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A domineering figure of
twentieth century
American music who
explored folk themes,
bitonality, and genres fro...
Vivaldi was most influential
for his development of the
concerto, a work for
orchestra that features a
solo instrument. Vivaldi se...
The extremely popular
Corelli performed
throughout Europe and was
one of the most famous
musicians working out of...
Schoenberg evolved
techniques for composing
music while avoiding a tonal
center or key signature.
Noisy for the uninitiated.
This composer of angular,
dissonant rhythms and
harmonies is a national
treasure in his native
Hungary. Bartok took Edis...
Debussy's impressionistic
soundscapes were a direct
reaction against popular,
heavy-handed German
romanticism. Although lab...
Handel spent most of his life
in England, and was
well-loved by his fellow
country folk. Handel was
extremely popular in his...
After Purcell, England
produced no composers of
international reputation
until Benjamin Britten. His
style was distinctly Englis...
Bach's music is complex,
densely polyphonic with
running independent lines.
His 1750 death marks the
end of the Baroque era. A...
Cage's avant-garde antics
brought the concept of
random chance into the
mainstream of serous art
music composition. Cage s...
Beethoven serves as the
bridge between the
Classical and Romantic
periods -- composers as
artisans v. composers as a...
Also a renowned
conductor, Boulez'
progressive compositions
expanded serialism as
defined by Schoenberg.
Exclusively an operatic
composer, his works are
dramatic and long. The Ring
alone takes a week to
perform in its entirety. He...
The Austrian born Mozart
mastered all the musical
forms of his day: opera,
symphony, concerto,
chamber, choral and pian...
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