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F. Andrieu

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F. Andrieu (; possibly François or Franciscus Andrieu) was a French composer in the style of late medieval music. Nothing is known for certain about him except that he wrote Armes, amours/O flour des flours (Weapons, loves/O flower of flowers), a double ballade déploration, for the death of Guillaume de Machaut in 1377. The work has been widely praised and analyzed; it is notable for being one of two extant medieval double ballades for four voices, the only known contemporary musical setting of Eustache Deschamps and the earliest representative of the longstanding medieval and Renaissance lamentation tradition between composers. Andrieu may be the same person as Magister Franciscus, although the scholarly consensus on this identification is unclear. With P. des Molins, Jehan Vaillant and Grimace, Andrieu was one of the “post-Machaut” generation whose pieces retain enough qualities to be differentiated from composers of . Identity and career Nothing is known for certain about Andrieu except his authorship of the double ballade for four voices: Armes, amours/O flour des flours (Weapons, loves/O flower of flowers), a déploration for the death of poet-composer Guillaume de Machaut (c.

Fabian Müller (composer)

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Fabian Müller (*12 February 1964 in Zurich) is a Swiss composer. Biography Fabian Müller is one of the leading Swiss composers of his generation. He originally comes from Lengau in the canton of Aargau and grew up in Zurich as the son of Peter and Hella Müller-Heuer (daughter of Walter Heuer), a central figure in the area of German orthography. He first studied the cello with Claude Starck at the Zurich Conservatory, but then increasingly dedicated his energies to composition. He studied composition with Josef Haselbach at the Zurich Conservatory. After completing his studies, he spent four summers at the courses of the Aspen Music Festival (Colorado). While there, he studied with Jacob Druckman, Bernard Rands and George Tsontakis. He received decisive encouragement from David Zinman, who made a recording with the Philharmonia Orchestra, London, including “Nachtgesänge” with Swedish mezzo-soprano Malena Ernman, the Cello Concerto (1999), played by Müller’s wife, the Taiwanese cellist Pi-Chin Chien and two further orchestral works. Müller’s works are played internationally by well-known orchestras and ensembles and have been heard in halls such as the Carnegie Hall in New York, the

Fabián Panisello

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Fabián Panisello (born Fabián Andrés Panisello Cuevas; in Spain, in Argentina; 11 October 1963) is an Argentinian-Spanish composer, conductor, and educator. He is the founding director of the Madrid-based PluralEnsemble and Head of Composition at the Reina Sofía School of Music in Madrid. His works are published by Edition Peters. Education Panisello was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He studied composition in Buenos Aires with Francisco Kröpfl and later at the Mozarteum University Salzburg with Bogusław Schaeffer (earning a Magister Artium degree in 1993 with Diploma of Excellence and Special Prize of the Austrian Ministry of Culture). He further refined his compositional studies through contact with leading composers including Elliott Carter, Franco Donatoni, Brian Ferneyhough, and Luis de Pablo. In parallel, he pursued conducting studies with Peter Eötvös and Jorma Panula. Career Composer Panisello has received commissions from orchestras, ensembles, and festivals worldwide. His works have been performed by ensembles and orchestras including the SWR Symphonieorchester, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Spanish National Orchestra, RTVE Symphony Orche

Fabien Lévy

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Fabien Lévy (born 11 December 1968) is a French composer. Biography Lévy was born in Paris, France. After having been a jazz pianist, he studied composition with Gérard Grisey, orchestration with Marc–André Dalbavie and ethnomusicology with Gilles Leothaud at the Conservatoire de Paris from 1996 to 2000. Trained in mathematics and mathematical economics (Master from ENSAE and ENS Ulm Delta, adjunct in mathematics from 1989 to 1992 and researcher from 1992 to 1994), he definitively quit science for music in 1994. In 2001, he went to Berlin on the DAAD Artist program, and in 2002 to the Villa Medici / Academy of France in Rome. In 2004, he shared the Ernst von Siemens Composer Prize in composition with Johannes Maria Staud and Enno Poppe. A former pedagogical advisor at IRCAM in Paris and professor of orchestration at the Hanns Eisler Music Conservatory in Berlin, he was 2006–2012 assistant professor in composition at Columbia University in New York, was 2012–2017 senior professor for composition at the Hochschule für Musik Detmold in Germany, and since October 2017 has been senior professor for composition at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater ‘Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy’ Leipzig

Fabio Campana

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Fabio Campana (14 January 1819 – 2 February 1882) was an Italian composer, opera director, conductor, and singing teacher who composed eight operas which premiered between 1838 and 1869. He was born in Livorno, the city where his first two operas premiered, but in the early 1850s he settled in London. There he opened a famous singing school, conducted concerts, and continued his reputation as a prolific and popular composer of art songs and concert arias. It was first performed on 14 August 1838 at the Teatro degli Avvalorati in Livorno, with Verdi’s future wife Giuseppina Strepponi in the title role. The opera was warmly received as was his next opera Giulio d’Este which premiered at the same theatre in 1841. Campana also directed several operas at the theatre, including Mercadante’s Il giuramento (1839), Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor (1840), Meyerbeer’s Il crociato in Egitto (1840), and Bellini’s Il pirata (1840). In 1850 Campana had gone to Paris, armed with a letter of recommendation from Rossini to seek a position at the Théâtre des Italiens which at that time was run by Benjamin Lumley. The first of his “Grand Matinee Musicale” concerts took place in 1854 under the patronag

Fábio Caramuru

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Fábio Caramuru (São Paulo Brazil, September 14, 1956) is a Brazilian pianist, composer and musical producer. Biography Fábio Caramuru develops two main projects: EcoMúsica Project and Tom Jobim for Piano. The EcoMusica Project has been developed by Caramuru since 2013. It is a pioneering initiative, dedicated to the Brazilian nature, that mixes his music and sounds of nature in an inventive way, with the important mission of alerting for the preservation of the environment. Through this project Caramuru already released the albums EcoMusica Dialogues between a piano and the Brazilian fauna (2015) and EcoMusica Aves (Birds of Japan) (2018), many music videos such as Cicada, Tico-tico, Bem-te-vi, Harpy Eagle, Macaws, Hidorigamo and Quero-quero (all available on Caramuru’s YouTube Channel), as well as several EcoMusica Concerts in Brazil, Japan, and Canada. In September 2020, the pianist released the video Amazonia EcoMusica Uirapuru, a legend of the forest. The video was directed by Otavio Dias, Cecilia Lucchesi was in charge of the scene research and the script was written by Caramuru himself. It was produced entirely during the social distancing period, and this new work portraits

Fabio Costa (composer, conductor)

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Fabio Costa (Fábio Ciglioni Martins Costa, 4 December 1971) is a Brazilian-born composer, conductor and pianist. He is also active as a composer of microtonal music. Early life and musical education Fabio Costa was born in São Paulo, Brazil, to an engineer father and a psychologist mother, with family roots in Portugal and Italy (Costa is a dual Brazilian/Italian citizen). He was partly raised in Germany (1982–1984). His grandfather Waldemar Ciglioni was a popular radiophonic actor in his time, and great-grandfather Armando Ciglioni, a neapolitan-song composer/impresario and violinist at the São Paulo Opera House. Costa started out musically self-taught at age 9 (piano and composition) deciding by age 14 to become a professional musician; he learned the oboe at age 16 and was active for the next 8 years as an orchestral oboist, chamber musician and soloist. He earned a bachelor’s degree in oboe performance in 1995 and after a year of oboe studies at the Franz Liszt Academy of Budapest (1995–1996),he decided to pursue a career as a conductor. Between 1996 and 1999 Costa studied at the Vienna Music Academy (opera and orchestral conducting in the class Uros Lajovic) with a scholarship

Fabio Frizzi

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Fabio Frizzi (born 2 July 1951) is an Italian musician and composer. Born in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy, he is best known for his scores for horror films. Career Prior to his work in film, he was a member of several classical music groups and a pop rock band. He was a frequent collaborator with horror film director Lucio Fulci. Fabio is the older brother of the late television presenter Fabrizio Frizzi. Influences and style Fabio Frizzi’s scores draw from electronic, classical and rock music. He often uses the mellotron and Moog synthesizer in his compositions, owing to his love of progressive rock. Selected filmography Solo Finnish singer Taiska used the melody of Frizzi’s composition “Ibo lele” for her song, “Mombasa”. With Bixio - Frizzi - Tempera References External links * *Fabio Frizzi interviewed by Lionel Grenier for luciofulci.fr (in French) *Fabio Frizzi interviewed by Tim Fife for Cinema Suicide (in English) *Fabio Frizzi interview by Fangoria

Fabio Ilacqua

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Fabio Ilacqua (born 8 October 1975) is an Italian lyricist, composer, arranger, record producer and singer-songwriter. Life and career Born in Varese to a Sicilian father and a Calabrian mother, Ilacqua studied at the Brera Academy in Milan. He started his professional career as singer-songwriter in 2007, winning the Festival and releasing his only album Ballata del dopocena. Ilacqua had his breakout thanks to the collaboration as a lyricist with Francesco Gabbani, with the songs “Amen” and “Occidentali’s Karma” respectively winning the Sanremo Music Festival 2016 newcomers competition and the Sanremo Music Festival 2017 big artist competition. Ornella Vanoni Paola Turci, and Marco Mengoni. In 2022, he produced and arranged the Francesco Guccini album Canzoni da intorto. References External links * *

Fabio Mengozzi

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Fabio Mengozzi (born May 12, 1980) is an Italian composer and pianist. Biography Fabio Mengozzi was born on May 12, 1980, in Asti. studied piano with Aldo Ciccolini, orchestral conducting and composition, masterclasses with Azio Corghi at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome. He won several awards including: 2nd prize at “11° Concorso Pianistico Nazionale Città di Genova” (1991); 1st prize at “3° Concorso Nazionale per Giovani Pianisti Comune di Terzo d’Acqui” (1991); 1st prize at “1° Concorso Nazionale Riviera dei fiori Città di Alassio” (1992); 1st prize at “XIII Concorso Pianistico Nazionale Città di Genova” (1992); 1st prize at “Concorso Musicale Europeo Città di Moncalieri” (1992); 1st prize at “2° Concorso Nazionale di Musica per borse di studio di Tortona” (1992); 1st prize at “7° Concorso Nazionale di Esecuzione Musicale Franz Schubert in Tagliolo Monferrato” (1992); 2nd prize at “3° Concorso Nazionale di Musica per giovani interpreti Città di Asti” (1992); 2nd prize at “1° Concorso Pianistico Italiano Premio Città di Cortemilia” (1993); 2nd prize at “4° Concorso Pianistico Nazionale Carlo Vidusso in Milano” (1994); 1st prize at “Concorso Pianistico Nazionale Lo

Fabio Vacchi

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Fabio Vacchi (; born 19 February 1949) is an Italian composer. Biography Training and debut Fabio Vacchi studied at the Conservatorio Giovanni Battista Martini of Bologna with Giacomo Manzoni and Tito Gotti. In 1974 he participated in the courses of the Tanglewood Festival in the United States, where he was awarded the Koussevitzky Prize in Composition. In 1976 he won first prize at the Gaudeamus Composition Competition in the Netherlands, with the work Les soupirs de Geneviève for 11 string soloists. In the same year, he wrote Sinfonia in quattro tempi, conducted by Giuseppe Sinopoli for the Venice Biennale Festival, which thereafter dedicated to him two monographic concerts in 1979 From the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino to the Vienna Philharmonic, the Berliner, the Gewandhaus and the Carnegie Hall Vacchi made his debut at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Festival in 1982 with Girotondo, an opera whose libretto was adapted from Arthur Schnitzler. Following this opera came Il Viaggio (Teatro Comunale di Bologna, text by Tonino Guerra), – in the same year, 1990, when he attended the New York Festival of Contemporary Music with L’usgnol in vatta a un fil - then La station thermale, with a

Fabrizio De Rossi Re

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Fabrizio De Rossi Re (born 1 August 1960) is an Italian composer and librettist. He composes operas, symphonic, choral and chamber music, and performs as a pianist. Biography De Rossi Re was born in Rome. He studied at the Conservatory of Santa Cecilia in Rome under and Raffello Tega. He has had also the chance to meet and study with other important figures of the Italian music, such as Sylvano Bussotti, Salvatore Sciarrino, Luciano Berio, and the jazz pianist Umberto Cesari. He teaches Elements of composition for Music education at the Conservatory G. B. Pergolesi of Fermo, and has been involved in teaching Didactics of improvisation and composition for High school teachers (organized by the Ministry of Education. ) He has been a member of the artistic association of Nuova Consonanza in Rome since 1987. As a jazz pianist, he often participated in sessions with many other soloists, balancing the heritage of classic music and jazz with the continuous research of new creative paths and sounds. His works has been recorded by Adda Records, Agenda, BMG Ariola, CNI, Edipan, Fonit Cetra, I Move, QQD, Rai Trade, RCA, Semar, and Sonzogno. Selected works Stage *Biancaneve, ovvero il perfido

Fahir Atakoğlu

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Mustafa Fahir Atakoğlu (, born 28 January 1963) is a Turkish American pianist and composer who has worked with a wide range of artists across many genres of music, ranging in style from symphonic scoring to advertising jingles. He was born in Istanbul, Turkey. Early life From the age of 7, Atakoğlu was interested in music and began playing piano and drums. Though his family intended for him to continue in the family business, his mother fostered his interest in music and through his music teacher Muzaffer Uz he was introduced to Cemal Reşit Rey, Turkey’s famous composer, pianist, script writer, and conductor. Atakoğlu studied under Rey from 1977 to 1979. He attended the Istanbul State Conservatory from 1978 to 1980. In 1980 he moved to London and for five years studied at both the London School of Music and Croydon College. He earned a degree in marketing and advertising from Croydon College in 1983 and returned to Istanbul to work as a jingle composer in the advertising sector. Career From 1987 to present, Atakoğlu has created music for commercials, news segments, and documentaries via advertising agencies including Lintas, McCann Erickson, CDP Europe, Young & Rubicam, Saatchi & S

Falz

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Folarin Falana (; born 27 October 1990), better known by his stage name Falz, is a Nigerian rapper, songwriter, and actor. He began his career in secondary school after forming a group called “The School Boys” with a friend, before launching his professional music career in 2009. Falz gained wider recognition after releasing the song “Marry Me” featuring vocals from Poe and Yemi Alade. He currently owns an independent record label called “Bahd Guys Records”. He released his debut album Wazup Guy in 2014. His second album Stories That Touch was released in 2015. He released 27 in 2017, and his fourth studio album Moral Instruction in 2019. Early life and education Falz was born in the local government area of Mushin, Lagos State, to lawyers and human right activists Funmi and Femi Falana. He was called to the bar in 2012 after graduating from the Nigerian Law School in Abuja. Falz completed his basic and secondary school education at St. Leo’s Catholic Primary School, Ikeja and Olashore International School, Osun State respectively. He is an alumnus of the University of Reading England, having graduated with an LLB honors degree in Law. In 2011, Falz released a single titled “Wahz U

Fang Man (composer)

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Fang Man () is a Chinese-born American composer. Compositions Orchestral *That Raindrops have Hastened the Falling Flowers III (In memory of Steven Stucky) for Sheng, Cello and Chamber Orchestra (2019) *Feng (Wind) for Piano, Percussion and Wind Ensemble (2013) *Deluge 洪水 for Large Ensemble with Live Electronics (2008-9) *Resurrection 重生 for Clarinet and Chamber Orchestra with Live Electronics (2008-9) *Sketch 素描 for Orchestra (2008) *Noir 黑 for Orchestra (2005) *Aqua 水蓝 In Memoriam Toru Takemitsu for Large Orchestra (2003-4) *Lavender 薰衣草 for Soprano and Chamber Orchestra (2004) *Who will bell the cat? 谁去系铃 for Children Band (1998) Chamber *Lament 悲歌 for Solo Bassoon (2017) *That Raindrops have Hastened the Falling Flowers II (In memory of Steven Stucky) for Flute and Piano (2017) *That Raindrops have Hastened the Falling Flowers I (In memory of Steven Stucky) for Solo Piano (2016) *A Folktale of the Four Dragons 四龙传说 II for Solo Flute (2013) *A Folktale of the Four Dragons 四龙传说 I for Flute and String Quartet (2012) *Earth: Song Cycle for Soprano, Bass-baritone and Sextet (2012) *Tao 道 for sheng and violoncello (2009–10) *Images of 7 Flowers ANNETTE Suite 花之印象 for Organ (2006) *Ma

Fannie Charles Dillon

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Fannie Charles Dillon (March 16, 1881 – February 21, 1947) was an American pianist, music educator and composer. Life Fannie Charles Dillon was born in Denver, Colorado in 1881. She moved with her family to Long Beach, California in 1890. She graduated from Pomona College and studied composition with Heinrich Urban, Hugo Kaun and Rubin Goldmark, and piano with Leopold Godowsky in Berlin. Personal life and marriage After completing her studies, Dillon worked as a pianist, teacher, performer and composer in Los Angeles. She taught at Pomona College from 1910 to 1913 and in the Los Angeles high school system from 1918 to 1941. She founded Woodland Theater at Fawnskin, Big Bear Lake, California, in 1924 and served as its general manager from 1926 to 1929. She married Cypriot theater actor James Christo. Dillon died in Altadena, California. Her papers are stored by the UCLA library. As a composer, Dillon was known for adapting bird calls into her scores. While she was teaching at Los Angeles High School in the late 1920s, future composer John Cage was among her students. Works Dillon composed for piano, voice, orchestra and chamber ensemble, as well as for outdoor dramas. Selected works in

Fannie Morris Spencer

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Fannie Morris Spencer (August 15, 1865 – April 9, 1943) was an American composer and organist who wrote a collection of 32 hymns and was a founding member of the American Guild of Organists. Spencer was born in Newburgh, New York, to Cynthia McCollum and Timothy W. Spencer. She studied music in New York City with Alexander Lambert and Samuel P. Warren, then taught and worked as a church organist. She taught at the Dr. Holbrook’s Military School and Miss Fuller’s School for Girls in Ossining, and at Miss Spence’s School for Girls (today the Spence School) in New York City. She was an organist at Fourth Presbyterian Church, Lexington Avenue Baptist Church, and Pilgrim Congregational Church, all in New York City. Spencer chaired the music committee of the Professional Women’s League and served as vice president of the New York State Music Teachers Association, where she worked with Florence Sutro. She also chaired the music committee of the 1895 Cotton States and International Exposition in Atlanta. In 1896, Spencer was one of 145 organists (and only four women) to found the American Guild of Organists. *Magnificat in C *“Lord’s Prayer” *“When I Know” References

Fanny Arthur Robinson

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Fanny Arthur Robinson (September 1831 – 31 October 1879) was an English pianist, music educator and composer who spent most of her career in Dublin, Ireland. Biography Fanny Robinson was born in Southampton and studied the piano in London with William Sterndale Bennett and Sigismund Thalberg. She performed in Dublin in February 1849 where she met her future husband Joseph Robinson, conductor, composer and chorister at St. Patrick’s Cathedral. They married on 17 July 1849. She appeared as a pianist in London and Paris, and in 1856 made her performing debut in Ireland. She took a teaching position at the Royal Irish Academy of Music in the same year. She remained active as pianist and composer until her early death in Dublin in 1879. Robinson was one of the few female composers of her time whose music was published and performed. Her cantata God is Love was her most frequently performed work during her lifetime; occasionally, excerpts were performed like anthems in the Dublin cathedrals. Her piano music is typical for the Victorian music of her time: very melodic, simple in its harmonic design, yet attractive and well-written for her instrument. Typically of Victorian times, however,

Fanny Hensel

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Fanny Cäcilie Hensel née Mendelssohn (14 November 1805 – 14 May 1847) was a German composer and pianist of the early Romantic era, also known as Fanny Mendelssohn Bartholdy. Her compositions number over 450, and include a string quartet, a piano trio, a piano quartet, an orchestral overture, four cantatas, more than 125 pieces for solo piano, and over 250 lieder. Most of these were unpublished in her lifetime. Although lauded for her piano technique, she rarely gave public performances outside her family circle. She grew up in Berlin and received a thorough musical education from teachers including her mother, as well as the composers Ludwig Berger and Carl Friedrich Zelter. Her younger brother Felix Mendelssohn, also a composer and pianist, shared the same education and the two developed a close relationship. Owing to her family’s reservations and to social conventions of the time about the roles of women, six of her songs were published under her brother’s name in his Opus 8 and 9 collections. In 1829, she married artist Wilhelm Hensel and, in 1830, they had their only child, Sebastian Hensel. In 1846, despite the continuing ambivalence of some of her family (but not her husband)

Fanny Howie

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Fanny Rose Howie ( or Poata; 11 January 1868 – 20 May 1916), also known by her stage name Te Rangi Pai, was a New Zealand singer and composer. Of Māori descent, she identified with the iwi of Ngāti Porou and Te Whānau-ā-Apanui. The lullaby “Hine E Hine” is her most famous composition, and she was well known in Britain as a singer of opera and popular music from 1901 to 1905. Early life She was born in Tokomaru Bay, New Zealand, on 11 January 1868, the daughter of Thomas William Porter and Herewaka Porourangi Potae (also known as Te Rangi-i-pāea). She was the eldest of their nine children. Her mother was the daughter of Tama-i-whakanehua-i-te-rangi (a high-ranking Ngāti Porou chief and signatory to the Treaty of Waitangi) and Mereana Tongia, and held high rank in Te Whānau-ā-Apanui, Te Whānau-ā-Ruataupare and Ngāti Porou. From her mother, Howie would inherit the title of ariki tapairu, meaning first-born female of a family of rank. In December 1900 she travelled to England where she embarked on concert, oratorio and ballad training with (amongst others) the baritone Charles Santley. Her vocal range was from mezzo soprano to contralto and allowed her to cover many styles. She sang be

Fanny Hünerwadel

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Fanny Hünerwadel (26 January 1826 – 27 April 1854) was a Swiss pianist, singer and composer. She sang and performed in Zurich, Paris and London, but died of typhus at the age of 28. She wrote seven piano songs, some of which were published after her death. Life Hünerwadel was a native of Lenzburg where she was born on 26 January 1826, She made her debut as a pianist in 1842 at Lenzburg. In 1853 as part of her training, she traveled to Florence and Rome. In Florence, she took singing lessons with Romani. In Rome in 1853 she was guest of artists and families Corrodi Imhof and took lessons in singing teacher Parisotti. Hünerwadel died of typhus on 27 April 1854 in Rome at the age of 28. Liszt’s composition “à Fanny H.” is dedicated to Hünerwadel. Discography *MGB CD 6153: “Richard Wagner and his composer friends in Zurich”. Songs “Morning Song” and “Spring” by Fanny Hünerwadel. References Further reading In archives: * Peter Mieg-Stiftung in Lenzburg (Teilnachlass) * Introduction, Variations & Rondo, Klavierkomposition: im FMF (Frauen Musik Forum) in Bern. Other: * Biographisches Lexikon des Aargaus, 1803–1957, (1958): p. 371 f. * Répertoire international des sources musicales / Inter

Fanny Puzzi

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Fanny Puzzi (18341913) was an Italian composer, impresario, and singer who composed songs. She was best known for her song “L’Indovina,” which was frequently performed, and for her family’s work organizing concerts, which she continued in London. Puzzi was apparently born in Italy, the third daughter of the soprano and impresario Giacinta Toso and the horn virtuoso and impresario Giovanni Puzzi. She died in London after living there for many years. In 1885, soprano Zelia Trebelli performed one of Puzzi’s songs in London, which The Theater journal called “an exceedingly taking canzone.” Her song “L’Indovina” was included in the first season of Henry Wood Proms in 1895. Puzzi’s songs were published by Boosey, and G. Ricordi & Co.. They included: *“Days Gone By” (text by Nella) *“Dolce un Pensier” *“L’Indovina” *“Lily of the Valley” *“Only a Flowe”r *Passato e Avvenire (text by Cimino) *Quando al l’Affao Schiuso References External links * Listen to “Passage e Avvenire” by Fanny Puzzi

Faraj Garayev

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Faraj Gara oglu Garayev (); December 19, 1943 in Baku) is an Azerbaijani composer, music instructor, professor, son of the prominent Azerbaijani composer Gara Garayev and one of the leading composers of post-Soviet period. In 1966, Garayev graduated from the Azerbaijan State Conservatoire, specialising in music composition, taught by his father Gara Garayev. In 1971, he finished his post-graduate studies. From 1966 to 2003, he taught composition, instrumentation and polyphony at the Azerbaijan State Conservatoire and from 1994 he has been a professor there. From 1991, he has been living in Baku and Moscow. In 1991, he became professor of the faculty of music theory at the Moscow State Conservatoire. In 2003, he became professor of composition, in the faculty of the Kazan State Conservatoire. From 1994 to 1996, Faraj Garayev was vice-president of the Moscow Association of Modern Music and from 1995, he has been the president of the Yeni Musiqi Union of Modern Music established in Baku. Faraj Garayev was art director of BaKaRa-ENSEMBLE (Baku) in 1980-1994. In 1991-1992, he was scholar of A.Krupp cultural Foundation (Essen, Germany). Creativity Compositions by Garayev are performed at

Farangis Nurulla-Khoja

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Farangis Nurulla-Khoja (born 1972) is a Tajik-Canadian composer, who explores timbre within her contemporary compositions of symphonic, chamber, vocal, and electro-acoustic music. Among her many honors is a Guggenheim Fellowship Award in Composition in 2018. Life Farangis Nurulla-Khoja currently resides in Montréal, Quebec, but was born in Dushanbe, Tajikistan and is related to the well-known Tajik composer, Ziyodullo Shahidi. She not only earned a Ph.D. of Fine Arts in Composition (2004) from University of Gothenburg, Sweden, but has also studied at the University of California in San Diego as well as at IRCAM in Paris. Her early education was in piano at the Ziyodullo Shahidi Special Music School (1979–1990). In addition, she was a researcher in ethnomusicology at the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford (1992–1993) where she studied both Tajik and Chinese music traditions. Nurulla-Khoja has studied with an international array of composers from Ole Lützow-Holm (b. 1954) to Roger Reynolds (b. 1934) and from Brian Ferneyhough (b. 1943) to Philippe Leroux (b. 1953). She was composer in residence at Fondation Royaumont (2005–06), working on the project Maqam et Créations; at the Bellagio Cen

Farid al-Atrash

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Farid al-Atrash (; October 19, 1910 – December 26, 1974), also spelled Farid El-Atrache, was a Syrian-Egyptian singer, oudist, composer, and actor. Although born in Syria, he immigrated to Egypt at the age of nine with his mother and siblings, where he eventually became one of the most noted figures in 20th-century Arabic music. Al-Atrash embarked on a highly successful career spanning more than four decades, recording 500 songs and starring in 31 movies. He is also widely regarded for his virtuosity on the Arabic oud, and has sometimes been given the epithet “King of the Oud” (“Malek al-Oud”). in southern Syria to the Druze princely al-Atrash family who fought the French colonial army. His father was Syrian and his mother was Lebanese. As a young child, al-Atrash emigrated with his mother and siblings to Egypt, escaping the French occupation. Later, they were naturalized by the Egyptian government as citizens. Farid’s mother sang and played the Oud, which spurred his musical interest at an early age. As a child and young adult, al-Atrash sang within school events. He studied at Egypt’s music conservatory and became an apprentice of the famous Egyptian composer Riad Al Sunbati. In

Farid Allawerdi

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Farid Allawerdi (1923–2007, , ), also transliterated as Farid Allahwerdi or Farid Allah Werdi, was an Iraqi composer, violist, musicologist, and teacher, and is considered one of Iraq’s most innovative and influential composers. As a composer, he was the first and only one to be internationally recognized and as a member of the International Society for Contemporary Music he appeared on their International Rostrum of Composers. His compositions have been performed in concerts and on radio and television, in the United States, France, Japan, Russia, Switzerland, Syria, Egypt and many far-Eastern countries. He won many awards and honours, including Prix D’Honneur de ‘L’Ecole Nationale de Musique de Saint-Brieuc, Paris, and a Diploma of Appreciation for his leading role in furthering Arab Music 1970–1995 by the Arab League, Arab Academy of Music. He explored contemporary musical idioms to find his own unique language where two completely different musical traditions – that of the Middle East and of the contemporary classical – could merge seamlessly. In his Quartet No.1, the richness of the scale and rhythms used in Iraqi Maqam (Saba) are deeply rooted in the soil of his nation’s folk

Fartein Valen

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Olav Fartein Valen (25 August 1887 – 14 December 1952) was a Norwegian composer, notable for his work in atonal polyphonic music. He developed a polyphony similar to Bach’s counterpoint, but based on motivic working and dissonance rather than harmonic progression. Biography Early life Valen was born in Stavanger, Norway in 1887 into a deeply Christian religious family and maintained his religious beliefs all his life. His parents were missionaries, and he spent five years of his childhood in Madagascar. In addition to his aptitude for music, he was also a polyglot, mastering at least nine languages. He earned his examen artium with the highest grades in all subjects except mathematics. He loved cats, nature and literature, cultivated roses (even developed an award-winning hybrid), and after losing them in a devastating freeze took up growing cacti. Musical career In 1906, Valen moved to Kristiania (today’s Oslo) to study Norwegian literature and language but also took classes with Catharinus Elling (1858–1942) at the Oslo Conservatory of Music, graduating with a degree in organ playing. In 1909 he moved to Berlin to study piano, theory, and composition at the Music Academy with (am

Faustina Hasse Hodges

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Faustina Hasse Hodges (7 August 1822 – 4 February 1895) was an English-American organist and composer. Life and work She was born in Malmesbury, England, in 1822, as one of four children born to the organist and composer Edward Hodges. All of the children became organists. Edward Hodges emigrated to New York in 1838 and Faustina joined him there in 1841 at the age of 19. Selected musical works Selected compositions include: *L’Amicizia (Friendship) *Tantum Ergo Opus 65, No. 2 *A psalm of life (Text: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow) *Dreams: a reverie (Text: H.C.L.) *Robin Adair *The dreary day (Text: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow) *The holy dead (Text: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow after Ernst Stockmann) *The rose bush (Text: W. W. Caldwell) Selected written works * Hodges, F. H. (1896). Edward Hodges: Doctor in Music of Sydney Sussex College, Cambridge; Organist… Bristol, England, 1819–1838; Organist and Director in Trinity Parish, New York, 1839–1859. GP Putnam’s sons. References External links * *Finding Aid (PDF) to the Hodges Papers at the Library of Congress

Fausto Romitelli

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Fausto Romitelli (1 February 1963 – 27 June 2004) was an Italian composer. Life and career Romitelli was born on 1 February 1963 in Gorizia, Italy. He studied composition at the Milan Conservatory and subsequently took part in courses at the Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Siena with Franco Donatoni and at the Scuola Civica di Milano. In 1991, he moved to Paris, where he became a student of Hugues Dufourt and Gérard Grisey. From 1993 to 1995, he was compositeur en recherche at IRCAM. Romitelli achieved successes in numerous European competitions, and his music has been performed by ensembles such as Berg Orchestra and at festivals such as the , , Steirischer Herbst (Graz), the Venice Biennale, and the Darmstädter Ferienkurse. His video opera An Index of Metals (2003) was awarded the Franco Abbiati Prize by the National Association of Music Critics in Italy in 2004. He died aged 41 in Milan on 27 June 2004, following a long battle with cancer. Works 1980s *Suite for chamber ensemble, 1982 (unpublished) *Dia Nykta for solo flute, 1982 *Versilia for soprano and orchestra, 1983 (unpublished) *Lustralis for wind quintet, 1983 (unpublished) *Solare for solo guitar, 1983 *Dimensioni for 16

Fay Foster

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Fay Foster (November 8, 1886 – April 17, 1960) was an American pianist, composer, and teacher. Biography Foster was born in Leavenworth, Kansas on November 8, 1886. She was a child prodigy, performing publicly by the age of 5, and professionally as organist and choir director by age 12. In Chicago she studied piano under William Hall Sherwood, voice under Mme Dove-Boitte, and theory with Frederick Grant Gleason. At the age of 17 she went on a national tour playing the piano for Sherwood’s Grand Opera Company. Following her Chicago studies, at the age of 19, she was appointed director of the Grand Prairie Seminary’s Conservatory of Music in Onarga, Illinois. In 1897 she opened a studio in Chicago’s Steinway Hall to teach piano and theory. In 1899 she travelled to Europe for twelve years, studying further under Heinrich Schwartz, Moritz Rosenthal, and Sofie Menter in Munich, and under Theodore Wiehmeyer, Alfred Reisenauer, and Salomon Jadassohn at the Leipzig Conservatory. She studied singing under Siga Garso, Hans Weinhoppel and Alexander Heinemann. She performed opera for two years in Italy. In 1910, Berlin’s Die Woche sponsored an international contest for a waltz modelled on the

Faye-Ellen Silverman

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Faye-Ellen Silverman (born October 2, 1947) is an American composer of contemporary classical music. She is also an author and an educator. Life and education Born in New York, New York, Silverman began studying music at the Dalcroze School of Music shortly before her fourth birthday. At thirteen she won the Parents’ League Competition, judged by Leopold Stokowski, In the summer of 2004 Silverman participated in the Center for World Music’s workshop held in Bali. In 2013, she was chosen for the ASDP China Field Seminar “China’s Encounter with the West: Past, Present, and Future”. In addition to memberships in ASCAP, CMS, IAWM, and NYWC, she is a Founding Board Member of the International Women’s Brass Conference (for which she has served as composer-in-residence), a founding member of Music Under Construction, a composers’ collective, and a founding member of the International Women’s Review Board (ABI). Composing Silverman became a published composer in her mid-twenties when Seesaw Music Corporation accepted Three Movements for Saxophone Alone. She became a member of ASCAP that same year. Seesaw Music published all of her subsequent compositions until the death of its owner, Raoul

Fazıl Say

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Fazıl Say (; born 14 January 1970) is a Turkish classical concert pianist and composer. He is known to often play his own compositions in his concerts, on top of a repertoire that includes Beethoven, Chopin, Bach and Mozart (with Say’s own cadenzas). Life and career Say was born in Ankara in 1970. His father, Ahmet Say, was an author and musicologist. His mother, Gürgün Say, was a pharmacist. His grandfather Fazıl Say, whose name he shares, was a member of the Spartakusbund. Say was a child prodigy, who was able to do basic arithmetic with 4-digit numbers at the age of two. His father, having found out that he was playing the melody of “Daha Dün Annemizin” (Turkish version of Ah! vous dirai-je, maman) on a makeshift flute with no prior training, enlisted the help of Ali Kemal Kaya, an oboist and family friend. At the age of three, Say started his piano lessons under the tutelage of pianist Mithat Fenmen. Say wrote his first piece, a piano sonata, in 1984, at the age of fourteen, when he was a student at the Ankara State Conservatory. It was followed, in this early phase of his development, by several chamber works without an opus number, including Schwarze Hymnen for violin and pia