Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Boléro is a 1928 work for large orchestra by French composer Maurice Ravel. It is one of Ravel's most famous compositions. [2] It was also one of his last completed works before illness diminished his ability to write music.
January 11 – Andréa Guiot, French operatic soprano (died 2021) [35] January 15 – François Pantillon , Swiss composer and conductor January 16 – Pilar Lorengar , Spanish soprano (died 1996 )
Later in the eighteenth century, the Classical style dominated, with the main forms being sonatas, symphonies, and string quartets. The nineteenth century is often called the Romantic era. During this era, the symphony developed, and a new style of music called "program music" (music that tells a story) developed. Other types of music that ...
Maurice Baron(1889-1964), a 20th-century French-American clarinetist and composer of film scores and "photoplay music" [music to accompany silent films], dedicated his 1928 piano work "Love's Splendor" to Jacquet. [6] In 1911, Maurice Jacquet dedicated his melodie "Song of the inconstant" to the French lyric tenor Edmond Clément. [7]
An American in Paris is a jazz-influenced symphonic poem (or tone poem) [1] for orchestra by American composer George Gershwin first performed in 1928. It was inspired by the time that Gershwin had spent in Paris and evokes the sights and energy of the French capital during the Années folles.
Albert Roussel. Albert Charles Paul Marie Roussel (French pronunciation: [albɛʁ ʃaʁl pɔl maʁi ʁusɛl]; 5 April 1869 – 23 August 1937) was a French composer.He spent seven years as a midshipman, turned to music as an adult, and became one of the most prominent French composers of the interwar period.
This is a list of composers of 20th-century classical music, sortable by name, year of birth, year of death, nationality, notable works, and remarks. It includes only composers of significant fame and importance. The style of the composer's music is given where possible, bearing in mind that some defy simple classification.
Hüe's music met with limited success mainly because his style did not change with the times. However, he was an often inspired composer whose works garnered the admiration of several famous colleagues, including Claude Debussy and Gabriel Fauré .