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Mendelssohn
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[German Version]
1. Mendelssohn, Moses (Sep 6, 1729, Dessau – Jan …
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Religion Past and Present
Liszt, Franz
(512 words)
[German Version] (Jan 22, 1811, Doborján [Raiding] – Jul 31, 1886, Bayreuth), Hungarian composer. In Liszt's life and work, the influences of his native German language, his identification with Hungarian culture, and his French intellectual training combined to constitute an individual creative unity. His musical talent was recognized early. Thanks to scholarships provided by Hungarian nobility, this son of a Viennese estate manager was able to study with Carl Czerny and Antonio Salieri. In 1823 L…
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Religion Past and Present
Monteverdi, Claudio
(324 words)
[German Version] (baptized May 15, 1567, Cremona – Nov 29, 1643, Vienna), Italian composer. After studying in Cremona with Marc'Antonio Ingegneri, in 1590 Monteverdi became a court musician in Mantua, where he was appointed
Kapellmeister in 1601. In 1613 he became
Kapellmeister of San Marco in Venice. Monteverdi's early wor…
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Rachmaninoff, Sergey Vasilyevich
(332 words)
[German Version] (Apr 1, 1873, Semyonovo – Mar 28, 1943, Beverly Hills, CA), Russian composer, pianist, and director. His mother gave him his first piano lessons; from 1882 he studied piano at the St. Petersburg Conservatory and from 1895 with Nikolai Zverev. In 1888 he began studying composition ¶ in Moscow with Sergey Taneyev and Anton Arensky. He composed his earliest works in 1890 (Piano Concerto no. 1, Prelude in C# Minor, a one-act opera
Aleko as an examination piece). The concerto’s failure brought on a deep depression, for which he underwent psychotherapy. In 1…
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Religion Past and Present
Stradella
(159 words)
[English Version] Stradella,
Alessandro (1.10.1644 [?] Rom – 25.2.1682 Genua), ital. Komponist; Chorknabe, Schüler von Ercole Bernabei, 1663 erste bekannte Komposition (Motette für Schwedens Königin). 1665 im Dienst der röm. Adelsfamilie Colonna; Reisen nach Venedig und Florenz. Verließ Rom nach Verwicklung in einen Diebstahl von Kirchengütern. 1670 vermutlich in Wien. Komponierte hauptsächlich für das Musiktheater. Seit 1675 Konzentration auf Oratorien und Entstehung des bekanntesten »S. Giovanni …
Rachmaninov
(246 words)
[English Version] Rachmaninov,
Sergej Wassiljewitsch (1.4.1873 Semjonovo – 28.3.1943 Beverly Hills, CA), russ. Komponist, Pianist und Dirigent. Kl…
