http://www.topfamouscomposers.com Life and Death of Famous Composers Wed, 24 Feb 2010 05:57:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://www.topfamouscomposers.com/?p=300 One of the most important part of the early Renaissance music belongs to lute compositions.  Sadly,  the biographies of the majority Renaissance musicians and their heritage  still remain an enigma for us.  Joan Ambrosio Dalza,  an Italian lutenist and composer brought us through the centuries 42 dances and a couple ... http://www.topfamouscomposers.com/?p=298 Jacqueline Mary du Pré did not live long - just some 40 and change years.  And her productive career as a musician was even shorter - she stopped giving performances in 1973 when she was only in her thirties. But in spite of these short years we know her as ... http://www.topfamouscomposers.com/?p=293 Probably, we would simply pass by this talented medieval composer, if he was not mentioned in the Chantilly Codex - the pivotal music manuscript of the 14th century that is considered to be one of the monuments of medieval music. His name was Johannes Cuvelier. Up to this day Johannes ... http://www.topfamouscomposers.com/?p=288 http://www.topfamouscomposers.com/?p=283 This famous medieval composer who was born in Toledo in 1221 and died in 1284 in Seville had become one of the most outstanding intellectuals of the Middle Ages. From 1252 Alfonso X king of Castile, Leon and Galicia was not just a distinguished composer, musician, poet and writer. He ... http://www.topfamouscomposers.com/?p=278 A famous medieval composer Jacob Senleches was also known as an excellent harpist. He developed many rhythmic and notational innovations in a medieval style known as as the ars subtilior. We are aware of his creative period that lasted from 1382 through 1395 through some scant information and a small ... http://www.topfamouscomposers.com/?p=275 [caption id="attachment_148" align="aligncenter" width="483" caption="Painted by Johannes Voorhout in 1674"][/caption] There are some famous composers whose heritage has been ignored and neglected for a long time. It happened to the best music creators like J.S. Bach and others.  Something similar happened to Dieterich Buxtehude, whose name and creations faded in the ... http://www.topfamouscomposers.com/?p=140 [caption id="attachment_163" align="aligncenter" width="252" caption="Gregorio Allegri"][/caption] It is hard to find the exact historical category for famous Italian composer Gregorio Allegri. He was born in 1582 in Rome, he mostly lived there throughout his life and died in 1652.  Roman composers of that time were stilistically conservative. Chronologically, this was the ... http://www.topfamouscomposers.com/?p=85 There were many composers who claimed to invent a new musical genre - the opera. But, possibly the true inventor was an Italian composer Jacopo Peri. He was born in Rome in 1561 and studied music in Florence. Then he worked in a number of churches as a singer and ... http://www.topfamouscomposers.com/?p=84