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Adolphe Charles Adam Adolphe Charles Adam
Adolphe Charles Adam , 1803-56, French composer of the popular song Cantique de Noël. He composed more than 50 stage works, including comic operas such as Le Postillon de Longjumeau (1836) and the ballet Giselle (1841).... Read more
Antonio Maria Gasparo Sacchini Antonio Maria Gasparo Sacchini
Antonio Maria Gasparo Sacchini , 1730-86, Italian operatic composer of the Neapolitan school. His best work, Oedipe à Colone (1786) was in the repertory of the Paris Opéra for more than half a century. He also composed chamber music and oratorios.... Read more
Frederick Delius Frederick Delius
Frederick Delius , 1862-1934, English composer, of German parentage. Influenced by Grieg, Delius combined romanticism and impressionism in his music, which is characterized by rather free structure and rich chromatic harmony. From 1886 to 1888 he studied in Leipzig, where his suite Florida (1887)... Read more
Luigi Boccherini Luigi Boccherini
Luigi Boccherini , 1743-1805, Italian composer and cellist. Together with the violinist Filippo Manfredi he made a highly successful concert tour of Italy and France. After 1769 he was a composer and cellist in Spanish courts. He also served as composer to Frederick William II of Prussia (1787-97)... Read more
Johann Georg Albrechtsberger Johann Georg Albrechtsberger
Johann Georg Albrechtsberger , 1736-1809, Austrian musical theorist, teacher, and composer. He became (1772) court organist in Vienna and later was chief organist, conductor, and choirmaster of St. Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna. He composed more than 240 works and wrote important books on counterpoint... Read more
Ronald Isley Ronald Isley
Ronald Isley1941– Singer, composer Singer/composer Ronald Isley has enjoyed a successful career in popular music for more than 50 years. As lead singer and composer for the Isley Brothers, Isley recorded a long string of hit singles including "Shout," "This Old Heart of Mine," "It's Your Thing,"... Read more
Jerry Goldsmith Jerry Goldsmith
Jerry Goldsmith Film composer For the Record… Selected discography Sources A composer for more than 40 years, Jerry Goldsmith’s work includes hundreds of scores for film and television. Incredibly versatile and acclaimed by his peers, critics, and audiences alike, he is as popular as... Read more
Florence Price Florence Price
Florence Beatrice Price Florence B. Price (1887–1953) was the first African-American woman in history to have a symphony she composed performed by a major orchestra. Price wrote works in genres ranging from orchestral music to radio commercials, and her music, widely heard in its day, has... Read more
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opus [Lat.,=work], in music, term used in cataloging a composer's works, designating either a single composition or a group published together or considered a unit. Opus numbers assigned by the composer are of greater value than those assigned by the publisher. Beethoven was the first composer... Read more

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Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ) ...getting the recognition he deserves...for more than 50 years...then as a composer. The Montclair...the first black composer...Pulitzer Prize last week for a work titled...When Lilacs Last in ...

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