Category: The 100 most inspiring musicians of all Time
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Fletcher Henderson: the 100 most inspiring musicians of all time
Fletcher Henderson: the 100 most inspiring musicians of all time Fletcher Hamilton Henderson, Jr., (born James Fletcher Henderson) (b. Dec. 18, 1897, Cuthbert, Ga., U.S.—d. Dec. 29, 1952, New York, N.Y.) was an American musical arranger, bandleader, and pianist who was a leading pioneer in the sound, style, and instrumentation of big band jazz. Henderson…
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Jimmie Rodgers: the 100 most inspiring musicians of all time
Table of Contents Jimmie Rodgers: the 100 most inspiring musicians of all time Jimmie Rodgers – All the Best (FULL ALBUM – BEST OF COUNTRY – BEST OF BLUES) TRACKLIST Sheet Music download (pdf) here. Jimmie Rodgers: the 100 most inspiring musicians of all time American singer, songwriter, and guitarist Jimmie Rodgers (byname of James…
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Cole Porter: the 100 most inspiring musicians of all time
Cole Porter: the 100 most inspiring musicians of all time American composer and lyricist Cole Albert Porter (b. June 9, 1891, Peru, Ind., U.S.—d. Oct. 15, 1964, Santa Monica, Calif.) brought a worldly élan to the American musical, embodying in his life the sophistication of his songs. Porter was the grandson of a millionaire speculator,…
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Sergey Prokofiev: the 100 most inspiring musicians of all time
Table of Contents Sergey Prokofiev: the 100 most inspiring musicians of all time Prerevolutionary Period Foreign Period Soviet Period The Best of Prokofiev Best classical sheet music download here. Tracklist: Sergey Prokofiev: the 100 most inspiring musicians of all time (b. April 23 [April 11, Old Style], 1891, Sontsovka, Ukraine, RussianEmpire—d. March 5, 1953, Moscow,…
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Leadbelly: the 100 most inspiring musicians of all time
Leadbelly: the 100 most inspiring musicians of all time Leadbelly (b. Jan. 21, 1885?, Jeter Plantation, near Mooringsport, La., U.S.—d.Dec. 6, 1949, New York, N.Y.). In conjunction with his notoriously violent life, the ability of American folk-blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist Huddie William Ledbetter—better known as Leadbelly— to perform a vast repertoire of songs madehim…
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Igor Stravinsky: the 100 most inspiring musicians of all time
Igor Stravinsky: the 100 most inspiring musicians of all time Russian-born composer Igor Stravinsky (b. June 5 [June 17, New Style], 1882, Oranienbaum [now Lomonosov],near St. Petersburg, Russia—d. April 6, 1971, New York, N.Y., U.S.) works had a revolutionary impact on musical thought and sensibility just before and after World War I, and his compositions…
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Béla Bartók: the 100 most inspiring musicians of all time
Béla Bartók: the 100 most inspiring musicians of all time Béla Bartók (b. March 25, 1881, Nagyszentmiklós, Hung., Austria-Hungary—d.Sept. 26, 1945, New York, N.Y., U.S.) Hungarian composer, pianist, ethnomusicologist, and teacher Béla Bartók is known for the Hungarianflavour of his major musical compositions, which include orchestral works, string quartets, piano solos, several stage works, a…
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Charles Ives: The 100 most inspiring musicians of all time
Charles Ives: The 100 most inspiring musicians of all time Charles Edward Ives (b. Oct. 20, 1874, Danbury, Conn., U.S.—d. May 19, 1954, New York, N.Y.) was a significant American composer known for a number of innovations that anticipated most of the later musical developments of the 20th century. Ives received his earliest musical instruction…
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Arnold Schoenberg: The 100 most inspiring musicians of all time
Arnold Schoenberg: The 100 most inspiring musicians of all time Arnold Schoenberg (b. Sept. 13, 1874, Vienna, Austrian Empire [Austria]—d. July 13, 1951, Los Angeles, Calif., U.S.), Austrian-American composer Arnold Franz Walter Schoenberg (also spelled Schönberg), created a new method of composition based on a row, or series, of 12tones—a method described as atonality. He…
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W.C. HANDY: The 100 most inspiring musicians of all time
W.C. HANDY: The 100 most inspiring musicians of all time American composer William Christopher Handy (b. Nov. 16, 1873, Florence, Ala., U.S.—d. March 28, 1958, New York, N.Y.), commonly known as W. C. Handy, changed the course of popular music by integrating the blues idiom into then-fashionable ragtime music. Among his bestknown works is the…