Biography

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…

Biography of Kathleen Ferrier (Singer) Kathleen Ferrier – English contralto singer. Name: Kathleen Mary Ferrier Date of Birth: April 22, 1912 Place of Birth: Higher…

Biography of Benjamin Britten Benjamin Britten – English composer. Name: Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten Date of Birth: November 22, 1913 Place of Birth: Lowestoft,…

Biography of Arthur Sullivan Arthur Sullivan – English composer. Name: Sir Arthur Seymour Sullivan Date of Birth: May 13, 1842 Place of Birth: Lambeth, London,…

Biography of Nellie Melba Nellie Melba – Australian operatic soprano. Name: Dame Nellie Melba Date of Birth: May 19, 1861 Place of Birth: Richmond, Australia…