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A Guide to Piano Music by Women Composers - Vol. 1
Includes: Composers Born before 1900

Book by Pamela Youngdahl Dees; Greenwood Press, 2002

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Music By Women Composers--Bio-Bibliography, Piano Music--Bibliography

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...violin accompaniment by the composer. Notes on publication by...From 1912 to 1917, the Austrian composer and pianist Grete von Zieritz...1970s, she received the Austrian Ehrenkreuz fur Wissenschaft...Before 1945 it was male composers claim to dominance, and...
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Composers on Composers

Book by John L. Holmes; Greenwood Press, 1990

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Composers, Music--History And Criticism, Musicians As Authors

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...BUSONI, the Italian pianist and composer, wrote these comments about...50 Another great pianist-composer was the Austrian SCHNABEL 1882- 1951 . He was...interpreter of Beethoven, was also a composer. He wrote: Scarcely any other...
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Conductors on Composers

Book by John L. Holmes; Greenwood Press, 1993

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Composers, Conductors (Music)--Quotations, Music--History And Criticism

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...Stockholm Royal Opera 1968-72 , Deutsche Oper, Berlin 1972-75 ; principal conductor, Austrian Radio Orchestra 1975-82 , Finnish Radio Orchestra 1982- . Composer of orchestral, vocal, instrumental, and chamber music.
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Composers of the Nazi Era: Eight Portraits

Book by Michael H. Kater; Oxford University Press, 2000

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Composers--Germany--Biography, Music--Germany--20th Century--History And Criticism, National Socialism

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...November 1937. This time the composer acted as director and conductor...Finally, Vienna -- the Austrian metropolis, the base of one...had seriously insulted his Austrian devotees after the 1933 Salzburg...the old and formerly illegal Austrian Nazi, was briefly put in charge...
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The World of Great Composers

Book by David Ewen; Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1962

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Composers--Biography

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...March 9, he attracted attention as a composer with Hymnus . Two years later one of his symphonies won the Austrian State Prize. Now devoting more of his...The latter received a prize from the Austrian State Commission, one of whose members...

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Journal Articles on: austrian composer

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'Bloss Aus Lemberg Geburtig': Detlev Spinell, the Austrian Jewish Aesthete in Thomas Mann's Tristan

Journal article by Andrew Barker; The Modern Language Review, Vol. 102, 2007

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Austrian Jews--Portrayals, Characterization--Political aspects, Characterization--Religious aspects, Characterization--Social aspects, Characters and characteristics in literature--Criticism and interpretation, Jews, Austrian--Portrayals, Literary characters--Criticism and interpretation, Mann, Thomas (American writer)--Criticism and interpretation, Tristan (Fictional work)--Criticism and interpretation

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...Spinell, a decadent Jewish-Austrian writer of the fin de siecle...Altenberg, the epitome of the Austrian-Jewish litterateur, was...describes her relationship with the composer Alexander von Zemlinsky, whom...Franzos (1848-1904) came from Austrian Galicia. (43) Altenberg...
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A Pan-African Composer? Coleridge-Taylor and Africa

Journal article by Paul Richards; Black Music Research Journal, Vol. 21, 2001

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African music--Influence, Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel--Works, Composers--Works

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...West African friend" who was at the composers side when he died (60). To this snapshot of the composer, toward the end of his life, well...century. Perhaps she sang it to the composer from memory. Dr. Randle certainly would have known the composers father; the world of Sierra Leonean...Coleridge-Taylor musical events), the composer clearly understood Du Bois message. That the composers efforts with the Negro Melodies hit...
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Maddalena Lombardini Sirmen, Eighteenth-Century Composer, Violinist, and Businesswoman

Journal article by Helen H. Metzelaar; Women & Music, Vol. 10, 2006

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Books--Book reviews, Maddalena Lombardini Sirmen: Eighteenth Century Composer, Violinist, and Businesswoman (Book)--Book reviews

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...Sirmen, Eighteenth-Century Composer, Violinist, and Businesswoman...Sirmen, Eighteenth-Century Composer, Violinist, and Businesswoman...fewer than a dozen women composers. Some twenty years before...profession of violinist and composer. This biography includes...ospedali entertaining the Austrian emperor dates from not long...
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Austrian Festival Report: Salzburg and Bregenz

Journal article by Glenn Loney; Western European Stages, Vol. 15, 2003

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Arts festivals, Austria, Opera, Theater

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...was based on the late, great Austrian actress, Paula Wessely. Jelinek...effect of the tale. The German composer Hans Werner Henze is now 83...fortunate in support by German and Austrian funds and opera-houses...Bregenz Festival as a major Austrian summer attraction dates back...
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Composers - Substance Abusers

Journal article by Zvonimir Sostar, Marijo Vodanovic, Darko Breitenfeld, Tomislav Breitenfeld, Danijel Buljan, Roko Granic; Alcoholism, Vol. 45, 2009

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...Tchaikovsky, Wolf. COMPOSERS AND RESULTS 1. Pietro...1623-1669) Italian composer and conductor who was...Dittersdorf (1739-1799) Austrian violinist and composer who was born in Vienna...was one of the last composers living that kind of...1834) French opera composer who lived modestly...

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Magazine Articles on: austrian composer

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The Composer's Muse as Master

Magazine article by Mark Holston; Americas (English Edition), Vol. 45, May-June 1993

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Composers--Works, Latin Americans--Music, del Aguila, Miguel--Works

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The composers muse as master by Mark...When Uruguayan composer Miguel del Aguila sets...turbulent fantasy of the composer blazes unbeaten trails...vitality," wrote an Austrian critic. "The gesture...things." Part of the composers fresh perspective comes...states. "Today, a composer like me can have influences...
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Heads Will Roll: Rick Jones Joins Composers from around the World to Celebrate Haydn's Legacy-And See His Two Skulls

Magazine article by Rick Jones; New Statesman, Vol. 138, August 24, 2009

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Composers--Appreciation, Composers--Works, Concerts--Planning, Haydn, Joseph--Appreciation, Musicians--Performances

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...wealthy Argentinian film composer (Dirty Harry, Mission...introspective coda. The Chinese composer Xiaogang Ye comes with a...The 83-year-old French composer Betsy Jolas studied with...the saddest steps. The six Austrian composers--Doderer, Everhartz...
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Joseph Haydn and the German Nation: A Subject and Servant of Europe's Most Cosmopolitan Empire, the Composer Joseph Haydn Played an Important Role in the Emergence of German Cultural Nationalism during the 18th and 19th Centuries

Magazine article by Tim Blanning; History Today, Vol. 59, May 2009

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Composers--Appreciation, Composers--Works, Haydn, Joseph--Appreciation, Haydn, Joseph--Works

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...famous Porpora, the Neapolitan composer. But Vienna was also a city...list of 18th-century German composers born before Haydn: Johann...envy Germany its estimable composers, and secretly seek to learn...distinguished representative of the Austrian Enlightenment was Joseph yon...
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Korngold 50th Anniversary at the Austrian Embassy

Magazine article by Robert Matthew-Walker; Musical Opinion, Vol. 131, January 2008

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...Korngold 50th Anniversary at the Austrian Embassy by Robert Matthew...Wolfgang Korngold was held at the Austrian Ambassadors Residence in Londons...Philharmonic Orchestra and Austrian Cultural Forum, with Kathrin Korngold, granddaughter of the composer, Brendan Carroll, Baritone...
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Atonality and Beyond: The Century When Composers and Audiences Parted Company

Magazine article by Sudip Bose; American Scholar, Vol. 76, Autumn 2007

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Books--Book reviews, The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century (Book)--Book reviews

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...contemporary works by such composers as Bela Bartok and Frank...of the last century, did composers of classical music veer so...peculiar predicament of the composer in 20th-century culture...the opera was heard in the Austrian city of Graz, "the crowd...betray the influences of those composers. But he soon lost interest...

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Newspaper Articles on: austrian composer

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Embassy Honors Schubert; Recital Evinces Genius of the Composer's Lieder Works

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, February 4, 2008

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Composers, Concerts

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...Evinces Genius of the Composers Lieder Works. Byline...life of this renowned Austrian composer than a gracious musical...Embassy highlighting the composers art songs and one of...would, like so many composers, be consigned to a...his death. No less a composer than Robert Schumann...
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Will Kenneth Branagh's New Film Rescue the Composer Who Is Being Drowned out by His Own Anniversary Celebrations?

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), January 25, 2006

Subjects:

Composers, Die Zauberflote (Opera), Motion pictures, Movies

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...beside them, was a workaday composer, turning out pieces on breadline...indiscriminate exposure. No composer has written a sextet as perfect...Vienna in 1936 (when no Austrian singer would take part for...and again in 1952 with Austrian tenor Julius Patzak and British...years later, Klemperer, the composers other disciple returned to...
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MUSIC Conductors Composers Musicians Agents Impresarios Singers Directors Producers

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), October 9, 2007

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Composers

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...happens to jumpstart British composers. Sir Simon Rattle, 52 CONDUCTOR...Howard Goodall, 49 FILM AND TV COMPOSER AND BROADCASTER The Blackadder...many dinner party tables. An Austrian of mixed ancestry, heflourished...fourthand may have British composer disease: too much, too young...
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A Game of Haydn Seek; Mozart's Anniversary Has Been a Gift to the Marketing Men. but Can They Really Do the Same with the Quiet Composer Who Invented the String Quartet?

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), August 30, 2006

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Composers

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...They Really Do the Same with the Quiet Composer Who Invented the String Quartet? Byline...in 1809, at the age of 77, and the Austrians have decided to designate 2009 as Haydn...terribly hard to do since the assiduous composer left no fewer than 104 symphonies...celebrityobsessed 21st century, but the Austrian investment gives a green light for our...
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How to Avoid Anniversary Angst; Next Year Sees Composers Such as Edvard Grieg and Jean Sibelius Commemorated. but the Menu's Success Depends on the Right Mix of Ingredients

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), December 27, 2006

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Composers

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...Anniversary Angst; Next Year Sees Composers Such as Edvard Grieg and...Jean Sibelius died. Both composers will be much heard, and...Mahlerian extravagance. The two composers were antipodes. Sibelius...and the Jungle Book film composer Mikls Rzsa (born 1907 and...Saxony and Giuseppe Verdi in Austrian-ruled Parma - the twin...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: austrian composer

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Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...amada oos mo tsart, 1756 91, Austrian composer, b. Salzburg. Mozart represents...and London. His progress as a composer was amazing; by the age of 13...him as chamber musician and court composer to Joseph II. His salary was far...
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Bruckner, Anton

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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BRUCKNER, ANTON an ton brook n r, 1824 96, Austrian composer. He was appointed organist at the Linz cathedral...to France in 1869 and to England in 1871, but as a composer he gained recognition slowly. Although he was influenced...
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Wolf, Hugo

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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WOLF, HUGO hoo go volf, 1860 1903, Austrian composer; studied at the Vienna Conservatory. From 1883 to 1887 he wrote musical criticism for the Vienna Salonblatt. As a composer he first gained attention when his songs began to be published...
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Dittersdorf, Karl Ditters Von

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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DITTERSDORF, KARL DITTERS VON dit rs f n dit rsdorf, 1739 99, Austrian composer and violinist. He was a successful opera and symphony composer in Vienna and an important precursor of Mozart in these forms. The comic opera...
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Haydn, Michael

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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HAYDN, MICHAEL mikh ael hi d n, 1737 1806, Austrian composer, younger brother of Franz Joseph Haydn . Haydn...Toward the end of his life Haydn taught the Czech composer Antonin Reicha and Carl Maria von Weber...

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