Writer/journalist Famous Names Starting with Letter F

Was one of the major fiction writers of the 20th century. He was born to a middle-class German-speak

Was one of the major fiction writers of the 20th century. He was born to a middle-class German-speaking Jewish family in Prague, Austria-Hungary, presently the Czech Republic. His unique body of writing—much of which is incomplete and which was mainly published posthumously—is considered by some people to be among the most influential in Western literature.

Was a Moravian composer of classical music, whose seventy-year life began the year of the death of G

Was a Moravian composer of classical music, whose seventy-year life began the year of the death of George Frideric Handel and ended a few years after that of Ludwig van Beethoven.

Is a German composer and organist. He is an avid Hammond organ player but however is more noted in l

Is a German composer and organist. He is an avid Hammond organ player but however is more noted in later years for playing the Wersi range of electronic organs and during his career has released over 100 albums.

Was an Austrian composer, conductor and musical performer. He was born in Matzleinsdorf, a suburb of

Was an Austrian composer, conductor and musical performer. He was born in Matzleinsdorf, a suburb of Vienna, and died in Temeswar, the present-day Timisoara in the Banat district of Romania which was then part of Hungary, which in turn was a part of the Habsburg empire.

Was a Hungarian composer and virtuoso pianist[1] of the 19th century. He was a renowned performer th

Was a Hungarian composer and virtuoso pianist[1] of the 19th century. He was a renowned performer throughout Europe, noted especially for his showmanship and great skill with the piano. To this day, he is considered by some to have been the greatest pianist in history.[2] As a composer, Liszt was one of the most prominent representatives of the "Neudeutsche Schule" ("New German School"). He left behind a huge oeuvre, including works from nearly all musical genres.

Was a German composer and conductor. He studied music with Simon Sechter and Maximilian, the Abbé S

Was a German composer and conductor. He studied music with Simon Sechter and Maximilian, the Abbé Stadler. He conducted at the Theater am Kärntnertor in Vienna before becoming a major figure in the musical life of Munich from the 1830s, conducting at the opera and various concerts and festivals. His career there came to a sudden end in 1864 after Richard Wagner's disciple Hans von Bülow took over Lachner's duties. Lachner remained officially in his post on extended leave for a few years until his contract expired.

Was an Austrian composer. He wrote some 600 lieder, nine symphonies (including the famous "Unfinishe

Was an Austrian composer. He wrote some 600 lieder, nine symphonies (including the famous "Unfinished Symphony"), liturgical music, operas, and a large body of chamber and solo piano music. He is particularly noted for his original melodic and harmonic writing.

Was a German journalist, editor of Die Aktion, literary critic, politician and portrait photographer

Was a German journalist, editor of Die Aktion, literary critic, politician and portrait photographer. Pfemfert occasionally wrote under the pseudonym U. Gaday (derived from Russian "ugadaj", dt: "guess")

Was a Romantic German violinist and composer, son of Hubert Ries. He studied at the Paris Conservato

Was a Romantic German violinist and composer, son of Hubert Ries. He studied at the Paris Conservatory. He also worked in the publishing business. His talent formed under the direction of his father and in the Paris Conservatory under the violinist Massart, but after a short, brilliant career, he abandoned it suffering under a nerve problem, and settled in Dresden as a music retailer in 1875, where he still occasionally composed and performed on the violin. Then, from 1884 until his death, he lived as a co-owner of the company R. & Erler Berlin.

Was an Austrian composer, cellist and pianist.

Was an Austrian composer, cellist and pianist.

An Austrian dramatic poet, was born in Vienna.His father, severe, pedantic, and a staunch upholder o

An Austrian dramatic poet, was born in Vienna.His father, severe, pedantic, and a staunch upholder of the liberal traditions of the reign of Joseph II, was an advocate of some standing; his mother, a nervous, high-strung woman, belonged to the well-known

Is perhaps most famous for being the father of the well-known composer Richard Strauss. He was an ac

Is perhaps most famous for being the father of the well-known composer Richard Strauss. He was an accomplished musician and composer, a virtuoso hornist in Europe, also playing other instruments as in the guitar and clarinet, among many others. Strauss was born Parkstein, Bavaria. He is remembered most often today as a horn player, and was an outstanding horn player in his day. For almost fifty years he was principal horn of the Munich Court Orchestra. This orchestra premiered many of Richard Wagner's great works. Strauss himself performed in the premieres of Tristan und Isolde, Das Rheingold, and Die Walküre. Strauss however intensely disliked the works of Wagner and did not get along well with the composer. Wagner, speaking of Strauss, said, "Strauss is an unbearable, curmudgeonly fellow, but when he plays his horn one can say nothing, for it is so beautiful."

Is a German composer and musician.

Is a German composer and musician.

Was an Austrian-Bohemian novelist, playwright, and poet.Werfel was the first of three children of a

Was an Austrian-Bohemian novelist, playwright, and poet.Werfel was the first of three children of a wealthy manufacturer of gloves and leather goods. His mother, Albine Kusee, was the daughter of a mill owner. His two sisters were Hanna (born 1896) and Ma

Was a German composer and choral conductor.[1] He composed roughly 3,000 individual works mostly in

Was a German composer and choral conductor.[1] He composed roughly 3,000 individual works mostly in the area of vocal music. Several of his songs were at one time universally sung, and have obtained a more or less permanent place in the popular repertory. During his lifetime, Abt was a renowned choral conductor and he spent much of the last three decades of his life working as a guest conductor with choirs throughout Europe and in the United States.

Was a violin teacher in Leipzig, Germany, where his father, Heinrich Wohlfahrt, was a piano teacher.

Was a violin teacher in Leipzig, Germany, where his father, Heinrich Wohlfahrt, was a piano teacher. He wrote a series of etudes, 60 Studies for Violin, Op. 45, which are often among the first ones studied by beginning violinists and violists.

Is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American poet.Critic Denis Johnson has said, of the poems of Franz Wrigh

Is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American poet.Critic Denis Johnson has said, of the poems of Franz Wright, "They're like tiny jewels shaped by blunt, ruined fingers--miraculous gifts." Boston Review has called Wright's poetry "among the most honest, haunting,

Was a German composer and conductor. He led the premieres of Richard Wagner's operas Das Rheingold a

Was a German composer and conductor. He led the premieres of Richard Wagner's operas Das Rheingold and Die Walküre, but was much criticized by Wagner himself, who greatly preferred the more celebrated conductors Hans von Bülow and Hermann Levi. He succeeded the temperamental Bülow in 1869 as conductor of the Court Opera and the Academy Courts. Here he conducted the first performances of Rheingold and Walküre (1869, 1870) before the production of the entire Ring cycle at the first Bayreuth Festival of 1876. It is for these renditions that he is usually remembered now.

Was a German composer of classical music. Most of his compositions were for choral ensembles.Biebl w

Was a German composer of classical music. Most of his compositions were for choral ensembles.Biebl was born in Pursruck, now part of Freudenberg, Bavaria, in 1906. He studied composition at the Musikhochschule in Munich. Biebl served as Choir Director at the Catholic church of St Maria in München-Thalkirchen from 1932 until 1939, and as an assistant professor of choral music at the Mozarteum, an academy of music in Salzburg, Austria, beginning in 1939, where he taught voice and music theory.

Was a German composer, music teacher, and conductor. He moved to Moscow in 1817, where he would rema

Was a German composer, music teacher, and conductor. He moved to Moscow in 1817, where he would remain until his death in 1843.[1] He taught piano, and became a significant figure in Moscow's musical life, teaching notable figures such as Nikolai Rubinstein and Alexander Villoing,[2] and organizing string quartet performances from 1829 to 1835.[3]

Is a German author, playwright, actor and film director.Kroetz attended an acting school in Munich a

Is a German author, playwright, actor and film director.Kroetz attended an acting school in Munich and the Max-Reinhardt-Seminar (acting and directing department of the University of Vienna).

Was a German composer and theorist. He published two collections of organ music in the tradition of

Was a German composer and theorist. He published two collections of organ music in the tradition of the South German school, intended for use with the Catholic liturgy; these consist of toccatas, fantasies and fugues written using the psalm tones and plainchant melodies. The first collection is entitled Octi-tonium novum organicum, octo tonis ecclesiasticis, ad Psalmos, & magnificat(Augsburg, 1696), and contains eighty-nine pieces]. The second collection is in two parts of 34 pieces each, entitled Prototypon longo-breve organicum; (part I, Nuremberg, 1703; part II, Nuremberg, 1707). Both may be found in Denkmäler der Tonkunst in Bayern XXX, Jg.xviii (1917). There are other keyboard works in the Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna, and the Berlin Singakademie. A surviving accompanied vocal work, Vespertinus latriae et hyperduliae cultus (Ulm, 1700), contains ten psalms and one laudate.

Was an Austrian composer.He was born in Schwanenstadt, Austria, the son of a sacristan and teacher.

Was an Austrian composer.He was born in Schwanenstadt, Austria, the son of a sacristan and teacher. His mother died when he was 6, and he left home at 13. He was a student and cantor in a Benedictine monastery (1779-1787) in Kremsmünster. When his voice changed, he became a member of the orchestra as a violinist.

Was a Catholic priest, church musician, and composer.[1] He was one of the leaders in the reform of

Was a Catholic priest, church musician, and composer.[1] He was one of the leaders in the reform of Catholic church music in the second half of the 19th century.[2] He studied theology and science at the seminary in Regensburg.[1] He sang in the seminary's choir,[1] which was under the direction of Joseph Schrems.[3] He was ordained as a priest in 1856[1] and taught Gregorian chant at the seminary at Regensburg. In 1867 was appointed inspector of the seminary of St. Emmeram.[1] In 1868 Witt founded the Caecilia Society in order to revive the use of Gregorian chant and polyphony, and to promote the composition of new liturgical music in an older style in Catholic churches.[4] Pope Pius IX recognized the society in 1870.[5] He died in Landshut.

Was the pen name for the Argentine writer and journalist José Ciriaco Alvarez (also known as José

Was the pen name for the Argentine writer and journalist José Ciriaco Alvarez (also known as José Sixto Alvarez).He came to Buenos Aires first in 1876 and then again (to stay) in 1879 at the age of 21. He was known to his friends as “Mocho” (blunt) and la