Archives: Composers

Sir Edward William Elgar, 1st Baronet, OM, GCVO, was an English composer born on June 2, 1857, in Broadheath, Worcestershire, England. He passed away on February 23, 1934, in Worcester, Worcestershire. Elgar is renowned for his contributions to the British and international classical concert repertoire, with famous works including the Enigma Variations, the Pomp and…

Domenico Carlo Maria Dragonetti was an Italian double bass virtuoso and composer, born on April 7, 1763, in Venice. He is renowned for his extraordinary skill with the double bass and for his contributions to the development of the instrument as a soloist in classical music. Dragonetti began playing the guitar and double bass at…

Bob Chilcott is a renowned British choral composer, conductor, and singer, born on April 9, 1955, in Plymouth, England1. He has had a significant impact on the world of choral music and is known for his compositions that are accessible to a wide range of singers. Chilcott’s early life was marked by his involvement with…

Arcangelo Corelli was an Italian composer and violinist of the Baroque era, born on February 17, 1653, in Fusignano, near Imola, Papal States (now Italy). He is renowned for his significant contributions to the development of the sonata and concerto forms, as well as for establishing the preeminence of the violin and coalescing modern tonality…

Antonín Dvořák was a Czech composer born on September 8, 1841, in Nelahozeves, Bohemia, which is now part of the Czech Republic1. He is renowned for his contributions to the Romantic era of music and is considered one of the most prominent composers of his time. Dvořák’s music is characterized by its incorporation of Bohemian…

Christopher Field has a lifetime’s experience of singing and teaching stretching back to 1953 when he was a chorister at the coronation of HM Queen Elizabeth II. Later he won a choral exhibition to Trinity College, Cambridge, a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music and an Arts Council of Great Britain award for postgraduate…

Classical bassist, early music bassist, composer and one of the few Viennese bass specialists, Michał Bylina received his Bachelor degree at the Academy of Music in Kraków with Dr. Krzysztof Firlus in 2018, graduating with distinction. Since then he has studied with Korneel Le Compte at Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussels, who described him as: “Exceptionally talented,…

Béla Bartók was a Hungarian composer, pianist, and ethnomusicologist born on March 25, 1881, in Nagyszentmiklós, Hungary1. He is considered one of the most important composers of the 20th century and is known for his significant contributions to music, particularly in the areas of folk music and composition. Bartók’s early life was marked by his…

Alexander Borodin was a Russian composer and chemist of Georgian – Russian extraction, born on November 12, 1833, in Saint Petersburg1. He is best known for his symphonies, his two string quartets, the symphonic poem “In the Steppes of Central Asia,” and his opera “Prince Igor”. Borodin was one of the prominent 19th-century composers known…

Judith Bailey was born in Cornwall and studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London, specialising in clarinet, piano, conducting and composition. Since 1971 she has worked freelance, conducting Petersfield Orchestra and Southampton Concert Orchestra for around thirty years, and producing a substantial amount of music which is widely performed and published. In 2001…