Biography

Biography of Claudio Monteverdi Claudio Monteverdi – Italian composer, string player, and choirmaster. Name: Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi Date of Birth: May 15, 1567 Place…

Biography of Johann Sebastian Bach Johann Sebastian Bach – German composer and musician. Name: Johann Sebastian Bach Date of Birth: March 31, 1685 Place of…

Biography of Paul Valéry Paul Valéry – French poet, essayist, and philosopher. Name: Ambroise Paul Toussaint Jules Valéry Date of Birth: October 30, 1871 Place…

Biography of Louise Talma Louise Talma – American pianist, composer and academic. Name: Louise Juliette Talma Date of Birth: October 31, 1906 Place of Birth:…

Biography of Astor Piazzolla Astor Piazzolla – Argentine tango composer, bandoneon player, and arranger. Name: Astor Pantaleón Piazzolla Date of Birth: March 11, 1921 Place…

Biography of Elliott Carter Elliott Carter – American composer. Name: Elliott Cook Carter Jr. Date of Birth: December 11, 1908 Place of Birth: Manhattan, New…

Biography of Roland Barthes Roland Barthes – French literary theorist, philosopher, critic, and semiotician. Name: Roland Gérard Barthes Date of Birth: 12 November 1915 Place…

Biography of Virgil Thomson Virgil Thomson – American composer and critic. Name: Virgil Thomson Date of Birth: November 25, 1896 Place of Birth: Kansas City,…

Biography of Aaron Copland Aaron Copland – American composer, composition teacher, writer, and a conductor. Name: Aaron Copland Date of Birth: November 14, 1900 Place…

Biography of Nadia Boulanger Nadia Boulanger – French composer, conductor, and teacher. Name: Juliette Nadia Boulanger Date of Birth: September 16, 1887 Place of Birth:…

Biography of Maurice Ravel Maurice Ravel – French composer, pianist, and conductor. Name: Joseph Maurice Ravel Date of Birth: March 7, 1875 Place of Birth:…

Biography of Ralph Vaughan Williams Ralph Vaughan Williams – English composer. Name: Ralph Vaughan Williams Date of Birth: October 12, 1872 Place of Birth: Down…