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A. H. Behrend

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Arthur Henry Behrend (2 October 1853 – 1935) was a Polish-born composer. He is remembered for his setting of Tennyson’s poem “Crossing the Bar”. History Behrend was born in Danzig, a grandson of Michael William Balfe, composer of the opera The Bohemian Girl. He was best known in his lifetime for the 1885 song Daddy (lyrics by Mary Mark-Lemon), which made a fortune for him, despite disposing of his copyright while it was still popular. A long-standing member of the Savage Club, he died in London. List of compositions ;Popular * “The Beautiful Land of Nod” * “Bonjour, ma belle” * “The Gift” * “Hearts that Love” (Frederic Weatherly) * “The Silver Chord” * “Think of Me” (Mary Mark-Lemon) * “When Everything Is Young” ;Art songs * “All’s Right” (Robert Browning) * “The Child Musician” (Austin Dobson) * “Clear and Cool” (Charles Kingsley) * “Crossing the Bar” (Alfred, Lord Tennyson) * “Stay, Stay at Home” (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow) * “The Rainy Day” (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow) * “The Song of the Shirt” (Thomas Hood) * “A Widow Bird” (in Through the Year. A Cantata for Ladies’ Voices) (Percy Bysshe Shelley) Notes References

Ahmed Achour

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Ahmed Achour () was a Tunisian conductor. Biography Achour was born in Hammam Lif. After studying law, he studied music and violin at the Tunis Conservatory of Music in Tunis in 1967 where he obtained the diploma of Arabic music and the Presidential Award for violin. He continued his musical studies at the Schola Cantorum in Paris, where he received degrees in several specialties: harmony, counterpoint, conducting and orchestral writing. he became responsible for directing and administering and over the years worked with many international musicians. He then assumed the direction of the National Conservatory of Music in Tunis and the International Festival of Popular Arts. Achour has presented numerous concerts with symphony orchestras in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Paris, Brive-la-Gaillarde, Rabat, Algiers and produced operas by Carl Maria von Weber, Abu Hassan, in Sofia (Bulgaria). He won the National Music Prize in 2005. Death Achour died on Friday January 29, 2021, at the age of 75. Works References

Ahmed Ghulam Ali Chagla

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Ahmed Ghulam Ali Chagla (; 31 May 1902 – 5 February 1953) was a Pakistani musical composer who famously composed the music for the national anthem of Pakistan in 1949. Early life Chagla was born into a prominent Khoja Ismaili family in Karachi. His father, Ghulam Ali Chagla, was the third elected president of the municipality of Karachi, serving from 1921 to 1922. Ahmed Chagla attended the Sindh Madrassat-ul-Islam in Karachi and took lessons in classical Indian music in 1910 and western musical composition in 1914. Chagla became interested in the study of the theory of music (both eastern and western). In 1922, he began studying eastern and western systems of music under the famous art critic James Cousins. He was particularly interested in points of contact between the two systems. Chagla undertook several journeys to gain an insight of various eastern systems of music. In 1923, he travelled overland from Karachi to Iraq, via Balochistan and northern Iran (including the Caspian Sea, Teheran, Tabriz and Kermanshah). After touring Iraq, he returned to Karachi by way of Basra. In 1928 he qualified from Trinity College of Music in London. In 1929, Chagla undertook an overland journey

Ahn Eak-tai

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Ahn Eak-tai (; ; 5 December 1906 – 16 September 1965) was a Korean classical composer and conductor. He conducted numerous major orchestras across Europe, including the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Rome Philharmonic Orchestra. Nongae, now the capital of North Korea, on 5 December 1906, four years before Korea fell under Japanese rule in 1910. His family was a branch of the Ahn clan rooted in the region of Sunheung, part of Yeongju, North Gyeongsang Province. The clan is renowned for having produced influential Korean figures such as An Jung-geun and An Chang-ho in the period. Ahn Eak-tai was the third son of his father, Ahn Deok-hun () and mother, Kim Jeong-ok () Ahn Eak-tai had six siblings. His father, Ahn Deok-hun, ran a hotel business Ahn Eak-sam was well aware of his younger brother’s interest in music, and so bought him a Suzuki violin, a phonograph and records from Japan. Ahn Eak-tai started playing the violin and began to develop his musical talent early on. In 1918, he was admitted to the Pyongyang Soongsil Middle School, where he played in the school orchestra. introduced a music teacher at YMCA, Mr. Greg to him for a private c