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Reba Paeff Mirsky

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Reba Paeff Mirsky (May 25, 1902 – November 22, 1966) was an American classical musician and children’s writer. A 1953 Guggenheim Fellow, she wrote three books on the fictional Zulu girl Nomusa: Thirty-one Brothers and Sisters (1952), Seven Grandmothers (1955), and Nomusa and the New Magic (1962). Biography Reba Paeff was born on May 25, 1902, in Boston. Mirsky taught music at the City and Country School and The New School for Social Research and worked as music director (1943–1949) at Ethical Culture Fieldston School. allowing her to travel to the homeland of the Zulu people and publish two more sequels for that book: Seven Grandmothers (1955) and Nomusa and the New Magic (1962). Her sister was sculptor Bashka Paeff and her brother-in-law was Louis Lazarus Silverman. Bibliography *Thirty-one Brothers and Sisters (1952) *Seven Grandmothers (1955) *Nomusa and the New Magic (1962) Notes References

Rebecca Clarke (composer)

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Rebecca Helferich Clarke (27 August 1886 – 13 October 1979) was a British classical composer and violist. Internationally renowned as a viola virtuoso, she also became one of the first female professional orchestral players in London. Rebecca Clarke had a German mother and an American father, and spent substantial periods of her life in the United States, where she permanently settled after World War II. She was born in Harrow and studied at the Royal Academy of Music and Royal College of Music in London. Stranded in the United States at the outbreak of World War II, she married composer and pianist James Friskin in 1944. Clarke died at her home in New York at the age of 93. Although Clarke’s output was not large, her work was recognised for its compositional skill and artistic power. Some of her works have yet to be published; those that were published in her lifetime were largely forgotten after she stopped composing. Scholarship and interest in her compositions revived in 1976. The Rebecca Clarke Society was established in 2000 to promote the study and performance of her music. Early life Clarke was born in Harrow, England, to Joseph Thacher Clarke, an American, and his German w

Rebecca Saunders

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Rebecca Saunders (born 19 December 1967) is a London-born composer In 2019, writers of The Guardian ranked Skin (2016) the 16th greatest work of art music since 2000, with Tom Service writing that “Saunders burrows into the interior world of the instruments, and inside the grain of Fraser’s voice … and finds a revelatory world of heightened feeling.”. Her opera Lash – Acts of Love was premiered at Deutsche Oper Berlin in mid-2025 to critical acclaim. Biography Saunders studied violin and composition at the University of Edinburgh, earning a PhD in composition in 1997. As a DAAD scholar, she studied with Wolfgang Rihm from 1991 to 1994 at the Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe; Nigel Osborne In 2024, Rebecca Saunders received the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement from La Biennale di Venezia. In 2010 and 2012, she taught at the Darmstadt International Summer Courses In the 2023/24 season, Saunders was featured as a composer in residence in a portrait series at the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg. Fabio Luisi and the Staatskapelle Dresden gave the UK premiere of Saunders’ revision of traces at the 2009 Proms. Her music has been performed by notable ensembles worldwide, including Ensemble Mus

Rebekah Harkness

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Rebekah West Harkness (née Semple West; Her grandfather founded the St. Louis Union Trust Company. Career In the 1960s, Harkness became well known as a philanthropist and patron of the arts. Through the Rebekah Harkness Foundation, Harkness sponsored Jerome Robbins and the Joffrey Ballet. When the Joffrey Ballet refused to rename their company in Harkness’ honor, she withdrew funding and hired most of the Joffrey dancers to her new company, the Harkness Ballet. In addition to founding the Harkness Ballet, Harkness launched a ballet school and home for the company called Harkness House, as well as the refurbished 1,250-seat Colonial Theater, which presented the Harkness Ballet and other dance companies to New York audiences. Through the William Hale Harkness Foundation, she sponsored construction of a medical research building at the New York Hospital and supported a number of medical research projects. Later in life, she studied with Nadia Boulanger at The American Conservatory, in Fontainebleau, France; at the Institut Jaques-Dalcroze in Geneva; and the Mannes College of Music in New York City. She also studied orchestration with Lee Hoiby and received a Doctor of Fine Arts degree

Reception of Johann Sebastian Bach's music

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In the 18th century, the appreciation of Johann Sebastian Bach’s music was mostly limited to distinguished connoisseurs. The 19th century started with publication of the first biography of the composer and ended with the completion of the publication of all of Bach’s known works by the Bach Gesellschaft. The “Bach Revival” started with Felix Mendelssohn’s performance of the St Matthew Passion in 1829. Soon after that performance, Bach started to become regarded as one of the greatest composers of all time, if not the greatest, a reputation he has retained ever since. A new extensive Bach biography was published in the second half of the 19th century. In the 20th century, Bach’s music was widely performed and recorded, while the Neue Bachgesellschaft, among others, published research on the composer. Modern adaptations of Bach’s music contributed greatly to his popularisation in the second half of the 20th century. Among these were the Swingle Singers’ versions of Bach pieces (for instance, the from Orchestral Suite No. 3, or the chorale prelude) and Wendy Carlos’ 1968 Switched-On Bach, which used the Moog electronic synthesiser. By the end of the 20th century, more classical perfor

Recognition Music Group

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Recognition Music Group is one of the largest investors and managers of music IP rights and headquartered in London. The company was created in 2024 through the combination of songs and recordings owned by Blackstone Inc’s Hipgnosis Songs Assets and the formerly listed Hipgnosis Songs Fund, which Blackstone took private in July 2024. RMG includes the former Hipgnosis Song Management, which was investment adviser to both funds. The combined business was rebranded as Recognition Music Group in March 2025. On May 30, 2025, Sony Music Publishing acquired its subsidiary Hipgnosis Songs Group, and on May 11, 2026, Sony took possession of its complete catalog. History 2018: Founding of Hipgnosis Songs Fund, debut on London Stock Exchange Hipgnosis Songs Fund was founded by Merck Mercuriadis, who has managed artists including Elton John, Iron Maiden, Morrissey, Beyoncé, and Nile Rodgers. Mercuriadis said in a February 2019 interview,“Nile Rodgers and I, one day, just started riffing off of these ideas of how do we change this system, how do we change what’s going on today where the songwriter–who provides the most important component in an artist having success–is the lowest person on the

Recording studio as an instrument

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In music production, the recording studio is often treated as a musical instrument when it plays a significant role in the composition of music. Sometimes called “playing the studio”, the approach is typically embodied by artists or producers who favor the creative use of studio technology in record production, as opposed to simply documenting live performances in the studio. Techniques include the incorporation of non-musical sounds, overdubbing, tape edits, sound synthesis, audio signal processing, and combining segmented performances (takes) into a unified whole. Composers have exploited the potential of multitrack recording from the time the technology was first introduced. Before the late 1940s, musical recordings were typically created with the idea of presenting a faithful rendition of a real-life performance. Following the advent of three-track tape recorders in the mid-1950s, recording spaces became more accustomed for in-studio composition. By the late 1960s, in-studio composition had become standard practice and has remained as such into the 21st century. Despite the widespread changes that have led to more compact recording set-ups, individual components such as digital

Reena Esmail

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Reena Esmail (born 11 February 1983) is an Indian-American music composer of Indian and Western classical music. Esmail has been commissioned to compose pieces for ensembles including Amherst College Choir and Orchestra, Santa Fe Pro Musica, Conspirare, and the Los Angeles Master Chorale. Composer Andrew Norman selected her work for violin Darshan for a 2020 feature in The New York Times, calling it “familiar and fresh, intimate and epic, grounded and aloft.” Life Esmail has been the composer-in-residence with the Seattle Symphony, Los Angeles Master Chorale, Tanglewood Music Center, Spoleto Festival, and Marlboro Music Festival. Notable ensembles that have commissioned work from Esmail have included the Philadelphia Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, Kronos Quartet, Imani Winds, Viano Quartet, Baltimore Symphony, Richmond Symphony, Albany Symphony, Chicago Sinfonietta, River Oaks Chamber Orchestra, San Francisco Girls Choir, Conspirare, Brooklyn Rider, and Yale Institute of Sacred Music. She is the Co-Founder and Artistic Director of Shastra, a non-profit organization that connects Indian musical tradition with the West. Style Esmail only began to become a “truly syncretic compose

Reg Tilsley

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Reginald Longueville Tilsley (16 August 192615 October 1987) was a British composer, arranger, and conductor born at Croydon. He was a prolific composer of library music, whose work has been featured in various films and television programmes. Life Tilsley the son of composer Harry Tilsley, co-writer of “Lady of Spain”. He was a chorister at Westminster Abbey before attending the London College of Music. He later studied conducting in Stuttgart under Polish composer Jerzy Gert. After serving in the Second World War, he joined the Leslie Douglas Orchestra as pianist-arranger before forming his own orchestral group. In later years he moved to Westport, County Mayo, Ireland where he lived with his wife Maisie. He was also a regular conductor with the RTE Concert Orchestra. Career Tilsley principally composed production music for the library of De Wolfe Music. Many of his titles were used as themes in television programmes from the 1970s onwards. De Wolfe also licensed albums of Tilsley’s music for commercial use. Tilsley released several easy listening albums for the domestic market, principally on Fontana Records. He was arranger and/or orchestral conductor on albums by Roberto Cardi

Regan Ryzuk

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Regan Ryzuk (born Regan Onufry Ryzuk, March 29, 1955, New York) is an American composer and pianist. Ryzuk is the son of renowned painter, Onufry Ryzuk and published author and playwright, Mary S. Ryzuk, PhD. He is the elder of two children. Education A graduate from Montville Township High School in Montville, New Jersey in 1973, Ryzuk studied with Robert Helps at Manhattan School of Music and attended The Juilliard School. Ryzuk’s classical music studies led to jazz studies with Jaki Byard and Sir Roland Hanna. At Juilliard, he studied music theory and composition. Career Development as a composer During the 1980s, Ryzuk toured with various ballet companies – traveling through Europe and Latin America. This period enabled him to develop his improvisational techniques, which later laid the groundwork for one of his greatest compositional works,“48 Preludes and Fugues.” Composed in the style Johann Sebastian Bach, Ryzuk developed “48 Preludes and Fugues” over the course of a year while living in Switzerland. Upon his return to the United States in 1991, Ryzuk lived in New York and continued his compositional work. He developed a base of students, including Fountains of Wayne co-fou

Regin Dahl

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Regin Dahl (5 November 1918 – 29 March 2007) was a Faroese author and composer. Biography Dahl came from a literary family; his father being the translator and provost Jákup Dahl. His own poetry has been described as more modernistic than that of many previous Faroese poets. His family also contained musicians like his grandfather Georg Casper Hansen, and Dahl himself was noted as a composer. In youth he did not know how to transcribe his compositions so would work on them in his head before performing them at cultural events. As a composer he wrote musical settings for 34 Erik Axel Karlfeldt poems and created around 450 compositions in all. In the mid 1990s, Marianne Clausen made musical transcriptions of his many compositions, and published them as Atlantsløg and Atlantsløg II under his name. Recognition Dahl was honoured in 1998 with the Faroese Cultural Prize (Mentanarvirðisløn Landsins). He was the first person to receive this annual award. References

Regina Hansen Willman

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Regina Kastberg Hansen Willman (October 5, 1914 – October 28, 1965) was an American composer, born in Burns, Wyoming. She married Allan Arthur Willman in 1942; they divorced in 1956, but remained close throughout her life. Willman received a B.M. from the University of Wyoming in 1945, and a M.M. from the University of New Mexico in 1961. She studied with Darius Milhaud at Mills College, Roy Harris at Colorado College, and pursued further studies at the University of California, Berkeley, the Juilliard School, the Sorbonne, and the Lausanne Conservatory. Willman was the resident composer of the Helene Wurlitzer Foundation in Taos, New Mexico, from 1956–57 and 1960-61. Her papers are archived at the University of Wyoming. Works Regina Willman’s compositions include: Ballet *Doves (piano) *Legend of the Willow Plate (1949; chamber orchestra) Orchestra *Anchorage Symphony *Design for Orchestra 1 (1948) *Design for Orchestra 2 (1953) Piano *Little Tailor Suite *Steel Mill (1941; two pianos) *Three Compositions for Piano Theatre *Music for Medea (text by Euripides) Vocal *Ante Vero Longam (1961; tenor solo, men’s chorus, oboe, and piano; text by Lambertus) *Apres le Deluge (1961; high v

Regina Harris Baiocchi

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Regina Baiocchi ( Harris; born July 16, 1956) is an American musician, music educator, composer and writer of short stories and poetry. Life Regina A. Harris was the third of eight children born in Chicago to Elgie Harris Jr. and Lanzie Mozelle (Belmont) Harris. She was exposed to the arts from an early age, took guitar lessons at age nine and began composing at ten. She studied music in high school and church music programs, and graduated from Roosevelt University with a Bachelor of Music degree in 1978. She continued her studies at the Illinois Institute of Technology, Northwest University, and graduated from New York University with a certificate in public relations in 1991 and from De Paul University with a Master of Music degree in 1995. She married Gregory Baiocchi on July 12, 1975, and worked as a composer, writer, poet and high school teacher. From 1986 to 1989, she worked as an audio quality control analyst for Telaction Corporation, and from 1989 to 1994 as a public relations director for Catholic Theological Union in Chicago. After 2000, she was a lecturer at East-West University. Honors and awards * Poets and Patrons Award for Poetry for Teeter Totter, and Ghetto Child,

Regina Irman

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Regina Irman (born 22 March 1957) is a Swiss musician, music educator and composer. She has written commissions for a number of Swiss cultural institutions. She teaches at the Pädagogischen Hochschule Thurgau. She composes solo pieces, chamber music, choral works and music for theater. She was awarded the Landis & Gyr Stiftung Residency in London in 2007. Early life Regina Irman was born in Winterthur, Switzerland. In 1976 she studied music at the Winterthur Conservatory, and in 1982 received her teacher’s diploma with guitar as principal instrument. She also began to study percussion, and in 1995 received a concert diploma with distinction for percussion. Irman has studied under Roland Moser, Peter Streiff and Robert Rudisuli. Her first compositions were made while she was studying the guitar, and after 1983 she composed for a number of commissions, including the City of Zurich, the cultural foundation Pro Helvetia, the Women’s Congress of Bern, the Swiss Youth Music Competition, and various ensembles. She also works as a drummer and instrumental teacher. She is a lecturer at the Pädagogischen Hochschule Thurgau. She was awarded the Landis & Gyr Stiftung Residency in London in 200

Regina Watson

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Regina Cohn Watson (April 23, 1845 – July 31, 1913) was a composer, pianist, and teacher who was born in Germany. Her family later moved to America, first to Detroit, then to Chicago, where Regina lived for the rest of her life. In 1873, she married Lewis H. Watson, a Civil War veteran who had fought with an infantry unit from Maine. Regina Watson studied music with Franz Liszt and Karl Tausig in Europe, and with Bernhard Ziehn, probably in Chicago. After she moved to America, she gave lecture recitals on topics such as medieval French music, Italian music, and folk songs. She performed as a piano soloist in recitals and with orchestras. She belonged to the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) and helped found the Musical Art Society of Chicago. Watson is best remembered today as a piano teacher. Her students included Teresa Carreno, Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge, Phyllis Fergus Hoyt, Peter Lutkin, Veronica Murphy, and Theodora Sturkow-Ryder. Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge organized an effort in 1916 to build and name a studio at the MacDowell Colony in Watson’s memory. Composer Amy Beach used the Regina Watson Studio during her residency at the Colony. It was ren

Reginald King (composer)

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Reginald Claude McMahon King (5 October 1904 – 31 August 1991) was a British light music composer, pianist, conductor and broadcaster, the founder and leader of Reginald King and his Orchestra. Biography King was born in Hampstead into a musical family: his father Conrad King composed ballads and was a singing teacher. He studied at Blackheath Conservatoire (1918–20) and then at the Royal Academy of Music with Charles Reddie (piano) and Harry Farjeon (composition). While there he composed a Piano Concerto in F minor, which was conducted by Alexander Mackenzie and which won him the McFarren Scholarship in 1921. The concerto was later reworked as the Fantasy for Piano and Orchestra (1946). He married a contemporary at the academy, Beatrice Annie Thomas. In 1927 he formed an orchestral ensemble to play at the fifth floor restaurant of Swan & Edgar’s department store in London’s Piccadilly Circus. It played for 12 years until the outbreak of war in 1939. In 1934 he also formed the Celebrity Trio with violinist Alfredo Campoli, and cellist Douglas Cameron. After the war he reformed the orchestra. King was also a frequent broadcaster, making over 1,400 appearances on BBC Radio between 19

Reginald Smith Brindle

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Reginald Smith Brindle (5 January 1917 – 9 September 2003) was a British composer and writer. He began learning the piano at the age of six, and later took up the clarinet, saxophone and guitar (and won a Melody Maker prize for his guitar-playing). Under pressure from his parents, he began to study architecture. At the time, he was interested in jazz, and played saxophone professionally for a while alongside his studies. On attending an organ recital at Chester Cathedral in 1937, however, he was inspired to take up both the organ and composition. He spent most of World War II serving in Africa and Italy as a captain in the Corps of Royal Engineers. It was during this period that he rekindled his interest in the guitar, an instrument for which he wrote an enormous amount of music. Notable orchestral works include two symphonies (1955 and 1989), Apocalypse (1970), Creation Epic (world premiere at the Proms on 5 August 1964), Homage to H.G. Wells (1960), the Renaissance Suite (1956), Symphonic Variations (1957), and Via Crucis for strings (1966). Smith Brindle taught from 1957 to 1970 at the University College of North Wales in Bangor, and from 1970 to 1981 at the University of Surrey

Régis Campo

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Régis Campo (born 6 July 1968) is a French composer. Biography He studied composition with Georges Boeuf at the Conservatory of Marseille. Then he entered the Conservatoire de Paris in the classes of Alain Bancquart and Gérard Grisey, where he obtained his first composition prize in 1995. In 1992, he studied with Edison Denisov, who considered him “one of the most gifted of his generation.” His style, often described as playful and colourful, departs from the great aesthetic trends of the late twentieth century with emphasis on melodic invention and tempos of great vitality. From 1999 to 2001, he was resident at the Villa Medici. In Europe and around thirty countries around the world, many artists have played his music. His work has received numerous awards including the Gaudeamus Prize (1996), the Special Award Young Composers (1996), the Dutilleux Prize (1996), SACEM prices Hervé Dujardin (1999) and Pierre Cardin (1999) The Institute of France, the SACEM Prize for Young Composers (2005), the “Georges Bizet” Prize of the Institute of France (2005), Prize of the Simone and Cino Del Duca Foundation (2014). In 2001, his work Lumen, for orchestra, was created by the Berkeley Symphony

Reich Music Days

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The Reich Music Days (German: Reichsmusiktage) took place from 22 to 29 May 1938 in Düsseldorf. They were a Nazi propaganda event under the patronage of Joseph Goebbels. Goebbels had originally planned an annual return of the Reichsmusiktage. These were held again in May 1939, but ceased to exist after the beginning of the Second World War. Context In the Ideology of the Nazis a distinction was made between German and national art on the one hand and “cultural Bolshevism” and “degenerate art” on the other. Content-related and stylistic arguments were increasingly replaced by racist statements. The Nazis tried to promote the Gleichschaltung of art through special events and festivals and to make it accessible to the population as “German”. These included the Reich Music Days, which were opened in Düsseldorf on 22 May 1938, the 125th birthday of Richard Wagner. They were under the patronage of Joseph Goebbels, who described them as an event for “declarations of musical policy principles and setting the course”. The event lasted from 22–29 May and was organized by Heinz Drewes, the head of the music department in the Reich Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda. “Degenerate M

Reiko Füting

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Reiko Fueting (born 1970 in Königs Wusterhausen) is a German composer living in the United States. Life and career Reiko Fueting was born in 1970 in Königs Wusterhausen, East Germany. He studied composition and piano at the Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber in Dresden before moving to the United States to pursue graduate degrees at Rice University and Manhattan School of Music. Fueting’s primary teachers include Jörg Herchet and Nils Vigeland (composition) and Winfried Apel (piano). Fueting has been a faculty member at Manhattan School of Music since 2000. He teaches composition and has served as chair of the music theory division since 2005. In 2015, New Focus Recordings released names, erased, a full-length album of Fueting’s music. His own students include Alex Burtzos, Christopher Cerrone, and Michael Harrison. Compositions Solo * names, erased (2014) for cello solo * wand-uhr - infinite shadows (2013) for guitar solo * Echo des Lichts (2012) for organ solo * tanz, tanz (2010) for violin solo * land - haus - berg (2009) for piano solo * red wall (2006) for guitar solo * re-fraction: shadows (2005) for cello solo * nach-klang: dissolve (2004) for piano solo * leaving wit

Reine Colaço Osorio-Swaab

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Reine Colaço Osorio-Swaab (16 January 1881 – 14 April 1971) was a Dutch composer. Osorio-Swaab was born in Amsterdam, Netherlands to a wealthy and devout Jewish family. Jewish observances were strictly followed in the household and young Reine was, in her own words, very devout. She developed an interest in composing music after her children were grown and her husband had died, and studied with Ernest W. Mulder for composition and Henk Badings for melody. In the 1930s she wrote a number of songs with Dutch text, and after World War II she composed Monument in 1946 in honor of her son John who was murdered in Dachau. In the 1920s she translated the work of Martin Buber into Dutch. She died in Amsterdam. Works Colaço Osorio-Swaab composed chamber works, songs, overture for orchestra, duets and declamatoria. Among theses: *Aus den knospen quellen sachte (in Sänge eines fahrenden Spielmanns) (Text: Stefan George) *Avond (Text: Carel Steven Adama van Scheltema) *Das Roseninnere (Text: Rainer Maria Rilke) *Dorpsdans (Text: Jacques Fabrice Herman Perk) *En sourdine (Text: Paul Verlaine) *Fêtes galantes (Text: Paul Verlaine) *Heisst es viel dich bitten (from Sänge eines fahrenden Spielmann

Reiner Bredemeyer

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Reiner Bredemeyer (2 January 1929 − 5 December 1995) was a German composer. Biography Bredemeyer was born in Vélez, Santander and went to school in Breslau. In 1944 he was drafted into military service and was briefly held as a prisoner of war of the American Army in Bavaria. After the end of World War II, he met composer Karl Amadeus Hartmann who introduced him to the music of Igor Stravinsky, Béla Bartók, Anton Webern, Edgard Varèse, Charles Ives and Erik Satie. From 1949 to 1953 he studied composition with Karl Höller at the Munich Academy for Musical Arts. In 1954 Paul Dessau took him to East Germany, where Bredemeyer became a master student of Rudolf Wagner-Régeny at the DDR Academy of Arts, Berlin. He taught at the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts in Berlin and worked together with Bertold Brecht, Walter Felsenstein and Ernst Busch. From 1957 to 1960 he was arts director at the Theatre of Friendship in Berlin and from 1961 kapellmeister and composer at the German Theatre. The composers of his generation (Friedrich Goldmann, Georg Katzer und Friedrich Schenker) broke with socialist realism and closed the gap to western Avant-garde music. In 1978 Bredemeyer became a member

Reinhard Febel

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Reinhard Febel (born 3 July 1952) is a German composer, notable for his operas. He is also a music theorist and a university professor at the Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover and the Mozarteum. Career Febel was born in Metzingen, Baden-Württemberg, and first studied music and piano with Jürgen Uhde at the Musikhochschule Stuttgart. On a recommendation from Helmut Lachenmann he studied composition from 1979, with Klaus Huber at the Hochschule für Musik Freiburg and at the IRCAM in Paris where he attended courses in electronic music in 1982. On a commission of the Bayerische Staatsoper he composed the chamber opera Euridice, premiered in 1983. He described his work “The musical world of Euridice is a hybrid of instrumentation, pastiche, collage, composition, sound-noise, and song-language-speech particles.” He worked from 1983 to 1988 as a freelance composer in London, in 1984 in Rome on a scholarship of the Villa Massimo. In 1985 his Symphony, composed for the Youth Orchestra of the European Community, was premiered at the Donaueschinger Musiktage. In 1996 WERGO recorded his Variations for Orchestra, Das Unendliche (The Infinite) for mezzo-soprano, baritone and orch

Reinhard Keiser

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Reinhard Keiser (9 January 1674 – 12 September 1739) was a German opera composer based in Hamburg. He wrote over a hundred operas. Johann Adolf Scheibe (writing in 1745) considered him an equal to Johann Kuhnau, George Frideric Handel and Georg Philipp Telemann, but his work was largely forgotten for many decades. Biography Keiser was born in Teuchern (in present-day Saxony-Anhalt), son of the organist and teacher Gottfried Keiser (born about 1650), and educated by other organists in the town and then from age eleven at the Thomasschule in Leipzig, where his teachers included Johann Schelle and Johann Kuhnau, direct predecessors of Johann Sebastian Bach. In 1694, he became court-composer to the duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, though he had probably come to the court already as early as 1692 to study its renowned operas, which had been going on since 1691, when the city had built a 1,200-seat opera house. Keiser put on his first opera Procris und Cephalus there and, the same year, his opera Basilius was put on at Hamburg and, as the musicologist Johann Mattheson noted, “received with great success and applause”. This was a fruitful period for him – composing not only operas, but ari

Reinhard Lakomy

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Reinhard Lakomy (19 January 1946 in Magdeburg, Germany – 23 March 2013 in Berlin, Germany ) was a German-language composer, pianist, singer-songwriter, and arranger. His musical styles ranged from pop, jazz, and electronic music to radio plays and musicals for children. In the German Democratic Republic, Lakomy was one of the artists with the most official releases next to the Puhdys. His most famous works include the audio musical for children “Der Traumzauberbaum”, which he co-produced with his wife, Monika Ehrhardt. His daughter Hanna Lakomy participated in the 1992 children’s music album Der Wasserkristall. Discography EPs * Mädchen, mir kommt’s verdächtig vor Es war doch nicht das erste Mal (1972, Amiga) * Und ich geh’ in den Tag Wenn du gehst (1973, Amiga) * Du könntest mein Mädchen sein Autofahren (1973, Amiga) * Mir doch egal Ein irrer Typ (1975, Amiga) * Klavierstunde Manchmal find’ ich keinen Schlaf (1975, Amiga) * Es war doch nicht das erste Mal (EP, 1983, Amiga) LPs as the Lakomy-Ensemble * Reinhard Lakomy (1973, Amiga) * Lacky und seine Geschichten (1974, Amiga) * Lackys Dritte (1975, Amiga) * daß kein Reif … (1976, Amiga) * Die großen Erfolge (Best of, 1977, Amiga)

Reinhard Oppel

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Julius Reinhard Oppel (1878 in Grünberg, Hesse – 1941 in Leipzig) was a German composer. He studied at the Hoch Conservatory in Frankfurt 1903–1909, was briefly an organist in Bonn, then from 1911 professor of composition at the Kiel Conservatory of Music, and from 1928 professor of music theory at the Leipzig Conservatory. Oppel was a student, correspondent, and friend of Heinrich Schenker, the famous Viennese Jewish music theorist, and made efforts to disseminate Schenkerian theory while a professor at Leipzig. Oppel was an outspoken critic of the Nazis. Until 1938, Oppel often played the organ not only in Protestant and Catholic churches, but also in synagogues in Leipzig. Works For a complete list of works, see the University of Hamburg link given below. *Piano pieces: 5 Stücke op. 21, Suite op. 26 and 4 Preludes op. 27. *String Quartet No.4 in F minor Op.33 (published 1928 by Edition Peters) (nos.2 and 3 are in manuscript at the Oppel Memorial Collection.) *Sonata in D minor for Solo Violin, op. 12 (self-published 1910). *Suite in E minor for Solo Violin, op. 19 (self-published 1913). *Books and articles on Johann Sebastian Bach, Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (mostly or wholly arti

Reinhard Pfundt

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Reinhard Pfundt (born in 1951) is a German pianist, composer and academic teacher at the University of Music and Theatre Leipzig. He wrote orchestral works, chamber music and songs, and was awarded prizes in the German Democratic Republic (DDR). Life Born in Burgstädt, Pfundt grew up with weekly singing and lessons in piano and organ. 1985 * 1985 Prize of the Thüringer Landeskirche. * Wind Quiotet * Capriccio, Canto e Canone for flute and clarinet * Three Etudes for piano * Three Pieces for horn * Three Pieces for oboe and viola. * Three Pieces for oboe and percussion. * Three pieces for violin and piano * Fantasia on Luther’s Agnus Dei for organ * Five Pieces for piano * In die Tiefe, Collage for soprano recorder, violin, cello, double bass and harpsichord * Inventions on B-A-C-H for piano * Serenade for flute, alto flute (or violin) and cello. * Sextett for flute, clarinet, bassoon, violin, viola and cello * Sonate for viola sola * Four String Quartets * Suite for three flute instruments * Trio for flute, viola and cello * Triosonata for organ * Vertiefung in ein Thema von Bach for flute, two violins, cello, double bass and harpsichord * Four Pieces for piano * Four Monograms for

Reinhold Glière

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Reinhold Moritzevich Glière (born Reinhold Ernest Glier; 23 June 1956) was a Russian and Soviet composer of German and Polish descent. He was awarded the titles of People’s Artist of the RSFSR (1935) and People’s Artist of the USSR (1938). Biography Glière was born in the city of Kiev. He was the second son of the wind instrument maker Ernst Moritz Glier (1834–1896) from Saxony (Klingenthal in the Vogtland region), who emigrated to the Russia and married Józefa (Josephine) Korczak (1849–1935), the daughter of his master, from Warsaw. His original name, as given in his baptism certificate, was Reinhold Ernest Glier. About 1900, he changed the spelling and pronunciation of his surname to Glière, which gave rise to the legend, stated by Leonid Sabaneyev for the first time (1927), of his French or Belgian descent. He entered the Kiev school of music in 1891, where he was taught violin by Otakar Ševčík, among others. In 1894, Glière entered the Moscow Conservatory where he studied with Sergei Taneyev (counterpoint), Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov (composition), and Jan Hřímalý (violin; he dedicated his Octet for Strings, Op. 5, to Hřímalý), Anton Arensky and Georgi Conus (both harmony). He gr

Reinhold Heil

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Reinhold Heil (born 18 May 1954) is a German musician, producer, and film and television composer. He initially achieved success in Germany as a member of the post-punk and Neue Deutsche Welle groups Nina Hagen Band, Spliff and Nena, and later as a music producer. As a film composer, he is known for his collaborations with director Tom Tykwer, on films such as Run Lola Run (1998), Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006), The International (2009), and Cloud Atlas (2012). His television credits include the series Deadwood (2004–06). He often works with Australian composer Johnny Klimek. Early life Heil was born in Schlüchtern, in the state of Hesse, West Germany. He grew up twenty meters from Schlüchtern’s 10th century monastery, where he was introduced to classical music. Heil learned to play church organ at a young age and in adolescence began training to become a pianist. In his teenage years, Heil’s father, who owned the town’s only record and hi-fi store, put Heil in charge of selecting all the records sold in his store, inadvertently giving Heil access to the most influential pop music of the times. Heil eagerly immersed himself in rock, soul, jazz, and electronic music. After

Reinmar von Hagenau

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Reinmar von Hagenau (also Reinmar der Alte, Reinmar the Elder) was a German Minnesänger of the late twelfth century who composed and performed love-songs in Middle High German. He was regarded by his contemporaries as the greatest Minnesänger before Walther von der Vogelweide, a view widely shared by modern scholars. Although there are uncertainties as to which songs can be reliably attributed to him, a substantial body of his work — over 60 songs — survives. His presentation of courtly love as the unrequited love of a knight for a lady is “the essence of classical Minesang”. Life Nothing is known of Reinmar’s life except what can be deduced from the manuscript evidence of songs recorded under his name and from remarks by contemporaries. In the Minnesang manuscripts he is referred to simply by his forename, Her Reinmar (also Reimar, Reymar). In the Manesse Codex he is Her Reinmar der Alte, which serves to distinguish him from later singers such as Reinmar von Brennenberg, Reinmar der Fiedler or Reinmar von Zweter. The title Her (“sir”) indicates a man of knightly status, but the nature and scope of the surviving œvre indicate a professional singer reliant on patronage. Unlike Walth

Rekesh Chauhan

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Rekesh Chauhan BEM is a British Indian pianist and music composer. Education Chauhan studied Economics at the University of Leicester. Career Chauhan combines eastern and western musical styles. He has performed at both the Royal Albert Hall and Birmingham Symphony Hall and collaborated with Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Talvin Singh and Soumik Datta. Chauhan has released two studio albums. His debut classical album Beyond Roots was featured by BBC Radio. Honours, awards and recognition Chauhan was awarded the British Empire Medal (BEM) in the 2023 Birthday Honours for services to music, charity and mental health in the British Asian community, particularly during Covid-19. *Alumnus of the Year 2019 Award by Leicester University *Young Musician of the Year 2018 at the National Indian Art Awards held at Queen Elizabeth Hall References

Relly Raffman

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Relly Raffman (1921–1988) was a composer and professor of music at Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts. Early biography Raffman was born in New Bedford, Massachusetts, September 4, 1921. He entered Dartmouth College in 1939, by which time he had been performing as a jazz pianist for several years. At Dartmouth, he was pianist, arranger, leader, singer, and saxophonist of the Barbary Coast Orchestra. His Dartmouth education was interrupted by four years in the U.S. Navy in World War II, during which he had a distinguished career as a carrier pilot, flying more than 75 missions and receiving the Distinguished Flying Cross and three Air Medals. Jazz performance After receiving his Dartmouth B.A. in 1947, he formed the Relly Raffman Trio and was active in the lively jazz scene of the southeastern Massachusetts area. His jazz activities expanded to New York City while he was at Columbia University earning his Master’s Degree. Compositional study When, in 1950, Raffman arrived at Indiana University to begin work on a Ph.D. in theory and composition with Bernard Heiden, he was doing a complete flip-flop, as he later described it, from jazz to “serious” music. However, it was a fl

Remo Anzovino

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Remo Anzovino (born 12 February 1976) is an Italian composer, musician and criminal lawyer. In the early years of his artistic activity, he composed music for theater and sound design; he later found its way into a personal relationship between silent cinema and music: by inverting the relationship between images and sounds, in his concerts he offers songs with the accompaniment of silent film sequences that serve as a sort of visual soundtrack. A strong visual element, the fusion of languages used, and the immediacy of the melodies are all peculiarities of his compositions. Biography Anzovino was introduced to music at the age of 10, and he soon developed a natural aptitude for writing. In eighth grade he founded The Left Hand Band together with his school friends. The singer of the group was his brother Marco, three-years younger, who became a popular songwriter (“Radio1 Premio Recanati” plaque, 2001) and rhythm guitarist whom he shares each subsequent experience with. He recorded with the band in 1994 an album called Malìa (on cassette), nowhere to be found today. In 1994, while he was still in high school, Anzovino was hired for his first stage music for a theater show from Fab

Renate Birnstein

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Renate Maria Birnstein (born 17 November 1946) is a German composer, violinist and pianist. She was born in Hamburg, and studied at the Hochschule fur Musik with Diether de la Motte and György Ligeti, receiving her diploma in composition and piano in 1973. After completing her studies, Birnstein took a position teaching at the Hochschule fur Musik in Hamburg. Birnstein won the 1983 Prix de Rome. Her music has been performed internationally. Her work is completely committed to the ideals of the new music. She prefers small forms in which the musical material is freely processed according to a strict concept. Biography Renate Birnstein was born in Hamburg in 1946. She received her first violin lessons at the age of seven and began composing. Later, she switched to the viola and, at thirteen, despite her family’s initial incomprehension, also began piano lessons. Support was primarily provided for her through creative opportunities, such as those offered by a Waldorf school. As a violist, she was able to participate in numerous ensembles and school orchestras. After a period of writing, she devoted herself entirely to composition from the age of seventeen, becoming particularly intere

Renato de Grandis

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Renato de Grandis (24 October 1927 – 2 December 2008) was an Italian composer, musicologist, writer and Theosophist. Biography Renato de Grandis was born in 1927 in Venice. He studied piano, conducting, composition, and musicology in Conservatorio di Musica Benedetto Marcello di Venezia. Among his teachers were famous musicians Gian Francesco Malipiero and Bruno Maderna. Music In 1945, Renato, being an eighteen-year-old student, won the first prize in a composition competition organized by the Italian radio, and in 1953, he had the first national award of Italy for composition. In 1959, he settled in Darmstadt, where he lived for about twenty years, then lived in Brussels. He wrote 2 operas, 4 symphonies, 12 sonatas for piano, and other works. De Grandis was an outstanding but atypical figure in the context of avant-garde music of the late 20th century. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung called him an “avant-garde outsider,” while the music encyclopedia MGG (1st edition) wrote that “he pointed the way in European musical theatre for decades.” He was considered one of the most significant European avant-garde composers. His music was being performed in Darmstadt, Dortmund, Cologne, Kiel

Renato Dionisi (composer)

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Renato Dionisi (2 January 1910 in Rovinj – 24 August 2000 in Verona) was an Italian composer and music educator. Biography Renato Dionisi was born in Rovinj in Istria, but soon moved to Borgo Sacco, Rovereto where he spent his childhood and early youth. He studied music composition at the music schools in Bolzano and Rovereto, graduating in 1936. From 1940 he taught music history, choral music, harmony and counterpoint at several schools including the Bolzano Conservatory, Milan Conservatory and the Conservatory “Luigi Cherubini” in Florence. Selected works :: Dionisi’s scores are largely published by Casa Ricordi, Edizioni Suvini Zerboni, Edizioni Musicali G. Zanibon and Edizioni Bèrben. ;Orchestral * Aldebaran for flute, oboe, trumpet, harp, string orchestra and percussion (1981) * Luctus in ludis for narrator and chamber orchestra (1971) * Sonatina per orchestra e pianoforte a quattro mani (1982) ;Concertante * Tre movimenti (3 Movements) for viola and string orchestra (1966) * Concerto for 2 pianos and string orchestra (1968) * Musica for timpani and chamber orchestra ;Chamber music * Quartetto a fiati (Wind Quartet) for flute, oboe, clarinet and bassoon (1958) * Divertimento p

Renato Serio

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Renato Serio (5 October 1946 – 4 November 2024) was an Italian composer, conductor, and arranger. Life and career Born in Lucca, Serio studied piano, conducting, composition and electronic music. He started his career in the 1960s collaborating with artists such as Shirley Bassey and Nini Rosso. He was the impresario of the Polish singer Anna German. On 27 August 1967 in Italy, on the road between Forlì and Milan, Serio fell asleep at the wheel. They got into a serious car accident. At high speed the car impresario of the singer crashed into a concrete fence. Anna was thrown from the car through the windshield. She suffered multiple fractures, internal injuries. After the incident, Anna German did not regain consciousness for a week, and Serio received fractures of the hand and foot. Serio composed the music for several musical comedies by Garinei & Giovannini, References External links * * * Renato Serio at Discogs

Renaud de Vilbac

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Alphonse Zoé Charles Renaud de Vilbac (3 June 1829 – 19 March 1884) was a prolific French organist and composer. Biography Vilbac entered the Conservatoire de Paris at age 13 to study the pipe organ with François Benoist and composition with Fromental Halévy. Two years later, in 1844, he won the second “Prix de Rome” with his cantata Le Renégat de Tanger on a text by Claude-Emmanuel de Pastoret. Returning to Paris after his stay at the Villa Medici in Rome, Vilbac became the holder of the great organ Merklin-Schütz of the église Saint-Eugène-Sainte-Cécile in 1855. Works Lyrical works *1857: Au clair de lune, operetta on a libretto by Antoine de Léris, at the Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens. *1858: Don Almanzor, opéra bouffe on a libretto by Eugène Labat and Louis Ulbach, at the Théâtre Lyrique. Music for piano * Menuet Louis XV, Op. 31 * Ophélia, nocturne * Petite fantaisie sur la mélodie de Tissot * Lili-Polka * Petite poupée chérie, waltz * Caresses enfantines, mazurka * Echo du désert, rêverie arabe * Sonnez clairons, military march * Caprice Styrien * Fior di speranza, romance sans paroles * École complète et progressive du piano, in 7 volumes (Paris: Choudens, c.1871) * Les Arab

Renaud Gagneux

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Renaud Gagneux (; 15 May 1947 – 24 January 2018) was a French composer. Gagneux studied piano with Alfred Cortot and composition with Henri Dutilleux at the École Normale in Paris. In 1966 he went to Cologne to study composition with Karlheinz Stockhausen, then with André Jolivet and Olivier Messiaen at the Conservatoire de Paris, where he won first prize in composition in 1972. In 1972 he joined the Groupe de Recherches Musicales de l’ORTF. His numerous prizes include the Sacem Grand Prix for chamber music (1977), the Prix Georges Enesco (1983), the Prize for New Talent from the SACD (1989), the Composers’ Prize of the Sacem (1990), and the SACEM Grand Prix 1993 for his works overall. His death was announced on 25 January 2018. Compositions (selective list) *Concerto for Double-bass and Orchestra, op. 6 (1981) *Concerto for Tuba, Piano, and Orchestra, op. 9 (1982–83) *Concerto for Viola and Orchestra, op. 51 (1997) *Duo for Violin and Viola (1973) *Requiem (1982) ISWC T-003.042.605.1 *Les échos de la mémoire, op. 13, for orchestra (1985) *String Quartet no. 1, op. 15 (1986) *String Quartet no. 2, op. 16 (1986) *Qamar, op. 20, string quintet and string orchestra (1988) *String Quar

René Alix

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René Alix (14 September 1907 – 30 December 1966) was a French organist, choral conductor and composer. Biography Born in Sotteville-lès-Rouen, René Alix studied music in Rouen with Marcel Lanquetuit, in Paris with Georges Caussade and Albert Bertelin. He was organist at the Saint-Michel church of Le Havre from 1929 to 1939. In 1945 he directed the choirs of the RTF then in 1954 he was appointed director of the École César Franck. The author of a reference musical grammar, he has written piano and organ pieces, masses, one string quartet, melodies, symphonic poems, (Les Revenants, Danses, Confidences) and an oratorio, Les Saintes Heures de Jeanne d’Arc (1954). In 1962, he was awarded the Grand Prix de la Ville de Paris. Alix died in Paris on 30 December 1966 Works Opera * Yolande, opéra comique (1937) Orchestral music * Revenants, ballade symphonique (1945) * Suite brève, for piano and strings (1948) * Concerto pour piano et orchestre, Op. 16 (1949) * Danses et confidences, suite (1950) Choral music * Les Très saintes heures de Jeanne d’Arc, oratorio (1954) * Messe, for soloists, choir and orchestra (1955) * Messe matutinale, for a cappella choir (1958) Chamber music * Sonata for vi

René Aubry

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René Aubry (born 20 December 1956) is a French composer. He is a multi-instrumentalist known for blending classical harmonies with modern instrumentation. Aubry has composed for choreographers such as Carolyn Carlson and Pina Bausch. He has scored for films, including several adaptations of books by Julia Donaldson, and released many of his own albums. Discography *René Aubry (1983) *Chrysalide (1987) *Libre parcours (1988) *Derives (1989) *Steppe (1990) *La révolte des enfants (1991) *Après la pluie (1993) *Killer Kid (1994) *Ne m’oublie pas (1995) *Signes (1997) *Plaisirs d’amour (1998) *Invités sur la terre (2001) *Seuls au monde (2003) *Projection privée (2004) *Mémoires du futur (2006) *Play time (2008) *Refuges (2011) *Forget Me Not (2013) *Days (2014) *Now (2015) *Chaos (2017) * Petits sauts délicats avec grand écart (2018) * Give Me a Chance for Another Dance (2025) * Questions (2026) Soundtracks *The Gruffalo (2009) *The Gruffalo’s Child (2011) *Room on the Broom (2012) *Chic! (2015) *Stick Man (2015) *The Highway Rat (2017) *Zog (2018) *The Bears’ Famous Invasion of Sicily (2019) * The Snail and the Whale (2019) *Zog and the Flying Doctors (2020) *Superworm (2021) *The Sm

René Challan

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René Louis Jean Challan (12 December 1910 – 4 August 1978) was a French classical composer, impresario and art director for French record labels. René Challan was composer Henri Challan’s twin brother and harpist Annie Challan’s father. Career Born in Asnières (Hauts-de-Seine), the son of Émile Challan, Challan studied at the Conservatoire de Paris with Jean and Noël Gallon, as well as Henri Büsser. He won second prize at the Prix de Rome in 1935. The following year, he won the First Grand Prix de Rome for his cantata, Le Château endormi and joined the Villa Medici. In 1937, he married the eldest daughter of the prefect before returning to Paris at the end of the summer of 1939. From 1945 to 1975, he was artistic director of Pathé-Marconi and ensured the career of the record company’s classical artists. He also managed the rights and recordings of the great international composers in Pathé-Marconi’s catalogue. Challan was made a chevalier de la Légion d’honneur in 1952. In addition to his numerous compositions of cantata, mélodies, symphonies, concertos and opéra bouffe, Challan made great recordings such as noëls variés by different authors with the Concerts Colonne which he condu

René Clemencic

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René Clemencic (27 February 1928 – 8 March 2022) was an Austrian composer, conductor, harpsichordist, clavichordist and recorder player. Biography Born in Vienna, Austria, Clemencic was educated at the Vienna University and studied further in France, the Netherlands and West Germany. He was director of the Capella Musica Antiqua and of the Drama Musicum in Vienna. In 1958 he founded Musica Antiqua (known after 1959 as Ensemble Musica Antiqua) to perform early music on period instruments. Later, in 1968, he founded the Clemencic Consort. Clemencic died on 8 March 2022, at the age of 94. Compositions * Meraviglia 1969 * Molière Film music for the film by Ariane Mnouchkine (1978) * Missa Mundi mass in Latin, for five voices and orchestra (1981) * Unus Mundus (1986) * Drachenkampf ballet (1987) * Kabbala Oratorio in Hebrew (1992) * Der Berg chamber opera (1993) * Apokalypsis Oratorio on the Greek text of the Revelation of John (1996) * Stabat Mater - (2001) * Monduntergang - Operelle for sirene Operntheater (2007) * Nachts unter der steinernen Brücke - chamber opera for sirene Operntheater (2009) * Harun und Dschafar - chamber opera for sirene Operntheater (2011) * Gilgamesch - Oratori

René de Boisdeffre

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René de Boisdeffre (3 April 1838 – 25 November 1906) was a French composer. He is the author of some 60 pieces of chamber music as well as a few pieces for piano and vocal music. General de Boisdeffre was his cousin. Biographical sketch Boisdeffre was born in Vesoul, Département Haute Saône, into a family of military traditions and moved with his family to Paris in 1843. His musical education began with Charles Wagner (himself a pupil of P. J. G. Zimmermann) and was continued with Auguste Barbereau. Quite conservative in his style, Boisdeffre owed much to Gounod and Massenet in his vocal music, while his instrumental scores were influenced by Lalo and Saint-Saëns. In May 1883, Boisdeffre was awarded the Prix Chartier for his chamber music. He died in Vézelise, Département Lorraine, aged 68. Works Instrumental music * Premier recueil de trois romances sans paroles for piano, Op. 1 * Deuxième recueil de trois romances sans paroles for piano, Op. 2 * Sérénade for violin, organ and piano, Op. 5 * Mélodie in A major for viola and piano, Op. 6 * Deux Pièces for piano, Op. 7 * Scherzo-sérénade for two pianos, Op. 9 * Piano Trio No. 1 in B-flat major, Op. 10 * Piano Quintet in D minor, Op.

René Drouart de Bousset

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René Drouard de Bousset (; 12 December 1703 – 19 May 1760) was a French Baroque composer and organist. He was born in Paris on 12 December 1703. He was the son of Jean-Baptiste Drouard de Bousset (d. 1725), minor nobility and maître de musique of the chapelle of the Louvre. René was a pupil of Nicolas Bernier. In February 1739 Bousset was appointed organist at the parish church of St André-des-Arts, Paris, then simultaneously co-organist with Armand-Louis Couperin at Notre Dame de Paris and the church of Saint Merry from 1755 to 1760. He was a Jansenist and noted for a series of publications of cantatas on biblical subjects. Bousset died on 19 May 1760. Works The catalogue of Bousset’s works can be found on the Philidor Portal. Available recordings are listed. Airs sérieux et à boire Concertos en trio Cantates spirituelles Odes de Mr Rousseau Lost Works Drouard de Bousset also composed an opera in 1729 L’Amour guéri par l’amour; 3 Grand Motets: Exaudiat te, Magnificat & Venite exultemus; 20 Petits Motets and a Book of Harpsichord Pieces published in 1754. Publications * Ie. RECUEIL D’AIRS NOUVEAUX SERIEUX ET À BOIRE Dedié au Public COMPOSÉS PAR Mr. DE BOUSSET Maistre de Musique du

René Dupéré

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René Dupéré (born 1946) is a Canadian composer from Mont-Joli, Québec, Canada. Biography Dupéré is best known as the composer and arranger of music for contemporary circus productions by the Canadian entertainment company Cirque du Soleil. Among the Cirque du Soleil stage shows he has scored are: Le Grand Tour du Cirque du Soleil (1984), La Magie Continue (1986), Le Cirque Réinventé (1987), Nouvelle Expérience (1990), Saltimbanco (1992), Mystère (1993), Alegría (1994), Kà (2004), and Zed (2009). According to press releases from Cirque du Soleil, “René Dupéré played a key role in shaping the artistic universe of Cirque du Soleil during its first ten years.” Dupéré’s album of music from Cirque du Soleil’s Alegría was nominated for a Grammy Award in 1995 and spent 65 weeks on Billboard’s World Music Chart. The albums Mystère and Kà also spent several weeks at the top of the Billboard charts. As of 2009, Dupéré has sold over 3 million CDs. His work outside of Cirque du Soleil has included writing music for various TV and film productions (see Filmography below). In 1997, he wrote part of the music for the ceremony marking the handover of Hong Kong to China. He also composed the soundtr

René Gagnier

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René Gagnier (30 May 1892 – 25 May 1951) was a Canadian conductor, composer, euphonium player, violinist, and music educator. His compositional output includes several marches, waltzes, works for solo violin, and some chamber and symphonic music, all of which remains unpublished. Life and career Born in Montreal, Quebec, Gagnier was the son of clarinetist Joseph Gagnier and received his earliest musical training from him. His later teachers included violinists Saul Brant, Albert Chamberland, and Alfred De Sève. He had 26 siblings, many of whom also became professional musicians of note, including Armand Gagnier, Ernest Gagnier, Guillaume Gagnier, J.-J. Gagnier, Lucien Gagnier, and Réal Gagnier. A number of his nieces and nephews also became notable musicians, including Claire Gagnier, Ève Gagnier, Gérald Gagnier, and Roland Gagnier. From 1918 to 1929, Gagnier served as the assistant conductor of Loew’s Theatre in Montreal. He was also active as a violinist in a number of orchestras during the 1910s through the 1930s, including the Montreal Orchestra, the Little Symphony of Montreal, the CSM Orchestra, and a number of theatre orchestras. In 1936-1937 he was the second violinist in t

René Guillou

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René-Alfred-Octave Guillou (8 October 1903 in Rennes – 14 December 1958 in Paris) was a French composer and pianist. Hailed as a prodigy aged 7, in an article in Musical America from 1912, Guillou is described as a virtuoso pianist and composer of piano works, quartets and a high mass. He was described as ’the heir of Mozart’. After several years at the conservatory of his native city, Guillou studied at the Conservatoire de Paris with Marcel Samuel-Rousseau, Charles-Marie Widor and Henri Busser. In his third participation in the competition for the Prix de Rome, he won the Premier Grand Prix in 1926 with the cantata L’Autre mère. Besides, since 1920, Guillou was the successor of Jacques de La Presle, organist at the great organ of the Church of Notre-Dame, Versailles, restored by Merklin. In 1923 he played the organ part here in a performance of the oratorio Marie-Madeleine by Jules Massenet. In 1926 he handed over the post to Madeleine Heurtel, a niece of Léon Boëllmann and daughter of the director of the École Niedermeyer, in order to begin his stay in the Villa Medici in Rome, associated with the Prix de Rome. During his stay in Rome until 1930, Guillou composed his Habenera fo

René Herbin

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René Herbin (1911 – 1 September 1953) was a French composer and pianist. He was killed in the Mount Cimet air disaster in the French Alps. Life Born in Vitry-le-François, Herbin entered the Conservatoire de Paris at the age of 14. There he studied piano with Isidore Philipp and composition with Noël Gallon and Henri Busser. He won two First Prizes. At 26, he accompanied the cellist Maurice Maréchal on a tour of the Middle East. After the Second World War broke out, Herbin was mobilized in 1939. He was taken prisoner in Germany where he remained in captivity for nearly five years in several forced labour camps. Interned in very precarious conditions, he nevertheless managed to write many works: a Sonata for violin and piano, Deïrdre des Douleurs for chamber orchestra, Sonata for piano, Album d’images, Preludes baroques, for piano. Returning to Paris in 1945, he resumed his activities as a pianist and composer, and premiered his first piano quartet in 1949 with the Trio Pasquier. In the early 1950s, he received commissions for work from the State and Radio . It was on this occasion that he composed Trois Songes pour orchestre (1951) and the Concerto pour piano (1952) whose posthumous

René Koering

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René Koering (born 27 May 1940) is a French composer, film producer and theater director. He is particularly known for his involvement in the creation of the Festival de Radio France et Montpellier in 1985. Life Born in Andlau (Bas-Rhin), he participated to the establishment of the Festival de Radio France et Montpellier in 1985. He is the father of the French actress and director . Awards * 1967: Prize of the Bleustein-Blanchet Foundation. * 1967: Grand prix of the Fondation Maeght. * Chevalier de l’Ordre national du Mérite. References External links * René Koenig on France Musique * René Koenig on CDMC * René Koenig on Actes Sud * René Koering, les ondes de la Maison ronde le font toujours vibrer on Midi Libre * René Koering on INA * René Koering met en scène La Flûte enchantée à l’Opéra de Toulon on Opera online

René Leibowitz

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René Leibowitz (; ; 17 February 1913 – 29 August 1972) was a Polish and French composer, conductor, music theorist and teacher. He was historically significant in promoting the music of the Second Viennese School in Paris after the Second World War, and teaching a new generation of serialist composers. Leibowitz remained firmly committed to the musical aesthetic of Arnold Schoenberg, and was to some extent sidelined among the French avant-garde in the 1950s, when, under the influence of Leibowitz’s former student, Pierre Boulez and others, the music of Schoenberg’s pupil Anton Webern was adopted as the orthodox model by younger composers. Although his compositional ideas remained strictly serialist, as a conductor Leibowitz had broad sympathies, performing works by composers as diverse as Gluck, Beethoven, Brahms, Offenbach and Ravel, and his repertory extended to include pieces by Gershwin, Puccini, Sullivan and Johann Strauss. Life and career Early years The facts about Leibowitz’s early years are problematical, complicated by his practice of reinventing his history, but it is known that he was born in Warsaw. According to his pupil and translator, Jan Maguire, who wrote two stud

René Maillard

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René Maillard (8 April 1931 – 4 December 2012) was a French composer. Life Born in Bois-Colombes, Maillard had his first violin lessons during the Second World War with Charles Maillier, who was a violin teacher in Limoges. He was then a student of Arthur Hoérée and at the Conservatory of Versailles with Aimé Steck before he entered the Conservatoire de Paris where he won first prizes for harmony, counterpoint and fugue in the classes of Marcel Samuel-Rousseau and Noël Gallon. A student of Tony Aubin for musical composition, he was awarded a Second Grand Prix de Rome for his cantata Le rire de Gargantua by Randal Lemoine (after Rabelais) in 1955 during his first competition. The piece, performed by the Orchestra of the Opéra Comique with singers René Bianco, Louis Rialland and Jacqueline Cauchard conducted by Jean Fournet, earned him the Second Grand Prix. He was then hired by EMI in 1957 as assistant to the “classical” artistic director René Challan, a position he held until 1960. In particular, he was responsible for recordings by artists such as Samson François, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Paul Tortelier, Aldo Ciccolini. Despite a favourable reception for his first compositions, the dis

René Mercier

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René Mercier (end of the 19th century – 1 January 1973) was a 20th-century French composer and conductor. Biography Little is known about the life of René Mercier. Even his birth date is unknown. Composer of second rank, he is best known as a conductor. He never got very big personal success, apart from a few songs: : Elle s’était fait couper les cheveux, in reference to the flappers of the 1920s. His patriotic song , written during the war (1916) remains one of his great success, due to the circumstances. His operetta composer’s career is uneven. J’te veux stayed 260 days in theaters. His biggest theatrical success is Déshabillez-vous (168 représentations). The following year, Bégonia was also successful, thanks to the presence of Dranem. He participated as a composer in several films of the 30s. After World War II, he was conductor in various music halls, including the ABC from 1948 to 1955. At the Théâtre des Capucines, he composed the 1945 review with Raoul Moretti. He directed the presentations of La Quincaillère de Chicago by Louiguy in 1948, and by Francis Lopez in 1953 (1500 presentations). Main works ;Vocal music * 1922 : Les Fifilles de Loth * 1923 : Benjamin * 1923 : J’t

René Staar

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René Staar (born 30 May 1951) is an Austrian composer, violinist and conductor. Life Born in Graz, Staar composed his first pieces as a child. He attended the Östermalms Musikskole Stockholm in 1962-1963 and studied music theory with Walter Wasservogel. This was followed by violin studies with Franz Samohyl and, from 1965, studies in harmony and counterpoint at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. In 1968, Staar completed guest studies at the Sibelius Academy with Anja Ignatius (violin) and Izumi Tateno (piano). In Helsinki he also made his debut as a violinist and pianist. In Vienna he continued his training with Alfred Uhl (composition), Erich Urbanner (twelve-tone music) and Francesco Valdambrini (Neue Musik) and began conducting studies with Hans Swarowsky and Karl Österreicher in 1972. From 1977, he took master classes with Nathan Milstein in Zurich and completed postgraduate studies with Roman Haubenstock-Ramati in 1981, receiving further impulses from Leonard Bernstein. From 1974, Staar was assistant to his teacher Franz Samohyl. In 1979, he founded the Trio des Trois Mondes, which existed until 1981. As a violinist he performed with the Vienna Symphony Orches

Rene Van Verseveld

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Rene Van Verseveld (born 29 June 1959) is a Dutch musician, songwriter, recording engineer, composer and record producer. He lives in Santa Clarita and works in his own studio, Future Sound Studios, in Hollywood, California. Early years Rene Van Verseveld, son of Dutch jazz musician Cees Van Verseveld, began playing music at age 9. A classically trained bassist, he toured the world playing on cruise ships before collaborating with King MC in Amsterdam on the 1986 European hit “What Have I Done for You Lately”. Top 40 European hits between 1986 and 1992 Rene Van Verseveld established himself as a European dance record producer working with such artists as Candy Dulfer and 2 Unlimited, charting in the Dutch, French, Scandinavian, German and British Top 40 Dance and Pop Charts 9 times between the years of 1986 and 1992 with the songs: * Gerard Joling - “Can’t Take My Eyes Off Of You” * Tatjana Simic ft. Wendy Alane Wright - “Feel Good” * Def La Desh ft. Wendy Alane Wright - “Feel The Rhythm” * Zype - “Used To Be Your Lover” * Room 4 2 - “Over You” * Room 4 2 - “Baby He’s Mine” * Miker G - “Show’m The Bass” * T-Minus 5 - “Unforgiven” ft. Wendy Alane Wright * King MC - “What Have I Done

René Villa

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José René Villafuerte Flores (born 26 January 1997), known as René Villa, is a Costa Rican singer-songwriter, model and actor, based in Ireland. Biography René Villa was born on 26 January 1997 in Nicoya. As a child, Villa was heavily into Carlos Rivera, Luis Fonsi, Christina Aguilera and Mariah Carey. Especially Carey influenced his music style, to bring different types of music together. Throughout his career, René has worked with Costa Rican musician and producer Alan Shepard, as well as Nelss, Carlox, among countless others. As a solo artist, he has released two albums and EPs that defy category, traversing intimate singer songwriter, pop, Latin pop, pop rock, electronic and dance. René submitted the first songs he ever wrote, and found himself making his debut with “Dónde Estás”, under the name of Shory Flores. Before changing his artist name, the songs were released by his old names, including “Juntos (Al Amanecer)” and “Te Quiero (Pa’ Mi)”. During 2020, Villa participated on Shepard’s album The Right Time, which is the featuring in ”A Tu Lado" under the pseudo name of “Jay Flores”. In 2021, the album Rawr was released in the U.K., which contains nine songs, including “It’s Y

René Wohlhauser

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René Wohlhauser (born 24 March 1954) is a Swiss composer, pianist, singer, improviser, conductor and music teacher. Life Wohlhauser was born in Zurich. From 1975 to 1979 he studied counterpoint, harmony, music analysis, score reading, orchestration and composition with Thomas Kessler, Robert Suter, Jacques Wildberger and Jürg Wyttenbach at the Basle Music Academy, earning a diploma in music theory. He went on to study composition with Kazimierz Serocki, Mauricio Kagel, Herbert Brün and Heinz Holliger, and for several years studied with Klaus Huber and Brian Ferneyhough. The latter had a decisive influence on Wohlhauser’s work. Wohlhauser currently teaches composition, improvisation and music theory at the Basle Music Academy. As a performer of contemporary music, he is heard all over Europe, recently mostly with his ensemble «Ensemble Polysono», as well as with soprano Christine Simolka. Wohlhauser has published several writings on music. Music Wohlhauser’s prolific output covers many musical genres. His compositions include solo, chamber, orchestral, organ and stage works. In his early works, Wohlhauser also made use of electro-acoustic techniques. In his works, extra-musical impu

Rentarō Taki

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was a Japanese pianist and composer of the Meiji era. Taki was born in Tokyo, but moved to many places during his childhood owing to his father’s job. He went to Tokyo Music School (now known as Tokyo University of the Arts) and was taught by Nobu Koda, graduating in 1901. One of his famous pieces is “Kōjō no Tsuki” (Moon Over the Ruined Castle), which was included in the songbook for junior high school students, along with the “Hakone-Hachiri” (箱根八里). “Hana” (花, “Flower”) is also a well-known song. In the same year, Taki went to the Leipzig Conservatory in Germany for further studies, but fell seriously ill with pulmonary tuberculosis and therefore returned to Japan. He lived quietly in the country afterwards, but soon died at the age of 23. His posthumous work is a solo piano piece called “Urami” (憾, “Regret”), which he wrote four months before he died. Recordings *“Kōjō no Tsuki” performed by Jean-Pierre Rampal and Ensemble Lunaire, Japanese Folk Melodies. transcribed by Akio Yashiro, CBS Records, 1978. *“Kōjō no Tsuki” performed by New Kyoto Ensemble, Distant Winds: The Music of Japan. Intersound, 1992. (no composers are credited on this album) References External links * – Koj

Renzo Rossellini (composer)

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Renzo Rossellini (2 February 1908 – 13 May 1982) was an Italian composer, music critic, and music educator. A prolific composer who wrote a wide range of music, Renzo Rossellini was born in Rome on 2 February 1908. After graduating from the conservatory he worked as a music critic for Il Messaggero 4 ballets, 10 operas, 2 oratorios, cantatas, symphonies, chamber music, and vocal music. His first published composition was the art song “Le cennamelle” (1927). He wrote the music to several of his brother’s films, including Rome, Open City (1945) and Paisan (1946). In 1934 Rossellini married pianist Lina Pugnani. Their son was the producer Franco Rossellini (1935-1992). His marriage to Lina ended in divorce, and in the 1950s he married his second wife, Anita Limongelli. From 1972-1976 he was artistic director of the Opéra de Monte-Carlo. He died in Monte Carlo on May 13, 1982. Partial list of works Ballets *La danza di Dassine (1934) *Racconto d’inverno (1947) *Canti del Golfo di Napoli (1954) *Poemetti pagani (1960) Operas *La Guerra (1956) *Il vortice (1958) *La piovra (1958) *Le campane (1959, television opera) *Uno sguardo dal ponte (1961) *Il linguaggio dei fiori (1963) *La leggen

Reuben Pace

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Reuben Pace (born in 1974) is a Maltese composer. Life Reuben Pace was educated at University of Malta as well as Bangor University, where he received his PhD in 2012. One of his teachers was Charles Camilleri. During his studies he began working with the technique of morphing and out of that developed his individual style of composing. Pace’s works are interpreted by internationally famous orchestras and ensembles. On 26 January 2017 his Concertino for guitar, harpsichord and orchestra was premiered at Manoel Theatre under the slogan Inspired by Baroque with the Malta Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Michelle Castelletti as well as the soloists Johanna Beisteiner (guitar) and Joanne Camilleri (harpsichord). This was the first world premiere in the history of the Valletta International Baroque Festival. In 2015 Pace’s music was presented at the festival Mdina Biennale. Some of his compositions were also played by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and Duke Quartet. Reuben Pace produced and wrote the music for Blat: The Island Fortress, the first opera film in Maltese history (released in 2022). List of works (incomplete) * 2010: Missa Brevis for Solo soprano, solo ten

Revol Bunin

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Revol Samuilovich Bunin (; 6 April 1924, in Moscow – 4 July 1976, in Moscow) was a Soviet composer. Early life and education Bunin’s father, Samuil Markovich, was a bolshevik, a member of the Communist Party from before the 1917 revolution and worked as a professor of social economics at one of the Moscow Institutes. Bunin was named “Revol” after the October Revolution. Volik (as he was known) was six when he started to write music and he started by writing scores. In the 1930s in Soviet Union score paper was hard to find, so young Bunin would draw lines on plain paper for his compositions. He wrote marches, waltzes, minuets, and polkas. Bunin’s mother was always very ill, and died when he was 14, leaving his upbringing entirely in the hands of his father. When Bunin’s mother was dying, she asked him to play the piano for her. He played Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, and Mussorgsky through the night. Next morning he had his first attack of asthma, a disease that would in the end kill him. In 1938 Revol started his composition studies at the Music School of the Moscow Conservatory under Ilya Litinsky. During his third year of studies he was admitted to the Conservatory and continued under

Rexho Mulliqi

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Redžo Mulić (, ; 18 March 1923 – 10 February 1982 ) was a Yugoslavian composer from Montenegro and husband of singer Nexhmije Pagarusha. as well as of the music on the Era dhe Lisi, a 1979 movie. His opus became well-known and was performed throughout the former Yugoslavia. He received numerous awards and state decorations. References

Rexxie

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Ezeh Chisom Faith (born 10 November 1994), professionally known as Rexxie, is a Nigerian record producer, DJ, and songwriter. He is popular for creating the Zanku sound, and producing Naira Marley’s Soapy, Tesumole and the song KPK with MohBad. Early life and education Rexxie was born on 10 November, 1994 in Lagos State, south-western region of Nigeria. Rexxie played the keyboard at his father’s church as a child. His father was a pastor. He had his basic education in Abuja and Lagos where he was raised, he attended Yaba College of Technology and graduated from the Tai Solarin University of Education. Career Rexxie’s career breakout came when he produced “Able God” in 2018 for Chinko Ekun featuring, Zlatan Ibile and Lil Kesh. He also produced “Zanku” for Zlatan Ibile the following year. Rexxie produced songs like Comma and Bebo on the Grammy-winning album Twice As Tall by Burna Boy. Rexxie has produced Nigerian music for the likes of Zlatan, Naira Marley, Davido, and Burna Boy. Rexxie released studio album A True Champion on June 28, 2021, which featured artists like Zlatan Ibile, Davido, Naira Marley, Zinoleesky, MohBad, Sarkodie, Peruzzi. Production discography Singles produced S

Reynaldo Hahn

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Reynaldo Hahn de Echenagucia (9 August 1874 – 28 January 1947) was a French composer, conductor, music critic, and singer. He is best known for his songs – mélodies – of which he wrote more than 100. Hahn was born in Caracas but his family moved to Paris when he was a child, and he lived most of his life there. Following the success of his song “Si mes vers avaient des ailes” (If my verses had wings), written when he was aged 14, he became a prominent member of fin de siècle French society. Among his closest friends were Sarah Bernhardt and Marcel Proust. After the First World War, in which he served in the army, Hahn adapted to new musical and theatrical trends and enjoyed successes with his first opérette, Ciboulette (1923) and a collaboration with Sacha Guitry, the musical comedy Mozart (1926). During the Second World War Hahn, who was of Jewish descent, took refuge in Monaco, returning to Paris in 1945 where he was appointed director of the Opéra. He died in Paris in 1947, aged 72. Hahn was a prolific composer. His vocal works include secular and sacred pieces, lyric scenes, cantatas, oratorios, operas, comic operas, and operettas. Orchestral works include concertos ballets, to

Rez Abbasi

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Rez Abbasi (born August 27, 1965) is a Pakistan-born American jazz guitarist, composer, and record producer based in New York City. Biography Abbasi was born in Karachi, Pakistan. When he was four, his family moved to Los Angeles, and at eleven he started learning guitar. He spent his early teens playing in rock bands. Inspired at a concert featuring vocalist Ella Fitzgerald and guitarist Joe Pass, he began to pursue jazz and classical music. Abbasi studied guitar at the University of Southern California and at the Manhattan School of Music. He traveled to India to study under master tabla player Ustad Alla Rakha, to develop an east–west fusion style. However, as he told Guitar Player magazine, “I’ve never studied the sitar or the sarod because to really learn to play either of them I would have had to give up everything else. So, I learned some of the techniques on what you might call a jazz street level. … I have been influenced by rock and roll and jazz and other music since I was a kid.” He has been a member of the Indo-Pak Coalition and Dakshani, two groups led by saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa, and has played and arranged for his wife and singer Kiran Ahluwalia. He has als

Reza Vali

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Reza Vali () is an Iranian musician and composer. Life and education Vali was born in Qazvin in 1952 and studied at the Tehran Conservatory. where he received his PhD in composition and music theory. the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble, the Kronos Quartet, the Seattle Chamber Players, and the Da Capo Chamber Players. Works Folk Songs series *Folk Songs Set No. 1, for soprano and piano (1979) *Folk Songs Set No. 2, for soprano and piano (1981) *Folk Songs Set No. 5, for soprano, choir, harp, piano and percussion (1984) *Folk Songs Set No. 7, for voice and chamber orchestra (1986) *Folk Songs Set No. 8, for voice and ensemble (1989) *Folk Songs Set No. 9, for flute and cello (1991) *Folk Songs Set No. 10, for soprano and chamber orchestra (1993) *Folk Songs Set No. 11A, for four cellos (1995) *Folk Songs Set No. 11B, for string quartet (1995) *Folk Songs Set No. 12, for soprano, string quartet and piano (1996) *Folk Songs Set No. 13, for four cellos (1996) *Folk Songs Set No. 14, for soprano and chamber orchestra (1998) *Folk Songs Set No. 15, for flute, clarinet, percussion, violin and cello (1999) *Folk Songs Set No. 16 The Being of Love, for soprano and orchestra (2005) *Folk Songs

Rezo Lagidze

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Revaz Ilias dze Lagidze (; July 10, 1921 – October 16, 1981), known professionally as Rezo Lagidze, was a 20th-century Georgian composer. Recognized as the People’s Artist of the Georgian SSR (1961) and a laureate of the USSR State Prize, he wrote a variety of compositions ranging from opera to symphonic works and film scores. Lagidze’s notable compositions include his 1973 opera “Lela” and the “Song about Tbilisi”, which remains popular in Georgia and Russia to this day. Biography Lagidze was born on July 10, 1921, in the Imereti region of Georgia, which had been occupied by Bolshevik Russia a few months prior. In 1939, he graduated from the 4th Tbilisi Music School, where he studied violin. Throughout the 1940s, he played violin at the Georgian State Symphony Orchestra and then radio. In 1948, Lagidze graduated from the Tbilisi Conservatory, where he studied composition under Andria Balanchivadze. Throughout the 1950s and 1960s, Lagidze wrote music for more than 30 films. He authored numerous ballads for Georgian pop singers of his time, such as Lily Gegelia. In 1973, Lagidze completed the opera “Lela”, which touched upon Georgian historical themes and earned him the state prize

Rezső Kókai

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Rezső Kókai (15 January 1906 – 6 March 1962) was a Hungarian composer and musicologist. Life Kókai studied composition with János Koessler and piano with Emánuel Hegyi at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music. In 1933 he received his doctorate in musicology from the University of Freiburg where he wrote the thesis Franz Liszt in seinen frühen Klavierwerken (Franz Liszt in His Early Piano Works). Between 1926 and 1934 he was professor of piano at the National Conservatory, and from 1929 taught composition, aesthetics, music history, and pedagogy at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music. Kókai was director of music for the Hungarian Radio from 1945 to 1948. Kókai was awarded the Ferenc Erkel Prize (Erkel Ferenc-díj) three times in recognition of his work (1952, 1955, 1956). Rezső Kókai composed in a variety of forms including stage works, orchestral compositions, a violin concerto, chamber music, works for piano, as well as film and radio scores. His scores are largely published by Editio Musica Budapest and Zeneműkiadó Vállalat. Selected works ;Stage * István király (King Stephen), Scenic Oratorio in 2 acts, 5 scenes (1941) * A rossz feleség, Táncballada (A Bad Wife), Dance Ballad (1942–1945)

Rezső Seress

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Rezső Seress (Hungarian: Seress Rezső, ; 3 November 1899 – 12 January 1968 ) was a Hungarian pianist and composer. Some sources give his birth name as Rudolf (“Rudi”) Spitzer. Biography Rezső Seress lived most of his life in poverty in Budapest, from where, being Jewish, he was taken to a labor camp by the Nazis during the Second World War. He survived the camp and after employment in the theatre and the circus, where he was a trapeze artist, he concentrated on songwriting and singing after an injury. Seress taught himself to play the piano with only one hand. He composed many songs, including Fizetek főúr (Waiter, bring me the bill), Én úgy szeretek részeg lenni (I love being drunk), and a song for the Hungarian Communist Party to commemorate the chain bridge crossing the river in Budapest, Újra a Lánchídon (Again on the chain bridge). His most famous composition is Szomorú Vasárnap (“Gloomy Sunday”), written in 1933, which gained infamy as it became associated with a spate of suicides. Seress felt a strong loyalty to Hungary, and one reason for his poverty while having a world-famous song was that he never wished to go to the USA to collect his royalties, instead staying as piani