Archives: Composers

Kathy Blackwell is an accomplished music educator and author, renowned for her contributions to string pedagogy. She holds a Bachelor of Music (Honours) degree and has pursued post-graduate studies in music at the University of Oxford. Kathy has many years of experience teaching violin and viola, both privately and for music services. Alongside her husband,…

Johannes Brahms was a German composer, pianist, and conductor of the mid-Romantic period, born on May 7, 1833, in Hamburg, Germany. He passed away on April 3, 1897, in Vienna, Austria-Hungary (now Austria). Brahms is often grouped with Johann Sebastian Bach and Ludwig van Beethoven as one of the “Three Bs” of music, a comment…

Jade Bultitude is a talented flautist and dedicated music educator with a passion for nurturing the next generation of musicians. She holds a Master’s degree from the Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, where she studied under Anna Noakes and Margaret Campbell. Prior to her master’s studies, she graduated with a Bachelor of Music…

Isaac Manuel Francisco Albéniz y Pascual was a Spanish virtuoso pianist, composer, and conductor, born on May 29, 1860, in Camprodon, Catalonia, Spain. He passed away on May 18, 1909, in Cambo-les-Bains, France. Albéniz was a child prodigy who first performed at the age of four and made his concert career debut at the age…

Max Bruch was a distinguished German composer, violinist, teacher, and conductor, born on January 6, 1838, in Cologne, Prussia, and he passed away on October 2, 1920, in Berlin-Friedenau, Germany. He is particularly remembered for his contributions to the Romantic era of music and is best known for his violin concertos, especially his Violin Concerto…

Georges Bizet, originally named Alexandre César Léopold Bizet, was a French composer of the Romantic era born on October 25, 1838, in Paris, France. He is best known for his operas, particularly Carmen, which has become one of the most popular and frequently performed works in the entire opera repertoire. Bizet was a prodigy at…

Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period, born on March 31, 1685 (O.S. March 21), in Eisenach, Thuringia, Ernestine Saxon Duchies (now Germany). He passed away on July 28, 1750, in Leipzig1. Bach is now generally regarded as one of the greatest composers of all time and is…

George Frideric Handel, born as Georg Friedrich Händel, was a German-born English composer of the late Baroque era, celebrated for his operas, oratorios, and instrumental compositions. He was born on February 23, 1685, in Halle, Brandenburg (now Germany), and passed away on April 14, 1759, in London, England. Handel’s music is renowned for its grandeur,…

Georg Philipp Telemann was a German Baroque composer and multi-instrumentalist, born on March 14, 1681, in Magdeburg, Brandenburg, Germany. He passed away on June 25, 1767, in Hamburg. Telemann is one of the most prolific composers in history, with a surviving oeuvre that is among the largest of any composer. Telemann was considered by his…