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Granville Bantock Facts

Sir Granville Bantock (7 August 1868 – 16 October 1946) was a British composer of classical music.

Tony Morales Facts

Byron Stingily Facts

Byron Stingily (I)ComposerByron Stingily is a composer, known for Willa Mae, the Church Lady Vampire Slayer (2009) and La noche por delante (1998).

Georges Van Parys Facts

Georges Van Parys (7 June 1902 in Paris – 27 January 1971 in Paris) was a French composer of film music and operettas. Among his musical influences were the group Les Six, Maurice Ravel, and Claude Debussy. Later in his career he served as vice-pre

Angela Morley Facts

Angela Morley (born Walter “Wally” Stott, 10 March 1924 – 14 January 2009) was an English composer and conductor. She attributed her entry into composing and arranging largely to the influence and encouragement of the Canadian light music composer

Princess Amalie of Saxony Facts

Amalie Marie Friederike Auguste (10 August 1794 – 18 September 1870), Princess of Saxony, full name Maria Amalia Friederike Augusta Karolina Ludovica Josepha Aloysia Anna Nepomucena Philippina Vincentia Franziska de Paula Franziska de Chantal, was

Peggy Seeger Facts

Eduard Künneke Facts

Eduard Künneke (also seen as Edward and spelled Künnecke) (27 January 1885 – 27 October 1953) was a German composer of operettas, operas and theatre music. He was born in Emmerich. His daughter was the actress and singer Evelyn Künneke.

Kara Karayev Facts

Gara Abulfaz oghlu Garayev (Azerbaijani: Qara Əbülfəz oğlu Qarayev, February 5, 1918 in Baku – May 13, 1982 in Moscow), also spelled as Qara Qarayev or Kara [Abulfazovich] Karayev, was a prominent Azerbaijani composer of the Soviet period. Gara

Pierre F. Brault Facts

Pierre Florent Brault (August 3, 1939 – January 14, 2014) was a Canadian television composer.

Tôru Takemitsu Facts

Toru Takemitsu (武満 徹, Takemitsu Tōru, October 8, 1930 – February 20, 1996) was a Japanese composer and writer on aesthetics and music theory. Largely self-taught, Takemitsu possessed consummate skill in the subtle manipulation of instrumenta

Paul Misraki Facts

Paul Misraki (January 28, 1908 – October 29, 1998) was a French composer of popular music and film scores. Over the course of over 60 years, Misraki wrote the music to 130 films, scoring works by directors like Jean Renoir, Claude Chabrol, Jacques