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Qu Xiao-Song

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Qu Xiao-Song (瞿小松; surname Qu, b. Guiyang, Guizhou province, southwest China, September 6, 1952) is a Chinese composer of contemporary classical music. He is a 1983 graduate of the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing, where he studied composition with Du Mingxin. In 1989 he was invited by the Center for US-China Arts Exchange of Columbia University in New York City to be a visiting scholar, and he continues to live in New York City. He has received commissions from the Holland Festival, American Composers Forum, Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra, and Boston Musica Viva. His operas Oedipus and The Death of Oedipus were premiered in 1993 and 1994 respectively, in Stockholm and Amsterdam. His chamber opera The Test (2004) was commissioned by the Munich Biennale and Contemporary Opera Berlin, and performed in both cities in May 2004. His name is sometimes also written Qu Xiaosong. Music Chamber music *Cello Concerto for cello and chamber ensemble *Cursive, violoncello and percussion ensemble *Ji No. 1, large mixed ensemble *Ji No. 2, Floating Clouds, mixed quartet, Asian instrument and ensemble *Ji No. 3: Silent Mountain, solo guitar or Asian instrument *Ji No. 4, percussion solo *Ji No

Qu Xixian

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Qu Xixian (23 September 1919 – 19 March 2008 ) was a Chinese composer. She was born in Shanghai and graduated from Shanghai National Conservatory of Music in 1948 with degrees in composition and piano. She had a full, eventful career that spanned several eras of important Chinese history. She worked with the Central Philharmonic Society and held several leadership positions on the board of the Chinese Musicians’ Association. Her choral works were performed in 1997, 1999 and 2000 in Beijing and Shanghai. Early life and education Xixian was born to parents Qu Baowen and Zhu Pingyu on September 23, 1919 in Shanghai. She loved music from a very young age, and began her formal music education during her childhood. In 1939, Xixian studied with German-Jewish composer, Wolfgang Fraenkel while he was living in Shanghai. Fraenkel had a profound influence on Xixian, as well as other prominent Chinese composers such as Ding Shande and Sang Tong. From 1940 to 1948, Xixian studied piano and composition at the Shanghai National Conservatory. Among her many teachers was Tan Xiaolin, a former pupil of Paul Hindemith, before his return to the United States in 1944. In 2010, the work was performed by

Quddus Khojamyarov

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Quddus Khojamyarov (May 21, 1918 – April 8, 1994) was a Uyghur and Soviet composer from Kazakhstan. He was named a People’s Artist of the USSR. He is best known for his Muqam melodies, often composing in 12 muqams. Notable compositions include Nazugum, regarded as the first Uyghur opera, Zolotyegorye (The Golden Mountains) (1960) and his Taklimakan symphony. Biography Kuzhamyarov was born on May 21, 1918, in the modern village of Kaynazar in Enbekshikazakh District, Almaty Region, Kazakhstan. His father died when he was just 3 months old. From a young age he was distinguished by discipline, commitment, lack of youthful frivolity and common weaknesses. He did not smoke, drink and was innocent of the temptations in life. Kuzhamyarov was admitted to the College of Music and Drama in Alma-Ata (present-day , despite not yet being 16 years old. First, he went to college studying the violin, then switched to the piano, where he began composing music. He passed the examinations for the composition faculty of the Moscow Conservatory. However, due to World War II he had to postpone his studies; he was drafted into the army. In 1943, he joined the Communist Party. After demobilization, he return

Questlove

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Ahmir Khalib Thompson (born January 20, 1971), known professionally as Questlove (stylized as ), is an American drummer, record producer, disc jockey, filmmaker, music journalist, and actor. He is the drummer and joint frontman (with Black Thought) for the hip-hop band the Roots. The Roots has been the in-house band for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon since 2014, after having fulfilled the same role on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Questlove is also one of the producers of the 2015 cast album of the Broadway musical Hamilton. He has also co-founded the websites Okayplayer and OkayAfrica. He joined Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music at New York University as an adjunct professor in 2016, and hosted the podcast Questlove Supreme. Questlove has produced recordings for artists including Elvis Costello, Common, D’Angelo, Jill Scott, Erykah Badu, Bilal, Jay-Z, Nikka Costa, Booker T. Jones, Al Green, and John Legend. He has been a member of the Soulquarians, the Randy Watson Experience, the Soultronics, the Grand Negaz and the Grand Wizzards. As an author, he has written eight books. Questlove is the recipient of many accolades, including an Academy Award, six Grammy Awards an

Quincy Patrick

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Quincy Patrick is an American songwriter, record producer, and composer. He is best known for writing and producing Clive Davis’ J Records’ first two artists, O-town’s Liquid Dreams and Olivia’s Bizounce. He is known for his work in launching the J Records label and for writing and producing for artists including Usher, Alicia Keys, Luther Vandross, and The Temptations. Patrick contributed to The Temptations’ album Ear-Resistible which won the Grammy Award for Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance. He later became a bassist and guitarist in his congregation’s worship bands, performing on several television shows as a gospel performer, before transitioning into a recording artist. His debut single Stone Love reached number one in Jamaica, and his album Lovin’ Touch (1989) peaked at #2 in Australia. He later shifted his focus from performing to production and songwriting. During this transition period, he worked with musicians including Stu Gardner, the musical director for The Cosby Show, and drummer Lenny White. His early songwriting success came through collaborations with R&B stars Maxwell and Howard Hewett. Patrick co-wrote and co-produced Bizounce (2001), the debut single by R

Quincy Porter

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William Quincy Porter (February 7, 1897 – November 12, 1966) was an American composer and teacher of classical music. Biography Born in New Haven, Connecticut, he went to Yale University where his teachers included Horatio Parker and David Stanley Smith. Porter received two awards while studying music at Yale: the Osborne Prize for Fugue, and the Steinert Prize for orchestral composition. He performed the winning composition, a violin concerto, at graduation. Porter earned two degrees at Yale, an A.B. from Yale College and a Mus. B from the music school. After graduation, he spent a year in Paris, studying at Schola Cantorum, then went to New York where he studied with Ernest Bloch and Vincent d’Indy. In 1923 Porter joined the faculty of the Cleveland Institute of Music where he was later appointed head of the Theory Department. He remained there until 1928 when he resigned to focus on composition. Returning to Paris on a Guggenheim Fellowship Porter began composing in earnest. During his 3 years in Paris, he composed Blues Lointains (1928), the Suite for Viola Alone (1930), his 3rd String Quartet (1930), 4th String Quartet (1931), his 2nd Violin Sonata (1929), and his Piano Sonata

Quinto Maganini

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Quinto Maganini (30 November 1897 – 10 March 1974) was an American composer, flautist, and conductor. Biography Quinto Maganini was born in Fairfield, California, but he spent much of his life in New York City. He worked as a flautist in the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, the New York Symphony Orchestra, and the Russian Symphony Orchestra. While playing flute and piccolo in John Philip Sousa’s band in San Francisco, he was discovered by American conductor Walter Damrosch, who invited him to join the New York Symphony Orchestra. As a member of the orchestra, he studied flute with Georges Barrère. In 1927, he won a Pulitzer Prize for several of his compositions, including his symphonic poem Tuolumne, California Rhapsody; A Cuban Rhapsody and Songs of the Chinese. In 1928, he received a Guggenheim Fellowship to compose a symphony on the life of Napoleon I, a violin sonata and an opera based on Bret Harte’s The Bellringer of Angels. From 1940 to 1967, he served as principal conductor of the Norwalk Symphony Orchestra. In his tenure, he expanded the symphony’s repertoire to include larger works, like the symphonies of Gustav Mahler. Compositions His principal compositions include Tuo

Quirino Colombani

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Quirino Colombani (Correggio, c.1668 - Rome?, 6 January 1711) was an Italian composer, and cellist. He was active in both 17th and 18th centuries. Biography Colombani was born in Correggio, but it is not known where he received his first music education. He settled in Rome and studied there with Giovanni Bicilli. His activity has been documented since 1692, when he took part as a violone player in the music for the patronal feast of S. Lorenzo in Damaso sponsored by Cardinal Ottoboni. In the Lent of 1695 he made his debut as a composer with the Latin oratorio Iahelis de Sisara triumphans (libretto by Antonio Checchi), performed in the oratory of the Crocifisso di S. Marcello. In 1696 he was a member of Francesco Maria Ruspoli’s household, as we read in the printed libretto of Latin oratorio Moysis nativitas (text by Antonio Checchi). His other oratorios were regularly performed for the same confraternity until 1702. In March 1696 he was appointed coadjutor of Giovanni Bicilli, the chapel master of S. Maria in Vallicella (the so-called Chiesa Nuova). Some of his oratories were performed at the Vallicella’s oratory: La fede trionfante nella caduta di Gerosolima (1702; libretto Pietro