Composer Gallery

    Here are quick and easy reference guides to the all-time great composers, a roster that we're always expanding. For each composer, you'll find vital statistics (birth, death, nationality), a short biographical sketch and a few fun facts, plus a basic guide to the music and a list of weblinks and resources, plus a few of the most famous tunes and one or two videos. Whether you're heading off to a concert, writing a research paper, looking for reliable, current information, or just want to explore some cool music and video, this is the first stop on your web search.
    Claude Debussy
    20th Century

    Debussy, Claude

    • Frenchman Claude Debussy offered a musical alternative to Romanticism. Because he reinterpreted or discarded many of the laws of traditional harmony and form, he is considered one of the fathers of modern music.

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    Composer Gaetano Donizetti
    Romantic

    Donizetti, Gaetano

    Wrote two of the all-time-greatest Italian opera hits, and several more that are widely loved. He was an important influence on Verdi.
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    Antonin Dvořák
    Romantic

    Dvořák, Antonin

    • Beloved Czech composer of symphonic, chamber and operatic works. Most famous for the “New World” symphony.

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