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Was a British poet, associated with World War I but also the author of much later work.Gibson was bo

Was a British poet, associated with World War I but also the author of much later work.Gibson was born in Hexham, Northumberland and left the north for London in 1912 after his father died. He had been publishing poems in magazines since 1897, and the col

Was a French poet, writer and art critic born in Italy to a Polish mother.Among the foremost poets o

Was a French poet, writer and art critic born in Italy to a Polish mother.Among the foremost poets of the early 20th century, he is credited with coining the word "surrealism" and writing one of the earliest works described as surrealist, the play Les Mam

Was a German composer, pianist and conductor. Berger's father, originally a merchant from Bremen, wo

Was a German composer, pianist and conductor. Berger's father, originally a merchant from Bremen, worked in Boston (where Berger was born) as a music shopkeeper and made a name for himself as an author after the family had returned to Bremen in 1862. Early on, his son showed signs of musical interest and aptitude. By the time of his first concert, age fourteen, Wilhelm had already composed a large number of songs and works for the piano. Between 1878 and 1884, Berger studied at the Royal Conservatory in Berlin, under Ernst Rudorff (piano) and Friedrich Kiel (counterpoint).

A German author, the younger of the Brothers Grimm.

A German author, the younger of the Brothers Grimm.

Was a German composer and performer. Despite his acknowledged genius as an organist, improviser and

Was a German composer and performer. Despite his acknowledged genius as an organist, improviser and composer, his income and employment were unstable and he died in poverty. Wilhelm Friedemann (hereafter Friedemann) was born in Weimar, where his father was employed as organist and chamber musician to the Duke of Saxe-Weimar.

Was a German musical conductor, composer and inventor. In 1824 he went to Berlin, where he became a

Was a German musical conductor, composer and inventor. In 1824 he went to Berlin, where he became a member of the royal orchestra, and was in the same year appointed chamber musician to the king. His residence at Berlin gave Wieprecht ample opportunity for the exercise of his genius for military music, on which his fame mainly rests. Several of his marches were early adopted by the regimental bands, and a more ambitious military composition attracted the attention of Gasparo Spontini, at whose house he became an intimate guest.

German conductor and composer.

German conductor and composer.

Was a German conductor and composer. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest symphonic and

Was a German conductor and composer. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest symphonic and operatic conductors of the 20th century. Furtwängler also made a number of appearances as a conductor abroad. He made his London debut in 1924, and continued to appear there as late as 1938 to conduct a cycle of Richard Wagner's Ring.[1] In 1925 he appeared as guest conductor of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, and made return visits in the following two years.[1]

Was a Dutch-born Protestant religious figure and writer.After studying at the University of Cologne,

Was a Dutch-born Protestant religious figure and writer.After studying at the University of Cologne, in 1520 Gnapheus became dean of a Latin school in The Hague, where he encountered Reformation ideas. When in 1523 he and Cornelis Hoen were arrested, he met Jan de Bakker (Johannes Pistorius), the first Protestant martyr (1525) in the Netherlands. Gnapheus had been incarcerated together with de Bakker, but was released, then had to flee the inquisition.

German poet and novelist.

German poet and novelist.

Was a German composer and organist, elder son of Johann Pachelbel. Pachelbel studied with his father

Was a German composer and organist, elder son of Johann Pachelbel. Pachelbel studied with his father. The first printed reference to either Pachelbel is in Johann Mattheson's Ehrenpforte. It is believed that Wilhelm Hieronymus served as organist at Fürth and in Erfurt, then in Nuremberg in 1706, at Saint Egidien the same year, and was finally appointed to his father's old post at Saint Sebald from 1719 until his death. Hieronymus published a single portfolio of works in 1725 which included preludes, fugues, and fantasias. Bach's Prelude in B Minor was formerly attributed to Hieronymus. His few surviving compositions are for keyboard.

Was a German organist and composer in the North German organ tradition. Much of Karges' life was spe

Was a German organist and composer in the North German organ tradition. Much of Karges' life was spent in and around Berlin, where he was born, worked, and died. Karges came into contact with Sweelinck student Andreas Düben through his travels in North Germany and the Low Countries, and became his assistant at the German Church in Stockholm. In January 1646 he was appointed chamber musician and composer at the court of the Elector Friedrich Wilhelm of Brandenburg in Berlin, and subsequently became organist at the cathedral there. His eyesight gradually deteriorated, and by the 1680s he had several assistants and had been relieved of many of his responsibilities. Still, his organ playing was apparently still of such high quality that in 1683 his salary was nearly doubled. Six of Karges' pieces are known to have survived, all for organ.

Is composer of classical music and an academic. Killmayer received his basic musical training in Mun

Is composer of classical music and an academic. Killmayer received his basic musical training in Munich. His first activities as a professional musician were conducting and directing choirs. His first choral works were presented under his own direction, followed later by chamber music for voice and instruments. He was chosen in 1952 as a master student by Carl Orff, and, later in his career, concentrated on composing music for young people and for amateur groups. He received the Fromm Music Foundation Award in 1954. Invited by Walter Fink, he was the fourth composer featured in the annual Komponistenporträt of the Rheingau Musik Festival in 1994.

Was a German pianist, pianoforte player and teacher, composer and administrator born in the city of

Was a German pianist, pianoforte player and teacher, composer and administrator born in the city of Prague (modern-day Czech Republic), in the first half of the nineteenth-century. He exhibited a precocious taste for music, and at the age of four picked out Paganini's melodies on the pianoforte from memory.[1] He was taught music by Václav Tomášek, having Erwin Schulhoff as a fellow student. He lived in Upper Austria in 1843-44, studying music and preparing for a concert tour with great success in 1844 at Linz, Salzburg, Innsbruck, Augsburg, Munich, and then at Stuttgart.

Was a German agitator and publicist, who coined the term "antisemitism" (1879). In 1843 Marr was exp

Was a German agitator and publicist, who coined the term "antisemitism" (1879). In 1843 Marr was expelled from Zurich under the accusation that he had furthered communist activities. He turned to Lausanne, where he joined Hermann Döleke and Julius Standau

Was a German organist and composer who resided in America for most of his career. Middelschulte init

Was a German organist and composer who resided in America for most of his career. Middelschulte initially studied organ with August Knabe. He later attended the Royal Academic Institute for Church Music, where he studied organ and theory with August Haupt. After briefly holding a position at the Royal Institute and acquiring a post at the Lukaskirche in Berlin, he moved to Chicago in 1891. In 1893, he gave three performances entirely from memory at the Columbian Exposition. From 1896 - 1918 he was organist for what would later become the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

Was a German composer and conductor. In addition to music he wrote lyric and dramatic poetry and was

Was a German composer and conductor. In addition to music he wrote lyric and dramatic poetry and was on the fringes of the circle around Stefan George. Petersen was an apprentice conductor in Lübeck under Wilhelm Furtwängler in 1913-14; at the end of the First World War he was active as a writer in the Expressionist movement in Munich but from 1919 devoted himself entirely to music. His early music is described as radically Expressionistic, but in the 1920s he progressively clarified his style, arriving at a monumental tonal style typified by his Grosse Messe, op. 27 of 1928-9, premiered in 1930 in Dartmstadt under Karl Böhm. From 1927 he was a lecturer in the Music Academy at Darmstadt, and in 1934 became professor of music in Mannheim. He died in Darmstadt.

Was a Polish teacher, poet, writer, and activist from Zaolzie region of Cieszyn Silesia. He is consi

Was a Polish teacher, poet, writer, and activist from Zaolzie region of Cieszyn Silesia. He is considered one of the most important Polish writers of his generation from Zaolzie.He studied at a teachers' seminary in Orlová and then at a college in Prague. He worked as a teacher in Polish schools in Zaolzie, e.g. in Jablunkov. Przeczek was later briefly a journalist for the Glos Ludu newspaper. He was also an activist within the PZKO (Polish Cultural and Educational Union) and member of many Polish literary organizations. Przeczek also translated Czech, Slovak and Sorbian poetry to Polish and Polish poetry into Czech.

German novelist, whose early works were published under the pseudonym of Jakob Corvinus, was born at

German novelist, whose early works were published under the pseudonym of Jakob Corvinus, was born at Eschershausen (then in the Duchy of Brunswick, now in the Holzminden District).

A German composer, conductor, music theorist, and essayist, primarily known for his operas (or "musi

A German composer, conductor, music theorist, and essayist, primarily known for his operas (or "music dramas" as they were later called). Unlike most other great opera composers, Wagner always wrote the scenario and libretto for his works himself.

Was a German musicologist and composer. He is most noted today for his substantial contributions to

Was a German musicologist and composer. He is most noted today for his substantial contributions to the Bach Gesellschaft edition of the works of Johann Sebastian Bach. He went to Berlin in 1849, where he taught and joined the Singakademie in 1850. He joined the Leipzig Bach-Verein in 1850, and played in numerous concerts. He became organist of St. Luke's in 1861, conductor of the Berlin Bach-Verein from 1862 to 1874, and Royal Music Director in 1864. He received an honorary D.Phil. from the University of Marburg in 1868. In 1870, he became teacher of theory and composition at the Stern Conservatory. In 1878 he moved to Leipzig, where he became a teacher at the Leipzig Conservatory and organist at the Thomaskirche. In 1880 he succeeded Ernst Richter as Cantor of the Thomasschule zu Leipzig and director of the Thomanerchor.

Was a minor French Romantic writer. He was a fervent admirer of Victor Hugo and of the "modern schoo

Was a minor French Romantic writer. He was a fervent admirer of Victor Hugo and of the "modern school" of Romantic literature. He published in Parisian literary journals such as La Presse, and was a member of the Société des gens de lettres. In 1844, he published a handboook for and defense of Romantic prosody titled Prosodie de l'école moderne, which had a brief introduction by Hugo and a longer introduction by Emile Deschamps. Ténint's handbook mistakenly claimed that the unique,

Is a German journalist, actor and author. After school he studied theater at Max-Reinhardt-Schule für Schauspiel in Berlin. Later he worked as a journalist for Radio Bremen. From 1972 to 1998 Wieben was a news presenter on the TV channel ARD in Tagesschau

Was a German composer of sacred and secular song melodies, biblical motets and choral and instrument

Was a German composer of sacred and secular song melodies, biblical motets and choral and instrumental music. She is one of only two women that have had compositions included in the Protestant hymnal. In 1860 her father became the Professor and Director of the Royal Theological Seminary and Superintendent for Wittenberg. The family moved there to a big house at the parish church square where Johann Bugenhagen had lived and where Martin Luther and Philipp Melanchthon had met. Mina Koch spent the first years there in a girls' school in Droyßig in Zeitz, where her Confirmation was celebrated. The Wittenberg church music director and organist Carl Stein (1824–1902) gave her music theory and harmony lessons.

Was a German-Swiss composer. His opera Der König der dunklen Kammer, based on a work by Rabindranat

Was a German-Swiss composer. His opera Der König der dunklen Kammer, based on a work by Rabindranath Tagore, won the Emil Hertzka Prize.