Joaquín Turina
Joaquín Turina Pérez (9 December 1882 – 14 January 1949) was a composer from Spain who created classical music.
Isaac Albéniz
Isaac Manuel Francisco Albéniz y Pascual (Spanish pronunciation: [iˈsak alˈβeniθ]; May 29, 1860 – May 18, 1909) was a Spanish skilled pianist, composer, and conductor. He was one of the most important composers of the time after the Romantic period and had a major impact on other musicians of his time and younger composers. He is best known for his piano music that used styles and elements from Spanish folk traditions.
Enrique Granados
Enric Granados i Campiña, born Pantaleón Enrique Joaquín Granados Campiña (27 July 1867 – 24 March 1916), was a Spanish and Catalan composer and pianist. He was part of a group of pianists in Catalonia, including Isaac Albéniz and Joaquin Malats, who were influenced by Pere Tintorer, a key figure in the development of piano music in the region. Granados is best known for his piano compositions, such as the Goyescas suite, which he later used as the basis for an opera with the same name.
Manuel de Falla
Manuel de Falla y Matheu (Spanish pronunciation: [maˈnwel de ˈfaʎa]) was born on November 23, 1876, in Cádiz, Spain, and died on November 14, 1946, in Alta Gracia, Argentina. He was a Spanish composer and pianist. He was one of Spain’s most important musicians during the first half of the 20th century, along with Isaac Albéniz, Francisco Tárrega, and Enrique Granados.
Gian Francesco Malipiero
Gian Francesco Malipiero (Italian pronunciation: “jahm fran-keh-skoh mahl-ee-PEH-roh”) was born on March 18, 1882, and died on August 1, 1973. He was an Italian composer, expert in music, music teacher, and editor.
Alfredo Casella
Alfredo Casella was born in Turin, Italy, to Maria (née Bordino) and Carlo Casella. His family had many musicians. His grandfather, a friend of the famous violinist Paganini, was a cellist who played in the São Carlos Theatre in Lisbon and later became a soloist in the Royal Chapel in Turin.
Ottorino Respighi
Ottorino Respighi (born July 9, 1879, and died April 18, 1936) was an Italian composer, violinist, teacher, and music scholar. He was one of the most important Italian composers in the early 1900s. Respighi wrote many types of music, including operas, ballets, orchestral suites, choral songs, chamber music, and arrangements of Italian music from the 16th to 18th centuries.
Ferruccio Busoni
Ferruccio Busoni was born on April 1, 1866, and died on July 27, 1924. He was an Italian composer, pianist, conductor, editor, writer, and teacher. His work with famous musicians, artists, and writers around the world made him well-known.
Arthur Foote
Arthur William Foote was born on March 5, 1853, in Salem, Massachusetts, and died on April 8, 1937, in Boston, Massachusetts. He was an American classical composer and a member of the “Boston Six.” The other members of this group were George Whitefield Chadwick, Amy Beach, Edward MacDowell, John Knowles Paine, and Horatio Parker.
Amy Beach
Amy Marcy Cheney Beach was born on September 5, 1867, and died on December 27, 1944. She was an American composer and pianist. She was the first American woman to successfully create large-scale art music.