Cécile Louise Stéphanie Chaminade (1857–1944) was a French composer-pianist whose songs, salon miniatures, and orchestral scores made her an international celebrity around 1900. She was[…]

Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka (1804–1857) is widely regarded as the founder of the Russian nationalist school in classical music—the first Russian composer to earn sustained recognition[…]

Joseph Maurice Ravel (1875–1937) was one of the most influential French composers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Known for his masterful orchestration,[…]

Leroy Anderson (June 29, 1908 – May 18, 1975) was a celebrated American composer, pianist, and organist, best known for his charming and memorable short[…]

Reinhold Moritzevich Glière (1875–1956) stands as a pivotal figure in the landscape of Russian and Soviet classical music. Born Reinhold Ernest Glier on January 11,[…]

Richard Storrs Willis (1819–1900) was an American composer, music critic, and editor best remembered for “Carol,” the tune most U.S. congregations sing to Edmund Sears’s[…]

Vítězslav Novák (1870–1949) was a central figure of early-20th-century Czech music: a pupil of Antonín Dvořák, a leading proponent of musical nationalism, and a formidable[…]

Vasily Sergeyevich Kalinnikov (January 13, 1866 [O.S. Jan 1] – January 11, 1901 [O.S. Dec 29]) was a Russian composer best remembered for his two[…]

Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni (1671–1751) was a Venetian Baroque composer celebrated in his lifetime for operas and admired today above all for lyrical, finely crafted instrumental[…]

Théodore Dubois (24 August 1837 – 11 June 1924) was a French Romantic composer, organist, influential pedagogue, and eventually director of the Paris Conservatoire. Though[…]