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Blake Allen

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Blake Liahona Allen (born July 21, 1988, in Tucson, Arizona) is an American composer and viola player who is most known for writing Insomnia—which debuted at Carnegie Hall— and The Shards of an Honor Code Junkie, music directing the 2019 revival of Over Here!, writing the theme song for the talk show Doris Dear’s Gurl Talk, and appearing on Shade: Queens of NYC. Early life and education Blake Liahona Allen was born in Tucson, Arizona on July 21, 1988, the fourth child of pianist Marsha Allen (née Wilcox) and San Allen, an engineer and chief operating officer for Winchester Electronics. His family moved to St. Petersburg, Florida shortly after his birth, then to Gainesville before eventually settling in El Paso, Texas, where he spent most of his youth. He grew up a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and was in the viola sections of both the El Paso Symphony Orchestra and Las Cruces Symphony while attending Franklin High School. Allen studied viola performance at Brigham Young University and worked at the Primrose International Viola Archive at Lee Library. Career Allen was artist-in-residence at Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity in 2014 and was principal of

Blanche Ray Alden

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Blanche Ray Alden (July 5, 1870 – November 14, 1934 ) was an American pianist and composer, who published under the pseudonym Theodora Dutton. Her short piano piece, Christmas Day Secrets, is the only work in the Suzuki Piano Repertoire attributed to a female composer. Notes References Sources * Suzuki, Dr. Shinichi. (1995). Suzuki Piano School Volume 1, Revised edition. Alfred Publishing Company. * Ccm :: Alden, Blanche Ray Alden - Dutton, Theodora Dutton at composers-classical-music.com External links * * Scanned copy of letter Blanche Ray Alden wrote to Edvard Grieg in 1894 * Biography of Blanche Ray Alden (Theodora Dutton) and how she became included in the Suzuki Piano repertoire. * Website with articles on and music by Blanche Ray Alden (Theodora Dutton).

Blanche Robinson

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Blanche Robinson (Mrs. Martin Hennion Robinson, née Williams; 18 May 1883, near Liberty, Kansas – 19 August 1969, Los Angeles) was an American composer and well-known piano accompanist. During her prolific years as a composer, she lived in New York City. During her more active years as a piano accompanist, she lived in Los Angeles. In her published music, she was known as Mrs. M. Hennion Robinson or Mrs. M. Hennion-Robinson. Music career Robinson became a pupil in composition of Frederick Stephenson in Los Angeles. Her The Woman at Home, a chorus for women’s voices, was performed with much success by the Lyric Club. Among her better-known compositions are Songs of You, The Mystic Hour, Youth, Fairies, Butterflies, The Dawn of Dawns, and a chorus for men’s voices, A Song for Heroes. She performed under the management of Mr. Behymer in concert work. She also performed with Ebell Club, the Friday Morning Club, the Gamut Club, and many leading artists who toured Los Angeles. Family * Father: Oliver David Williams (1854 Kentucky – 1932, Venice, California) * Mother: Joanna Williams, née Dickerson (25 Oct 1855 Crawfordsville, Indiana – Oct 1949, Venice, California) ** Husband: Martin Hen

Blanche Selva

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Marie Blanche Selva (Catalan Blanca Selva i Henry, 29 January 18843 December 1942) was a French pianist, music educator, writer and composer of Spanish origin. Biography Blanche Selva was born in Brive-la-Gaillarde in Corrèze. As a child she studied piano with a number of teachers, took preparatory classes with Sophie Chéné, and was admitted to the Paris Conservatory in 1893. She studied with S. Chéné and won a medal in competition, but left the Conservatory without graduating. Her family moved to Geneva, and Selva began giving concerts at the age of 13 in Lausanne. She studied with Vincent d’Indy, and became a professor at the Schola Cantorum de Paris in December 1901, later taking positions at the Conservatoire de Strasbourg, the École Normale de Musique in Paris, and the Prague Conservatory. Blanche Selva was the only French pianist of her time to specialise in Czech music, and she was consequently very popular in Czechoslovakia. in Europe. By the age of 20 she had performed all of J.S. Bach’s keyboard works in 17 recitals. Between 1906 and 1909 she premiered all four books of Isaac Albéniz’s piano suite Iberia. In January 1925 Selva moved to Barcelona, where she founded her own

Blas Galindo

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Blas Galindo Dimas (February 3, 1910 – April 19, 1993) was a Mexican composer. Biography Born in San Gabriel, Jalisco, Galindo studied intermittently from 1931 to 1944 at the National Conservatory in Mexico City, studying with Carlos Chávez (composition), Candelario Huízar, José Rolón, and Manuel Rodríguez Vizcarra (piano). In 1934, he formed the Grupo de los cuatro with fellow composers Daniel Ayala, Salvador Contreras, and José Pablo Moncayo, seeking to use indigenous Mexican musical materials in art-music compositions . In 1941, he was an assistant at the Berkshire Music Festival at Tanglewood, and studied under Aaron Copland at the Berkshire Music Center in 1941 and again in 1942, when his orchestral suite Arroyos was performed there (Stevenson 2001). Returning to Mexico in 1942, he became a professor of composition at the National Conservatory and in 1947 was named Director of the conservatory (a position which he held until 1961) as well as director of the music department of the National Institute of Fine Arts . From 1960 to 1965, he was music director for the Symphony of the Mexican Institute of Social Security . In 1947, Galindo was named Chief of the Department for the Na

Blas Tardío de Guzmán

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Blas Tardío de Guzmán (fl. 1740s) was a Bolivian criollo composer, one of four notable criollo students of Juan de Araujo. He succeeded Juan Guerra y Biedma as chapelmaster, maestro de capilla, of the Cathedral of Sucre, then called La Plata, in 1745. Works, editions, and recordings * El monstruo de los jardines References

Blaž Arnič

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Blaž Arnič (31 January 1901 – 1 February 1970) was a Slovenian symphonic composer. Born in Luče, Lower Styria, Austria-Hungary, Arnič grew up on an isolated farmstead near Mount Raduha in the Kamnik Alps. He taught himself how to play the accordion, and at the age of nineteen moved to Ljubljana to study music. Life Arnič studied composing at the Ljubljana Conservatory, and later (1930-1932) at the New Vienna Conservatory, under the tutelage of Professor Rudolf Nilius, with advanced composition in Warsaw, Kraków In 1943 Arnič was arrested for his political views, and in 1944 he was sent to the Dachau concentration camp, where he became seriously ill (eventually causing him to go blind in one eye). His music has been compared to that of Bruckner and classified as “neo-romantic realism.” Arnič developed from a neo-romantic base, but avoided the dissonance of the Expressionists. The first film for which Arnič wrote music was Partizanske bolnice v Sloveniji in 1948, a documentary about a partisan infirmary. In 1955, Milan Kumar of Triglav Film made a 452-minute film entitled Ples čarovnic starring ballerina Stanislava Brezovar which featured Arnič’s symphonic poem by the same name. In 2

Bligger von Steinach

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Bligger von Steinach was the name of a series of feudal lords of Steinach, today Neckarsteinach in Hesse, Germany. Collectively the noble family was known as the Edelfreien von Steinach. The family was influential, having close connections to the Holy Roman Emperor and to the Bishopric of Worms. The family held Steinach in fief to Worms. The name Bligger is of Germanic origin, meaning lightning spear. As a poet, Bligger II was mentioned by Gottfried von Strassburg in his work Tristan und Isolt. There he praised his “sweet words and clever sensibilities musically entwined”. Gottfried also praised Bligger’s work der umbehanc (The Tapestry), which remains lost to this day. Some scholars argue that this work refers to the Nibelungenlied, but this remains in dispute. Bligger’s work appears in the Codex Manesse. The codex also displays the coat-of-arms that he created. It is a harp, which is used today by the city of Neckarsteinach. References

BLKBOK

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Charles Wilson III, known professionally as BLKBOK, is an American pianist and composer. His stage name is a stylization of “Black Bach”. Early years Born in Detroit, BLKBOK grew up on the city’s west side and attended Ann Arbor Trail Middle School. He attended Cass Tech High School for two years and then attended the Detroit School of Arts. Career After high school, BLKBOK moved to Florida where he attended Full Sail University. He also worked as a studio musician with Timbaland and played in the Cirque du Soleil production of Michael Jackson: One. BLKBOK’s second album, 9, was released in 2023. Its title is a reference to the Little Rock Nine. The album includes spoken-word contributions from Felicia Thomas. The work has been described as “a fresh spin on classical music” that “offers some lessons of hope and love for our troubled world”. He has composed and performed classical piano music about Michelle Obama, the murder of George Floyd, the Little Rock Nine, The Negro Motorist Green Book, and other aspects of black American history. He cites as his influences artists as varied as Mozart and Mos Def. References External links * BLKBOK’s YouTube page

Blonde Maze

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Amanda Steckler Levesque, professionally known by her stage name Blonde Maze is an American electronic music producer, composer and vocalist based in New York City. She is known for composing the entire original score for Demi Lovato’s documentary Child Star. Career Blonde Maze first began releasing music in 2015. In 2021, Blonde Maze released her debut Album Something Familiar. “After teaming up with labels Monstercat and Lowly, and with self-released single ‘Antarctica’ reaching Spotify’s U.S. Viral 50 and seeing spins on BBC Radio 1, she released her debut album Something Familiar on Enhanced Chill in 2021 that consisted of glistening tracks and dreamy soundscapes, which received strong support from Sirius XM Chill.” Her cover of Fade Into You, originally by Mazzy Star, gained notable recognition after being featured in the hit shows Never Have I Ever (TV series) on Netflix and Love, Victor on Hulu. Blonde Maze has opened shows for Sultan & Shepard, Haliene, Autograf, Tritonal, and Elderbrook. and NYC Pride. “Steckler quickly realized she could use her career to advocate for others with similar struggles. From being featured in Nylon, DJ Mag and Billboard Pride, she has consiste