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Archives: Composers
Georgia Vale
Georgia has always aspired to be a musician—even before she started playing the piano at the age of five. Later in life, the famous Yossi Zivoni described her as a “born violinist.” She studied at the Junior Royal Northern College of Music with Rudolf Botta, then Wells Cathedral School, Guildhall School of Music & Drama…
Stein, Eduard
Eduard Stein (1818-1864) was a German conductor, composer and Music Director of the Loh-Orchester Sondershausen. Initially, he began to study theology at Leipzig University but under the influence of Heinrich Marschner and Felix Mendelssohn he abandoned this in favour of musical training. In January 1853 he was appointed Fürstlicher Hofkapellmeister in Sondershausen, a position he…
Lauber, Joseph
Lauber (1864-1952) studied in Munich and Paris and pursued a career as an organist, composer and teacher, subsequently becoming professor at Zurich and Geneva conservatoires. He was a prolific composer, writing in many genres, and his music has been described by harpist Alison Young as “rich, romantic and pastoral with a Swiss flavour – something…
Quantz, Johann Joachim
Johann Joachim Quantz was born in Obersheden, Hannover on 30 January 1697 and was a celebrated German flautist, composer and writer. He was a member of the Polish Chapel of Augustus III, working mainly in Dresden, and from about 1740 worked for Frederick the Great in Berlin. Quantz was a prolific composer, writing primarily for…
Mason, Douglas
Douglas began his musical training as a chorister in Gloucester Cathedral Choir under John Sanders. He subsequently read music at Durham University, and went on to train as a music teacher at Leeds University, also singing professionally as a lay clerk in the Choir of Leeds Parish Church at this time. As a composer, Douglas…