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Neoclassic Music Composers : Ferruccio Busoni

Neo — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 07:09:50 +0000

Born with the impressive name, Ferruccio Dante Michelangelo Benvenuto Busoni, this brilliant Italian composer was certainly destined to live up to the expectations that his remarkable title demanded of him. He took the music arena by storm on account of his original and colorful arrangements as a composer and his astounding, flamboyant piano skills.

Ferruccio Busoni [...]

Neoclassical Music Composers : Dmitri Shostakovich

Neo — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 06:06:10 +0000

The acclaimed Russian composer, Dmitri Shostakovich , was born in St. Petersburg (Leningrad) in 1906. He was born into a musical family and was taught to play the piano by his mother – herself a well reputed piano teacher – from a very early age. He was sent to music school at the age of [...]

Neoclassical Music Composers : Paul Hindemith

Neo — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 20:46:50 +0000

Paul Hindemith, who is among one of the greatest neoclassical music composers, was born in Germany in 1895. As an early child Hindemith was taught the violin. He later entered the Hochsche Konservatorium in Frankfurt am Main. At the Hochsche Konservatorium he studied violin with Adolf Rebner. He also studied composition and conducting with Arnold [...]

Neoclassical Music Composers and Their Works

Neo — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 16:31:16 +0000

Perhaps the most famous Neoclassical musician and composer was Igor Stravinsky. Stravinsky’s best known compositions were The Firebird, Pulcinella, The Soldier’s Tale, Apollon Musagete, The Rite of Spring, his Symphony of Salms, Orpheus and L’Histoire du oldate, and Symphony in Three Movements. In these works Stravinsky changed things up by using mostly the piano, wind [...]