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Milan Slavicky
… Milan Slavický was a Czech composer, musicologist, and pedagogue. He came from a musical family. His father Klement Slavický and both his … musicological work, and composition. He wrote symphonic, chamber, and electroacoustic music. His interest in vocal …
Viktor Ullmann
… Ullmann family moved to Vienna, and Viktor began studying music theory with Dr. Josef Pohlaneur. In 1918, Viktor … piano (performed 1923), the Octet (1924), his incidental music for Klabund's Kreidekreis (1925), and the Symphonische … one of the mass liquidation transports, and died in the gas chamber two days later. … Composer … Song … Composer … …
Fritz Rikko
… Fritz Rikko was a musicologist and conductor who was an authority on music of the Baroque era. Born in Werden, Germany, he … Rikko as conductor. Rikko had been a violist with the Busch Chamber Players and taught at the Juilliard School of Music, …
Darius Milhaud
… group known as Les Six . He drew inspiration from diverse musical traditions, incorporating jazz, Brazilian rhythms, … and polytonality into his works. He also explored the music of the Jewish community in Comtat Venaissin, … spans various genres, including symphonies, operas, and chamber music. Full biography in Milken Archive. See also …
Mark Kopytman
… 1993) and the series Cantus I-VII (symphonic and chamber works, 1980-2000). … Israeli composer … 11807 … …
Yizhak Edel
… received a Jewish education, but he was also exposed to music while participating in singing gatherings hosted by … His grandfather did not approve of Edel's new path as a musician, but he ultimately gave in. Upon his grandfather’s … works include vocal repertoire (cantatas and songs), and chamber and orchestral music. Many of Edel's songs were …
Ernest Bloch
… United States in 1916, and in 1920 was appointed the first Musical Director of the fledgling Cleveland Institute of Music, a position he held until 1925. Bloch’s early works, … were more varied in style; he focused on writing for the chamber ensemble and began experimenting with neo-classical …
Zecharia Plavin
… From 1977 in Israel, graduated from Tel Aviv University and Music Academy (piano class of Professor Viktor Derevianko), … to Franz Liszt, Maurice Ravel and Jean Sibelius). Numerous chamber music collaborations in Israel, Germany and … piano: First movement/ Special concert of Zecharia Plavin's chamber compositions (2019) … Israeli musician, composer, …
Joseph Achron
… was born in Lozdzieje, a small village in Lithuania . His musical genius became evident early on and at the age of … to Russia to take a position as the head of the violin and chamber music departments at the Kharkov … During that period, he composed mostly works for violin and chamber music. In 1911, Achron joined the St. Petersburg …
Emanuel Aguilar
… Grace Aguilar, was born in London in 1824. He received his musical education in Piano Performance and Composition in … operas, three symphonies, three cantatas and a number of chamber music and solo piano works. Aguilar is best known for his …