Albéniz y Basanta, Pedro
Albéniz y Basanta, Pedro
Albéniz y Basanta, Pedro, Spanish organist, pianist, teacher, and composer, son of Mateo (Antonio Pérez de) Albéniz; b. Logroño, April 14, 1795; d. Madrid, April 12, 1855. He studied with his father and was active as an organist in various Spanish towns while still a youth. He later studied piano with Kalk-brenner and Herz in Paris. After settling in Madrid, he became prof. of piano at the Cons. in 1830 and court organist in 1834. He publ. a piano manual (1840) and some 70 piano pieces in a highly developed technical style.
—Nicolas Slonimsky/Laura Kuhn/Dennis McIntire
More From encyclopedia.com
Feldman, Morton , Morton Feldman
Composer, pianist
Musical Gifts Discovered Early
Began Using Graph Notation
Works Known for a Signature Stillness
Selected composition… Vincent Persichetti , Persichetti, Vincent (Ludwig)
Persichetti, Vincent (Ludwig), remarkable American composer and pedagogue whose finely amalgamated instrumental and sym… Moscheles, Ignaz , Moscheles, Ignaz
Moscheles, Ignaz , eminent Czech-born pianist, conductor, pedagogue, and composer; b. Prague, May 23, 1794; d. Leipzig, March 10, 18… Piano , Background
The piano may be the best known and loved of all musical instruments. It also has the broadest range of any instrument, so music for all o… Locarno , Locarno •Mano, piano •Arno, boliviano, Bolzano, Carnot, chicano, guano, Kano, llano, Locarno, Lugano, Marciano, Marrano, meccano, oregano, Pisano, po… Arno , Arno •Mano, piano •Arno, boliviano, Bolzano, Carnot, chicano, guano, Kano, llano, Locarno, Lugano, Marciano, Marrano, meccano, oregano, Pisano, pobla…
You Might Also Like
NEARBY TERMS
Albéniz y Basanta, Pedro