
Profile: 232---0122---1012---201---22---220
Quantity
of Work Produced: considerable
Best
Known For: stage
works & derivative orchestral
suites---syms.---vocal- & choral-orchestral music
Notable
Works: .
. . Sym. #1 'Jeremiah' [solo v & orch.]
(1943) . . . Fancy Free [ballet]
(1944) . . . Sym. #2 'Age of Anxiety'
[pf & orch.] (1949) . . . Over.
to (the comic operetta) Candide [orch.] (1955-6) .
. . Symphonic Dances from (the musical) West
Side Story [orch.] (1960) . . . Chichester
Psalms [psalm settings for solo v, chorus & orch.] (1965)
Musical
Influences: Blitzstein; COPLAND; Gershwin;
Hindemith; Ives;
-Mahler; Piston; Stravinsky; Thompson;
Weill; jazz;
Hebrew liturgical music
Has
Influenced: Corigliano
Berwald,
Franz (1796-1868) Swedish
Style/Period: Early German
Romantic
Best
Known For: syms.---chamber
music
Notable
Works: .
. . Sym. #1 in G minor 'Sinfonie Sérieuse'
(1842) . . . Sym. #3
in C 'Sinfonie Singulière'
(1845)
Musical
Influences: Beethoven;
+Berlioz?; +Chopin?; Hummel;
+Mendelssohn; -Mozart; Spohr; Weber
Biber,
Heinrich I. F. von (1644-1704) Bohemian;
Salzburg-based from c1670
Style/Period: Middle
Austrian Baroque
Best
Known For: violin sonatas---chamber
ensemble pcs---sacred vocal &
choral music
Notable
Works: .
. . Battalia a 10 in D [strings] (p1673)
. . . Mystery (Rosary)
Sonatas & Passacaglia [vln & continuo] (c1676)
Musical
Influences: Buxtehude?;
Schmelzer; French, German/Austrian & Italian music
Has
Influenced: Muffat
Billings,
William (1746-1800) American;
Boston-based
Style/Period: "American
primitive"
Best
Known For: sacred choral music (hymns, anthems,
'fuging tunes,' etc.)
Musical
Influences: 18th century
English church music; folk music
Has
Influenced: ++Cowell;
+++Schuman
Binchois,
Gilles (de) (c1400-60) Franco-Flemish;
Burgundian court-based
Style/Period: Early
Franco-Flemish Renaissance
Best
Known For: secular
songs (chansons)---mass movements & other
small-scale sacred vocal music
Musical
Influences: Dufay?; DUNSTABLE;
Gregorian chant
Has
Influenced: -Dufay?;
La Rue?;
Ockeghem
Birtwistle,
Harrison (Paul) (1934-) British
Style/Period: Post-Serial,
with a modernist core broadened by myth, ritual, history &
theatre
Best
Known For:
operas---chamber music
Musical
Influences: Boulez;
Messiaen; -Satie; Stockhausen; Stravinsky; Varèse; --Wagner;
Webern
37.
Bizet, Georges (1838-75) French;
Paris-based
Style/Period: Middle French
Romantic
Genre
Profile: 232---0000---0002---200---03---220
Quantity
of Work Produced: considerable
Best
Known Work: . . . Sym.
#1 in C (1855) . . . The
Pearl Fishers [opera] (1863) . . . Jeux
d'Enfants [12 pcs for pf 4 hands (also in orch. arr.)]
Op.22 (1871) . . . L'Arlésienne Suite
#1 [orch. suite from incidental music to the Daudet
play] (1872) .
. . Carmen [opera]
(1873-4; orch. suites #1 & #2 1874)
Musical
Influences: -Beethoven;
Chopin; Donizetti; GOUNOD;
Halévy; Meyerbeer;
--Mozart; Offenbach; Rossini;
Saint-Saëns?; Verdi;
Wagner?; Spanish
music; Asian & Middle
Eastern music
Has
Influenced: Chabrier;
-Delibes; Leoncavallo; Massenet;
Puccini; -Saint-Saëns?; Sullivan; Tchaikovsky
Blacher,
Boris (1903-75) German;
after 1922 mainly Berlin-based
Best
Known For: concs.---chamber
music---ballets
Notable
Work: . . . Variations on a Theme by
Niccolò Paganini [orch.] Op.26 (1947)
Musical
Influences: Bartók;
Berg; Hindemith; Milhaud; Ravel?; Satie; Schoenberg;
STRAVINSKY; jazz
Has Influenced: KA
Hartmann
Bliss,
Arthur (1891-1975) British;
mainly London-based
Style/Period: Neoromantic
Best
Known For: orchestral
pcs---film scores---choral
music---ballets---brass (orchestral)
Notable
Works: .
. . A Colour Symphony (1921-2; r1932) . . . Things
to Come [film
score & orch.
suite] (1934-5) . . . Music
for Strings [string orch.] (1935)
Musical
Influences: Debussy; Elgar;
+Milhaud; ---Purcell; Ravel; Schoenberg; Stravinsky; jazz
Blitzstein,
Marc (1905-64) American
Style/Period: American Vernacularist
Best
Known For: dramatic works
(for stage, film & radio)
featuring political satire &
social criticism
Notable
Work: .
. . The Cradle Will Rock ["play
in music"] (1936-7)
Musical
Influences: Eisler; Schoenberg; Stravinsky; WEILL; jazz; popular
song
Has
Influenced: Bernstein
Bloch,
Ernest (1880-1959) Swiss-American; mainly U.S.-based from 1916
Style/Period: Neoclassical (w/Jewish
Nationalist &
Neoromantic elements)
Genre
Profile: 202---2222---2212---212---02---210
Quantity
of Work Produced: modest
Best
Known For: cello (solo,
chamber combs., w/orch.)---violin (chamber
combs., w/orch.)---music on Jewish
themes---quartets & quintets
Notable
Works: .
. . Schelomo: Hebraic Rhapsody for Cello & Orch.
(1915-6) . . . String Quartet #1
in B minor (1916) . . . Suite for
Viola & Piano [also in va &
orch. arr.] (1919) . . . Sonata
#1 for Violin
& Piano (1920) . . . Piano
Quintet #1 (1921-3) . . . Baal
Shem [suite for vln
& pf] (1923) . . . From
Jewish Life [suite for vc & pf] (1924) .
. . Concerto Grosso #1 [pf & string
orch.] (1924-5) . . . Violin
Conc. (1937-8)
Musical
Influences: ---JS
Bach; DEBUSSY;
[E Jaques-Dalcroze]; Mussorgsky;
Ravel; R
Strauss; Wagner; Renaissance music;
Jewish religious music
Has
Influenced: Clarke; Sessions;
Pizzetti?; Sculthorpe; Thompson
Blow,
John (1649-1708) British;
London-based from 1668
Style/Period: Middle
English Baroque
Best
Known For: anthems---odes---songs---solo
keyboard (hpschd & org)
Notable
Works: .
. . Venus & Adonis [masque] (c1682) .
. . Ode on the Death of Mr. Henry Purcell
[2 solo vv, 2 recorders & basso-continuo] (p1696)
Musical
Influences: [C
Gibbons]; Lawes?; Locke; Lully?;
French & Italian music
Has
Influenced: [J Clarke];
[W Croft]; Handel?; PURCELL
105.
Boccherini, Luigi (1743-1805) Italian;
Spain-based after 1768
Style/Period: Classical
Genre
Profile: 201---1301---3222---000---10---210
Quantity
of Work Produced: extensive
Best
Known For: cello (sonatas,
concs.)---string quintets---quintets
for guitar & string quartet---syms.---string
quartets
Notable
Works: .
. . Cello Conc. #7 in G G480 (1770) .
. . Minuet from String Quintet #5 in E G275
(1771) . . . Cello Conc. #9 in
B flat G482 (c1775?) . . . Quintet
for Guitar & Strings #4 in D G448 (1798) . . . syms.
G493-8, G503-22 (p1775-92) . . . Sonata
for Cello & Continuo #4 in A G4 (d?)
Musical
Influences: --Corelli; Gluck; J
HAYDN; ---Palestrina?; Sammartini; J
Stamitz; Tartini; Spanish guitar
music
Has
Influenced: -J
Haydn?; Mozart; -Soler?; Sor
Böhm,
Georg (1661-1733) German;
mainly Lüneberg-based after 1697
Style/Period: Middle
German Baroque
Best
Known For: solo
organ & keyboard (espec.
chorale partitas, fugues & preludes)
Musical
Influences: Buxtehude;
Froberger
Has
Influenced: JS Bach
Boieldieu,
François-Adrien (1775-1834) French;
mainly Paris-based from 1796
Style/Period: Post-Classical
Best
Known For: comic operas
Notable
Work: . . . Harp
Conc. in C (1801)
Musical
Influences: Cherubini;
Grétry; Mozart;
+Rossini; +Weber
Has
Influenced: ADAM; Halévy; Weber?
Boismortier,
Joseph Bodin de (1689-1755) French; Paris-based from c1724
Style/Period: Late
French Baroque (galant)
Best
Known For: chamber
music (espec. w/flute or recorder)
Notable
Work: . . . 6
Sonatas for Flute & Keyboard Op.91 (p1741-2)
Musical
Influences: Corelli; Rameau;
Italian music; dance music
Boito,
Arrigo (1842-1918) Italian
Style/Period: Middle Italian
Romantic (w/eclectic French, German & Italian elements)
Genre
Profile: 000---0000---0000---000---03---010
Quantity
of Work Produced: modest
Best
Known For: operas;
also as librettist of Ponchielli's La Gioconda and Verdi's Otello & Falstaff
Notable
Work: .
. . Mefistofele [opera] (1868, r1875-8)
Musical
Influences: -Beethoven; Meyerbeer; Verdi; Wagner
Has
Influenced: -Verdi
Bolcom,
William (1938-) American; Ann Arbor-based from 1973
Style/Period: American Vernacularist (w/eclectic
Expressionist, Neoclassical & Neoromantic elements:
Polystylistic)
Genre
Profile: 211---2222---2222---220---01---020
Quantity of Work Produced: considerable
Best
Known For: piano
rags---chamber music---orchestral
pcs---syms.---songs
Musical
Influences: Berio; [Eubie
Blake]; Boulez; --Chopin; --Gottschalk; Ives; -Joplin; Messiaen; Milhaud;
Rochberg; Stockhausen; RAGTIME; JAZZ; POPULAR
SONG
Bononcini,
Giovanni (Battista) (1670-1747) Italian;
London-based 1720-32, also for periods in Paris & Vienna
Style/Period: Late
Italian Baroque
Best
Known For: operas---oratorios---cantatas
Musical Influences: [A Steffani]
Has Influenced: Handel;
-A Scarlatti?
79.
Borodin, Alexander (1833-87) Russian;
St. Petersburg-based
Style/Period: Russian Nationalist (Romantic)
Genre
Profile: 332---0000---1311---200---02---020
Quantity
of Work Produced: small
Best
Known Work: . . . songs
[solo v & pf] (c1850-c1885) . . . Prince
Igor [opera; completed by Glazunov & Rimsky-Korsakov]
(1869-70, 1874-87) . . . Sym.
#2 in B minor (1869-76) . . . String
Quartet #1 in A (1874-9) . . . In
(the Steppes of) Central Asia [sym. poem] (1880) .
. . String Quartet #2
in D (1881) .
. . Sym. #3 in A minor
(completed by Glazunov)
(1882, 1886-7) . . . Petite
Suite [pf] (1885) . . . Over.
to (the opera) Prince
Igor [orch.;
orchestration completed by Glazunov]
(1888) . . . Polovtsian
Dances from (the opera) Prince Igor [orch.;
orchestration completed by Glazunov & Rimsky-Korsakov]
(1888)
Musical
Influences: +Balakirev;
-Beethoven; Berlioz; Chopin; Glinka; Liszt; Mendelssohn;
+Mussorgsky?; +Rimsky-Korsakov; R
Schumann; folksong; Central Asian music
Has
Influenced: Debussy; Glazunov; Glière;
Gretchaninov; Janácek?; +Kabalevsky;
+Khachaturian; +Moreno
Torróba;
+Prokofiev; Rachmaninov; Ravel;
+Shostakovich; Sibelius; Stravinsky
Bottesini,
Giovanni (1821-89) Italian
Style/Period: Middle
Italian Romantic
Best
Known For: double
bass (chamber combs., w/orch.)
Notable
Works: . . . Gran
Duo Concertante [vln, double bass & string orch.]
(1880) .
. . Conc. for Double Bass & Orchestra
#2 in B minor [originally for double bass & pf] (p1950)
Musical
Influences: BELLINI; Chopin;
Donizetti; Mendelssohn; Verdi
Boulanger,
Lili (1893-1918) French; mainly Paris-based
Style/Period: Impressionist (French
Romantic)
Best
Known For: vocal- & choral-orchestral music---songs
Notable
Work: . . . Pie
Jesu [v, str qtt, harp & org] (1918)
Musical
Influences: DEBUSSY; Fauré;
-Wagner
Has Influenced: -Honegger
Boulez,
Pierre (1925-) French; mainly Paris-based
Style/Period: European Avant-garde
Genre
Profile: 022---0010---2202---201---00---02x
Quantity
of Work Produced: small
Best
Known For: works
for solo v or vv & instrumental ensemble---aleatory
music---solo piano---orchestral
pcs---magnetic tape-based pcs
Notable
Works: .
. . Piano Sonata #2 (1948) . .
. Le Soleil des Eaux [secular cantata for
solo v or vv, chorus & chamber orch.] (1948, r1958 & 1965) .
. . Le Marteau sans Maître [secular
cantata for solo v & 6 instrs.] (1953-5, r1957) .
. . Piano Sonata #3 (1955-7) .
. . Pli Selon Pli [song settings of Mallarmé
poems for solo v & orch.] (1957-62, r1980s)
Musical
Influences: Bartók;
Berg; Cage;
-Debussy; Maderna; MESSIAEN; Schoenberg;
+Stockhausen; Stravinsky; Varèse; Webern;
music of India; gamelan
music
Has
Influenced: Bennett;
Berio; Birtwistle; Bolcom; -Cage;
Górecki; Holliger;
Kagel; -Ligeti; Penderecki; Rihm?;
Takemitsu; Wolff?
Bowles,
Paul (1910-99) American-Moroccan;
Tangier-based from 1947
Best
Known For: stage
works (espec. ballets & incidental music)---songs---solo piano
Musical
Influences: Copland;
Ravel; Revueltas; Stravinsky; Thomson
Boyce,
William (1711-79) British;
London-based
Style/Period: Pre-Classical
Best
Known For: overs. & syms.---anthems
Notable
Works: .
. . Sym. #1 in B flat [arr. by C.
Lambert] Op.2 no.1 (p1760) . . . O
Where Shall Wisdom be Found? [anthem] (1769?) .
. . Voluntary
#1 in D [keyb] (p1779)
Musical
Influences: +JC
Bach?; Corelli?; HANDEL;
French & Italian music
5.
Brahms, Johannes (1833-97) German;
Hamburg-based to 1862; Vienna-based thereafter
Style/Period: Middle German
Romantic (Neoclassical)
Genre
Profile: 303---3302---3333---320---00---330
Quantity
of Work Produced: extensive
Best
Known For: important contributor
to most main genres (except ballet & opera)
Notable
Works: .
. . songs [solo v & pf] (1851-96) .
. . 21 Hungarian Dances (in 4 books) [pf
4 hands] (1852-69) . . . Piano
Sonata #3 in F minor Op.5 (1853) . . . Piano
Conc. #1 in D minor Op.15 (1854-8) . . . Sym.
#1 in C minor Op.68 (1855-76) . . . A
German Requiem [cantata/oratorio for 2 solo vv, chorus & orch.]
(1857-68) . . . Serenade #1 in
D [orch.] Op.11 (1857-8) . . . Serenade
#2 in A [small orch.] Op.16 (1858-9, r1875) . . . 25
Variations & Fugue on a Theme by Handel in B flat [pf] Op.24
(1861) . . . Piano Quartet #1 in
G minor Op.25 (1861) . . . Piano
Quintet in F minor Op.34 (1861-4) . . . 28
Variations on a Theme by Paganini [pf] Op.35 (1862-3) .
. . Sonata for Cello & Piano #1 in E
minor Op.38 (1862-5) . . . String
Sextet #2 in G [2 vlns, 2 va & 2 vc] Op.36 (1864-5) .
. . Trio for Horn, Violin & Piano in
E flat Op.40 (1865) . . . String
Quartet #1 in C minor Op.51 no.1 (1865?-73) . . . Schicksalslied
[secular poem setting for chorus & orch.] Op.54 (1868-71) .
. . Alto Rhapsody [secular poem setting for
solo v, chorus & orch.] Op.53 (1869) . . . 3
Hungarian Dances [orch. arr.] (1873) . . . Variations
on a Theme by Haydn in B flat [orch. arr.] Op.56a (1873; also
in 2 pf arr. as Op.56b) . . . Sym.
#2 in D Op.73 (1877) . . . Violin
Conc. in D Op.77 (1878) . . . Piano
Conc. #2 in B flat Op.83 (1878-81) . . . 3
sonatas for violin &
piano Opp. 78/100/108
(1878-9/1886/1886-8) .
. . 2
Rhapsodies for
Piano in B minor/G
minor Op.79 (1879) .
. . Academic
Festival Over.
in C minor [concert
over.] Op.80
(1880) .
. . Tragic
Over. in D minor
[concert over.]
Op.81 (1880,
r1881) .
. . Gesang
der Parzen [Goethe
text setting
for 6-part chorus & orch.]
Op.89 (1882) .
. . Sym.
#3 in F Op.90
(1883) .
. . Sym.
#4 in E minor
Op.98 (1884-5) .
. . Piano
Trio #3 in C
minor Op.101
(1886) .
. . Conc.
for Violin, Cello & Orch.
in A minor Op.102
(1887) .
. . Quintet
for Clarinet & Strings
in B minor Op.115
(1891) .
. . Trio
for Clarinet,
Cello
& Piano
in A minor Op.114 (1891) .
. . 20
piano miniatures Opp. 116-9
(1892) .
. . Sonata
for Clarinet & Piano
in F minor Op.120 no.1
(1894)
Musical
Influences: --JS
Bach; -BEETHOVEN; ---Buxtehude;
Chopin; ---F
Couperin; --Handel;
-J Haydn; Mendelssohn;
--Mozart; --D
Scarlatti; -Schubert; C
Schumann; R SCHUMANN; ---Schütz; Spohr;
-Viotti; folksong; gypsy music
Has
Influenced: Alfvén;
+Barber; Bartók; Beach; Berg; Bridge; Busoni;
Chadwick; Chausson; +Chávez; Clarke; Coleridge-Taylor; DOHNÁNYI; Dvorák; Elgar; Enescu; Fibich;
Foote; Glazunov; -Goldmark; Granados?;
Griffes; +Guarnieri?; ++Henze?; Hindemith; Ireland;
Ives; Karg-Elert; Kodály; +Kokkonen;
++Leighton; MacDowell?; Mahler; Medtner; Nielsen;
Novák; PARRY; Pfitzner; REGER;
-Reinecke; Rheinberger; Rubbra?;
-Rubinstein; [F Schmidt]; Schoenberg; Schreker; -C
Schumann; STANFORD; Stenhammar; R
Strauss; Suk; Szymanowski;
Toch; Vaughan Williams?; Webern; Wolf-Ferrari; Zemlinsky
Bridge,
Frank (1879-1941) British
Style/Period: Late
(post-Brahmsian) Romantic to c1918; Impressionist/Expressionist thereafter
Genre
Profile: 012---1100---2222---220---11---120
Quantity
of Work Produced: considerable
Best
Known For: chamber
music---orchestral pcs---string
instr(s). (chamber combs., w/orch., orchestral)
Notable
Works: .
. . Suite for String Orch. (1908) .
. . The Sea [suite for large orch.] (1910-1) .
. . Sonata for Cello & Piano in D minor
(1913-7) . . . Piano Trio #2 (1929)
Musical
Influences: +Bartók;
+Berg; Brahms;
--Chopin; Debussy; Delius; Fauré;
Ravel; Scriabin
Has
Influenced: BRITTEN;
Clarke
26.
Britten, Benjamin (1913-76) British
Style/Period: Neoclassical
Genre
Profile: 222---2201---1212---213---23---230
Quantity
of Work Produced: considerable
Best
Known For: operas---orchestral
pcs---vocal- & choral-orchestral music---songs---cello (solo,
chamber combs., w/orch.)---works for
solo player---music
for children & amateurs
Notable
Works: .
. . secular songs & song cycles [solo
v & pf/orch./other accompaniment] (1929-75) . .
. Simple Symphony [string orch.] Op.4 (1933-4) .
. . Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge
[string orch.] Op.10 (1937) . . . 3
string quartets Opp. 25/36/94 (1941/1945/1975) . .
. A Ceremony of Carols [sacred text for treble
chorus & harp] Op.28 (1942) . . . Serenade
for Tenor, Horn & Strings [songs] Op.31 (1943) .
. . Peter Grimes [opera] Op.33 (1944-5) .
. . Four Sea Interludes from (the opera) Peter
Grimes [orch.] Op.33a (1944-5) . . . The
Young Person's Guide to the Orch. [orch.] Op.34 (1946) .
. . Spring Symphony [secular cantata for
3 solo vv, choruses & orch.] Op.44 (1949) . . . Billy
Budd [opera] Op.50 (1951) . . . Six
Metamorphoses after Ovid [oboe] Op.49 (1951) . . . The
Turn of the Screw [chamber opera] Op.54 (1954) .
. . A Midsummer Night's Dream [opera]
Op.64 (1960) . . . War Requiem
[sacred & secular texts for 3 solo vv, choruses & orchs.]
Op.66 (1961) . . . Cello Symphony
[vc & orch.] Op.68 (1963) . . . Nocturnal
after John Dowland [guitar] Op.70 (1963) . . . 3
cello suites Opp. 72/80/87 (1964/1967/1972)
Musical
Influences: Bartók; Berg; BRIDGE;
Copland; Debussy; Delius?; ---Dowland; Holst; Ireland;
-Mahler; [C McPhee]; Prokofiev?; ---Purcell;
Ravel; Schoenberg;
--Schubert; Shostakovich; Stravinsky;
-Verdi; Walton;
gamelan music
Has
Influenced: Argento; Bennett;
-Berkeley; Henze; Leighton; Musgrave;
Pinkham; Rutter; Sallinen; -Shostakovich
Brouwer,
Leo (1939-) Cuban
Style/Period: Nationalist to
c1964; highly eclectic thereafter (at first Avant-garde,
more recently Neoromantic/Impressionist)
Best
Known For: guitar (solo,
chamber combs., w/orch.)
Notable
Works: .
. . Elogio de la Danza [guitar] (1964) .
. . El Decamerón [guitar] (1981) .
. . Canción de Cuna 'Berceuse'
[guitar] (d?)
Musical
Influences: Bartók; Lutoslawski;
Messiaen; Penderecki; Shostakovich;
Stravinsky; folk
music; African & Cuban music
Bruch,
Max (1838-1920) German;
Berlin-based after 1891
Style/Period: Middle German
Romantic
Genre
Profile: 201---0302---2121---101---01---220
Quantity
of Work Produced: considerable
Best
Known For: violin
(w/orch.)---cello (w/orch.)---choral-orchestral
music
Notable
Works: .
. . Violin Conc. #1 in G minor Op.26 (1866) .
. . Kol Nidrei [variations for vc & orch.]
Op.47 (1880) . . . Scottish Fantasy
[vln & orch.] Op.46 (1880) . . . 8
Pieces [cl, va (or vc) & pf] Op.83 (p1910)
Musical
Influences: [F
Hiller]; Mendelssohn; Raff?; +Sarasate;
-Schubert; R
Schumann; Spohr?; folk music
Has
Influenced: Respighi; Vaughan Williams
47.
Bruckner, Anton (1824-96) Austrian;
Vienna-based from 1868
Style/Period: Middle German
Romantic
Genre
Profile: 301---0000---2111---110---00---310
Quantity
of Work Produced: considerable
Best
Known For: syms.---masses---sacred motets
Notable
Works: .
. . Ave Maria in F [7 vv] (1861) .
. . Mass
#2 in E minor [chorus, woodwinds & brass]
(1866, r1876 &
1882) . . . Mass #3 in F minor
[4 solo vv, chorus & orch.] (1867-8, r1876 & 1881) .
. . Locus iste in C [choral gradual] (1869)
. . . Sym. #3 in D
minor (1873-7, r1888-9) . . . Sym.
#4 in E flat 'Romantic' (1874, 1878-80, r1886) .
. . Sym.
#5 in B flat (1875-6) . . . String
Quintet in F (1879) . . . Sym.
#7 in E (1881-3) . . . Te Deum
in C [4 solo vv, chorus &
orch.] (1881-4) . . . Sym.
#8 in C minor (1884-7, 1889-90) . . . Sym.
#9 in D minor (1891-6)
Musical
Influences: --JS
Bach; BEETHOVEN; -J
Haydn; -M Haydn; Liszt; Mendelssohn;
--Mozart; ---Palestrina; Schubert; WAGNER;
Renaissance polyphony; Gregorian chant
Has
Influenced: +Badings; +KA
Hartmann; Kreisler; Mahler;
++Penderecki;
Reger; [F Schmidt]; Schoenberg?; Sibelius; Stenhammar;
R Strauss; Wolf
Bruhns,
Nicolaus (1665-97) German;
North Germany-based
Style/Period: Middle
German Baroque
Best
Known For: solo
organ---sacred cantatas
Notable
Works: .
. . Prelude & Fugue in E minor #1 [org]
(d?) . . . Prelude & Fugue
in E minor #2 [org] (d?)
Musical
Influences: BUXTEHUDE
Has Influenced: JS
Bach
Bull,
John (c1562-1628) British;
South Netherlands-based from 1613
Style/Period: Late
English Renaissance
Best
Known For: solo keyboard
Musical
Influences: Byrd; Tallis
Has
Influenced: Gibbons; +++Nyman; Sweelinck
101.
Busoni, Ferruccio (1866-1924) Italian-German
Style/Period: Late
Romantic (w/German Neoclassical elements)
Genre
Profile: 022---2110---1212---210---02---120
Quantity
of Work Produced: extensive
Best
Known For: piano (solo,
w/orch., piano arrs. of J.S. Bach & other composers' works)---operas---chamber
music
Notable
Works: .
. . Piano Conc. in C [w/male chorus] Op.39
(1903-4) . . . Doktor Faust [opera]
(1916-24) . . . Turandot [opera]
(1917) . . . Sonatina
#6 'Fantasia da Camera sur Carmen' [pf] (1920)
Musical
Influences: ---JS
BACH; --Beethoven?; Berlioz; Brahms;
-Chopin?; LISZT;
--Mozart; Rubinstein; Verdi
Has
Influenced: Casella; Dallapiccola; Grainger;
Griffes?; [A Hába]; Hindemith;
Krenek; LUENING; Maderna?; Malipiero?; Pizzetti?; Schoenberg?;
-Sibelius; Toch?; Varèse; Weill; Wolpe
Butterworth,
George (1885-1916) British
Style/Period: English Nationalist
Best
Known For: songs & song
cycles---orchestral pcs
Notable
Works: .
. . A Shropshire Lad [song cycle for solo
v & pf] (1911) . . . A Shropshire
Lad [rhapsody for orch.] (1912) . . . The
Banks of Green Willow [idyll for orch.] (1913)
Musical
Influences: --R
Schumann?; Stanford; Vaughan
Williams; ENGLISH FOLKSONG
Has Influenced: -Vaughan
Williams
100.
Buxtehude, Dieterich (1637-1707) Danish-German;
Lubeck-based from 1668
Style/Period: Middle
German Baroque
Genre
Profile: [not
used]
Quantity
of Work Produced: extensive
Best
Known For: solo
organ---sacred cantatas & choral
music---trio sonatas
Notable
Works: .
. . Chaconne in E minor [org] Bx160 (before
1700) . . . In dulci jubilo in
G [chorale prelude for org] Bx197 (before 1700) .
. . Passacaglia
in D minor [org] Bx161 (before 1700) .
. . Prelude & Fugue
in D [org] Bx139 (before 1700) . . . sacred
cantatas [v or vv & 2 to 8 or 9 instrs.] (before 1700)
Musical
Influences: Carissimi; Frescobaldi; Froberger; Monteverdi;
+Purcell?; [H Scheidemann]; Scheidt; Schütz;
-Sweelinck; [M Weckmann]; French & Italian music
Has
Influenced: JS
BACH; Biber?; Böhm; +++Brahms; BRUHNS;
Handel; +++Orff; Pachelbel; Telemann
71.
Byrd, William (1539/40 - 1623) British;
Essex-based from 1593
Style/Period: Late
English Renaissance
Genre
Profile: [not
used]
Quantity
of Work Produced: extensive
Best
Known For: masses---solo keyboard---sacred motets---anthems---sacred & secular songs---consort
music---madrigals
Notable
Works: .
. . Mass for Four Voices [unacc. vv] (c1592-3) .
. . Mass for Five Voices [unacc. vv] (c1595) .
. . Great Service in F [2 choruses of 5 vv
each] (before 1600) . . . Pavane & Galliard
in A minor #2 'Earl of Salisbury' [keyb] (before 1600) .
. . secular (consort) songs [3-6 vv, some
acc. by viols] (before 1600) . . . Ave
verum corpus [sacred motet for 4 vv] (p1605) . . . In
dulci jubilo in G [chorale prelude for org] (d?)
Musical
Influences: Cabezón; Clemens;
[A Ferrabosco I]; Lasso; TALLIS; Taverner; [C Tye]
Has
Influenced: Bull; GIBBONS; MORLEY;
+++Orff?; Philips; ++Purcell; Sweelinck; TOMKINS;
+++Vaughan Williams; Weelkes
Cabezón,
Antonio de (c1500-66) Spanish
Style/Period: Middle
Spanish Renaissance
Best
Known For: solo
organ
Notable
Work: .
. . Pavana con su glosa
[org] (p1578)
Musical
Influences: Josquin
Has
Influenced: Byrd; Sweelinck; Tallis
Caccini,
Giulio (1551-1618) Italian;
Florence- & Rome-based
Style/Period: Early
Italian Baroque
Best
Known For: songs---madrigals---operas
Notable
Work: .
. . Amarilli Mia Bella [song] (p1602)
Has Influenced: Campion
59.
Cage, John (1912-92) American;
mainly California- & New
York-based
Style/Period: American Avant-garde (New York school)
Genre
Profile: 011---2001---2222---212---11---02x
Quantity
of Work Produced: considerable
Best
Known For: aleatory
music---works accenting use of time, space and silence---solo
piano, espec. prepared piano---chamber
music---magnetic tape-based pcs---percussion (chamber
combs.)---solo voice
Notable
Works: . . . Third
Construction [perc quartet] (1941) . . . Amores
[2 prepared pf & 2 perc trios] (1943) . . . Sonatas & Interludes
[prepared pf] (1946-8) . . . Conc.
for Prepared Piano & Chamber Orch. (1951) . .
. Atlas Eclipticalis [any combination of
up to 86 instrs.] (1961-2) . . . Five
[5 vv or 5 instrs.] (1988)
Musical
Influences: +Boulez; Cowell;
Debussy; +Feldman; +Harrison; Ives; Satie; SCHOENBERG; Varèse; Webern;
+Wolff; Wolpe; MUSIC
OF INDIA; chance events; silence
Has
Influenced: Adams; Andriessen; Boulez;
[E Brown]; Crumb; FELDMAN; Glass; Harrison; Kagel;
Ligeti?; Lutoslawski; Maderna;
-Messiaen; Nyman; Oliveros; Penderecki?; Reich; Riley; Stockhausen; Takemitsu;
Tan; Wolff; [La Young]
Caldara,
Antonio (1670/1 - 1736) Italian;
until 1716 Venice- & Rome-based; thereafter in Vienna
Style/Period: Late
Italian Baroque
Best
Known For: cantatas---oratorios---arias
Musical
Influences: Fux;
Legrenzi; A Scarlatti
Has
Influenced: JS
Bach?; Gluck?; Handel; J.
Haydn; Telemann
Campion,
Thomas (1567-1620) British
Style/Period: Late
English Renaissance
Best Known
For: lute songs (ayres)---masques
Notable
Works: . . . five
books of ayres (publ. 1601-17)
Musical
Influences: Caccini; Dowland;
French & Italian music
Canteloube
de Malaret, (Marie-)Joseph (1879-1957) French
Style/Period: French Nationalist
Best Known
For: songs
Notable Work: . . . Chants
d'Auvergne [4 vol. song collection for solo v & orch./pf]
(1923-30)
Musical
Influences: Chausson;
Debussy; INDY; Ravel; FOLKSONG
Carissimi,
Giacomo (1605-74) Italian;
Rome-based
Style/Period: Middle
Italian Baroque
Best Known
For: sacred oratorios & cantatas
Musical
Influences: -[E Cavalieri];
[A Grandi]; Monteverdi;
[L Rossi]
Has
Influenced: Buxtehude;
[A Cesti]; M-A CHARPENTIER; F
Couperin; +Handel; Lully;
+++Pinkham?; Purcell; A
SCARLATTI; -Schütz
Carpenter,
John Alden (1876-1951) American;
Chicago-based
Style/Period: Impressionist (American
Vernacularist)
Best Known
For: orchestral
pcs---songs
Notable
Works: . . . Adventures
in a Perambulator [suite for orch.] (1915) . . . Krazy
Kat ["jazz pantomime" for orch.] (1921, r1940)
Musical
Influences: Debussy; Elgar; Ravel;
+Stravinsky; JAZZ; RAGTIME; POPULAR
SONG
Has Influenced: Gershwin?
110.
Carter, Elliott (1908-2012) American; Greenwich
Village-based from 1945
Style/Period: French
Neoclassical to c1950; Serial (Expressionist)
thereafter
Genre
Profile: 112---2122---2212---202---21---120
Quantity of Work Produced: considerable
Best Known
For: concs.---string
quartets---sonatas
Notable Works: . . . Piano
Sonata (1945-6, r1982) . . . The
Minotaur [ballet] (1947) . . . String
Quartet #1 (1950-1) . . . Variations
[orch.] (1954-5) . . . String
Quartet #2 (1959) . . . Double
Conc. [pf, hpschd & 2 chamber orchs.] (1961) .
. . Piano Conc. (1964-5) . .
. String Quartet #3 (1971)
Musical
Influences: Bartók; Copland;
Cowell; Crawford; Debussy; Harris; Hindemith; Ives;
+Nancarrow; Piston;
Ruggles; Schoenberg; Stravinsky; Varèse;
Wolpe; Medieval, Renaissance &
Baroque music
Has Influenced: Wuorinen; Zwilich
Carulli,
Ferdinando (1770-1841) Italian;
Paris-based from 1808
Style/Period: Post-Classical
Best
Known For: guitar (solo,
chamber combs., w/orch., w/voice)
Notable
Work: .
. . Duo
in G [2 guitars] Op.34 no.2 (d?)
Musical
Influences: Beethoven?;
J Haydn; Mozart;
+Rossini; cello & violin music
Casella,
Alfredo (1883-1947) Italian; Paris-based 1896-1915, thereafter mainly Rome-based
Style/Period: Impressionist to
c1920; Neoclassical thereafter
Best Known
For: chamber
music---concs.---orchestral
pcs---piano (solo, 2 players)
Notable Work: . . . Paganiniana
[orch.] Op.65 (1942)
Musical
Influences: Bartók;
Busoni; Debussy; Fauré; Mahler; Ravel;
Satie; Schoenberg; R
Strauss; Stravinsky; ---Vivaldi;
Italian Baroque music; Russian music
Has Influenced: Dallapiccola;
-Malipiero; PETRASSI; -Respighi
Castelnuovo-Tedesco,
Mario (1895-1968) Italian-American;
California-based after 1940
Style/Period: Neoromantic
Genre
Profile: 011---1221---2112---212---11---120
Quantity of Work Produced: extensive
Best Known
For: guitar (solo,
chamber combs., w/orch.)---solo piano---songs---film
scores---Shakespeare overs.
Notable
Works: . . . 33
Shakespeare Songs [solo v & pf] Op.24 (1921-5) .
. . Capriccio Diabalico 'Omaggi a Paganini'
[guitar] Op.85 (1935) . . . Guitar
Conc. in D Op.99 (1939)
Musical
Influences: Debussy; Pizzetti;
Ravel; Respighi;
Baroque & Classical music
Has Influenced: [H
Mancini]; [A Previn]; [J Williams]
Cavalli,
(Pietro [Pier]) Francesco (1602-76) Italian;
Venice-based
Style/Period: Early
Italian Baroque (Venetian school)
Best Known
For: operas---vocal church
music
Musical
Influences: G
Gabrieli; +Lully?; MONTEVERDI
Has Influenced: Lully; Purcell; A
Scarlatti
Chabrier,
Emmanuel (1841-94) French;
mainly Paris-based from 1856
Style/Period: Late French
Romantic
Genre
Profile: 023---0010---0001---200---12---020
Quantity of Work Produced: modest
Best Known
For: orchestral
pcs---operas---solo
piano---songs
Notable Works: . . . 10
Pièces Pittoresques [pf] (1881) . . . España
[rhapsody for orch.] (1883) . . . Gwendoline [opera]
(1885) . . . Le Roi Malgré Lui [opera]
(1887) . . . Joyeuse Marche [orch.]
(1888) . . . Bourrée Fantasque
[pf] (1891)
Musical
Influences: Bizet;
Chopin; Gounod; R
Schumann; WAGNER;
Spanish music
Has
Influenced: Debussy;
+Françaix; Ibert; Koechlin;
+Lambert; +Poulenc; RAVEL; SATIE
Chadwick,
George Whitefield (1854-1931) American;
Boston-based from 1880
Style/Period: Late
Romantic (New England school)
Best
Known For: orchestral
music (syms., concs., symphonic
poems, etc.)
Notable
Work: . . . Melpomene
[concert over. for orch.]
(1887)
Musical
Influences: --Beethoven;
Brahms; -Mendelssohn; Reinecke?; Rheinberger?; +R
Strauss;
Wagner; Impressionists
Has Influenced: Ives;
Still
Chaminade,
Cécile (Louise Stéphanie) (1857-1944) French
Style/Period: Late
French Romantic
Best
Known For: piano (solo, chamber combs.)---songs
Notable
Works: . . . Concertino
for Flute and Orchestra Op.107 (1902) . . . Sérénade
Espagnole in G [pf or vln & pf] Op.150 (1925)
Musical
Influences: -Chopin;
Gounod; Liszt; Saint-Saëns; Wagner?
Charpentier,
Gustave (1860-1956) French;
mainly Paris-based from c1881
Style/Period: Late French
Romantic (verismo)
Best Known
Work: . . . Louise [opera]
(1900)
Musical
Influences: Berlioz; Gounod; Massenet; Wagner;
Italian verismo opera
Charpentier,
Marc-Antoine (1643-1704) French;
Paris-based
Style/Period: Middle
French Baroque
Genre Profile: [not
used]
Quantity of Work Produced: extensive
Best
Known For: sacred vocal music (masses, motets, oratorios, psalm
settings)---stage works
Notable Works: . . . Te
Deum [8/4 solo vv, chorus & orch.] H146 (1692?) .
. . Medée [opera] H491 (1693)
Musical
Influences: CARISSIMI;
---Josquin?; +Lalande?; --Lasso; Lully;
[L Rossi]; Italian music
Has
Influenced: Clérambault?; F
Couperin; Lalande
Chausson,
Ernest (1855-99) French;
mainly Paris-based
Style/Period: Late
(post-Wagnerian) French Romantic
Genre
Profile: 212---0200---2222---100---02---120
Quantity of Work Produced: modest
Best Known
Work: . . . songs
[solo v & pf] (1878-98) . . . Sym.
in B flat Op.20 (1889-90) . . . Concert
for Violin, Piano & String Quartet in D Op.21 (1889-91) .
. . Poème [vln & orch.] Op.25
(1896)
Musical
Influences: Brahms; ---F
Couperin; +Debussy; Duparc; FRANCK; Massenet;
--Rameau; WAGNER
Has Influenced: Canteloube; Debussy; Loeffler?
Chávez
(y Ramírez), Carlos (1899-1978) Mexican;
mainly Mexico City-based
Style/Period: Mexican Nationalist/Neoclassical
Best Known
For: syms.
Notable Works: . . . Sym.
#1 'Sinfonía de Antígona' (1933) .
. . Sym. #2 'Sinfonía India' (1935-6)
Musical
Influences: --Beethoven;
-Brahms; --Chopin; Debussy; Ponce;
Schoenberg; --R Schumann; Stravinsky; Mexican
Native American music
Cherubini,
Luigi (1760-1842) Italian-French;
Paris-based from 1786
Style/Period: Post-Classical
Genre
Profile: 222---0010---2200---110---13---220
Quantity of Work Produced: extensive
Best Known
For: operas & opera
overs.---masses---chamber
music
Notable Works: . . . Medée [opera]
(1797) . . . Les Deux Journées [opera]
(1800) . . . Over. to (the opera-ballet) Anacréon [orch.]
(1803) . . . Requiem Mass #1
in C minor [4 vv & orch.] (1816) . . . Requiem
Mass #2 in D minor [3 vv & orch.] (1836)
Musical
Influences: GLUCK;
Grétry; J
Haydn; Jommelli; +Méhul; Mozart;
---Palestrina; Piccinni;
[A Sacchini];
+Spontini; Viotti?
Has
Influenced: Auber; Beethoven;
Berlioz; Boieldieu; HALÉVY;
Kuhlau; Méhul; Mendelssohn; Schubert?; Spohr; Spontini;
Wagner; Weber
10.
Chopin, Fryderyk (1810-49) Polish-French;
mainly Paris-based from 1831
Style/Period: Early French
Romantic (Paris virtuoso school) w/Polish Nationalist elements
Genre Profile: 000---3000---0012---300---00---020
Quantity of Work Produced: considerable
Best Known
For: piano (solo,
chamber combs., w/orch.)
Notable Works: . . . over
60 mazurkas [pf] (1820-49) . . . 19
waltzes [pf] (1827-48) . . . Piano
Conc. #2 in F minor Op.21 (1829-30) . . . 12
Etudes [pf] Op.10 (1829-32) . . . Piano
Conc. #1 in E minor Op.11 (1830) . . . Nocturne
#2 in E flat [pf] Op.9 no.2 (1830-1) . . . Andante
Spianato in G & Grande Polonaise in E flat [pf & orch.]
Op.22 (1830-1, 1834) . . . Ballade
#1 in G minor [pf] Op.23 (1831-5) . . . 12
Etudes [pf] Op.25 (1832-6) . . . Nocturne
#8 in D flat [pf] Op.27 no.2 (1835) . . . 24
Preludes [pf] Op.28 (1836-9) . . . Polonaise
#3 in A 'Military' [pf] Op.40 no.1 (1838) . . . Piano
Sonata #2 in B flat minor Op.35 (1839) . . . Ballade
#3 in A flat [pf] Op.47 (1840-1) . . . Fantasie
in F minor [pf] Op.49 no.1 (1841) . . . Ballade
#4 in F minor [pf] Op.52 (1842) . . . Polonaise
#6 in A flat 'Heroique' [pf] Op.53 (1842) . . . Nocturne
#16 in E flat [pf] Op.55 no.2 (1843) . . . Piano
Sonata #3 in B minor Op.58 (1844) . . . Barcarolle
in F sharp [pf] Op.60 (1845-6) . . . Sonata
for Cello & Piano in G minor Op.65 (1845-6)
Musical
Influences: -CPE Bach?;
--JS
Bach; Beethoven; Bellini; Clementi;
Donizetti; Dussek?; Field; Hummel;
Meyerbeer?; -Mozart; Paganini; Rossini;
--D Scarlatti; Spohr; Weber;
folk & dance music
Has
Influenced: +Albéniz; ALKAN;
+Arensky; Balakirev; ++Barrios;
+Beach; ++Berkeley;
-Berwald?; Bizet; ++Bolcom; Borodin;
Bottesini; Brahms; ++Bridge; +Busoni?; Chabrier; +Chaminade;
++Chávez; ++Creston; ++Crumb; Cui;
+Debussy; +Delius;
+Dukas?; Dvorák;
++Falla; Fauré; Franck;
Gade; +Glazunov; ++Glière; -Glinka; Gottschalk;
+Granados; Grieg;
-JPE Hartmann?; [F Hiller]; +Koechlin; ++Lauro?; ++Ligeti; Liszt;
++Lutoslawski; +Lyadov;
++Martin; ++Mompou; +Moszkowski;
+[E Nazareth]; +Novák?; +Paderewski;
++Ponce; ++Poulenc; +Rachmaninov;
++Ravel; +Reger;
Rheinberger; Rimsky-Korsakov?; -Rossini?; Rubinstein; Saint-Saëns;
C Schumann; R
Schumann; +SCRIABIN; Smetana;
Jos Strauss?; ++Szymanowski; ++Tansman;
+Tárrega; Tchaikovsky;
++Villa-Lobos; Wagner; Wieniawski; +Wolf
Cilea,
Francesco (1866-1950) Italian
Style/Period: Late
Italian Romantic (verismo)
Best
Known For: operas
Notable
Works: . . . Adriana
Lecouvreur [opera] (1902) . . . L'Arlesiana [opera]
(1903), incl. 'Lamento di Federico' [aria]
Musical
Influences: --Bellini;
Debussy; Massenet; PUCCINI; Rimsky-Korsakov; Verdi
Cimarosa,
Domenico (1749-1801) Italian;
mainly Naples-based
Style/Period: Classical
Genre
Profile: 120---1022---1100---120---03---220
Quantity of Work Produced: extensive
Best Known
For: comic operas---keyboard sonatas---concs.---masses
Notable Works: . . . Il
Matrimonio Segreto [opera] (1792) . . . Sinfonia
Concertante for 2 Flutes & Orch. in G (1793) .
. . Conc. for Oboe & Strings
in C (1942 arr. by A. Benjamin)
Musical
Influences: Hasse?;
J Haydn?; +Mozart;
-Pergolesi; Piccinni;
[A Sacchini]; D Scarlatti
Has
Influenced: -J
Haydn; Mayr; Mozart?; Rossini
Clarke,
Rebecca (1886-1979) British;
U.S.-based from 1939
Style/Period: Impressionist
(Neoclassical)
Best
Known For: viola (chamber
combs.)---songs
Notable
Work: . . . Sonata
for Viola and Piano
(1919)
Musical
Influences: Bloch;
Brahms; Bridge; Debussy;
[J Joachim]; Ravel; Stanford;
Vaughan Williams;
English & Irish folk
songs
Clemens
non Papa [Clemens, Clement, etc.], Jacob [Jacobus, Jacques,
etc.] (c1513 - 1555/6) Franco-Flemish
Style/Period: Middle
Franco-Flemish Renaissance
Best Known
For: masses---psalm
settings---sacred motets---chansons
Musical Influences: Josquin
Has
Influenced: Byrd;
+[G Kirbye]; Lasso; Susato; +Sweelinck?
Clementi,
Muzio (1752-1832) Italian-British;
mainly London-based from c1766
Style/Period: Post-Classical (London
piano school)
Genre
Profile: 201---1000---0012---330---00---010
Quantity of Work Produced: considerable
Best
Known For: keyboard (piano) sonatas---syms.---music publishing
Notable Works: . . . Keyboard
Sonata in F minor Op.13 no.6 (1785) . . . Keyboard
Sonata in F sharp minor Op.25 no.5 (1790)
Musical
Influences: CPE
Bach; JC Bach; -JS
Bach; +Beethoven?; J Haydn;
+Mozart; D
Scarlatti
Has
Influenced: Beethoven;
Chopin; Czerny;
Dussek; Field;
-J Haydn?; Hummel;
Kuhlau; Meyerbeer?
Clérambault,
Louis-Nicolas (1676-1749) French;
Paris-based
Style/Period: Late
French Baroque
Best
Known For: motets & French
cantatas---solo organ & harpsichord---chamber music
Notable
Work: . . . Livre
d'Orgue [album of works for org] (p1704)
Musical
Influences: M-A Charpentier?;
Corelli; -L Couperin?
Coleridge-Taylor,
Samuel (1875-1912) British;
London-based
Style/Period: Late
Romantic
Best
Known For: vocal- & choral-orchestral
music---orchestral pcs---chamber
music
Notable Work: . . . The
Song of Hiawatha [secular cantata for 3 solo vv, chorus & orch.]
Op.30 (1898-1900)
Musical
Influences: Brahms;
Delius?; DVORÁK;
Elgar; Grieg; Stanford;
traditional African-American music (spirituals, etc.)
Has Influenced: Still
31.
Copland, Aaron (1900-90) American;
mainly New York-based
Style/Period: French
Neoclassical with American Vernacularist elements,
turning American Nationalist c1935-c1955
Genre
Profile: 232---2022---2212---210---32---120
Quantity of Work Produced: considerable
Best Known
For: ballets & film
scores and derivative orchestral
suites---orchestral
pcs---syms.---songs---solo
piano---concs.
Notable
Works: . . . Piano
Variations [pf] (1930) . . . El
Salon Mexico [orch.] (1933-6) . . . Billy
the Kid [ballet & orch. suite] (1938) . .
. Quiet City [English horn, trumpet & string
orch. arr.; from incidental music to the I. Shaw play] (1939) .
. . Piano Sonata (1939-41) .
. . Fanfare for the Common Man [brass & perc]
(1942) . . . Lincoln Portrait
[spoken word & orch.] (1942) . . . Rodeo:
Four Dance Episodes (from the ballet) [orch.] (1942) .
. . Appalachian Spring [ballet]
(1943-4; orch. suite 1945) . . . Sym.
#3 (1944-6) . . . Clarinet Conc.
(1947-8) . . . The Red Pony [film
score & orch. suite] (1948) . . . 12
Poems of Emily Dickinson [solo v & pf] (1949-50) .
. . Old American Songs (2 sets) [solo v & pf/orch.]
(1950/1952) . . . The Tender
Land [opera] (1952-4) . . . Duo
[fl & pf] (1971)
Musical
Influences: Bartók; Debussy;
Fauré; Gershwin;
Ives; Milhaud;
-Mussorgsky; Schoenberg; Scriabin; Stravinsky; Thomson;
NORTH AMERICANA; Latin American music; jazz
Has
Influenced: Adler; Barber; BERNSTEIN;
Bowles; Britten; Carter; Corigliano;
Dello Joio?; Druckman;
Fine; Foss; Ginastera; Musgrave; Persichetti; Pinkham; Rorem; Schuman; Sculthorpe
94.
Corelli, Arcangelo (1653-1713) Italian;
Rome-based from c1675
Style/Period: Late
Italian Baroque
Genre Profile: [not
used]
Quantity of Work Produced: small
Best Known
For: concerti
grossi---trio sonatas---violin sonatas
Notable Works: . . . 12
Trio Sonatas [2 vlns & continuo] Op.2 (p1685) .
. . 12 Trio Sonatas [2 vlns & continuo]
Op.3 (p1689) . . . Sonata for
Violin & Continuo 'La Folia' Op.5 no.12 (p1700) .
. . Concerto Grosso for 2 Violins, Viola & String
Orch. in G minor 'Christmas' Op.6 no.8 (p1714)
Musical
Influences: Lully; Stradella;
[G Vitali]
Has
Influenced: Albinoni;
JS Bach; ++Boccherini; Boismortier; Boyce?;
Clérambault; F
COUPERIN; Fux; [F Gasparini]; GEMINIANI; HANDEL; LECLAIR; Locatelli;
+++Martinu; MUFFAT;
-[B Pasquini]?; Pergolesi;
Purcell; A
Scarlatti; D Scarlatti; Tartini; TELEMANN;
++Viotti; Vivaldi; Weiss
Corigliano,
John (1938-) American;
New York-based
Style/Period: Neoromantic
Best Known
For: syms.---stage
works---concs.
Notable
Works: . . . The
Ghosts of Versailles [opera] (1987) . .
. Sym.
#1 (1990) . . . The
Red Violin [film
score] (1997)
Musical
Influences: Bernstein; Copland;
Luening; ---Mozart; Stravinsky
108.
Couperin, François (1668-1733) French;
Paris-based
Style/Period: Late
French Baroque (w/eclectic French & Italian elements)
Genre Profile: 000---0000---2221---030---00---210
Quantity of Work Produced: extensive
Best Known
For: solo harpsichord---chamber
music---sacred motets---solo
organ
Notable Works: . . . Pièces
d'Orgues [2 masses for org] (p1690) . . . Leçons
de Ténèbres [3 sacred services for solo v
& continuo (#1 & #2) & 2 solo vv (#3)] (1713-7) .
. . Pièces de Clavecin [4
books of hpschd miniatures] (p1713-30) . .
. 4 Concerts Royaux [vln, fl, oboe,
viol & bassoon (or for solo hpschd)] (p1722) .
. . 10 Nouveaux Concerts [instrumentation
unspecified] (p1724) . . . Les
Nations [trio sonatas
& suites for 2 vlns & continuo] (p1726) .
. . Pièces de
Violes [2 suites for viola da gamba & continuo]
(p1728)
Musical
Influences: Carissimi; M-A
Charpentier; CORELLI;
+Lalande; Lully;
Marais
Has
Influenced: JS
Bach; +++Brahms; +++Chausson;
+++Debussy;
-Fux; Lalande?; Leclair; -Muffat?; +++Poulenc; +++Ravel;
+++R Strauss; Telemann
Couperin,
Louis (1626-61) French;
mainly Paris-based
Style/Period: Middle
French Baroque
Best Known
For: solo harpsichord---solo
organ
Notable Works: . . . Pièces
de Clavecins [5 books of solo hpschd pcs] (d?)
Musical
Influences: [J Chambonnières];
Frescobaldi?; Froberger
Has
Influenced: +Clérambault?; -Froberger
Cowell,
Henry (1897-1965) American; mainly New
York-based from 1928
Style/Period: Experimentalist/Exoticist
Genre
Profile: 212---2112---2222---211---00---110
Quantity of Work Produced: immense
Best
Known For: solo
piano (incl. special techniques: tone clusters, prepared
piano, etc.)---syms.---choral
music---orchestral pcs---chamber
music
Notable Works: . . . String
Quartet #3 'Mosaic' (1935) . . . Sym.
#11 'Seven Rituals of Music' (1953-4)
Musical
Influences: --Billings; IVES;
Ruggles?; [C Seeger]; East Asian music; folk
music & fuguing
tunes
Has
Influenced: Argento?; Cage;
Carter; Crawford; Crumb;
Gershwin; Harrison; Nancarrow;
Partch; -Riegger; -Ruggles?
Crawford
(Seeger), Ruth (1901-53) American; Washington D.C.-based from 1936
Style/Period: Experimentalist
Best
Known For: post-tonal
harmonies---piano (solo, chamber combs.)---folk song arrangements
Notable Work: . . . String
Quartet (1931)
Musical
Influences: Bartók?;
Berg?; Cowell; [D Rudhyar]; Scriabin;
[C Seeger]
Has
Influenced: Carter;
[V Fine]; Oliveros
Creston,
Paul (1906-85) American
Style/Period: Neoromantic
Best Known
For: orchestral
pcs---concs.---works
for unusual instruments--explorations in rhythm
Musical
Influences: ---JS
Bach;
--Chopin; Debussy; Ravel; ---D
Scarlatti; Vierne; popular
song & dance
Crumb,
George (1929-) American; Philadelphia-based 1965-97
Style/Period: Mystical
Genre Profile: 002---0000---1222---212---00---12x
Quantity of Work Produced: modest
Best Known
For: vocal-orchestral
music (settings of verse by Lorca)---orchestral
pcs---music for electric piano & other
amplified instrs.---unusual timbres
Notable
Works: . . . Cello
Sonata [unacc. vc] (1955) . . . Ancient
Voices of Children [song cycle for 2 solo vv & 7 instrs.]
(1970) . . . Black Angels [electric
str qtt] (1970) . . . Makrokosmos
I & II
[2 vols. of works for amplified pf] (1972-3) . .
. Makrokosmos III 'Music for a Summer Evening'
[2 amplified pf & 2 percussionists] (1974)
Musical
Influences: ---JS
Bach; BARTÓK;
Berio?; Cage; --Chopin; Cowell;
-DEBUSSY; Finney; Ives;
-Mahler; ---Schubert; Webern
Has
Influenced: Tan;
Tower
Cui,
Cesar (1835-1918) Russian;
mainly St. Petersburg-based from 1851
Style/Period: Middle Russian
Romantic
Best Known
For: solo
piano---songs---operas---orchestral
pcs
Notable
Work: . . . Kaleydoskop
#9 'Orientale' [vln & pf] Op.50 no.9 (1893)
Musical
Influences: Auber; +Balakirev; Chopin;
Dargomïzhsky; Glinka; Liszt; Meyerbeer; R
Schumann; 19th Century opera
Czerny,
C[K]arl (1791-1857) Austrian;
Vienna-based
Style/Period: Post-Classical (Viennese
Classical)
Best Known
For: piano (solo,
multiple players), incl. arrs. of
other composers' works and
exercises & studies
Musical
Influences: BEETHOVEN; Clementi; Hummel;
+Schubert
Has Influenced: Liszt
Dallapiccola,
Luigi (1904-75) Italian;
mainly Florence-based from 1922
Style/Period: Neoclassical to
c1940; Post-Webernian Serial thereafter
Best
Known For: operas---vocal-
& choral-orchestral music
Notable Work: Ulisse [opera]
(1960-8)
Musical
Influences: Berg; Busoni; Casella; Debussy;
---Gesualdo; Malipiero;
---Monteverdi; ---Mozart?; Ravel; Schoenberg;
-Verdi?; -Wagner; Webern
Has
Influenced: Argento; BERIO;
Leighton; Maderna; Nono; Rochberg
Danzi,
Franz (1763-1826) German; mainly Mannheim-based to 1784, thereafter mainly in Munich, Stuttgart & Karlsruhe
Style/Period: Classical (Mannheim
school)
Best Known
For: chamber
music---concs.---woodwinds (chamber
combs., w/orch.)
Notable Work: . . . Wind
Quintet in G minor Op.56 no.2 (1821)
Musical
Influences: Mozart; +Reicha;
[G Vogler]; +Weber
Has Influenced: Weber
Dargomïzhsky
[Dargomyzhsky], Alexander (1813-69) Russian; mainly St. Petersburg-based
Style/Period: Middle Russian
Romantic
Best Known For: operas---songs---orchestral
pcs
Notable
Works: . . . Rusalka [opera]
(1848-55) . . . songs [solo v & pf]
(early 1830s-c1866) . . . The Stone Guest (completed
by Cui & Rimsky-Korsakov) [opera] (1872)
Musical
Influences: Auber; Glinka; Meyerbeer;
Wagner; folksong
Has
Influenced: Balakirev;
Cui; Mussorgsky; Rimsky-Korsakov; Tchaikovsky?
Davidovsky,
Mario (1934-) Argentinian-American; mainly New
York- & Boston-based from 1960
Style/Period: Post-Webernian Serial (Avant-garde)
Best Known
For: magnetic
tape-based pcs
Notable Works: . . . 'Synchronism'
series [8 works for instrs. & magnetic tape] (1963-74)
Musical
Influences: Babbitt; Luening
Davies,
Peter Maxwell (1934-) British;
Orkney-based from 1970
Style/Period: Serial & highly
varied, with Expressionist & Neomedieval
elements to c1975 but an increasingly Neoromantic emphasis
thereafter: Polystylistic
Genre
Profile: 222---0222---2112---222---12---22x
Quantity of Work Produced: extensive
Best Known
For: works productively
in all main genres, incl. music for
children & amateurs
Notable Works: . . . Sinfonia
[chamber orch.] (1962) . . . Taverner [opera]
(1962-8) . . . Eight Songs
for a Mad King [music theatre for solo v & approximately
8 instrumentalists] (1969) . . . Farewell
to Stromness [pf] (1980) . . . Strathclyde
concertos [continuing series of concertos] (1987-)
Musical
Influences: Berg;
-Mahler; Messiaen;
---Monteverdi; Petrassi; Schoenberg; Sibelius;
Stockhausen; ---Taverner; Webern; Medieval
music; English Renaissance & Baroque music
14.
Debussy, Claude (1862-1918) French;
Paris-based
Style/Period: Impressionist
Genre
Profile: 023---2120---0323---302---23---030
Quantity of Work Produced: considerable
Best Known
For: piano (solo,
chamber combs.)---orchestral pcs---songs & song
cycles---chamber music---ballets---harp (chamber
combs., w/orch.)---Pelléas et Mélisande (opera)---orchestration
Notable Works: . . . songs
[solo v & pf] (c1879-1915) . . . 2
Arabesques [pf] (1888-91) . . . Clair
de Lune (from 'Suite Bergamasque') [pf] (1890, r1905) .
. . Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
[sym. poem] (1892-4) . . . String
Quartet in G minor Op.10 (1893) . . . Pelléas
et Mélisande [opera] (1893-5, 1901-2) .
. . Chansons de Bilitis [song cycle for
solo v & pf] (1897-8) . . . 3
Nocturnes [orch. (#1 & #2) and orch. & chorus (#3)]
(1897-9) . . . Estampes [pf suite]
(1903) . . . La Mer, Three Symphonic
Sketches (1903-5) . . . Danse
Sacrée et Danse Profane [harp &
string orch.] (1904) .
. . Images (2
sets) [pf] (1905/1907; orch. suite
1905-12) . . . Children's
Corner [suite of 6 works for pf]
(1906-8), incl. 'Golliwog's Cakewalk' .
. . Preludes,
Book 1 [pf] (1909-10) .
. . Jeux [ballet]
(1912-3) . . . Preludes,
Book 2 [pf] (1912-3) .
. . Syrinx [fl]
(1913) . . . 12
Etudes [pf] (1915) . .
. Sonata for
Cello & Piano in D minor (1915) .
. . Sonata for
Flute, Viola & Harp (1915) .
. . Sonata for
Violin & Piano in G minor (1916-7)
Musical
Influences: Albéniz;
Alkan; ---JS
Bach; Borodin; Chabrier; Chausson;
-Chopin; ---F
Couperin; Delibes; Fauré;
Franck; Grieg; +Joplin?; Lalo; Liszt; Massenet; Mussorgsky;
--Rameau; +Ravel;
Rimsky-Korsakov; +Satie;
-R Schumann?; Tchaikovsky; Wagner;
gamelan & other East
Asian music; French
Renaissance music
Has
Influenced: Alain;
Alwyn; -Albéniz; Barber; Bartók; Bax; Beach; Berg;
Bliss; BLOCH; BOULANGER;
+Boulez; Bridge; Britten; Cage;
Canteloube; Carpenter; Carter; Casella; Castelnuovo-Tedesco;
-Chausson; Chávez; Cilea;
Clarke; Copland; Creston;
+CRUMB; Dallapiccola; Delius;
Dohnányi; +Druckman; Dukas;
Duruflé; Dutilleux; Enescu; Falla;
Gerhard; Gershwin; Ginastera; GRIFFES;
Guarnieri; +[B Herrmann]; Hindemith; Honegger;
Howells; Ibert; Ireland;
-Janácek; Jolivet;
Jongen; Karg-Elert; KODÁLY; Koechlin;
+Kokkonen;
+[B Kolb]; +Kraft; Lehár; +Leighton; +Ligeti;
-Loeffler; Lutoslawski; Malipiero; Martin; MARTINU; Mascagni; MESSIAEN;
Miaskovsky?; Milhaud; Mompou;
Montsalvatge; Moreno
Torróba; Novák?; Orff; Pierné;
[W Pijper]; Pizzetti; Ponce; Poulenc; Prokofiev;
-Puccini; Ravel; Reger;
+Reich; Respighi; Revueltas; Rodrigo;
+Rorem; ROUSSEL;
Rubbra; Ruggles?; Satie; Schmitt; Schreker;
Schulhoff; +Schuller; Schuman?; Scriabin; Stravinsky;
Suk; Szymanowski; Tailleferre;
+TAKEMITSU; Toch?; Tournemire;
Tubin?; Turina; Varèse; Villa-Lobos;
+Walker; Walton; Webern; Wolpe?; +Xenakis; 'New Age' music
Delibes,
(C.P.) Léo (1836-91) French;
Paris-based from 1847
Style/Period: Middle French
Romantic
Genre Profile: 020---0000---0001---100---32---120
Quantity of Work Produced: considerable
Best Known
For: ballets & operas,
& derivative orchestral suites
Notable
Works: . . . Coppélia [ballet]
(1870; orch. suite 1883?) . . . Sylvia [ballet]
(1876; orch. suite 1880?) . . . Lakmé [opera]
(1883) . . . Les
Filles de Cadix ["chanson espagnole"] (d?)
Musical
Influences: ADAM;
Berlioz; +Bizet; Meyerbeer;
Wagner; Asian music
Has
Influenced: Debussy; Elgar;
Indy; Kreisler; -Saint-Saëns; Tchaikovsky
91.
Delius, Frederick (1862-1934) British;
in his early years based in London, the U.S. (Florida & Virginia),
Leipzig & Paris; from 1897 Grez-sur-Loing (near Paris)-based
Style/Period: Late
Romantic (Impressionist)
Genre
Profile: 023---2201---0102---110---02---120
Quantity of Work Produced: considerable
Best Known
For: symphonic
poems & other orchestral pcs---songs & song
cycles---choral-orchestral music---stage
works
Notable Works: . . . Sea
Drift [Whitman settings for solo v, chorus & orch.] (1903-4) .
. . Brigg Fair (An English Rhapsody) [variations
for orch.] (1907) . . . Interlude
from (the lyric drama) A Village Romeo & Juliet [orch.]
(1907) . . . In a Summer Garden
[rhapsody for orch.] (1908, r1909) . . . A
Song of the High Hills [chorus
& orch.] (1911) . . . Summer
Night on the River [sym. poem for small orch.]
(1911) . . . On Hearing
the First Cuckoo in Spring [sym. poem for small
orch.] (1912) . . . North
Country Sketches [suite for orch.] (1913-4) .
. . Violin Conc. (1916)
Musical
Influences: -Chopin; Debussy; Grieg;
+Ravel?; +R Strauss; +Vaughan Williams?; WAGNER;
folk music; traditional
African American music (spirituals, etc.)
Has
Influenced: Alwyn; Bax; Bridge;
Britten?; Coleridge-Taylor?; [D Ellington]; Grainger;
Howells; Moeran; Schuller; Sculthorpe;
-Sinding?; Sowerby?; WARLOCK
Dello
Joio, Norman (1913-2008) American; mainly New
York area- & Boston area-based
Style/Period: Neoromantic
Best Known
For: orchestral
pcs---operas---music
on religious subjects
Musical
Influences: Copland?;
Gershwin?; HINDEMITH; jazz; popular
song; Gregorian chant; 19th
Century Italian opera
Desprez,
Josquin [see under 'Josquin
Desprez']
Diamond,
David (1915-2005) American;
Italy-based 1951-65, New York-based 1973-97
Style/Period: Neoromantic
Best Known
For: syms.---quartets---songs
Musical
Influences: Ravel; Satie; Sessions;
Stravinsky?
Dittersdorf,
K[C]arl Ditters von (1739-99) Austrian;
Vienna-based to 1787
Style/Period: Classical (Viennese
Classical)
Best Known
For: syms.---concs.---chamber
music---stage works
Notable
Work: . . . Sinfonia
Concertante for Viola, Double-bass & Orchestra (d?)
Musical
Influences: Gluck; J
Haydn; Jommelli; +Mozart;
folksong
Has
Influenced: Beethoven?;
-J Haydn?; -Jommelli?; +Mendelssohn?
Dohnányi,
Ernst von [Erno] (1877-1960) Hungarian;
U.S.-based from 1949
Style/Period: Late
Romantic
Genre Profile: 202---2210---2222---201---12---110
Quantity of Work Produced: considerable
Best Known
For: chamber
music---piano (solo, w/orch.)
Notable
Works: . . . Serenade
for Violin, Viola & Cello in C (1902) . . . Variations
on a Nursery Song [pf & orch.] Op.25 (1914)
Musical
Influences: BRAHMS;
Debussy; Liszt; -R
Schumann;
R Strauss; Wagner
38.
Donizetti, Gaetano (1797-1848) Italian;
Naples-based 1822-38, thereafter in Paris
Style/Period: Early Italian
Romantic (bel canto)
Genre
Profile: 121---0121---1212---211---13---220
Quantity of Work Produced: immense
Best Known
For: operas---chamber
music
Notable Works: . . . L'Elisir
d'Amore [opera] (1832) . . . Lucia
di Lammermoor [opera] (1835) . . . La
Favorite [opera] (1840) . . . La
Fille du Régiment [opera] (1840) . . . Don
Pasquale [opera] (1843)
Musical
Influences: Auber;
+Bellini; MAYR;
Meyerbeer; -Mozart;
Paisiello; ROSSINI
Has
Influenced: Bellini?; Bizet;
Bottesini; Chopin; Flotow;
-Giuliani?; Glinka; Nicolai?;
Suppé; Verdi
97.
Dowland, John (1563-1626) British;
travelled extensively in Europe for many years
Style/Period: Late
English Renaissance
Genre Profile: [not
used]
Quantity of Work Produced: considerable
Best Known
Work: . . . solo lute pcs .
. . 85 secular lute songs (in 4 books)
[3-5 vv & lute] (p1597/p1600/p1603/p1612) . .
. Lachrimae [collection of works for viol
consort & lute (6 instrs.)] (p1604) . . . In
Darknesse Let Mee Dwell [lute song for solo v & lute] (p1610)
Musical
Influences: Holborne?; Marenzio;
Philips?; Rore; dance
music; French & Italian music; chansons
Has
Influenced: +++Britten; Campion;
-Morley; -Sweelinck; Weelkes
Druckman,
Jacob (1928-96) American; mainly New
York area- & New England-based
Style/Period: Serial (Expressionist,
Neoromantic; 'Third
Stream')
Best Known
For: vocal
music---electronic & magnetic
tape-based pcs---orchestral pcs
Musical
Influences: Bartók?; Copland;
-Debussy; Persichetti; jazz
Dufay,
Guillaume (c1398-1474) French; mainly Burgundy- & Italy-based
Style/Period: Early
Franco-Flemish Renaissance
Genre Profile: [not
used]
Quantity of Work Produced: extensive
Best Known
For: masses---sacred motets---secular
songs (chansons)
Notable Works: . . . Missa
Se la face ay pale [4 vv] (c1450) . . . Alma
redemptoris mater [antiphon for 3 vv] (d?) . . . secular
songs (chansons) [3-4 vv] (d?) . . . Missa
Ave regina celorum [4 vv] (d?)
Musical
Influences: +Binchois?;
+[A Busnois]; [J Ciconia]; DUNSTABLE;
[L Power]; +Ockeghem?; plainchant;
English & Italian music
Has
Influenced: Binchois?;
[A Busnois]; -Dunstable?; Janequin; Josquin; Obrecht; Ockeghem
Dukas,
Paul (1865-1935) French;
Paris-based
Style/Period: Late French
Romantic (Impressionist)
Genre Profile: 203---0000---0002---200---22---010
Quantity of Work Produced: small
Best
Known Work: . . . The
Sorcerer's Apprentice ['symphonic scherzo' for orch. (sym.
poem)] (1897) . . . Piano Sonata
in E flat minor (1899-1901) . . . Ariane
et Barbe-bleue [opera] (1899-1906) . . . Villanelle
[horn
& pf] (1906) . . . La
Péri [ballet] (1911-2)
Musical
Influences: --Beethoven;
-Chopin?; Debussy;
Fauré?; Franck; Indy; Lalo;
---Rameau; Saint-Saëns; R Strauss?; WAGNER; Russian Romantics
Has
Influenced: Alain; -Albéniz;
Berg?; Duruflé; Enescu?; Falla;
Holst?; Ibert; Jolivet; Langlais;
Martinu?; Messiaen; PISTON; Ponce; RODRIGO;
Schoenberg?; Schreker;
-R Strauss?; Stravinsky; Turina; Zemlinsky?
Dunstable
[Dunstaple], John (c1390-1453) British; owned property in several parts of southern England & in Normandy
Style/Period: Early
English Renaissance
Best Known
For: masses & mass
movements---sacred motets---antiphons
Musical
Influences: +Dufay?; [L
Power]?; plainchant
Has Influenced: BINCHOIS; DUFAY; Ockeghem
Duparc,
Henri (1848-1933) French
Style/Period: Middle French
Romantic
Best Known
Work: . . . songs [solo
v & pf] (1868-c1886; several later orchestrated)
Musical
Influences: Fauré; Franck; Gounod; Liszt;
Massenet?; Wagner
Has Influenced: Chausson
Dupré,
Marcel (1886-1971) French;
mainly Paris-based from c1898
Style/Period: Neoromantic (French
organ school)
Genre Profile: 201---2000---1112---131---00---210
Quantity of Work Produced: considerable
Best Known
For: solo
organ
Notable Work: . . . 3 Preludes & Fugues
[org] Op.7 (1912)
Musical
Influences: ---JS
Bach; Franck; Guilmant; Tournemire; VIERNE; WIDOR
Has Influenced: Alain; Langlais; Messiaen
Duruflé,
Maurice (1902-86) French;
Paris-based from 1919
Style/Period: Neoromantic (French
organ school)
Genre
Profile: 001---0000---0011---120---00---300
Quantity
of Work Produced: small
Best Known
For: choral-orchestral
music---solo organ
Notable
Works: . . . Requiem
[solo vv, chorus, org & orch.] Op.9 (1947) .
. . 4 Motets
sur des Thèmes Grégoriens [chorus] Op.10 (1960)
Musical
Influences: Debussy; Dukas;
Fauré; RAVEL; Tournemire; Vierne;
Gregorian chant
Has Influenced: Rutter
Dussek,
Jan Ladislav (1760-1812) Bohemian;
travelled widely in Europe
Style/Period: Classical to c1792, Post-Classical thereafter (London piano school)
Best
Known For: piano sonatas---chamber
music---concs.
Musical Influences: CPE
Bach; Clementi; J
Haydn; Mozart
Has Influenced: Beethoven;
Chopin?; Hummel; Mendelssohn?; Schubert?; R Schumann?
Dutilleux,
Henri (1916-) French;
mainly Paris-based from c1933
Best Known
For: syms.---orchestral
pcs---chamber music
Notable
Works: . . . Sonatine
[fl & pf] (1943) . . . Conc.
for Cello & Orch. (1968-70) .
. . Timbres,
Espace, Mouvement [orch.] (1978)
Musical
Influences: Bartók; Debussy;
Fauré; Ravel; Roussel; Stravinsky;
jazz; sixteenth century contrapuntalists
21.
Dvorák,
Antonin (1841-1904) Bohemian;
mainly Prague-based from 1857 (worked in the U.S. 1892-95)
Style/Period: Late German
Romantic/Czech Nationalist
Genre Profile: 323---2300---3332---210---02---220
Quantity of Work Produced: extensive
Best Known
For: significant or important
contributor to most main genres
Notable Works: . . . songs [solo
v & pf] (1865-95) . . . Romance
in F minor [vln & orch.] Op.11 (1873-7) . . . Serenade
in E [string orch.] Op.22 (1875) . . . Stabat
Mater [4 solo vv, chorus & orch.] Op.58 (1876-7) .
. . Symphonic Variations [orch.] Op.78
(1877) . . . 3 Slavonic Rhapsodies
[orch.] Op.45 (1878) . . . Bagatelles
[2 vlns, vc & harmonium] Op.47 (1878) . . . Serenade
for Winds [12 instrs.] Op.44 (1878) . . . String
Sextet in A Op.48 (1878) . . . String
Quartet #10 in E flat Op.51 (1878-9) . . . Slavonic
Dances (2 series) [orch.] Opp. 46/72 (1878/1886-7) .
. . Violin Conc. in A minor Op.53 (1879-80) .
. . Piano Trio #3 in F minor Op.65 (1883) .
. . Sym. #7 in D minor Op.70 (1884-5) .
. . Piano Quintet in A Op.81 (1887) .
. . Sym. #8 in G Op.88 (1889) .
. . Piano Trio #4 in E minor 'Dumky' Op.90
(1890-1) . . . Carnival Over.
[concert over.] Op.92 (1891) . . . Te
Deum [2 solo vv, chorus & orch.] Op.103 (1892) .
. . String Quartet #12 in F 'American'
Op.96 (1893) . . . Sym. #9 in
E minor 'From the New World' Op.95 (1893) . . . Cello
Conc. in B minor Op.104 (1894-5) . . . String
Quartet #13 in G Op.106 (1895) . . . String
Quartet #14 in A flat Op.105 (1895) . . . Rusalka [opera]
(1900)
Musical
Influences: -Beethoven; Brahms; Chopin;
--J Haydn; +Herbert; +Joplin?; Liszt;
--Mozart; -Schubert;
R Schumann; Smetana; Wagner;
EUROPEAN & AMERICAN FOLK MUSIC
Has
Influenced: Bax; Beach; COLERIDGE-TAYLOR; Elgar;
Fibich; Foote; Gretchaninov?; JANÁCEK;
Martinu; Nielsen?; NOVÁK;
Schoenberg; SUK;
Vaughan Williams?; Zemlinsky
Eisler,
Hanns (1898-1962) German-Austrian;
New York-based 1937-48, Berlin-based thereafter
Best
Known For: songs---chamber
music---orchestral pcs---works for stage & screen---music on
political subjects
Notable
Work: . . . Divertimento
[wind quintet] Op.5 (1923)
Musical
Influences: Mahler;
Schoenberg; Webern; Wolf; Wolf-Ferrari?; jazz
Has Influenced: Blitzstein
45.
Elgar, Edward (1857-1934) British
Style/Period: Late English
Romantic
Genre Profile: 223---0322---2212---220---12---320
Quantity of Work Produced: extensive
Best Known
For: orchestral
pcs---syms.---choral
& choral-orchestral music---concs.---chamber
music
Notable Works: . . . Serenade
in E minor [string orch.] Op.20 (1892) . . . Variations
on an Original Theme 'Enigma' [orch.] Op.36 (1898-9) .
. . The Dream of Gerontius [sacred
oratorio for 3 solo vv, chorus & orch.] (1899-1900) .
. . Cockaigne (In London Town) [concert
over.] Op.40 (1900-1) . . . Pomp & Circumstance
March #1 in D [orch.] Op.39 no.1 (1901) . . . Introduction &
Allegro [str qtt & string orch.] Op.47
(1904-5) . . . Sym.
#1 in A flat Op.55 (1907-8) . .
. Violin Conc. in B minor
Op.61 (1909-10) . . . Sym.
#2 in E flat Op.63 (1909-11) .
. . Falstaff: Symphonic
Study in C minor Op.68 (1913) .
. . String Quartet in
E minor Op.83 (1918) . . . Piano
Quintet in A minor Op.84 (1918-9) .
. . Cello Conc. in E
minor Op.85 (1919)
Musical
Influences: ---JS
Bach; --Beethoven?; Brahms; Delibes; Dvorák; Franck;
--Handel; --J
Haydn; -Mendelssohn;
Meyerbeer?; Parry;
-R Schumann; +R
Strauss; WAGNER
Has
Influenced: Arnold?; Bax; Bliss; Carpenter;
Coleridge-Taylor; Finzi; Holst; Howells; Vaughan
Williams; Walton
Enescu,
George [Enesco, Georges] (1881-1955) Romanian-French; Romania- & Paris-based
Style/Period: Late
(post-Brahmsian) Romantic to c1914; Impressionist thereafter
Genre Profile: 202---1200---2212---201---02---020
Quantity of Work Produced: modest
Best Known
For: orchestral
pcs---chamber music
Notable Works: . . . 2
Romanian Rhapsodies [orch.] Op.11 (1901) . . . Legend
[trumpet & pf] (c1905) . . . Sonata
for Violin & Piano #3 in A minor Op.25 (1926)
Musical
Influences: ---JS
Bach; Brahms; Debussy;
Dukas?; Fauré; Franck; Massenet; Ravel;
Reger?; Schoenberg?; Wagner;
Romanian folk music
66.
Falla, Manuel de (1876-1946) Spanish;
Cadiz, Madrid, Paris, Granada & finally Argentina-based
Style/Period: Spanish Nationalist (Impressionist)
to c1920; Neoclassical thereafter
Genre
Profile: 021---2000---1102---202---32---120
Quantity of Work Produced: considerable
Best Known
Work: . . . La
Vida Breve [opera] (1904-5) . . . Nights
in the Gardens of Spain [pf & orch.] (1911-5) .
. . 7 Popular Spanish Songs [solo v & pf/orch.]
(1914-5) . . . El Amor Brujo [ballet]
(1914-5) . . . The Three-Cornered
Hat [2 suites for orch. from the ballet] (1919) .
. . Homenaje 'Le Tombeau de Claude Debussy'
[guitar] (1920) . . . Conc. for
Harpsichord, Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Violin
& Cello [6 instrs.] in D (1923-6)
Musical
Influences: Albéniz;
---JS Bach; --Chopin; Debussy; Dukas;
Granados; Ravel;
[F Pedrell]; ---D Scarlatti;
+Stravinsky; SPANISH
FOLK (& OTHER) MUSIC
Has Influenced: Gerhard; Ginastera; Rodrigo; Turina
Fasch,
Johann Friedrich (1688-1758) German;
Zerbst-based from 1721
Style/Period: Late
German Baroque/Pre-Classical
Best
Known For: concs. (espec. for brass &/or woodwinds)---orchestral suites
Notable
Works: . . . Conc.
in D [trumpet, 2 oboes & strings] (d?) .
. . Conc.
for Trumpet & Strings in D (d?)
Musical Influences: [JP
Krieger]; Telemann; Vivaldi; Italian music
32.
Fauré,
Gabriel (1845-1924) French;
mainly Paris-based from 1854
Style/Period: Late French
Romantic (Neoclassical)
Genre Profile: 022---2200---2223---202---02---330
Quantity of Work Produced: extensive
Best Known
For: chamber
music---songs & song
cycles---piano (solo,
chamber combs., w/orch.)---sacred choral
& choral-orchestral music---orchestral
pcs---cello (chamber combs.)---solo harp
Notable Works: . . . Cantique
de Jean Racine [sacred cantata for chorus & org]
Op.11 (1865, r1866) . . . Sonata
for Violin & Piano #1 in A Op.13 (1875-6) .
. . Piano Quartet #1 in C minor Op.15
(1876-9) . . . Requiem
[2 solo vv, chorus & orch.] Op.48 (1877, 1887-90,
1900) .
. . Après un Rêve in C minor
[song for solo v & pf] Op.7 no.1 (1878?) .
. . Berceuse in D [vln & pf]
Op.16 (1879) . . . Elégie
[vc & pf] Op.24 (1880; vc & orch.
arr. c1896) .
. . Ballade in
F sharp [pf & orch.]
Op.19 (1881) . . . Clair
de Lune in B flat minor [song for
solo v & pf] Op.46 no.2
(1887) . . . Pavane [orch.
w/chorus ad lib; also in other arrs.] Op.50 (1887) .
. . La
Bonne Chanson [song cycle
for solo v & pf] Op.61
(1892-4) . . . Dolly
[suite for pf 4 hands] Op.56 (1894-7) . . . Fantaisie
[fl & pf] Op.79
(1898) . . . Suite
from Pelléas et Mélisande [orch.; from
incidental music to the Maeterlinck play, orch. by C. Koechlin]
Op.80 (1898) . . . Impromptu
[harp] Op.86 (1904) . . . Pénélope [opera]
(1913) . . . Piano Trio in
D minor Op.120 (1922-3) . . . String
Quartet in E minor Op.121 (1923-4)
Musical
Influences: --JS
Bach; Chopin; Gounod; Liszt;
Mendelssohn; SAINT-SAËNS;
R
Schumann;
Renaissance,
Baroque & Classical music
Has
Influenced: Albéniz; Berkeley; Boulanger;
Bridge; Casella; Copland; Debussy; Duparc;
Dukas?; Duruflé; Dutilleux; Enescu;
-Franck; Ginastera; Granados?; Honegger; Ibert?;
Jongen; KOECHLIN; Martin; Milhaud;
Mompou; Piston; Poulenc; RAVEL;
+Rutter; Schmitt; Tailleferre; Vierne; Villa-Lobos
Feldman,
Morton (1926-87) American;
New York-based until 1973, Buffalo-based thereafter
Style/Period: American Avant-garde (Minimalist),
New York school
Genre
Profile: 012---1211---2222---211---11---02x
Quantity of Work Produced: considerable
Best Known
For: aleatory
music---chamber music
Notable
Work: . . . Coptic
Light
[orch.] (1986)
Musical
Influences: Bartók?; CAGE; VARÈSE; Webern; Wolpe
Has
Influenced: Andriessen;
-Cage;
Rihm; Wolff
Fibich,
Zdenek (1850-1900) Bohemian;
Prague-based from 1874
Style/Period: Late
(post-Wagnerian) Romantic
Best Known
For: solo
piano---operas & other
dramatic music---orchestral pcs---syms.
Notable
Works: . . . Poème
[pf] Op.41 no.6 (1892-3) . . . At
Twilight [sym. poem] Op.39 (1893)
Musical
Influences: Brahms;
Dvorák; Liszt; -Mendelssohn;
-Schubert; R
Schumann; Smetana; Wagner;
-Weber
Has Influenced: Janácek?
Field,
John (1782-1837) Irish;
London-based 1793-1802; mainly Russia-based thereafter
Style/Period: Post-Classical (London
piano school)
Best Known
For: piano (solo--espec.
nocturnes, chamber combs., w/orch.)
Notable
Works: . . . Rondo
from Piano Sonata in E flat Op.1 no.1 (p1801) . .
. Piano Conc. #2 in A flat (1811) .
. . Nocturne #1 in E flat [pf] (1812)
Musical Influences: Clementi;
Russian music
Has
Influenced: Chopin;
-Hummel; Liszt; Mendelssohn;
Mendelssohn-Hensel; C Schumann?; R Schumann
Fine,
Irving (1914-62) American;
Boston area-based
Style/Period: French
Neoclassical
Best Known
For: chamber
music---choral music---orchestral
pcs
Musical Influences: Copland; Hindemith; Stravinsky
Finney,
Ross Lee (1906-97) American; Ann Arbor-based 1949-74
Style/Period: Post-Schoenbergian Serial
Best Known
For: chamber
music---choral
& choral-orchestral music
Musical Influences: Berg; Sessions;
American folk music
Has Influenced: Crumb
Finzi,
Gerald (1901-56) British
Style/Period: English Nationalist (Neoromantic)
Genre Profile: 022---2220---1012---000---00---220
Quantity of Work Produced: modest
Best
Known For: vocal- & choral-orchestral
music---songs & song
cycles---orchestral
pcs
Notable
Works: . . . songs
& song cycles [solo v & pf] (c1926-56) .
. . 5
Bagatelles [cl & pf] Op.23 (1920s, r1941-3) .
. . Dies natalis [secular cantata for solo
v & string orch.] (1926-39) . . . Eclogue
[pf & orch.] Op.10 (late 1920s, r. late 1940s) .
. . Conc.
for Clarinet & String
Orch. in C minor Op.31 (1948-9) .
. . God is Gone Up [anthem for mixed 4
vv chorus & org] Op.27 no.2 (1951)
Musical
Influences: ---JS
Bach; Elgar; Parry; Vaughan
Williams; +Walton
Flotow,
Friedrich von (1812-83) German
Style/Period: Early German
Romantic (bel canto) w/eclectic
French & Italian elements
Best Known
For: operas
Notable
Works: . . . Alessandro
Stradella [opera] (1844) . . . Martha [opera]
(1847), incl. 'Ach so Traut' [aria]
Musical
Influences: Auber; Donizetti;
+Gounod; Halévy?; Meyerbeer;
+Offenbach; Reicha?; Rossini
Foote,
Arthur (William) (1853-1937) American;
Boston area-based
Style/Period: Late
Romantic (New England school)
Best
Known For: chamber
music---music for string instrs.
Notable
Work: . . .
Suite in E [string orch.] Op.63 (1907, r1908)
Musical Influences: Brahms; Dvorák;
-Mendelssohn; [JK Paine]; R
Schumann; Native American themes
Foss,
Lukas (1922-2009) German-American;
U.S.-based from 1937
Style/Period: Neoclassical to
c1960; highly varied thereafter (w/Avant-garde, Experimentalist,
Neoclassical & Minimalist elements: Polystylistic)
Best Known
For: chamber
music---works for featured
instr. w/orch.---aleatory
music---ensemble improvisations
Musical
Influences: ---JS
Bach; Copland; Hindemith;
-Mahler?; Stravinsky;
Americana
Françaix,
Jean (1912-97) French
Style/Period: French
Neoclassical
Genre Profile: 222---2222---2222---222---22---020
Quantity of Work Produced: extensive
Best Known
For: wind
instr(s). (chamber combs., w/orch.)---chamber
music---concs.
Notable
Works: . . . Quintet
for Flute, Harp & String Trio (1934) . . . Petit
Quatuor [saxophone quartet] (1935) . . . Wind
Quintet #1 (1948) . . . L'Horloge
de Flore [suite for oboe & orch.] (1959) .
. . Tema
con Variazioni [cl & pf] (1974)
Musical
Influences: -Chabrier; Poulenc; Ravel; Stravinsky
52.
Franck, Cesar (1822-90) Belgian-French;
Paris-based 1835-42 & from 1844
Style/Period: Late French
Romantic
Genre Profile: 202---2000---2223---230---01---220
Quantity of Work Produced: considerable
Best
Known For: solo
organ---symphonic poems---piano (solo,
chamber combs., w/orch.)---chamber
music---sacred vocal- & choral-orchestral
music---Sym.
in D minor
Notable Works: . . . Grand
Pièce Symphonique in F sharp minor [org] Op.17 (1860-2) .
. . Prelude, Fugue & Variation in B
minor [org] Op.18 (1860-2) . . . Les
Béatitudes [sacred oratorio for 8 solo vv, chorus & orch.]
(1869-79) . . . Panis Angelicus
[sacred song for solo v, harp, vc, double-bass & org] (1872) .
. . Les Éolides [sym. poem] (1875-6) .
. . Fantaisie in A [org] Op.35 (1878) .
. . Pièce Héroïque in
B minor [org] Op.37 (1878) . . . Piano
Quintet in F minor (1878-9) . . . Le
Chasseur Maudit [sym. poem] (1882) . . . Prélude,
Choral et Fugue [pf] (1884) . . . Variations
Symphoniques [pf & orch.] (1885) . . . Sonata
for Violin & Piano in A (1886) . . . Sym.
in D minor (1886-8) . . . Psyche
[sym. poem w/chorus] (1887-8) . . . String
Quartet in D (1889) . . . 3 Chorales
[org] Opp. 38-40 (1890)
Musical
Influences: --JS
BACH; Beethoven; Berlioz; Chopin;
+Fauré; -Grétry?; LISZT; Reicha; Wagner
Has
Influenced: CHAUSSON;
Debussy; Dukas; Duparc; Dupré; Elgar; Enescu;
++Ginastera; Guilmant?; INDY;
Jongen; Loeffler?; Martin; PIERNÉ; Roussel;
+Sowerby; TOURNEMIRE; Turina; VIERNE; Widor
Franz,
Robert (1815-92) German;
Halle-based
Style/Period: Middle German
Romantic (Biedermeier)
Best Known
For: lieder
Musical
Influences: --JS
Bach; --Handel; SCHUBERT; R
SCHUMANN; German folksong
Frescobaldi,
Girolamo (1583-1643) Italian;
Ferrara-based to c1600, Rome-based thereafter
Style/Period: Early
Italian Baroque
Genre Profile: [not
used]
Quantity of Work Produced: extensive
Best Known
For: solo
organ---motets---instrumental
ensemble canzonas---solo harpsichord---madrigals
Notable Works: . . . solo
keyboard works (2 books) (p1624 & 1627) . . . 3
Toccatas for the Elevation of the Host (from 'Fiori Musicali,'
Op.12) [org] (p1635)
Musical
Influences: A
Gabrieli; G Gabrieli?; Gesualdo;
[L LUZZASCHI];
[C Merulo]; Monteverdi; Sweelinck?;
Franco-Flemish school
Has
Influenced: ++JS
Bach; Buxtehude; L Couperin?; FROBERGER;
+Fux; +Muffat?; +Pachelbel;
[B PASQUINI];
[M Rossi]; +Purcell; Scheidt?; -Sweelinck?;
++Zelenka
Froberger,
Johann Jakob (1616-67) German;
travelled widely in Europe
Style/Period: Early
German Baroque
Best Known
For: solo keyboard/harpsichord (toccatas,
suites, canzonas, etc.)
Musical
Influences: [J Chambonnières];
+L Couperin; FRESCOBALDI;
[M Rossi]; +[M Weckmann]?; French lute music
Has
Influenced: +JS
Bach; Böhm; Buxtehude; L
Couperin; +Handel?; Pachelbel;
Purcell; [M Weckmann]?
Fux,
Johann Joseph (1660-1741) Austrian;
Vienna-based from c1695
Style/Period: Late
Austrian Baroque
Best Known
For: church
music (operas, oratorios, masses, motets,
etc.)---solo keyboard
Musical
Influences: Corelli;
+F Couperin; -Frescobaldi; --PALESTRINA;
[B Pasquini]
Has
Influenced: JS Bach?;
++Beethoven; Caldara; Gluck; J
Haydn; M HAYDN; +Mozart;
+Salieri; Zelenka
Gabrieli,
Andrea (c1533-85) Italian;
Venice-based
Style/Period: Late
Italian Renaissance (Venetian
school)
Best Known For: sacred
vocal music---madrigals---instrumental
ensemble canzonas
Notable Work: .
. . Concerti [various combs. of 6-16 vv & instrs.]
(p1587)
Musical
Influences: -Josquin?; LASSO; Rore; Willaert
Has
Influenced: Frescobaldi; G
GABRIELI; HASSLER; -Lasso?; Marenzio; Sweelinck
Gabrieli,
Giovanni (c1555-1612) Italian;
Venice-based
Style/Period: Late
Italian Renaissance (Venetian
school)
Genre Profile: [not
used]
Quantity of Work Produced: extensive
Best Known
For: instrumental
ensemble canzonas & sonatas---sacred motets---solo
organ---brass (chamber combs.)
Notable Works: . . . Symphoniae
sacrae [2 collections of sacred works for various combs. of
6-20 instrs.] (p1597 & 1615) . . . In
ecclesiis [sacred motet for 14 vv] (p1615) . . . Timor
et tremor [sacred motet for 6 vv] (p1615)
Musical Influences: A
GABRIELI; LASSO; +Monteverdi; Willaert
Has
Influenced: Cavalli;
Frescobaldi?; [A Grandi]; Hassler;
+++M Haydn?; -[L Luzzaschi]; Monteverdi; Praetorius; Schein; SCHÜTZ;
Sweelinck?
Gade,
Niels (1817-90) Danish;
mainly Copenhagen-based
Style/Period: Middle German
Romantic
Best Known
For: syms.---chamber
music---solo piano
Notable
Works: . . . Echoes
of Ossian [over. for orch.] Op.1 (1840) . . . 8
syms. (1840-71)
Musical
Influences: Beethoven;
Chopin; Liszt; MENDELSSOHN; R
Schumann; Wagner
Has Influenced: Grieg; Nielsen
Galuppi,
Baldassare (1706-85) Italian;
Venice-based
Style/Period: Pre-Classical
Best
Known For: operas & oratorios---harpsichord sonatas & concs.
Musical
Influences: Lotti
Has Influenced: Grétry
Geminiani,
Francesco (1687-1762) Italian;
London- & Dublin-based from 1714
Style/Period: Late
Italian Baroque
Best Known
For: violin (sonatas, concerti
grossi)
Notable Works: . . . concerti
grossi (4 sets) Opp. 2/3/5/7 (p1726-46)
Musical
Influences: CORELLI;
Handel?; Muffat?; A
Scarlatti
Has Influenced: Arne; Leclair?
Gerhard,
Roberto (1896-1970) Spanish (Catalan)-British;
Cambridge-based from 1939
Style/Period: Spanish Nationalist (Serial/Neoclassical)
to c1950; Serial (Expressionist)
thereafter
Best Known
For: piano (solo,
chamber combs., w/orch.)---ballets---orchestral
pcs---rhythmicity & bright timbre
Musical
Influences: Bartók;
Debussy; Falla; Granados;
[F Pedrell]; Ravel; SCHOENBERG;
Stravinsky; Varèse; folk
music
30.
Gershwin, George (1898-1937) American;
New York-based
Style/Period: American Vernacularist
Genre Profile: 032---3000---0202---200---02---020
Quantity of Work Produced: considerable
Best Known
For: piano (solo,
w/orch.)---stage works---songs---orchestral
pcs
Notable
Works: . . . Lullaby
[str qtt] (1919) . . . Rhapsody
in Blue [pf & orch.] (1924) .
. . Piano
Conc. in F (1925) . . . 3 Preludes
[pf] (1926) . . . An American
in Paris [sym. poem] (1928) . . . Cuban
Over. [rhumba for orch.] (1932) . . . Variations
on 'I Got Rhythm' [pf & orch.] (1934) . . . Porgy
and Bess [folk opera] (1935)
Musical
Influences: Berg; Carpenter?;
Cowell; Debussy; Joplin; Milhaud; Ravel; +Shostakovich; Stravinsky;
Jewish folk
music; Latin dance
rhythms; JAZZ; BLUES; RAGTIME
Has
Influenced: ANDERSON;
Argento; Bartók?;
Bernstein; Copland;
Dello Joio?; Gould;
-Grofé; Khachaturian; Krenek;
-Loeffler; -Ravel; Walton; Weill
Gesualdo,
Carlo (c1561-1613) Italian;
Naples-, Ferrara- & Gesualdo-based
Style/Period: Late
Italian Renaissance
Genre Profile: [not
used]
Quantity of Work Produced: considerable
Best Known
For: madrigals---sacred motets
Notable Works: . . . secular
madrigals [5-6 vv] (p1594-1626) . . . Ave,
dulcissima Maria [sacred motet for 5 vv] (p1603) .
. . sacred madrigals [5-6 vv] (p1603-20)
Musical
Influences: [L LUZZASCHI]; Marenzio; Rore;
[G de Wert]
Has
Influenced: +++Dallapiccola; Frescobaldi;
-[L Luzzaschi]?; [M Rossi]; +++Stravinsky; +++Warlock
Gibbons,
Orlando (1583-1625) British;
London-based from c1603
Style/Period: Late
English Renaissance
Genre Profile: [not
used]
Quantity of Work Produced: considerable
Best Known
For: anthems---solo keyboard (virginal)---madrigals---consort
music, espec. viol fantasias
Notable
Works: . . . anthems
[4-8 vv] (c1600-25) . . . The
Lord of Salisbury, his Pavan & Galliard in A minor [keyb]
(p1613)
Musical
Influences: Bull; BYRD;
Marenzio?; Morley;
Tallis
Has Influenced: ++Purcell
Ginastera,
Alberto (1916-83) Argentinian;
Buenos Aires-based to 1968, mainly Geneva-based thereafter
Style/Period: Argentinian Nationalist to
c1960; Serial (Expressionist)
thereafter
Genre Profile: 122---2222---1202---212---22---120
Quantity of Work Produced: considerable
Best Known
For: piano (solo,
concs.)---operas---chamber
music---concs.
Notable
Works: . . . 3
Danzas Argentinas [pf] Op.2 (1937) . . . String
Quartet #1 Op.20 (1948) .
. . Piano
Sonata #1 Op.22 no.2 (1952) . . . Harp
Conc. Op.25 (1956) . . . Cantata
para América Mágica [solo v & 53 perc instrs.]
Op.27 (1960) . . . Piano Conc.
#1 Op.28 (1961) . . . Bomarzo [chamber
opera] Op.34 (1967) . . . Guitar
Sonata Op.47 (1976)
Musical
Influences: Bartók; Berg;
Copland; Debussy; Falla; Fauré;
--Franck; Hindemith; Schoenberg; Stravinsky;
-Verdi; Argentinian folk music
Has Influenced: Piazzolla
Giordano,
Umberto (1867-1948) Italian;
Milan-based from 1894
Style/Period: Late Italian
Romantic (verismo)
Genre Profile: 011---0000---0100---100---13---010
Quantity of Work Produced: small
Best Known
For: operas
Notable Works: . . . Andrea
Chénier [opera] (1896) . . . Fedora [opera]
(1898)
Musical
Influences: Leoncavallo?; Mascagni; Massenet;
Ponchielli; Verdi
Giuliani,
Mauro (1781-1829) Italian;
Vienna-based 1806-19
Style/Period: Post-Classical
Best Known
For: guitar (solo,
chamber combs.--espec. w/flute, w/orch., song
acc.)
Notable
Works: . . . Guitar
Conc. #1 in A Op.30 (1808) . . . Grande
Ouverture [guitar] Op.61 (1814) . . . Grand
Sonata for Flute & Guitar
in A Op.85 (1817)
Musical
Influences: Beethoven;
+Donizetti?; +Rossini;
folk music; late 18th century Neapolitan school
Glass,
Philip (1937-) American;
New York-based from 1967
Style/Period: Minimalist
Genre
Profile: 222---0202---2211---212---13---02x
Quantity of Work Produced: considerable
Best Known
For: operas---orchestral
pcs---film scores---mixed-media
works---solo piano & solo
organ
Notable
Works: . . . Einstein
on the Beach [opera] (1975) .
. . Satyagraha [opera] (1980) .
. . Akhnaten [opera] (1984) . . . Conc.
for Violin & Orch. (1987) . . . Low Symphony (1992)
Musical
Influences: Cage;
Riley; [RAVI SHANKAR]; Stravinsky;
MUSIC OF INDIA; rock music
Has
Influenced: Adams;
Andriessen; [D Bowie]; [B Eno]; Nyman
Glazunov,
Alexander (1865-1936) Russian;
St. Petersburg-based to 1928
Style/Period: Late
(post-Brahmsian) Russian Romantic
Genre Profile: 222---2220---1202---220---20---120
Quantity of Work Produced: extensive
Best Known
For: syms.---ballets---concs.---chamber
music---solo piano & solo
organ
Notable Works: . . . Sym.
#4 in E flat Op.48 (1893) . . . Sym.
#6 in C minor Op.58 (1896) . . . Raymonda [ballet]
Op.57 (1896-7) . . . The Seasons [ballet]
Op.67 (1899) . . . Violin Conc.
in A minor Op.82 (1904) . . . Saxophone
Conc. in E flat Op.109 (1934)
Musical
Influences: Balakirev; Borodin; Brahms;
-Chopin; Liszt; Rimsky-Korsakov;
-R Schumann; Taneyev; Tchaikovsky; Russian popular music
Has
Influenced: Glière;
Khachaturian?; Miaskovsky;
Prokofiev?; Shostakovich; Stravinsky
Glière,
Reinhold (1875-1956) Russian; had connections with Kiev, Moscow, Berlin & the Soviet republics of Azerbaijan & Uzbekistan
Style/Period: Late Russian
Romantic (Socialist Realist)
Best Known
For: syms.---ballets---symphonic
poems---chamber music
Notable
Works: . . . P'esy:
Prelude & Scherzo [double-bass & pf] Op.32 (1908) .
. . Sym. #3 in B minor 'Il'ya Muromets'
Op.42 (1909-11) . . . The Red
Poppy [orch. suite from the ballet] Op.70 (1926-7, r1949) .
. . Harp Conc. in E flat Op.74 (1938) .
. . Conc. for Coloratura Soprano &
Orch. Op.82 (1943)
Musical
Influences: Arensky; Borodin;
--Chopin; Glazunov; Ippolitov-Ivanov?; Liszt; Rimsky-Korsakov; Scriabin; Taneyev; Tchaikovsky; Wagner;
folk music
Has Influenced: Khachaturian; Miaskovsky; Prokofiev
102.
Glinka, Mikhail (1804-57) Russian;
travelled widely in Europe
Style/Period: Early Russian
Romantic (Nationalist; bel canto)
Genre
Profile: 122---0000---2222---202---03---120
Quantity of Work Produced: considerable
Best Known
For: operas & opera
overs.---chamber
music---solo piano---songs
Notable Works: . . . Trio
Pathétique for Clarinet, Bassoon & Piano in D minor
(1832) . . . A Life for the
Tsar [opera] (1834-6) . . . Ruslan & Lyudmila [opera]
(1837-42) . . . Over. to (the
opera) Ruslan & Lyudmila [orch.] (1837-42) .
. . Kamarinskaya [orch.] (1848)
Musical
Influences: Beethoven; Bellini;
+Berlioz; +Chopin;
Donizetti; -Gluck; -Mozart;
Rossini; Weber?; FOLK MUSIC
Has
Influenced: BALAKIREV; Borodin;
Cui; Dargomïzhsky; MUSSORGSKY;
++Prokofiev; Rimsky-Korsakov;
Rubinstein; +Stravinsky; Tchaikovsky
68.
Gluck, Christoph W.R. von (1714-87) German;
mainly Vienna-based from 1748
Style/Period: Pre-Classical
Genre Profile: 000---0000---0100---000---23---110
Quantity of Work Produced: extensive
Best Known
For: operas & opera
overs.
Notable Works: . . . Orfeo
ed Euridice [opera] (1762), incl. 'Dance of the Blessed
Spirits' [fl & orch.] . . . Alceste [opera]
(1767) . . . Iphigénie
en Aulide [opera] (1774) . . . Over.
to (the opera) Iphigénie en Aulide [orch.] (1774) .
. . Iphigénie en Tauride [opera]
(1779)
Musical
Influences: +JC Bach?;
Caldara?; Fux; Handel; Hasse; Jommelli;
--Lully; Pergolesi; Rameau; SAMMARTINI; French & Italian
opera
Has
Influenced: JC
Bach; Beethoven;
+Berlioz; Boccherini; CHERUBINI;
Dittersdorf; +Glinka; ++Gounod;
Grétry; J
Haydn; Mayr; MÉHUL;
+Meyerbeer; Mozart;
[JG Naumann]; Piccinni; Reicha;
[A Sacchini]; ++Saint-Saëns?; SALIERI;
+Schubert; SPONTINI;
++Wagner; Weber
Goldmark,
C[K]arl [Károly] (1830-1915) Hungarian-Austrian;
mainly Vienna-based from 1844
Style/Period: Middle German
Romantic
Best Known
For: operas---symphonic
poems---overs.
Notable Works: . . . Rustic
Wedding [sym. poem] Op.26 (1877) . . . Violin
Conc. #1 in A minor Op.28 (p1877)
Musical
Influences: +Brahms; Liszt; Mendelssohn; R
Schumann; Spohr; WAGNER
Gombert,
Nicolas (c1500-c1556) Flemish
Style/Period: Middle
Franco-Flemish Renaissance
Best
Known For: sacred motets---masses---chansons---vocal imitation technique
Musical Influences: JOSQUIN
Has Influenced: Lasso;
+Monteverdi; Morales
Górecki,
Henryk (1933-2010) Polish;
mainly Katowice-based from 1955
Style/Period: European Avant-garde to
c1970; Minimalist (Neoromantic)
thereafter
Best
Known For: syms.---vocal- &
choral-orchestral
music---orchestral pcs---music
on religious subjects---chamber
music
Notable
Works: . . . Three
Pieces in Olden Style [string orch.] (1963) . . . Sym.
#3 'Symphony of Lamentation Songs' [solo v & orch.] Op.36
(1976) . . . Totus
tuus [chorus] Op.60 (1987)
Musical
Influences: Bartók;
---Beethoven?; Boulez; Messiaen; Nono;
+Penderecki; -Scriabin?;
Stockhausen; Szymanowski; Webern; Xenakis;
Medieval & Renaissance music;
liturgical music; folk music
Gottschalk,
Louis Moreau (1829-69) American;
travelled widely in Europe and North & Latin America
Style/Period: Middle French
Romantic (Paris virtuoso school)/American Nationalist
Genre
Profile: 201---2000---0002---300---01---010
Quantity of Work Produced: extensive
Best Known
For: piano (solo, 4
hands)
Notable
Works: . . . The
Banjo [pf] Op.15 (1854-5) . . . Souvenir
de Porto Rico [pf] Op.31 (1857) .
. . Sym. #1 'La Nuit des Tropiques' (1858-9)
Musical
Influences: Chopin;
Liszt; NORTH & LATIN
AMERICAN FOLK & POPULAR MUSIC
Has
Influenced: ++Bolcom; Joplin;
MacDowell?
Gould,
Morton (1913-96) American;
mainly New York-based
Style/Period: American Vernacularist
Best Known
For: orchestral
pcs---brass (orchestral)---concert
band music
Notable
Works: . . . American
Salute (When Johnny Comes Marching Home) [orch.] (1943) .
. . Fall River Legend [ballet] (1947;
orch. suite 1949)
Musical Influences: Gershwin; ragtime; jazz;
Americana
56.
Gounod, Charles (1818-93) French;
mainly Paris-based
Style/Period: Middle French
Romantic
Genre
Profile: 212---1000---0112---120---23---320
Quantity of Work Produced: extensive
Best Known
For: operas---masses & other church
music---songs---chamber
music
Notable
Works: . . . Messe
Solennelle de Sainte Cecile [4 solo vv, chorus & orch.]
(1855) . . . Ave Maria [religious
song for solo v & pf, & other arrs.] (1859) .
. . Faust [opera] (1859) .
. . Ballet Music from (the opera) Faust [orch.]
(1859) . . . Roméo
et Juliette [opera] (1867) . . . Marche
Funèbre d'une Marionette [orch.] (1879)
Musical
Influences: --JS
Bach; Beethoven?; Berlioz; --Gluck;
Halévy?; Mendelssohn;
Meyerbeer; --Mozart; ---PALESTRINA;
Reicha?; Schubert; R Schumann
Has
Influenced: BIZET;
Chabrier; Chaminade; G
Charpentier; Duparc; Fauré;
-Flotow; MASSENET;
Puccini; Saint-Saëns; Sullivan; Tchaikovsky; THOMAS
92.
Grainger, Percy (1882-1961) Australian-American; U.S.-based from 1914
Style/Period: English Nationalist w/Experimentalist elements
Genre Profile: 002---2202---2122---211---00---020
Quantity of Work Produced: extensive
Best Known
For: folksong
settings (various forces)---piano (solo,
2 players)---choral & choral-orchestral
music---unusual instrumental settings
Notable Works: . . . folksong
settings [solo v & acc.] (1898-1954) . . . folksong
settings [choral & choral-orchestral] (1901-1949) .
. . Country Gardens [pf, orch., & pf
4 hands arrs.] (1908-18) . . . Lincolnshire
Posy [6 folksong settings for large wind band] (1937-8, 1940)
Musical
Influences: ---JS
Bach; Busoni; Delius; Grieg;
--R Schumann; FOLKSONG
Has Influenced: Sowerby?
109.
Granados, Enrique (1867-1916) Spanish;
mainly Barcelona-based
Style/Period: Spanish Nationalist (Romantic)
Genre Profile: 021---0000---1112---300---02---020
Quantity of Work Produced: modest
Best Known
For: solo
piano---songs
Notable
Works: . . . 12
Danzas Españolas [pf] Op.37 (1892-1900) .
. . 15 Tonadillas al Estilo Antiguo [songs]
(1910-1) . . . Goyescas
(2 books) [pf suite] (1911) .
. . Intermezzo from (the opera) Goyescas [orch.]
(1916)
Musical
Influences: Albéniz;
Brahms?; -Chopin; Fauré? Grieg; Liszt;
[F Pedrell]; ---D Scarlatti; --Schubert; -R
Schumann;
Wagner; Spanish/Andalusian folk/traditional music
Has Influenced: Falla; Gerhard; Rodrigo
Gretchaninov,
Alexander Tikhonovich (1864-1956) Russian-French-American; mainly Moscow- & St. Petersburg-based to 1925, thereafter France-based to 1939 & U.S.-based from then on
Style/Period: Russian
Nationalist (Late
Romantic)
Best
Known For: liturgical
music---music for children---orchestral
pcs---stage works
Musical
Influences: Borodin;
Dvorák?; Rimsky-Korsakov; +Scriabin?; R Strauss?; Tchaikovsky
Grétry,
André-Ernest-Modeste (1741-1813) Belgian-French;
Paris-based from 1767
Style/Period: Classical
Best Known
For: comic operas
Musical
Influences: Galuppi;
Gluck; -Pergolesi; Italian
comic arias; French
popular song;
French folk song
Has
Influenced: Boieldieu;
Cherubini; +Franck?; Méhul; Mozart; Schubert?
33.
Grieg, Edvard (1843-1907) Norwegian; Bergen-based from 1874
Style/Period: Norwegian Nationalist (Romantic)
Genre Profile: 232---3000---0212---300---01---130
Quantity of Work Produced: extensive
Best
Known Work: . . . songs [solo
v & pf] (1861-1905) . . . Lyric
Pieces (10 books) [pf] (1867-1901) . . . Piano
Conc. in A minor Op.16 (1868, r1906-7) . . . Incidental
Music to (the Ibsen play) Peer Gynt [solo vv, chorus
& orch.] Op.23 (1874-5) . . . Peer
Gynt Suite #1 [orch.] Op.46 (1874-5, r1888) .
. . Peer Gynt Suite #2 [orch.]
Op.55 (1874-5, r1891 & 1892) . . . String
Quartet in G minor Op.27 (1877-8) . . . 4
Norwegian Dances [pf 4 hands] Op.35 (1881; orch.
arr. 1887) . . . Two
Elegaic Melodies [string orch.] Op.34 (1881) .
. . Holberg Suite [string orch.
arr.] Op.40 (1885) . . . Sonata
for Violin & Piano #3 in C minor Op.45 (1886-7) .
. . Haugtussa [song cycle for
solo v & pf] Op.67 (1895)
Musical
Influences: -Beethoven; Chopin; Gade; JPE
Hartmann; Liszt; Mendelssohn;
Reinecke?; R
Schumann; Wagner?; NORWEGIAN FOLKSONG
Has
Influenced: Bartók; Bax;
Beach?; Coleridge-Taylor;
Debussy; Delius; Grainger; Granados; Hanson;
Holst; Karg-Elert; MacDowell;
Miaskovsky?; Nielsen; Novák;
Ponce; Rachmaninov;
Ravel; Reger?; Schulhoff; Sibelius; Sinding; -Tchaikovsky
Griffes,
Charles Tomlinson (1884-1920) American; spent 1903-7 in Germany, thereafter Tarrytown, New York-based
Style/Period: Impressionist
Genre Profile: 012---0020---1101---210---10---120
Quantity of Work Produced: modest
Best Known
For: orchestral
pcs---solo piano---songs & song
cycles
Notable
Works: . . . songs & song
cycles [solo v & pf] (1901-17) . . . Piano
Sonata in F sharp minor (c1912) . . . The
White Peacock (from 'Roman Sketches,' Op.7) [pf] (1915; orch.
arr. c1919) . . . The Pleasure-Dome
of Kubla Khan [orch. arr.] Op.8 (1917) . . . Poem
[fl & orch.] (1918)
Musical
Influences: Brahms; Busoni?; DEBUSSY;
Humperdinck; -Mussorgsky; Ravel; Scriabin; R
Strauss; -Wagner; EAST
ASIAN MUSIC; Native
American music
Grofé,
Ferde (1892-1972) American; New
York area-based to 1945; California-based thereafter
Style/Period: American Light
Classical
Best Known
For: light orchestral
pcs
Notable Work: . . . Grand
Canyon Suite [orch.] (1931)
Musical Influences: +Gershwin; jazz; popular
song; Americana
Guarnieri,
M(ozart) Camargo (1907-93) Brazilian;
São Paulo-based
Style/Period: Brazilian
Nationalist
Best
Known For: orchestral
pcs---songs---solo
piano---chamber music
Notable
Works: . . . Dança
Brasileira [orch.] (1928) . . . Dança
Negra [2 pf] (1946)
Musical
Influences: -Brahms?;
Debussy; Koechlin; BRAZILIAN FOLK
MUSIC;
blues
Gubaidulina
[Gubaydulina], Sofia (1931-) Russian;
Hamburg-based since 1992
Style/Period: Experimentalist/Exoticist (Mystical)
Best
Known For: works featuring
exotic instrs. & unusual instrumental settings---philosophical/spiritual
symbolism-based music
Notable
Works: . . . L'Offertorium
[conc. for vln & orch.]
(1980, r1982 & 1986) .
. . Hommage à T.
S. Eliot [v &
octet] (1987)
Musical
Influences: ---JS
Bach;
Bartók?; Shostakovich; Webern;
Eastern folk music
Guerrero,
Francisco (1528-99) Spanish;
Seville-based
Style/Period: Late
Spanish Renaissance
Best Known
For: sacred
vocal music (motets, masses)---secular songs
Notable
Work: . . . Ave
virgo sanctissima [sacred motet for 5 vv] (p1566)
Musical Influences: MORALES
Guilmant,
(Félix-) Alexandre (1837-1911) French;
mainly Paris-based from 1862
Style/Period: Late
French Romantic (French
organ school)
Best
Known For: organ (solo, w/orch.)
Notable
Work: . . . Sonata
# 1 in D minor [org] Op.42 (1898)
Musical
Influences: --JS
Bach?; Franck?; --Handel; [J-N Lemmens]; Liszt; Saint-Saëns?; R
Schumann
Has
Influenced: Dupré;
Vierne
Hahn,
Reynaldo (1874-1947) Venezuelan-French;
mainly Paris-based after 1878
Style/Period: Late
(or Post-) Romantic
Best
Known For: songs---operas---operettas---ballets
Notable
Works: . . . Si
Mes Vers Avaient des Ailes [song]
(1888) . . . Piano
Conc. in E (1931)
Musical Influences: Léhar?; Massenet; --Mozart; Offenbach
Halévy,
(Jacques-François-)Fromental (1799-1862) French;
mainly Paris-based
Style/Period: Early French
Romantic
Best Known
For: operas
Notable Work: . . . La
Juive [opera] (1835)
Musical
Influences: Auber; Boieldieu; CHERUBINI; Meyerbeer;
+Rossini; French
opera
Has
Influenced: Berlioz?;
Bizet; Flotow?; Gounod?; -Mercadante; Wagner
8. Handel,
George Frideric (1685-1759) German-British;
London-based from 1710
Style/Period: Late
English Baroque (w/eclectic English,
German & Italian elements)
Genre
Profile: 023---3223---2331---031---03---330
Quantity of Work Produced: immense
Best Known
For: oratorios---orchestral
pcs---concs. & concerti
grossi---operas---cantatas---organ
(concs.)---trio sonatas---solo harpsichord
Notable Works: . . . 3
concs. for oboe, strings & basso-continuo in B flat/B flat/G
minor (c1700) . . . 6 Concerti
Grossi [wind &
strings; 4-13 instrs.] Op.3 (c1715-22) . .
. Water Music [3 orchestral suites]
(1717) . . . Acis & Galatea [masque
by Gay set to music for 4 solo vv, chorus
& orch.] (1718) . . . 6
Trio Sonatas [2 vlns (or vln & woodwind) & continuo]
Op.2 (c1718) . . . 8
Suites [keyb] (p1720), incl. 'The Harmonious Blacksmith' .
. . Julius Caesar [opera]
(1724) . . . 4 Coronation
Anthems [sacred text for chorus & small orch.]
(1727) . . . Conc.
for Organ (or Harp) & 2 Recorders, 2 Violins & Basso-Continuo
in B flat Op.4 no.6 (1736) . . . Concerto
Grosso in C (performed in the oratorio Alexander's
Feast) [orch.] (1736) . . . 6
Trio Sonatas [2 vlns &
continuo] Op.5 (c1737-8) .
. . Xerxes [opera]
(1738) . . . 12
Concerti Grossi [2 vlns, vc & strings]
Op.6 (1739) . . . Israel
in Egypt [sacred oratorio for 6
solo vv, chorus & orch.] (1739) .
. . Ode for St.
Cecilia's Day [secular cantata for
2 solo vv, chorus & orch.] (1739) .
. . Organ Conc.
#13 in F 'The Cuckoo & the Nightingale'
[org & string orch.] (1739) .
. . 6 Concerti
for Organ, Woodwinds, Strings & Continuo
Op.7 (1740-51) . . . Messiah [sacred
oratorio for 4 solo vv, chorus & orch.]
(1742) . . . Conc.
for 2 Wind Bands & Strings #2 in
F (c1746-7) . . . Music
for the Royal Fireworks in D [orchestral
suite] (1749) . . . Solomon [sacred
oratorio for solo vv, chorus & orch.]
(1749), incl. 'Sinfonia (Arrival of
the Queen of Sheba)' [orch.] .
. . Sonata #4 for
Flute (or Recorder) & Continuo
in A minor Op.1 no.4 (d?)
Musical
Influences: Blow?; Bononcini; Buxtehude;
Caldara; -Carissimi; CORELLI;
-Froberger?; [F Gasparini]; [R Keiser]; Legrenzi; Lotti; Lully;
Muffat; Purcell;
Rameau?; A
SCARLATTI; -Schütz?; [A Steffani]; -Stradella; Telemann?; Italian
opera; dance
Has
Influenced: ++Alkan; Arne;
JC Bach?; JS Bach; +Beethoven; BOYCE;
++Brahms; ++Elgar;
++Franz; Geminiani?; Gluck; ++Guilmant;
+++Hanson; +++Harrison; J
HAYDN; +++Honegger; +++Hovhaness;
Leclair?; ++Loewe; ++Mendelssohn;
++Mendelssohn-Hensel; Mozart; Saint-Saëns; ++Schubert;
++Sullivan; ++Taneyev; -Telemann?
Hanson,
Howard (1896-1981) American;
Rochester NY-based from 1924
Style/Period: Neoromantic
Genre
Profile: 212---2002---1101---200---11---220
Quantity of Work Produced: considerable
Best Known
For: syms.---choral &
choral-orchestral music
Notable Works: . . . Sym.
#1 in E minor 'Nordic' Op.21 (1922) . . . Sym.
#2 'Romantic' Op.30 (1930)
Musical
Influences: ---JS
Bach; Grieg; ---Handel; MacDowell?;
-Mussorgsky?; ---Palestrina; Respighi; SIBELIUS;
Vaughan Williams?; Gregorian chant
Has Influenced: Argento
Harbison,
John (1938-) American;
Boston area-based from 1969
Style/Period: Neoclassical (Neoromantic)
Best
Known For: chamber
music---operas---vocal- &
choral-orchestral
music
Musical
Influences: ---JS
Bach; ---Schütz; SESSIONS; jazz
Harris,
Roy (1898-1979) American
Style/Period: American Nationalist
Best Known
For: syms.---choral &
choral-orchestral music
Notable Works: . . . When
Johnny Comes Marching Home--an American Over. (1934) .
. . Sym. #3 in One Movement (1937)
Musical
Influences: [A Farwell]; Sibelius;
folksong; Protestant hymns; Medieval, Renaissance & Baroque music; Americana; plainchant
Has Influenced: Carter; Persichetti; Schickele; SCHUMAN
Harrison,
Lou (1917-2003) American; mainly California-based
Style/Period: Experimentalist/Exoticist (Mystical)
Genre
Profile: 222---2222---2222---222---21---22x
Quantity of Work Produced: extensive
Best
Known For: gamelan
music-influenced works---chamber
music---percussion (chamber
combs.)---concs.---violin (chamber
combs., w/orch.)---just intonation-based pcs
Notable Works: . . . 3
Pieces for Gamelan with Soloists [solo horn/vln/suling & gamelan
orch.] (1978-9) . . . Ariadne
[fl &
perc instrs.] (1987)
Musical
Influences: Berg; Cage; Cowell;
---Handel; Ives;
[C McPhee]; Partch; Ruggles; Schoenberg;
Thomson; Varése; SOUTHEAST
ASIAN MUSIC (INCL. GAMELAN
MUSIC);
Medieval & Renaissance music; Chinese & Korean
music
Has
Influenced: Adams; -Cage
Hartmann,
Johan Peder Emilius [J. P. E.] (1805-1900) Danish;
Copenhagen-based
Style/Period: Romantic (Danish
Nationalist)
Best Known
For: operas---incidental
music
Musical
Influences: +Chopin?;
Kuhlau?; +Liszt?; +Mendelssohn; Spohr;
Danish folk music; Viennese Classical tradition
Has Influenced: Grieg; Nielsen
Hartmann,
Karl Amadeus (1905-63) German;
Munich-based
Style/Period: Expressionist
Best
Known Work: . . . 8 syms. (1936-62) .
. . Concerto Funèbre [vln & string
orch.] (1939)
Musical
Influences: Bartók; Berg;
Blacher; -Bruckner; Hindemith;
Kodály; Mahler; Reger; Stravinsky; Webern
Has Influenced: Henze
Hasse,
Johann Adolf (1699-1783) German;
mainly Dresden- & Venice-based
Style/Period: Pre-Classical (Neopolitan
school)
Best Known
For: opera seria & most
other contemporary genres of sacred & secular vocal
music---chamber music
Musical
Influences: JS
Bach?; [R Keiser]; Lotti?; +Pergolesi?; A
SCARLATTI; Vivaldi; Italian
opera
Has
Influenced: CPE
Bach; JC Bach?; -JS Bach;
Cimarosa?; Gluck; J
Haydn; [JA Hiller]; Jommelli; Mozart;
[JG Naumann]; -Weiss?; -Zelenka
Hassler,
Hans Leo (1564-1612) German; successively based in Nuremberg, Venice, Augsburg, Nuremberg, Ulm & Dresden
Style/Period: Late
German Renaissance
Best Known
For: sacred & secular
vocal music (masses, madrigals,
etc.)---solo organ
Musical
Influences: A
GABRIELI; G Gabrieli; Lasso;
Marenzio; Palestrina
Has Influenced: Praetorius?
9.
Haydn, (Franz) Joseph (1732-1809) Austrian;
intermittently & after 1795 Vienna-based
Style/Period: Classical (Viennese
Classical)
Genre Profile: 322---2332---2332---330---02---330
Quantity of Work Produced: immense
Best Known
For: syms.---string
quartets---concs.---oratorios---masses---keyboard
(piano) sonatas & trios---songs
Notable Works: . . . Cello
Conc. #1 in C (c1761-5) . . . Horn
Conc. #3 (old #1) in D (1762) . . . Sym.
#22 in E flat 'Philosopher' (1764) . . . Conc.
for Violin & String Orch. #1 in C (before 1770) .
. . Keyboard Sonata #33 (HXVI:#20) in C
minor [pf or hpschd] (1771) . . . String
Quartet in D Op.20 no.4 (1772) . . . Sym.
#44 in E minor 'Trauer' (before 1773) . . . Sym.
#45 in F sharp minor 'Farewell' (1772) . . . Cello
Conc. #2 in D Op.101 (1783) . . . Conc.
for Keyboard & Strings #11 in D Op.21 (1784 or before) .
. . String Quartet in D minor Op.42 (1785) .
. . Sym. #88 in G (1787?) . .
. Sym. #92 in G 'Oxford' (1789) .
. . Keyboard Trio #15 (HXV:#15) in G [hpschd/pf,
fl & vc] (1790) . . . Keyboard
Trio #16 (HXV:#16) in D [hpschd/pf, fl
& vc] (1790) .
. . String
Quartet in D minor 'Lark'
Op.64 no.5 (1790) .
. . Sym.
#94 in G 'Surprise' (1791) .
. . Sym.
#96 in D 'Miracle' (1791) .
. . Sinfonia
Concertante in B flat [vln,
vc, oboe, bassoon & orch.]
(1792) . . . Sym.
#100 in G 'Military' (1793-4) .
. . Sym.
#101 in D 'Clock' (1793-4) .
. . Keyboard
Sonata #62 (HXVI:#52) in
E flat [pf] (1794) .
. . Sym.
#102 in B flat (1794) .
. . Sym.
#103 in E flat 'Drumroll'
(1795) . . . Sym.
#104 in D 'London' (1795) .
. . Missa
in tempore belli in C [4
solo vv, chorus & orch.]
(1796) . . . Trumpet
Conc. in E flat (1796) .
. . Gott,
erhalte den Kaiser! in G
[song for solo v & keyb]
(1796-7) . . . The
Creation [sacred/secular
oratorio for 4 solo vv, chorus & orch.]
(1796-8) . . . String
Quartet in D minor 'Fifths'
Op.76 no.2 (1797?) .
. . String
Quartet in C 'Emperor' Op.76
no.3 (1797?) .
. . String
Quartet in B flat 'Sunrise'
Op.76 no.4 (1797?) .
. . Missa
in angustiis in D minor 'Nelsonmesse'
[4 solo vv, chorus & orch.]
(1798) . . . The
Seasons [secular oratorio
for 3 solo vv, chorus & orch.]
(1799-1801)
Musical
Influences: CPE
BACH; +JC Bach?; +Boccherini?;
Caldara; +Cimarosa; +Clementi?; +Dittersdorf?; Fux; Gluck; HANDEL; Hasse;
+Mozart;
Pergolesi?; Sammartini;
D Scarlatti; J
Stamitz; popular/gypsy music
Has
Influenced: Beethoven; BOCCHERINI;
+Brahms; +Bruckner; Carulli; Cherubini;
Cimarosa?; Clementi; Dittersdorf;
Dussek; ++Dvorák;
++Elgar; Hummel;
Krommer; ++Martinu; Méhul;
+Mendelssohn; Mendelssohn-Hensel?; Mozart;
+++Persichetti; ++Pfitzner;
[I Pleyel]; ++Prokofiev; REICHA; Rossini;
Salieri; Schubert;
-Soler; Sor; Viotti
Haydn,
(Johann) Michael (1737-1806) Austrian;
Salzburg-based from 1763
Style/Period: Classical (Viennese
Classical)
Genre
Profile: 222---1222---2222---010---11---320
Quantity of Work Produced: extensive
Best Known
For: masses---concs.---syms.---music for brass instrs.
Notable Works: . . . masses
[for 4 solo vv, chorus & orch. and other combinations]
(1754-1806) . . . Conc. for Trumpet & Strings
in C (c1760-2) . . . Conc. for
Trumpet &
Strings in D (c1768-70)
Musical
Influences: FUX;
---G
Gabrieli?; --Monteverdi?; +Mozart?;
---Palestrina; Austrian folk
music
Has
Influenced: +Bruckner; Mozart;
Salieri; Schubert; Weber
Heinichen,
Johann David (1683-1729) German; Dresden-based from 1717
Style/Period: Late
German Baroque
Best Known
For: concs. for
multiple instrs.---operas
Musical
Influences: [F Gasparini]?;
[JP Krieger]; [J Kuhnau]; Telemann; Vivaldi; Italian
opera & cantatas; French & German music
Has Influenced: Weiss?
Hensel,
Fanny Mendelssohn [see under 'Mendelssohn-Hensel']
Henze,
Hans Werner (1926-2012) German-Italian;
mainly Italy-based since 1953
Style/Period: Expressionist (Neoclassical to
c1968)
Genre Profile: 222---2212---2222---212---22---12x
Quantity of Work Produced: extensive
Best Known
For: operas---syms.---orchestral
pcs---music on socialist subjects
Notable Works: . . . Sym.
#5 (1962) . . . The Young
Lord [opera] (1964) . . . El
Cimarrón [secular songs for solo v & narr., guitar,
fl & perc (4 performers)] (1969-70) . . . Violin
Conc. #2 [voice, vln, 33 instrs. & magnetic tape] (1971)
Musical
Influences: Bartók; Berg;
--Brahms?; Britten; [W FORTNER]; KA
Hartmann; Hindemith;
-Mahler; ---Monteverdi; ---Mozart;
Nono?; Schoenberg; Stravinsky ;
--Wagner; Weill; Italian
opera; jazz; music theatre
Herbert,
Victor (1859-1924) Irish-American;
U.S.-based from 1886
Style/Period: American
Light Classical
Genre
Profile: 012---0211---1002---100---03---120
Quantity of Work Produced: considerable
Best Known
For: operettas---cello (w/orch.)
Notable
Works: . . . Cello
Conc. #2 in E minor Op.30 (1893) . . . Babes
in Toyland [operetta]
(1903)
Musical
Influences: Liszt; +R
Strauss; Sullivan; Wagner;
Viennese operetta
Has
Influenced: -Dvorák
Hildegard
of Bingen (1098-1179) German; from c1150 Bingen am Rhein-based
Style/Period: Medieval
Genre
Profile: [not used]
Quantity
of Work Produced: modest
Best Known
For: monophonic
chants
Notable
Works: . . . Ordo
virtutum [morality play] (d?) . . . Symphonia
armonie celestium revelationum [collection of 77 liturgical
poems set to music] (c1150s) . . . Ave
generosa [hymn] (d?) . . . O viridissima
virga [sequence] (d?)
Musical Influences: plainchant
Has Influenced: 'New
Age' music
44.
Hindemith, Paul (1895-1963) German;
U.S. &
Switzerland-based from 1940
Style/Period: German
Neoclassical
Genre Profile: 222---2222---2222---223---22---22x
Quantity of Work Produced: extensive
Best Known
For: orchestral/chamber
orchestral pcs---syms.---sonatas---viola (solo,
chamber combs., w/orch.)---operas
Notable Works: . . . Kleine
Kammermusik [wind quintet] Op.24 no.2 (1922) . .
. Sonata for Unaccompanied Cello Op.25
no.3 (1922) . . . Das Marienleben
[song cycle for solo v & pf] Op.27 (1922-3) .
. . Konzertmusik for Brass & Strings
Op.50 (1930) . . . Mathis
der Maler [opera] (1934-5; symphonic suite 1934) .
. . 3 Sonatas for Piano (1936) .
. . Sonata for Oboe &
Piano (1938) . . . Sonata
for Trumpet &
Piano (1939) . . . Violin
Conc. (1939) . . . The
Four Temperaments (Theme & Variations)
[pf & string orch.] (1940) .
. . Sonata for Alto Horn & Piano
in E flat (1943) . . . Symphonic
Metamorphosis on Themes of Carl Maria von
Weber [sym.] (1943) . . . Die
Harmonie der Welt [sym.] (1951) .
. . Die Harmonie der
Welt [opera version of the sym.] (1956-7)
Musical
Influences: ---JS
Bach; Bartók; Brahms;
Busoni; Debussy;
Joplin; ---Machaut; ---Mozart?; REGER; R
Strauss; Stravinsky; jazz;
Renaissance polyphony; Baroque music
Has
Influenced: Adler; Badings;
Bernstein; Blacher; Carter; DELLO
JOIO; Fine; [W Fortner]; Foss;
Ginastera; KA
Hartmann; Henze; Holmboe;
[U Kay]; Kokkonen; Larsson; Lutoslawski?;
Pärt; Persichetti; Petrassi;
Piazzolla; Pinkham?; -Piston;
[M Powell]; Rautavaara; Rochberg;
Rubbra?; Shostakovich; Skalkottas;
[S Sondheim]; Tippett; Walton; Wolpe?
Holborne,
Antony [Anthony] (c1545-1602) British
Style/Period: Late
English Renaissance
Best
Known For: consort
music---solo
lute pcs
Notable
Work: . . . Pavans,
Galliards, Almains and Other Short Aeirs [collection
of works for consort] (p1599)
Has Influenced: Dowland?
Holliger,
Heinz (1939-) Swiss
Style/Period: European Avant-garde (Serial)
Best Known
For: oboe (solo,
chamber combs., w/orch.]---magnetic
tape-based pcs
Musical
Influences: -Berg; Boulez; Kagel;
Nono; Schoenberg; --R
Schumann; Stockhausen?; [S Veress];
Webern; [BA Zimmermann]
Holmboe,
Vagn (1909-96) Danish;
mainly Copenhagen-based
Style/Period: Neoclassical
Best Known
For: syms.---chamber
music, espec. string quartets---concs.
Musical
Influences: BARTÓK; Hindemith; NIELSEN;
Shostakovich; Sibelius; Stravinsky; folk
music
Has
Influenced: NØRGÅRD
88.
Holst, Gustav (1874-1934) British;
taught at the St. Paul's Girl School, Hammersmith, from
1905
Style/Period: English Nationalist (w/Exoticist elements)
Genre Profile: 123---0202---2011---110---22---220
Quantity of Work Produced: considerable
Best Known
For: orchestral & wind
band suites---choral & choral-orchestral
music---instrumental folk music
settings---operas
Notable
Works: . . . Savitri [chamber
opera] Op.25 (1908) . . . St.
Paul's Suite [string orch.] Op.29 no.2 (1912-3) .
. . The Planets [orch. suite w/chorus]
Op.32 (1914-6) . . . Nunc dimittis
[canticle for 8 vv chorus] (1915) .
. . The
Hymn of Jesus [sacred text for choruses & orch.]
Op.37 (1917) .
. . Ballet Music from (the opera) The
Perfect Fool [orch.] Op.39 (1918-22)
Musical
Influences: Dukas?; Elgar;
Grieg; ---Purcell;
+Ravel; Stanford; R
Strauss; +Stravinsky; Sullivan; Vaughan
Williams; Wagner; ---Weelkes;
English folksong;
---Elizabethan music
Has
Influenced: Britten;
Moeran; Rubbra; -Vaughan Williams
Honegger,
Arthur (1892-1955) Swiss-French; mainly Paris-based
Style/Period: Neoromantic (French
Neoclassical)
Genre Profile: 222---2222---1212---212---22---12x
Quantity of Work Produced: extensive
Best Known
For: syms.---dramatic
works (oratorios, film
scores, ballets, incidental
music) & derivative orchestral
suites---orchestral pcs---sonatas
Notable
Works: . . . Le
Roi David [dramatic psalm for solo vv, chorus & orch.]
(1921) . . . Danse de la Chèvre
[fl] (1921)
. . . Sonatina for
Clarinet & Piano
(1921-2) . . . Pacific 231: Mouvement
Symphonique #1 [sym. poem] (1923) . . . Jeanne
d'Arc au Bûcher [stage oratorio for 2 narrs., solo
vv, choruses &
orch.] (1934-5) . . . Sym.
#2 [string orch.] (1941) . . . Sym.
#3 'Liturgique' (1945-6)
Musical
Influences: ---JS
BACH; --Beethoven;
-Berlioz?; +Boulanger; Debussy;
Fauré;
---Handel; Milhaud; Reger; Schoenberg; R
Strauss; Stravinsky;
-Wagner; Baroque & Classical music
Has
Influenced: Badings; [W
Fortner]; HUSA; Xenakis?
Hovhaness,
Alan (1911-2000) American; mainly Massachusetts- & New
York-based to 1966, Seattle-based thereafter
Style/Period: Neoromantic (Exoticist/Mystical)
Genre Profile: 202---2222---2222---222---12---22x
Quantity of Work Produced: immense
Best Known
For: syms.---works
for featured instr(s). w/orch.---solo
piano---orchestral pcs---works
for exotic instrs.---sacred choral-orchestral music---chamber music
Notable
Works: . . . Alleluia
and Fugue [string orch.] Op.40b (1941) . . . Prayer
of St. Gregory [trumpet & string
orch.] Op.62b (1946) .
. . Sym. #2 'Mysterious Mountain' Op.132
(1955) . . . Magnificat [4 solo
vv, chorus & chamber orch.] Op.157 (1958) . .
. And God Created Great Whales [taped whale
sounds & orch.] Op.229 (1970)
Musical
Influences: ---JS
Bach;
[F Converse]?; ---Handel;
Martinu?; Sibelius; SOUTH & EAST
ASIAN MUSIC; Renaissance & Baroque music;
ARMENIAN FOLK & RELIGIOUS MUSIC
Has Influenced: Argento
Howells,
Herbert (1892-1983) British
Style/Period: Neoromantic
Genre Profile: 002---2202---1202---120---00---220
Quantity of Work Produced: considerable
Best Known
For: choral
music (anthems, masses, motets, hymns,
songs)---solo organ & solo
piano
Notable
Works: . . . Hymnus
Paradisi [2 solo vv, chorus & orch.] (1938) .
. . Like
as the Hart [anthem for 4 vv & org] (1941)
Musical
Influences: Debussy; Delius; Elgar; Parry;
Ravel; Stanford; Stravinsky; VAUGHAN
WILLIAMS; +Walton; plainchant; folksong;
Tudor music
Has Influenced: Rutter
Hummel,
Johann Nepomuk (1778-1837) Slovakian-Austrian; travelled widely in Europe
Style/Period: Post-Classical (Viennese
Classical)
Genre Profile: 022---2221---2222---210---12---220
Quantity of Work Produced: extensive
Best Known
For: piano (solo,
chamber combs., w/orch.)---concs.---chamber
music
Notable
Works: . . . Quintet
for Piano & Strings in E flat Op.87 (1802) . .
. Trumpet Conc.
in E flat (1803) .
. . Bassoon
Conc. in F (c1805) . . . Piano
Conc. in A minor Op.85 (c1816) . . . Piano
Conc. in B minor Op.89 (1819)
Musical
Influences: CPE
Bach; --JS Bach?; Clementi;
Dussek; +Field; J
Haydn; MOZART; Salieri
Has
Influenced: Alkan; Berwald; Chopin; Czerny;
Liszt; Mendelssohn;
Saint-Saëns?;
Schubert; R
Schumann
Humperdinck,
Engelbert (1854-1921) German
Style/Period: Late
(post-Wagnerian) German Romantic
Genre Profile: 022---0000---1201---100---02---220
Quantity of Work Produced: considerable
Best Known
For: children's operas---incidental
music
Notable Works: . . . Hansel
und Gretel [opera] (1893) . . . Incidental
Music to (the Rosmer melodrama) Die Königskinder [orch.]
(1897; recast as opera in 1910)
Musical Influences: +Mahler?; +R
Strauss; WAGNER; +Wolf;
German folksong
Has Influenced: Griffes; Weill
Husa,
Karel (1921-) Bohemian-American;
U.S.-based from 1954
Style/Period: Expressionist (Neoromantic)
Best Known
For: orchestral
pcs---chamber music---winds (chamber
combs., orchestral)
Notable Works: . . . Music
for Prague [wind orch. & orch. arrs.] (1968) .
. . Apotheosis of this Earth [chorus & wind
orch.] (1970; chorus &
orch. arr. 1972)
Musical
Influences: Bartók; HONEGGER;
Janácek; Novák; Stravinsky;
Suk; folk music
Ibert,
Jacques (1890-1962) French;
mainly Paris- & Rome-based
Style/Period: French
Neoclassical (Impressionist)
Genre Profile: 222---0220---2222---212---22---02x
Quantity of Work Produced: considerable
Best Known
For: orchestral
pcs---chamber music---flute (solo,
chamber combs., w/orch.)---harp (chamber
combs.)---stage works
Notable Works: . . . Escales
[sym. poem] (1922) . . . Divertissement
(from the incidental music to the Labiche play Chapeau de
Paille d'Italie) [chamber orch.] (1930) . . . Trois
Pièces Brèves [wind quintet] (1930) .
. . Flute Conc. (1934) . . . Pìece
for Unaccompanied Flute (1936) . . . Entr'acte
[fl & harp, or vln & guitar] (1937)
Musical
Influences: Chabrier; Debussy;
Dukas; Fauré?; +Poulenc?; Ravel; Stravinsky; jazz
Indy,
Vincent d' (1851-1931) French;
Paris-based
Style/Period: Late
(post-Wagnerian) French Romantic
Best Known
For: symphonic/orchestral
pcs---chamber music
Notable Works: . . . Symphony
on a French Mountain Air in G [pf & orch.] Op.25 (1886) .
. . Istar: Symphonic Variations Op.42 [orch.]
(1896)
Musical
Influences: ---JS
Bach;
-Beethoven; Berlioz;
Delibes; FRANCK;
Lalo?; Liszt;
--Rameau; WAGNER;
Medieval & Renaissance music,
incl. Gregorian chant
Has
Influenced: Albéniz;
CANTELOUBE; Dukas; Moore; ROUSSEL; Satie;
Sowerby; Turina
Ippolitov-Ivanov,
Mikhail M. (1859-1935) Russian;
Moscow-based from 1893
Style/Period: Russian
Nationalist (Romantic)
Best
Known For: orchestral
pcs
Notable
Work: . . . Caucasian
Sketches Suite 1 [orch.] Op.10 (1894)
Musical
Influences: Balakirev;
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV; Tchaikovsky; folk
music
Has Influenced: Glière?
Ireland,
John (1879-1962) British; mainly London-based c1893-1953
Style/Period: Late English
Romantic (Celtic revival/Impressionist)
Best Known
For: piano (solo,
chamber combs., w/orch.)---orchestral
pcs---choral music---songs---solo
organ
Notable Works: . . . Greater
Love Hath No Man [motet for 2 solo vv, chorus & org] (1912) .
. . Piano Conc. in E flat (1930) .
. . Legend [pf & orch.] (1933)
Musical
Influences: +Bartók; Brahms; Debussy; Ravel;
Scriabin?; Stanford;
+Stravinsky; Celtic music
Has
Influenced: Britten;
[G Bush]; MOERAN; Rubbra?
Isaac,
Heinrich (c1450-1517) Flemish;
mainly Florence- & Germany-based from c1484
Style/Period: Middle
Franco-Flemish Renaissance
Best Known
For: masses & sacred motets
Musical
Influences: [A Busnois]?;
Josquin?; +Obrecht?; plainchant;
Italian, German & Netherlandish music
Has Influenced: La Rue?; SENFL;
+++Webern; 16th cent. German
music
43.
Ives, Charles (1874-1954) American;
mainly Connecticut- & New
York-based
Style/Period: American Nationalist (w/eclectic
post-Brahmsian Romantic, Impressionist & Experimentalist elements: Polystylistic)
Genre Profile: 202---0001---2222---220---00---230
Quantity of Work Produced: extensive
Best Known
For: syms.---orchestral
pcs---songs---solo
piano
Notable Works: . . . songs
[solo v & pf] (c1887-1926) . . . Variations
on 'America' [org] (1891?) . . . Sym.
#3 'The Camp Meeting' [small orch.] (1904) . . . Symphony
'Holidays' (1904-13) . . . The
Unanswered Question [small orch.] (1906) . . . String
Quartet #2 (1907-13) . . . First
Orchestral Set 'Three Places in New England' [small orch.]
(1908-14?) . . . Piano Sonata
#1 (1909) . . . Sym. #4 (1909-16) .
. . Piano Sonata #2 'Concord, Mass., 1840-1860'
(1910-5)
Musical
Influences: ---JS
Bach; --Beethoven; Brahms;
Chadwick; Joplin; [JK Paine]; [H Parker]; Tchaikovsky; jazz; AMERICAN
POPULAR MUSIC; AMERICAN FOLK MUSIC
Has
Influenced: Adams; Bernstein;
Bolcom; Cage; Carter;
Copland; COWELL; Crumb; Harrison;
Musgrave; Riegger; Rochberg; Ruggles?; Schnittke
64.
Janácek,
Leos (1854-1928) Moravian;
Brno-based from 1880
Style/Period: Czech Nationalist
Genre Profile: 022---0200---2202---210---13---220
Quantity of Work Produced: extensive
Best
Known For: operas---orchestral
pcs---solo piano---string
quartets & other chamber music---vocal- & choral- orchestral
music
Notable Works: . . . Jenufa [opera]
(1894-03, r1908 or before) . . . Piano
Sonata 'From the Street' (1905) . . . In
the Mists [4 movements for pf] (1912) . . . Sonata
for Violin & Piano (1914-21) . . . Taras
Bulba [orchestral rhapsody] (1915-8, 1927) . . . Kát'a
Kabanová [opera] (1919-21) . . . The
Cunning Little Vixen [opera] (1921-3) . . . String
Quartet #1 'Kreutzer' (1923) . . . Sextet
for Wind Quintet & Bass Clarinet 'Youth' (1924) .
. . Capriccio for Piano Left Hand, Flute & Brass
'Defiance' [8 instrs.] (1926) . . . Sinfonietta
[orch.] (1926) . . . Glagolitic
Mass [sacred cantata for 4 solo vv, org, chorus & orch.]
(1926, 1929) . . . String Quartet
#2 'Intimate Letters' (1928)
Musical
Influences: ---JS Bach?;
Borodin?; +Debussy; DVORÁK;
Fibich?; Mussorgsky;
+PUCCINI; +Schoenberg; +Schreker?;
R Schumann; Smetana;
Tchaikovsky; Wagner;
Expressionists;
MORAVIAN/SLAVIC FOLK MUSIC
Has
Influenced: [A Hába];
Husa; Schulhoff?
Janequin,
Clément (c1485-1558) French; associated with Bordeaux, Angers & Paris
Style/Period: Late
French Renaissance
Best Known For: polyphonic chansons---chansons
spirituelles
& psalm settings
Notable
Work: . . . La
Bataille de Marignan (La Guerre) [chanson for 4 vv]
(c1520?)
Musical Influences: Dufay;
Josquin; Ockeghem
Jolivet,
André
(1905-74) French;
mainly Paris-based
Style/Period: Mystical (Impressionist/Exoticist)
Best Known
For: flute (solo,
chamber combs., w/orch.)---concs.---chamber
music
Notable Work: . . . Chant
de Linos [fl & pf] (1944; arr. for fl, string trio & harp
1945)
Musical
Influences: Bartók;
Berg; Debussy;
Dukas; +Messiaen; Ravel; Schoenberg; VARÈSE;
jazz; music
of the Near & Far East
Has Influenced: Messiaen
Jommelli,
Nicolò (1714-74) Italian; associated with Naples, Rome, Vienna & Stuttgart
Style/Period: Pre-Classical
Best Known
For: operas---sacred
vocal music
Musical
Influences: +Dittersdorf?; Hasse;
Martini; Pergolesi; Rameau; A
Scarlatti; Mannheim
school
Has
Influenced: Cherubini; Dittersdorf; Gluck; J
Stamitz; Mannheim school
Jongen,
Joseph (1873-1953) Belgian; mainly Liège-, Paris- & Brussels-based
Style/Period: Neoromantic
Best
Known For: organ (solo, w/orch.)---chamber music
Notable
Works: . . . Symphonie
Concertante [org & orch.] Op.81 (1926) .
. . Sonata
Eroïca [org] Op.94 (1930)
Musical
Influences: Debussy;
Fauré; Franck; +Ravel; +Stravinsky; Wagner; plainchant
Joplin,
Scott (1867? - 1917) American; Mid-South-based to 1907, thereafter New York-based
Style/Period: American Light
Classical
Genre Profile: 000---0000---0000---300---12---010
Quantity of Work Produced: modest
Best Known
For: piano
rags
Notable
Works: . . . Maple
Leaf Rag [pf rag] (1899) . . . The
Entertainer [pf rag] (1902) . . . Solace,
A Mexican Serenade [pf] (1909) . . . Treemonisha [ragtime
opera] (1911, r1911-5)
Musical
Influences: -[S Foster]; Gottschalk;
[JP Sousa]; marches, ballroom
dance & other popular
music
Has
Influenced: +Bolcom;
-Debussy?; -Dvorák?; Gershwin; Hindemith; Ives; +Schuller;
jazz
78.
Josquin Desprez [des Prez, etc.] (c1450-1521) French;
France- & Italy-based
Style/Period: Middle
Franco-Flemish Renaissance
Genre Profile: [not
used]
Quantity of Work Produced: considerable
Best Known For: masses---sacred motets---secular
songs (chansons)
Notable Works: . . . Ave
Maria [sacred motet for 4 vv] (c1490) . . . Missa
La sol fa re mi [4 vv] (c1490) . . . Missa
de beata virgine [4-5 vv] (c1510) . . . Missa
Pange lingua [4 vv] (c1510) . . . Missa
L'homme armé (2 works) [4 vv] (p1502/1502) .
. . Planxit autem David [sacred motet
for 4 vv] (p1504)
Musical
Influences: [A Busnois]; Dufay;
+Obrecht; Ockeghem;
Italian music
Has
Influenced: Cabezón;
+++M-A Charpentier; Clemens;
+A Gabrieli?; GOMBERT; Isaac?;
Janequin; La Rue?; Morales;
[J MOUTON]; +Palestrina; Rore; SENFL; Taverner; Willaert
Kabalevsky,
Dmitri (1904-87) Russian;
Moscow-based from 1918
Style/Period: Neoromantic (Socialist
Realist)
Best
Known For: stage
works & derivative orchestral
suites---concs.---music
for children---piano (solo,
w/orch.)---syms.
Notable
Works: .
. . Over. to (the opera) Colas Breugnon [orch.]
(1938) . . . The Comedians [suite
for small orch. from incidental music to the play Inventor & Comedian]
Op.26 (1940) . . . 24 Preludes
[pf] Op.38 (1943-4) . . . Violin
Conc. in C Op.48 (1948) . . . Cello
Conc. #2 in G Op.77 (1964)
Musical
Influences: -Borodin; MIASKOVSKY;
-Mussorgsky; Prokofiev;
Rachmaninov; Scriabin;
-Tchaikovsky; folk music
Kagel,
Mauricio (1931-2008) Argentinian;
Cologne, Germany-based from 1957
Style/Period: European Avant-garde (Experimentalist)
Best
Known For: multi-media
dramatic music/music theatre/film
scores---chamber music---magnetic
tape-based pcs---socio-political
themes
Musical
Influences: ---JS
Bach; ---Beethoven; Berg?;
Boulez; Cage;
---Monteverdi; Partch?; -Satie; Schoenberg;
--R Schumann?; Webern
Has Influenced: Holliger; [J Zorn]
Karg-Elert,
Sigfrid (1877-1933) German;
Leipzig-based from c1883
Style/Period: Impressionist
Best Known
For: solo
organ & harmonium---chamber
music
Notable Work: . . . Nun
danket alle Gott [org] Op.65 no.59 (1908-10)
Musical
Influences: ---JS
Bach; Brahms; Debussy; Grieg; Reger; Schoenberg; Scriabin;
Baroque music
Khachaturian,
Aram (1903-78) Armenian;
Moscow-based from 1921
Style/Period: Neoromantic (Socialist Realist)
Genre
Profile: 222---2200---0112---202---20---020
Quantity of Work Produced: considerable
Best Known
For: concs.---ballets---syms.---solo
piano
Notable Works: . . . Piano
Conc. in D flat (1936) . . . Violin
Conc. in D minor (1940) . . . Sabre
Dance (from the ballet Gayane) [orch.] (1942, r1957) .
. . Cello Conc. (1946) . . . Spartacus [ballet]
(1954, r1968), incl. 'Adagio of Spartacus & Phrygia' [orch.]
Musical
Influences: -Borodin; Gershwin;
Glazunov?; Glière; MIASKOVSKY; Prokofiev;
Rachmaninov; Ravel; Rimsky-Korsakov;
+Shostakovich; -Tchaikovsky;
ARMENIAN & OTHER FOLK MUSIC
Has Influenced: Shchedrin
74.
Kodály,
Zoltán (1882-1967) Hungarian;
mainly Budapest-based from 1900
Style/Period: Hungarian Nationalist
Genre Profile: 122---0002---0222---222---12---220
Quantity of Work Produced: considerable
Best
Known For: orchestral
pcs---sacred & secular vocal-
& choral-orchestral music,
incl. many works for
children---folksong
settings---cello (solo, chamber
combs.)---operas---chamber
music---music education
Notable
Works: . . . unacc.
secular choral music (1898-1965) . . . Sonata
for Cello & Piano Op.4 (1909-10) . . . Duo
for Violin & Cello
Op.7 (1914) .
. . Sonata
for Unaccompanied Cello Op.8 (1915) . . . Psalmus
Hungaricus [solo v, chorus & orch.] Op.13 (1923) .
. . Háry János [opera]
Op.15 (1925-7; orch. suite 1927) . . . Dances
of Galanta [orch.] (1933) . . . Variations
on a Hungarian Folksong 'Peacock' [orch.] (1938-9) .
. . Conc. for Orchestra (1939-40) .
. . Missa brevis [chorus & org, or
solo vv, chorus & orch.] (1944)
Musical
Influences: ---JS
Bach; Bartók; Brahms; DEBUSSY;
Liszt; ---Palestrina; Gregorian
chant;
HUNGARIAN FOLK MUSIC
Has
Influenced: -Bartók;
KA Hartmann; Ligeti; Tubin
Koechlin,
Charles (1867-1950) French;
mainly Paris-based
Style/Period: Impressionist (French
Neoclassical)
Best Known
For: winds (solo,
chamber combs.)---symphonic poems---songs---music
inspired by film personalities
Musical
Influences: ---JS
Bach; Berlioz; Chabrier; -Chopin; Debussy; FAURÉ; Massenet;
+Ravel?; Satie; Gregorian
chant
Has Influenced: Guarnieri; Milhaud; Poulenc; Tailleferre
Kokkonen,
Joonas (1921-96) Finnish;
mainly Helsinki-based
Style/Period: Neoromantic
Best Known
For: syms.---chamber
music
Notable Work: . . . The
Last Temptations [opera] (1973-5)
Musical
Influences: ---JS
Bach; Bartók; Berg;
-Brahms; -Debussy; Hindemith;
---Mozart; Shostakovich; Sibelius;
Renaissance music
Has
Influenced: -[E Bergman]; Sallinen
Korngold,
Erich Wolfgang (1897-1957) Austrian-American;
mainly Vienna-based to 1934, Hollywood-based thereafter
Style/Period: Late German
Romantic
Genre Profile: 222---2200---2222---200---12---120
Quantity of Work Produced: considerable
Best Known
For: film
scores---operas---concs.---orchestral
pcs---chamber music
Notable Works: . . . Die
Tote Stadt [opera] Op.12 (1920) . . . film
scores (1934-54) . . . Violin
Conc. in D Op.35 (1945)
Musical
Influences: Mahler; Puccini; R
STRAUSS; -Wagner; Zemlinsky
Kraft,
William (1923-) American;
Los Angeles-based from 1955
Style/Period: Expressionist
Best Known
For: percussion (chamber
combs., w/orch.)---concs.---chamber
music
Musical
Influences: -Debussy; STRAVINSKY; VARÈSE; jazz
Krebs,
Johann Ludwig (1713-80) German;
Leipzig- & South Germany-based
Style/Period: Late
German Baroque
Best Known
For: solo
organ & solo harpsichord---chamber
music w/organ
Musical Influences: JS
BACH
Kreisler,
Fritz (1875-1962) Austrian-American
Style/Period: Viennese Light
Classical
Genre Profile: 010---0000---0213---102---01---000
Quantity of Work Produced: small
Best Known
For: violin (w/piano),
incl. works composed in the style of Baroque & Classical
masters
Notable
Works: . . . Tambourin
Chinois [vln & pf] Op.3 (1910) . . . Liebesfreud
[vln & pf]
(p1910) .
. . Liebesleid
[vln & pf] (p1910) . . . Caprice
Viennois [vln & pf] (p1913) . . . Schön
Rosmarin [vln & pf] (p1910)
Musical
Influences: Bruckner; Delibes;
Sarasate?; Wieniawski;
Baroque & Classical music
Krenek,
Ernst (1900-91) Austrian-American;
U.S.-based from 1938
Style/Period: Expressionist to
c1925; German Neoclassical (Vernacularist)
c1925-c1934; Post-Webernian Serial thereafter
Genre Profile: 222---2222---2222---222---12---22x
Quantity of Work Produced: extensive
Best Known
For: operas---chamber
music---solo piano---concs.
Notable Work: . . . Jonny
Spielt Auf [opera] (1925-6)
Musical
Influences: Bartók;
Berg; Busoni; Gershwin; Mahler;
---Ockeghem; SCHOENBERG; Schreker;
--Schubert; Stravinsky; Webern; ragtime; jazz;
Medieval & Renaissance music
Has
Influenced: Perle;
Shostakovich
Krommer,
Franz (1759-1831) Moravian-Austrian
Style/Period: Late
Viennese Classical
Best
Known For: woodwinds (chamber combs., w/orch.)---chamber music
Notable
Works: . . . Conc.
for Two Clarinets & Orchestra Op.35 (1802?) .
. . Conc.
for Clarinet & Orchestra in E flat Op.36 (1803) .
. . Conc.
for Oboe & Orchestra in F Op.52 (1805)
Musical
Influences: J
Haydn;
Mozart
Kuhlau,
Friedrich (Daniel Rudolph) (1786-1832) German-Danish; Copenhagen-based from 1810
Style/Period: Late
Viennese Classical
Best
Known For: chamber
music (espec. w/flute)---operas---piano (solo & 4
hands)
Musical
Influences: BEETHOVEN;
Cherubini; Clementi; Mozart; Weber
Has Influenced: JPE
Hartmann?
Kurtág,
György (1926-) Romanian-Hungarian
Style/Period: Experimentalist
Best
Known For: chamber
music---works for solo player---secular
vocal music
Notable
Work: . . . Játékok
[8 books of pcs for pf combs.] (1973-)
Musical
Influences: ---JS
Bach; BARTÓK;
--Beethoven; Berg; Messiaen; Milhaud; ---Monteverdi; Nono;
---Schütz; Stravinsky; Webern;
Medieval & Renaissance music
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