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 | | In popular and folk music, the composer is typically called a songwriter, since the music generally takes the form of a song. | | | In this context, the composer is the originator of the music, and usually its first performer. | | | This distinguishes the composer from a musician who improvises. |
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http://www.camcity.co.uk/directory-articles/Composer
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| | List of composers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | A strong distinction is made, however, between composers, lyricists, and performers in such genres as classical and jazz music. | | | In other genres, such as popular and folk music, the term "songwriter" means someone who authors both music and lyrics, and is more common than "composer." If a songwriter also performs, he or she is called a "singer/songwriter." | | | For composers of classical music and opera see: |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Composers
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| | Classical composer biographies |
| | Another composer who was famous as something of a child prodigy, Mendelssohn didn’t manage to achieve the fame of composers such as Mozart or | | | If a composer is not on these pages, there’s a good chance that while I’ve probably heard of them, I haven’t actually heard any of their compositions. | | | I find it hard to imagine being able to compose music as wonderful as the Choral symphony whilst being unable to hear the music except in one’s head. |
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http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/users/mn200/music/composers.html
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| | Antonio Vivaldi - Classical music composer |
| | One of the most popular of all violin concerti, this baroque masterpiece of "program" music was composed as a musical illustration of four sonnets. | | | One of the most popular of all violin concerti, composed as musical illustrations of four sonnets. | | | The music consists of sonatas for solo instrument with continuo (harpsichord and cello) accompaniment and concertos--generally for violin and string orchestra. |
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http://www.classical-composers.org/cgi-bin/ccd.cgi?comp=vivaldi
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| | mfiles - composers of classical and film music, biographies, reviews and music files |
| | He also composed quite a large number of smaller works for the piano and many of these are good practice pieces for piano students. | | | Many engineers, musicians and composers have been caught up in the Electronic Music revolution which now permeates many aspects of different media and music genres. | | | For the evocative soundtrack of this film, composer Alex Wurman captures the beauty of this frozen landscape, and the fascinating parental instincts of this intrepid species, who lovingly raise their young in this most inhospitable of environments. |
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http://www.mfiles.co.uk/composers.htm
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| | Sequenza21/The Contemporary Classical Music Weekly |
| | Composers Forum is a daily web log that allows invited contemporary composers to share their thoughts and ideas on any topic that interests them--from the ethereal, like how new music gets created, music history, theory, performance, other composers, alive or dead, to the mundane, like getting works played and recorded and the joys of teaching. | | | I would argue that Randy's music, which to my ears miraculously does the reverse, is "Beyond Downtown" music and, as if to bring the point home, he lives in Brooklyn. | | | I've witnessed similar things with other top composers over the years from Babbitt to Corigliano so I shouldn't be surprised, but still... |
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http://www.sequenza21.com/forum.html
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| | UVa Music Library: Resources & Finding Aids |
| | Among the features of the site are a biography, a large photo gallery, a discography, a listing of songs by title, and a compilation of tour dates from 1973-1981. | | | John Cage Online is an annotated list of Web resources, including links to works lists, discographies, interviews, writings, articles, images of Cage's artwork, audio and video clips, photos, and other material (compiled by Josh Ronsen). | | | Use "Find a Composer" to browse a list of composers; choosing a name links to biography and sometimes pictures and audio samples in MP3 or score samples in PDF. |
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http://www.lib.virginia.edu/MusicLib/resources/composers.html
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| | World List of Music Composers |
| | Composer, Fricke was a master of dark, dreamy, visionary music; using analogue synthesizers in a textured, humanized style along with traditional wind and percussive instruments. | | | Rue Des Cascades isn't specifically a film soundtrack album but a wonderful collection of compositions by the composer of "Amelie" and "Goodbye Lenin". | | | One of the finest mainstream movie composers of recent times Alan Silvestri creates highly memorable musical passages with tactile precision. |
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http://www.looking-glass.co.uk/cultdigital/film_music_composers_list.htm
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| | International musicians list - pop music composers |
| | Corinna Fugate is a groundbreaking composer, singer and lyricist. | | | I arrange, compose and produce music using the Internet.I can produce your music no matter where you are; professional, reliable, and dedicated to doing the best possible job. | | | I use logic audio and yamaha keyboard psr740 for composing songs.All of my songs are in midi format.I will be glad if anybody wants to hear them. |
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http://www.musicianspage.com/musicians-list/composers/pop.html
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| | Composers and Composition |
| | Composers at the William and Gayle Cook Music Library, Indiana University School of Music | | | Lyrics of Italian pop songs: a splendid selection, unfortunately not available for the moment... | | | Full texts of lots of lieder and songs with indexes by first line of text, title, composer, poet |
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http://www.cilea.it/music/muscompo.htm
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| | BUBL LINK: Musicians |
| | Provides a listing of significant dates in classical music history including those of births, deaths, and first performances of a range of composers and performers. | | | Searchable and browsable listings of Bob Dylan's songs and albums. | | | Searchable classical music information, offering news, concerts and vacancies listings, and a comprehensive UK directory of music addresses and links. |
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http://bubl.ac.uk/link/m/musicians.htm
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| | Illayaraja in the list of international classical composers |
| | A composer or a person like you, who has deep knowledge of music, may get amazed by musicians magical notations in certain portions. | | | However, the fact is that the success (liking) of any musical album is majoritly decided by common people, who really don't have great knowledge about music. | | | Everyone can list down how many songs they listened in the last week... |
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http://www.tfmpage.com/forum/2928.20.01.05.html
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| | Yesfans.com: Founded 4/01 - Yesfans & Classical music |
| | Both of these composers' works are perfect music for a rainy Sunday afternoon sitting by the fire or hot summer evening listening under the stars. | | | Another composer that hasn't been listed yet is Chopin (from your neighbor northeast of you - Poland), especially if you like piano music. | | | The music is pretty easy to listen to, but when I listen to Bach, I always feel that he was a man who really understood music. |
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http://www.yesfans.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1708
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| | ModernW o r k s ! - List of Composers |
| | (b.1954), the first avant-garde composer in China, holds degrees in both violin and composition from the Shanghai Conservatory, where he was assistant professor of composition prior to coming to the United States in 1983. | | | Einaudi has recently created the Einaudi Electric Ensemble, a five-member group with a repertory of his music, in which the composer plays the piano. | | | His concerns have included expanded notions of instrumental and vocal timbre, increasingly flexible means of rhythmic articulation, and improvisation within controlled limits. |
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http://www.modernworks.com/repertoire/composers.html
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| | Final Exam Review |
| | It is usually a lengthy piece composed in any one of several forms including sonata-allegro, theme and variations, and rondo. | | | Match the following composers with pieces of music which they composed: | | | Western Music has traditionally been a very complex rhythmic music with very intricate rhythm patterns. |
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http://www.uncp.edu/home/frazierm/final_exam_review.htm
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| | Guardian Unlimited The Guardian Gershwin leads composer rich list |
| | Full details of the composers' fortunes will be revealed in Composers' Notes, a new Classic FM series presented by John Suchet beginning on September 4. | | | The classical music station drew up the rich list based on estimates of earnings accrued in a composer's lifetime. | | | The music of George Gershwin has delighted millions of people across the world and he made a multi-million pound fortune from it. |
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,1558446,00.html
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| | Classical musical midi, a good place to read a composers biography with a list classical midi files for download. |
| | His reputation, extravagantly high in his lifetime, is now sustained mainly by his violin Concerto, 1844, the incidental music to A Midsummer Night's Dream (particularly the overture), the Scottish and Italian symphonies and the Hebrides overture. | | | Classical musical midi, a good place to read a composers biography with a list classical midi files for download. | | | Nachspiel in D (1831) is a little organ piece, which he later included in his Organ Sonata 3."Posaune" is German for "trombone" (info kindley supplied by Allen Gary) |
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http://www.classicalmidi.co.uk/mend.htm
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| | Classical musical midi, a good place to read a composers biography with a list classical midi files for download. |
| | Puccini's conception of diatonic melody is rooted in the tradition of 19th-century Italian opera, but his harmonic and orchestral style indicate that he was also aware of contemporary developments, notably the work of the Impressionists and of Stravinsky. | | | Though he allowed the orchestra a more active role, he upheld the traditional vocal style of Italian opera, in which the singers carry the burden of the music. | | | Classical musical midi, a good place to read a composers biography with a list classical midi files for download. |
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http://www.classicalmidi.co.uk/puccini.htm
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| | Open Directory - Arts: Music: Composition: Composers: Baroque |
| | Baroque Music: Composers - Biographical sketches of thirty-six composers from the period. | | | The Italian Settecento (18th Century) - Summary of developments in Bel Canto and Opera Buffa as well as instrumental developments with links to biographies and related material from the Here Of a Sunday Morning radio program. | | | Baroque: 1600-1750 - Introduction to the period from Essentials of Music linked to details on historical themes, musical context, style, and composer biographies. |
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http://dmoz.org/Arts/Music/Composition/Composers/Baroque
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| | Classical Guitar Midi Archives |
| | This will help to expand the repertoire of established works for the classical guitar in addition to expanding the repertoire of new music. | | | In this site, you will find classical guitar songs, in midi format, for one and more guitars: actually 2222 MIDI files from 135 composers. | | | This site exists primarily to showcase pieces written for the classical guitar. |
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http://www.classicalguitarmidi.com
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| | Italian music institutions |
| | A fairly complete list of Italian music libraries, with the translation of the international Rism siglas used in the main music repertoirs | | | For university libraries see the sites of the univiersities with music or musicological teaching, for Conservatory libraries see the list of Italian music schools: Conservatories and institutes or search in the list of Italian music libraries | | | For addresses and descriptions of Italian musical instruments museums see: CIMCIM International directory of musical instruments collections |
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http://www.cilea.it/music/musinst.htm#Theaters
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| | Luciano Berio |
| | Renowned Italian composer of stage, orchestral, chamber, choral, vocal, piano, and electroacoustic works that have been performed very successfully across the world, and that have been widely recorded. | | | O King (text by the composer), mezzo-soprano, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, 1967-68 (later incorporated into | | | Opera (music theatre work, libretto by the composer, Vittoria Ottolenghi), 4 soloists, 10 actors, 8 mixed voices, children's chorus, violin, orchestra, tape, 1969-70, revised 1977 (three sections, |
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http://composers21.com/compdocs/beriol.htm
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| | Music Journals and Magazines, Newspapers and Periodicals |
| | This music resource list is offered as a service of the William and Gayle Cook Music Library, Indiana University. | | | Includes brief biographical articles on artists, reviews, articles or interviews (features), small notes, and links to other information sources in internet, as well as record labels and other firms related to these kinds of musics, together with lists of printed fanzines, radio and TV programmes, and fan clubs. | | | In addition to the buy and sell opportunities, Goldmine presents extensive articles and interviews on recording stars past and present accompanied by discographies listing all known releases. |
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http://library.music.indiana.edu/music_resources/journals.html
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| | [ Aquarius Records ] |
| | This is a CD of Carols and Love Songs recorded in 1957 (Rev-Ola will be re-issuing My Life in the Public Domain, ballads culled from older 78 rpm recordings later this month, which we'll list when we get it). | | | Throw in some violin and moog and of course all the heavy metal moves, and you've got a bizarre blend of, uh, Yoko Ono, Hawkwind, Judas Priest, and of course Circle's krautrock forerunners Neu! | | | Psst, a secret bonus: we just noticed that there's an additional two songs at the end ("El Paso Song" and "Go Back To The Sea") that aren't mentioned in the track listing on the back of the cd! |
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http://www.aquariusrecords.org
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| | BAROQUE MUSIC PAGE: biogs, pictures, music samples |
| | Read about one of Bach's favorite keyboard instruments, custom-built to his own specifications, yet now almost impossible to hear on record. | | | Here is a complete reference listing of our Baroque Music pages: | | | The vital difference: the German bow can play chords - which makes Bach's pieces for solo violin infinitely more interesting, not to mention accurate! |
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http://www.baroquemusic.org
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| | Chronological Listing of Music Composers |
| | Early Music Composers - Pre-History to 500 A.D. Composer | | | Classical Music - 1725 to 1800 A.D. Composer | | | Renaissance Music - 1400 to 1600 A.D. Composer |
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http://www.music.vt.edu/musicdictionary/appendix/Composers/Composerchron.html
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| | Italian composers - I |
| | Resources on a wide range of topics in Italian music. | | | Selection of annotated links to resources related to Vivaldi, including portraits, recordings and libretti. | | | Features a catalogue of his vocal, instrumental, and operatic compositions, a selection of librettos including La Boheme, Tosca, and Madame Butterfly, and scores for pieces including Requiem and Sogno d'or. |
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http://www.electronicsee.com/Resources/Italian_composers.htm
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| | List on Request: Conductors & Composers - Catalog 32 |
| | Scherchen was one of the century's great musical pioneers, scholars and conductors as well as composing, publishing music, editing magazines and old music. | | | He was at the Met during the 50s and recorded for Decca/London at that time too | | | SCHERCHEN, Hermann- signature laid down on youthful sepia portrait. |
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http://www.rgrossmusicautograph.com/conduct32.html
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| | Amazon.com: Italian Opera Composers: Music: Vincenzo Bellini,Gaetano Donizetti,Gioachino Rossini,Giuseppe Verdi,Martin ... |
| | My favourite songs are Bellini's "La ricordanza" and Rossini's "L'esule", but the whole album is highly recommended and I'm quite sure that if you already know and like the works coming from these opera composers you're destined to fall in love with these songs as well. | | | And after having listened to the 17 songs here one may wonder why. | | | Amazon.com: Italian Opera Composers: Music: Vincenzo Bellini,Gaetano Donizetti,Gioachino Rossini,Giuseppe Verdi,Martin Katz,José Carreras |
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http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00000270I?v=glance
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| | LIST: (04/13-04/25) Movies in original language on German/Italian satellite tv |
| | If anyone is interested in video clips or any other kind of music, please tell me by e-mail. | | | to identify the movie in a teletext listing, the German title follows (put in parantheses). | | | List of movies on German and Italian satellite tv that come at least on one audio channel in the original version: April 13 - April 25 (time is Central Europe Summer Time) Su, April 13: 08:50 Buongiorno Musica! |
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http://www.sat-net.com/listserver/sat-guide/msg00060.html
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| | Web sites devoted to Italian composers, singers, and theatres. | | | Travel back in time to learn more about Italy's rich history. | | | Visit Web sites dedicated to Italian artists and Italian music. |
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http://www.mtholyoke.edu/courses/nvaget/eurst/europe/italy/right.htm
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| | Stabat Mater - List of other Stabat Mater composers |
| | Stabat Mater - List of other Stabat Mater composers | | | Jerzy Swolkien (1940 -): Missa Mater Dolorosa for male choir and string orchestra | | | It appeared that some names that I had been given were not composers at all; sometimes the information supplied by the search engine had probably been misunderstood and the "composers" were musicologists writing about Stabat Maters, painters who painted a Stabat Mater or writers who wrote a book or a play called Stabat Mater. |
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http://www.stabatmater.dds.nl/composers.html
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| | NewOlde.com - Italian Composers |
| | Page for other composers who as yet don't have their own pages. | | | To avoid complete organizational chaos, German composers of Italian opera are categorized under German Composers. |
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http://www.newolde.com/italian_composers.htm
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| | Composers list for Louis Speichler's Classical Music Records |
| | Composers list for Louis Speichler's Classical Music Records | | | This list is copyright (c) 1997 by Louis Speichler. | | | You may download this list and use for the sole purpose of purchasing records from Louis Speichler. |
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http://members.aol.com/lourecords/lscomposers.html
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| | Sound Recordings Review: Italian Opera Composers' Songs |
| | Unfamiliar music by familiar composers is sung by José Carreras, with pianist Martin Katz, on "Italian Opera Composers' Songs" (Sony SK 45 863). | | | Those who worry about the Spanish tenor's health after his recent triumph over cancer will be reassured by the freshness and strength of tone he brings to 17 little salon pieces by Rossini, Donizetti, Bellini and Verdi. | | | Unlike Philips and Sony, Legato does not supply texts and translations. |
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http://www.jcarreras.com/articles/1990/twp091690.stm
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| | New York Magazine -- Daily NYC Guide -- New York Metro |
| | Final performance of soprano Dawn Upshaw in John Harbison's Milosz songs; the composer speaks with Steven Stuckey after the concert. | | | World premiere of commissioned works by Russian composers, celebrating the 35th anniversary of the DaCapo Chamber Players, at Merkin Hall. | | | Television critic Caryn James turns her focus to fiction, in a reading from her second novel, What Caroline Knew. |
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http://www.nymetro.com
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| | FUN WITH LANGUAGES |
| | The wonderful classical music CD's will enlighten your child's mind by introducing them to various composers and compositions. | | | NEW !---The "Fun with" series continues with the release of Fun with Numbers, designed to teach yoour child how to count form 1-20 in two languages. | | | We used the works of some of the greatest classical composers of all time. |
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http://www.funwithlanguages.com
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| | Living Composers Catalog Research Pages - Composers of the 20th and 21st Centuries List |
| | According to the best information we have, these composers are all still living. | | | This page is intended to be a simple list of composers of the 20th and 21st Centuries. | | | As a result, a relatively unknown composer appears in the same list as a very influential or "important" composer, without any great distinction being made. |
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http://www.baggaleymusic.com/research/ComposersListed.html
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| | The National Italian American Foundation |
| | Lucky Corner: The Biography of Alfred E. Santangelo and the Rise of Italian Americans in Politics by Betty L. Santangelo | | | The first and only directory of its kind, lists the names, mini-bios, and major credits of Italian American actors, directors, producers, composers, cartoonists, and singers, who contributed to American movies, television, radio, the stage and the recording industry in the 20 | | | WHO’S WHO AMONG ITALIAN AMERICANS - Second Edition |
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http://www.niaf.org/research/publications.asp
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| | They may be imported directly into MEAL MASTER, version 8 or greater. | | | List of about 3900 hardware and/or software vendors. | | | Also includes list of about 100 goodies you can send for, most FREE. |
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http://bhs.broo.k12.wv.us/pub/MegaROM5/00INDEX/FILES.027
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| | A mass of information on classical music in Italy | | | BDCI - Italian Composers DataBank - archives at the moment more than 600 Italian Composers with address, telephone, email, webaddress and more than 10.000 works with complete description of titles, instrumentation, composition year, edition, registration, performance, lenght. | | | BDCI was started in 1998 following Itaco, work list of Italian Composers 1985-1987 published by CIDIM in 1987. |
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http://www.cidim.it/English/amic.htm
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| | Living Composers Catalog - 20th Century Composers (Deceased) List |
| | The Encyclopedia of Music: Instruments of the Orchestra and the Great Composers. | | | Listening to Movies: The Film Lover's Guide to Film Music. | | | Living Composers Catalog - 20th Century Composers (Deceased) List |
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http://www.baggaleymusic.com/research/DeceasedComposersList.html
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| | Composers Offering MIDI Files on the Net |
| | Rod's Concert Hall (No MIDI files on this page.) | | | COMPOSER - RYSZARD POKORSKI [.mid] 38 - Blues, Rock, Pop,... | | | Pages which can't be put above, since there are more than one composer on the page. |
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http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~ckelly/SMF.html
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| | Organ Composers: Johann Pachelbel |
| | This compositional pattern influenced many other composers and eventually became a standard form. | | | It consists of the chorale melody in long notes, one phrase at a time, each phrase preceded by fore-imitation in the accompanying voices. |
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http://www.byu.edu/music/areas/keyboard/Organ/composers/pachelbel.html
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| | Classical Net - Composer Data - List Of Composers Sorted by Nationality |
| | The categorizations are generally based on the nation of origin and/or most prominent influence during the adolescent years of the composer. | | | Also, in making the classifications, it is entirely possible for a composer who lived most of his life in a certain nation to be considered not of that nationality. | | | For a more detailed description of the influence of geographic/cultural/ethnic background on a certain composer's style, please seek out a detailed biography of that composer. |
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http://www.classical.net/music/composer/dates/comp7.html
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| | List of Italians |
| | See also: List of people by nationality, List of Sardinians | | | Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, (1710-1736), Italian composer, opera composer | | | Amerigo Vespucci, (1454-1512), discovered other parts of America and gave his name to the new continent |
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http://www.fastload.org/li/List_of_Italians.html
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| | Asean News Network |
| | We don't need to list here who are on which side, but it's so obvious that those who are against you are not a one-dimensional movement driven by malicious political purposes. | | | Immediately after issuance of Proclamation No. 1017, a prominent sociologist from the University of the Philippines, a retired general of the armed forces, a left-leaning party list member of the House of Representatives and several others were arrested or "invited for questioning". | | | Daily Tribune newspaper which is seen as too critical of the government has also been placed under close supervision or control of the Philippine National Police. |
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http://www.aseannewsnetwork.com/articles/content/c/co/composer.html
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