The family name of Bach was synonymous with music for over two hundred years in Thuringia in Central Germany, with many notable composers...

The Italian composer Domenico Scarlatti has been a favorite of listeners, performers and composers since a collection of thirty of his key...

In many ways Hector Berlioz was unique among the 19th century classical composers. He was not a child prodigy and only began his musical s...

Carl Loewe came to be known as  'The Schubert of North Germany' and was born in 1796. He was especially known for his songs and ba...

Late in the 19th century Brazil experienced a period of modernization and social revolution. The music conservatories in Brazil primarily ...

The youngest surviving son of Johann Sebastian Bach , Johann Christian Bach was trained in music by his father and his older half-brother ...

C.P.E. Bach, known as Emmanuel to his friends, left the employ of Frederick The Great in 1768 after spending 30 years in Berlin. The years...