Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky (March 21, 1839 – March 28, 1881) was a Russian composer whose music, marked by bold originality and a powerful sympathy for[…]

Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka (May 21 [June 1, New Style], 1804 – February 3 [February 15], 1857) is widely regarded as the founder of Russian national[…]

Ludwig (often called Louis) Spohr (April 5, 1784 – October 22, 1859) was a German violinist, conductor, teacher, and composer whose career bridged the Classical[…]

Leroy Anderson (June 29, 1908 – May 18, 1975) was an American composer, arranger, and conductor best known for short, brilliantly crafted orchestral “miniatures” such[…]

Leopold Koželuch (born Jan Antonín Koželuh; June 26, 1747 – May 7, 1818) was a Bohemian-born composer, keyboard virtuoso, teacher, and influential musical figure in[…]

Kenneth J. Alford, born Frederick Joseph Ricketts on February 21, 1881, in Ratcliff, London, is celebrated as one of the foremost composers of British military[…]

Carl Joachim Andersen (April 29, 1847 – May 7, 1909) was a Danish flutist, conductor, and composer whose etudes helped define modern flute technique. A[…]

Henry Purcell (c. 1659–1695) is widely regarded as the most important English composer of the later 17th century. Working in London across church, court, and[…]

Henri Duparc (1848–1933) was a French late-Romantic composer whose reputation rests on a remarkably small but exquisite catalogue—especially 17 mélodies that helped expand French art[…]

Hendrik Franciscus Andriessen (1892–1981) was a Dutch composer, organist, and influential educator whose elegant, French-tinged musical language helped refresh Catholic liturgical music in the Netherlands[…]