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Teckla Juel

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Teckla Violanta Juel née Suenssen (1834–1904) was a Danish writer and composer. Brought up by a mother interested in literature, like her sisters Alfhilda Mechlenburg and Fanny Suenssen, she contributed articles to women’s magazines and published novels and short stories. Furthermore, using the name Teckla, she published a number of songs for which she had composed the music. Biography Born on 20 May 1834 in Tønning in the south of Jutland, Teckla Violanda Suenssen was the youngest daughter of Captain Johan Fedder Carsten Suenssen (1795–1840) and his wife Margaret née Juel. She was brought up by a mother deeply interested in literature with two sisters who also became writers. In August 1867, she married the schoolteacher at Aalborg Cathedral School Axel Georg Juel (1822–1903) with whom she had two children: Margrethe (1869) and Elise Henriette (1871). After marrying Axel Juel in 1867, she spent the next ten years in Aalborg where her husband was employed. In 1876, the family settled in Copenhagen. Later publications included three novels: Hittebarnet (1870), Zigeunerbarnet (1871), Karen (1874) and the short story collection Paa Skraaplanet (1891). Together with her two sisters, sh

Tecwyn Evans

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Tecwyn Evans (born 15 September 1971) is a New Zealand conductor. He holds a faculty position teaching conducting at the University of Auckland School of Music and in 2018 he was named as Director of Music of Den Jyske Opera (Danish National Opera). Evans has shared the concert platform with soloists including Steven Isserlis, Rebecca Evans, Jonathan Lemalu, Martin Roscoe, Anthony Marwood, So Ock Kim, Nicola Benedetti, Jennifer Pike, Marlis Petersen, Bryn Terfel, James Rutherford, Dame Malvina Major, Susanna Andersson, Nicolas Altstaedt, Peter Auty, and Elin Manahan Thomas. Across ten countries Evans has conducted the BBC Philharmonic, the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Ulster Orchestra, the Orchestra of Opera North, Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra, Nordic Chamber Orchestra, Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Grazer Philharmonic Orchestra, Manchester Camerata, Salomon Orchestra, Dunedin Symphony Orchestra, Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra, Christchurch Symphony Orchestra, Netherlands, Queensland and Adelaide symphony orchestras. Career Early life in New Zealand Tecwyn Evans was born in Auckland, New Zealand, son of Donald and Elizabeth Evans (née Hop

Tee Lopes

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Tiago Lopes, ( ) known professionally as Tee Lopes, is a Portuguese American video game composer. He is best known for his contributions in the Sonic the Hedgehog series, starting with Sonic Mania (2017). Early life Lopes was born in Coimbra, Portugal. In 2009, he uploaded his first Sonic the Hedgehog remix to YouTube, which led to his career as a video game composer. He would continue to upload remixes, original tracks, and other personal works to this day. Career Lopes first started his work as a hobbyist musician working for indie games and fan games. After being well-known for Sonic the Hedgehog remixes on YouTube, he went on to compose an HD fan port of Sonic the Hedgehog 2. After its completion, several of its developers including Tee Lopes created PagodaWest Games, an indie game developer. In 2017, him along with the developers of PagodaWest Games partnered with Sega to develop Sonic Mania, a game that notably featured other well known Sonic fan creators such as Christian Whitehead and Headcannon. He was awarded IGN’s People’s Choice Vote for Best Original Music for Sonic Mania. After Mania, Lopes became a freelance composer and has continued to compose for video games such

Teemu Brunila

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Teemu William Brunila (born 24 November 1976, in Turku) is a Finnish singer, songwriter, musician and producer. Brunila became known as the lead vocalist and songwriter for the pop group The Crash. During their career, the band released four studio albums and one compilation album. Later career After The Crash disbanded, Brunila has concentrated on writing music for other Finnish artists, including Anna Abreu, Saara and Jenni Vartiainen. He has also written songs for British acts like Pixie Lott and JLS and American R&B artist Trey Songz. When a song “Never Again” was featured on Songz’s album Chapter V, Brunila became the first Finn to have co-written a song for an album at the top of the Billboard 200 album chart. Studio Killers In 2011 a new virtual band Studio Killers started to gain success with their single “Ode to the Bouncer” and was said to have members from Finland, Denmark, and the United Kingdom. The group has never disclosed the identities of its members, but Brunila has been hypothesized to be the voice of the band’s singer, Cherry. Personal life Teemu Brunila is a graduate of the University of Turku, majoring in law. He has stated, however, that he has no intentions

Teiichi Okano

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Teiichi Okano ( Okano Teiichi; 16 February 1878, Tottori, Tottori, Japan – 29 December 1941) was a Japanese composer. Selected works ;Popular songs * “Furusato” (故郷) (1914) * “Haru ga kita” (春が来た) (1910) * “Haru no ogawa” (春の小川) (1912) * “Hinomaru no hata” (日の丸の旗) (1911) * “Momiji” (もみじ) (1911) * “Oborozuki yo” (朧月夜; “Dark Moon Night”) for soprano, flute and harp (1914) * Momotarō’s song (1911) Oborozuki yo Oborozuki yo (朧月夜; “Dark Moon Night”) is a song composed by Teiichi Okano with lyrics by . The song was written to pass down the Japanese landscape to posterity. In 1914, the song appeared in the list of " for 6th-grade," to be taught in the Japanese public school system. It is still sung to this day. Japanese Source: 1．菜の花畠に、入日薄れ、見わたす山の端、霞ふかし。春風そよふく、空を見れば、夕月かかりて、にほひ淡し。 2．里わの火影も、森の色も、田中の小路をたどる人も、蛙のなくねも、かねの音も、さながら霞める朧月夜。 Translation Source: 1. Evening sun goes down in a mustard field. When I look out over mountain ridges, they are veiled in dense mist. I feel the spring breeze and I look up at the sky. Then, the evening moon rises high and it is colored softly. 2. The lamps of a village, green of the forest, people who walk along a path between rice paddies, croaking of

Teiji Ito

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was a Japanese-born American composer and performer. He is best known for his scores for the avant-garde films by Maya Deren. Early life Ito was born in Tokyo, Japan to a theatrical family. His mother, Teiko Ono, was a dancer and his father, Yuji Ito, was a designer and composer. His younger brother Teimoc Johnston-Ono is an Olympic judoka. His family moved to the United States in 1941 when he was six. Ito accompanied his mother’s dance performance at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City; he performed for both Japanese and Korean dance. At 15, he ran away from home. He began to compose at age 17. He met Maya Deren during this time and in 1955, traveled with her to Haiti. There, Ito studied under a master drummer. Ito would also compose the score for Deren’s Meshes of the Afternoon at Deren’s request. Ito also performed and composed for Jean Erdman’s Theater of the Open Eye. Death While in Haiti, Ito died of a heart attack in 1982. Discography *Meshes: Music For Films and Theater (O.O. Discs) *Music For Maya: Early Film Music Of Teiji Ito (Tzadik Records, 2-CD set) *King Ubu (Tzadik) *The Shamanic Principles (Tzadik) *Tenno (Tzadik) *Watermill (Tzadik) References

Teizo Matsumura

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Teizo Matsumura (松村禎三 Matsumura Teizō; 15 January 1929 – 6 August 2007) was a Japanese composer and poet. Orphaned and suffering from tuberculosis, during his recovery in the early 1950s he began to write both haiku and music. He studied with Tomojiro Ikenouchi and Akira Ifukube. He was influenced by Ravel and Stravinsky, but also Asian traditions. He was Professor Emeritus of the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music. Matsumura is best known for his opera Chinmoku (in English Silence) based on the novel of the same name by Shusaku Endo. This has been recorded. Matsumura is the recipient of the 1974 UNESCO International Rostrum of Composers and of the 1978 Suntory Music Award. Major works *Achime for soprano, percussion and 11 players (1957) *Cryptogame for instrumental ensemble (1958) *Musique pour quatuor à cordes et pianoforte (1962) * Symphony No. 1 (1965) *Prélude pour orchestre (1968) *Aprasas for female chorus with 2 harps, piano, harpsichord, celesta and string orchestra (1969) *Totem Ritual for mixed chorus with 8 percussions, piano, harpsichord and orchestra (1969) *Deux berceuses à la Grèce for piano (1969) *Poème I for shakuhachi and koto (1969) *Courtyard o

Tekla Bądarzewska-Baranowska

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Tekla Bądarzewska-Baranowska, also known as Tekla Bądarzewska ( Polish pronunciation : ; 1829/1834 – 29 September 1861) was a Polish composer and pianist. She composed mainly for the piano and is internationally known for her composition A Maiden’s Prayer. Life and death Bądarzewska was born in 1829 in Mława or 1834 in Warsaw to Andrzej Bądarzewski and Tekla Bądarzewska (Chrzanowska). Andrzej Bądarzewski was a successful police commissioner, and moved his family to Warsaw in 1835. Tekla married Jan Baranowski and they had five children in their nine years of marriage. Bądarzewska-Baranowska died on 29 September 1861 in Warsaw. One of her daughters, Bronisława, was enrolled at the Warsaw Institute of Music in 1875. Early works and marriage At age 14, Bądarzewska composed and published her first piece, Vals Pour le Pianoforte, dedicated to Anna Makiewicz, the benefactress of a local orphanage. This piece was published by Franciszek Henryk Spiess, an important bookseller at the time. Four years after the publication of her Vals, Bądarzewska married Jan Baranowski, an army captain. In 1857, the Czarist authorities gave Baranowski the Order of St. Stanislaus (Russian Empire) third class

Tekla Griebel-Wandall

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Tekla Griebel-Wandall (26 February 1866 – 28 June 1940) was a Danish composer and music educator. Biography Tekla Griebel was born in Randers, Denmark, the daughter of Theodor Johan Heinrich Griebel (1829–1900) and teacher Camilla Joachimine Andresen (1829–91). She began her musical studies at the age of seven, taking piano lessons from her father. Later she took singing lessons, and at the age of fifteen, she was admitted to Draw School for Women where she studied to be a figurative artist. However, she was more interested in music, and in 1886 she wrote her first opera Don Juan de Marana (eventually performed in 1931). At the age of sixteen, Tekla Griebel-Wandall began teaching piano, and from 1889 to 1891 she studied voice, piano, composition and theory at the Royal Danish Academy of Music with Jørgen Malling and Orla Rosenhoff. In 1896 she studied in Dresden, financed by Nicole Leth. In 1902 she married theologian and author Hans Frederik Wandall and continued to support the family through teaching music. Prominent students included opera composer Peter Cornelius and pianist Ellen Gilberg. Working reduced the time Griebel-Wandall had for composition, but she wrote a total of 10

Temistocle Solera

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Temistocle Solera (; 25 December 1815 – 21 April 1878) was an Italian opera composer and librettist. Life and career He was born in Ferrara. He received his education at the Imperial College in Vienna and at the University of Pavia. Throughout his life he actively participated in anti-Austrian resistance. At one point, he was incarcerated for his activities. He completed several literary works, including the novel Michelino, his style influenced by Alessandro Manzoni. He then found work as a librettist; his collaboration with the composer Giuseppe Verdi began in 1839 and lasted for a few years. Solera then found work as the impresario for the Royal Theatre in Madrid. He died in Milan in 1878. (Pelayo is a Spanish national hero, the leader of Christian resistance in the Cantabrian mountains against the Arab invasion in the early eighth century) Librettist *For Giuseppe Verdi ** Oberto, conte di San Bonifacio (1839) ** Nabucco (1842) ** I Lombardi alla prima crociata (1843) ** Giovanna d’Arco (1845) ** Attila (1846) *For other composers * Galeotto Manfredi (Carlo Hermann; 1842) * La conquista di Granata (Emilio Arrieta, 1850) * La fanciulla delle Asturie (Benedetto Secchi; 1856) * So

Temperance songs

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Temperance songs are those musical compositions that were sung and performed to promote the Temperance Movement from the 1840s to the 1920s. It was a distinct genre of American music. In the early 19th century, the yearly per capita consumption of alcohol in the US was as high as 3.9 USgal liter in the 1830s. In response, many temperance organizations formed over the next eighty years. Some temperance song lyrics were sung with already well-known songs of the period, for example, “Oh! Susanna”. This Stephen Foster melody was used with lyrics in support of temperance and the title changed to “There’s A Good Time Coming,” in 1857, ten years after the publication of the original lyrics of “Oh! Susanna”. Development and genre history A consistent theme within temperance songs of 19th and 20th century society was that drinking negatively impacted a stable family life and that it was at the center of much suffering. “Molly and the Baby Don’t You Know” is about a father promising not to drink for the sake of his young child and suffering wife. Some temperance songs were intended to produce guilt about the consequences of alcohol consumption. Themes including abuse were common, such as “Th

Tenpei Sato

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is a video game composer and voice actor. His most notable works are his soundtracks for Nippon Ichi Software games, such as Disgaea and Phantom Brave. He also provides voice-over for games and movies. Biography Sato was born in 1967 in Kawagoe, Japan and grew up in Tokyo. He began playing piano at the age of six, and made his first composition, a piece for guitar, at the age of twelve. His first job was at Telenet Japan, where he composed the score for the action role-playing game XZR and popular side-scroller Valis II. After leaving Telenet, he joined Glodia, and together with Nobuhito Koise, composed the soundtrack to the cult classic Emerald Dragon. Later he would compose both Vain Dream with Abreath Nakamura and Bible Master II. After leaving Glodia, he joined Birdy Soft, and produced soundtracks for four of their games. He has since spent much of his career working with Nippon Ichi Software, which is where his music has gained its greatest recognition. Games he has composed for include the Rhapsody series, Disgaea: Hour of Darkness, La Pucelle: Tactics, and Phantom Brave. In an interview, he commented that he was most looking forward to the orchestral arrangements of “Determi

Teodora Ginés

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Teodora Ginés (1530–1598) was a Dominican musician and composer that played in Santiago de Cuba cathedral orchestra. She is credited as the creator of the song titled “Son de la Má Teodora” the oldest son montuno. Life Ginés was formerly a slave, born in Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic, but was freed. Along with her sister, Micaela, she emigrated to Cuba, where they were both engaged at the orchestra at the Cathedral of Santiago de Cuba: Micaela as a violinist, and Teodora playing the Bandola. Teodora is credited with the authorship of the song " Son de la Má Teodora", circa 1562. This song was transcribed by the Cuban musician and composer Laureano Fuentes Matons, in his book “The Arts in Santiago de Cuba” published in 1893. Matons identified “Son de la Má Teodora” as the first Son in Cuban history, which was later confirmed by the Cuban essayist, and musicologist Alejo Carpentier. References External links *

Teodorico Pedrini

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Teodorico Pedrini, C.M. (June 30, 1671 – December 10, 1746), also known by his Chinese name De Lige (), was an Italian Vincentian priest, musician and composer, but he was mainly a missionary at the imperial court of China for 36 years. Pedrini was born in Fermo, in the Marche, then part of the Papal States. He was the founder of the Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Beijing. He was the music teacher to three sons of the Qing dynasty’s Kangxi Emperor, and he was co-author of the first treatise on Western Music theory ever written in Chinese: the LǜlǚZhèngyì-Xùbiān, later included in the Siku Quanshu. Biography He was baptized Paolo Filippo Teodorico Pedrini on July 6, 1671, in the parish church of St. Michael the Archangel, in Fermo in the Marche. His father, Giovanni Francesco Pedrini, who had been born in Servigliano on February 5, 1630, had worked as a notary in his native town for two years from 1654 to 1656, before going to Rome for ten years, as Chancellor for the Auditor Camerae. He then became the most important notary in Fermo, from 1669 to his death in 1707. Teodorico’s mother was Nicolosa Piccioni, born in Fermo on March 14, 1650, daughter of another notary, Giovanni F

Teodósio, Prince of Brazil

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Dom Teodósio, Prince of Brazil, Duke of Braganza (Teodósio de Bragança; ; 8 February 1634 – 15 May 1653) was the eldest son of John IV of Portugal and heir apparent to the Portuguese throne from 1640 until his death. In 1645, he was created Prince of Brazil and 9th Duke of Braganza. Biography Born on 8 February 1634 in Vila Viçosa, Teodósio was the first child of John IV of Portugal and Luisa de Guzmán, then the Duke and Duchess of Braganza. Shortly after birth, he was granted the title Duke of Barcelos. In December 1640, John was proclaimed King John IV of Portugal by the Portuguese nobility, marking the end of the 60-year-old Iberian Union and establishing the House of Braganza on the Portuguese throne. A month later, on 28 January 1641, Teodósio was sworn in as heir apparent by the Portuguese Cortes. Seeking to grant a more prestigious title that would reflect the grandeur of the new dynasty, John IV created the title Prince of Brazil and bestowed it, alongside the title of Duke of Braganza, upon Teodósio in a royal decree issued 27 October 1645. In 1646, John IV attempted to secure a dynastic alliance with France by proposing Teodósio marry Louis XIII’s niece, La Grande Mademoi

Teodulo Mabellini

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Teodulo Mabellini (2 April 1817 – 10 March 1897) was an Italian composer. Life Early education in Pistoia and Firenze Teodulo Mabellini was the son of Vincenzo, a strumentaio (maker of musical instruments) specialized in wind instruments. He took his very first music lessons from his father and from the flautist, Giovacchino Bimboni, (future music producer of brass instruments). The education he received from these first teachers was critical in forming the unique style of his orchestral compositions. He continued to have contact with Bimboni throughout his entire life, and together they developed a knowledge of composition for winds that was uncommon in this time period (see Style). In 1832, at the age of 15, Mabellini held a concert of his own compositions (of which only lEstro armonico remains; the autograph can be found in Pistoia, see Sources) in Pistoia and Grosseto. Immediately after graduating, he was hired as Master of Harpsichord at the Teatro dei Risvegliati in Pistoia and collaborated in productions such as La straniera di Vincenzo Bellini and Anna Bolena by Gaetano Donizetti. The operatic world inspired him to compose his first opera, Matilde e Toledo, which he wrote i

Teofilo Macchetti

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Teofilo Macchetti (Venice, March 3, 1632 – Pisa, 1714) was an Italian composer and music theorist. Life Macchetti studied music in Venice and joined the Benedictine Order, which assigned him to the monastery in Rovigo as solicitor in 1669. He stayed in Rovigo until 1674, but his interest for history and music caused him to travel for research to Venice (in 1672 and in 1673) and to Rome, where he stayed for four years (from 1675 to 1679). After that he made stops in Loreto and Spoleto, and then settled in Pisa, where he became Chapel Master of the Duomo in 1681. From the notes in his diary, precious information regarding the musical activity of a 1600-1700 chapel can be understood. Macchetti describes his duties, the music that was performed, and his academic activity in minute detail. In addition, he documented many distinctive traits of the music performed at that time. Curiosità musicali His interest for antique music is gathered in Curiosità musicali (translated as Musical Curiosity, or Music Trivia) which dates back to beginning in 1711 and is preserved today in the Biblioteca Universitaria of Pisa. in which he recognizes Curiosità musicali as its essential foundation. Works In

Tera de Marez Oyens

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Tera de Marez Oyens (5 August 1932 – 29 August 1996) was a Dutch composer. De Marez Oyens was born in Velsen as Woltera Gerharda Wansink. Despite the fact that she had become seriously ill, in 1996 Tera de Marez Oyens married the renowned cartoonist Marten Toonder. She died on 29 August of that year in Hilversum . References Sources * External links * Official website *Interview with Tera de Marez Oyens, November 6, 1995

Teresa and Maria Milanollo

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Teresa Milanollo (full name Domenica Maria Teresa; 1827–1904) and her younger sister, Maria Milanollo (1832–1848), were Italian violin-playing child prodigies who toured Europe extensively to great acclaim in the 1840s. After Maria died at age 16, Teresa, who was also a composer, had a long solo career. The name “Milanollo” has been perpetuated by the regimental march of the Life Guards, Coldstream Guards and Governor General’s Foot Guards, written in their honour by their contemporary J.V. Hamm. The Teatro Milanollo in their native Savigliano was named for the sisters. Taught violin in infancy by Ferrero, Caldera, and Morra, Teresa made her concert debut in her native Savigliano aged nine. In 1836 she moved to Paris with her family. She toured Britain, France, the Netherlands and Belgium, sometimes with her virtuoso tutors, Lafont, subsequently Habeneck and later still, de Bériot. She eventually became her sister Maria’s first and only violin coach. From 1838 to 1848, the Milanollo sisters toured throughout France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and England, charming royal courts and such composers as Johann Strauss the Elder, Berlioz, Liszt, Chopi

Teresa Borràs i Fornell

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Teresa Borrás Fornell (July 30, 1923 in ManresaJuly 18, 2010 in Mataró) was a Catalan composer, music teacher and pianist. Biography Borràs began her musical studies at age eight at the Liceo Conservatory in Barcelona, where she studied piano, harmony and guitar. Teachers she studied with included Molinari, Agosti and Vito Frazzi. Later she studied harmony, counterpoint and composition with Cristòfor Taltabul. In 1950 she received a scholarship to study at the Accademia Chigiana of Siena (Italy), and received the scholarship again two years later. At this Academy, she received a grant to study master classes in composition and later studied two courses of Frazzi harpsichord in the Conservatory of Barcelona. In Siena she learned to play unusual instruments like the harpsichord and the harp, which added to her knowledge of piano and guitar. In 1979 she was awarded the Summer School Fellowship for Composition “Music in Compostela” in the class of Rodolfo Halffter. In 1997 she was awarded the “Caterina Albert i Paradis” prize. Between 1947 and 1953, she was a concert pianist. For seven years she was professor of piano and guitar at the Municipal Music School of Manresa, was also a prof

Teresa Carreño

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María Teresa Gertrudis de Jesús Carreño García (December 22, 1853 – June 12, 1917) was a Venezuelan pianist, composer, soprano, and conductor. Over the course of her 54-year concert career, she became an internationally renowned virtuoso pianist and was often referred to as the “Valkyrie of the Piano”. Carreño was an early adopter of the works of one of her students, American composer and pianist Edward MacDowell (1860–1908) and premiered several of his compositions across the globe. She also frequently performed the works of Norwegian composer and pianist Edvard Grieg (1843–1907). Carreño composed approximately 75 works for solo piano, voice and piano, choir and orchestra, and instrumental ensemble. Several composers dedicated their compositions to Carreño, including Amy Beach (Piano Concerto in C-sharp minor) and Edward MacDowell (Piano Concerto No. 2). Early life and education María Teresa Carreño García de Sena was born in Caracas, Venezuela, on December 22, 1853, to Manuel Antonio Carreño (1812–1874) and Clorinda García de Sena y Rodríguez del Toro (1816–1866). Her father was the son of (1773–1836) and came from a musical family. He gave her music lessons from an early age and ov

Teresa de Rogatis

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Teresa de Rogatis (15 October 1893 – 8 January 1979) was an Italian composer, guitarist, pianist and music teacher. She gave her first recital at the age of seven. She toured internationally, and then settled in Cairo where she was one of the founders of the National Conservatory of Egypt. De Rogatis returned to Naples in 1963 after her husband died. Her son is also a concert pianist, and created the Teresa de Rogatis Foundation in Los Angeles. Biography Teresa de Rogatis was born in Naples on 15 October 1893. She was seen as a child prodigy giving her first recital when she was just seven. She studied in the Conservatorio San Pietro at Majella where she graduated with honours, and gave concert tours. It was on one such tour in Egypt that de Rogatis met her husband the Swiss man Paolo Feninger. She settled in Cairo during the 1920s where she taught guitar and composition, and helped found the National Conservatory of Egypt in the late 1950s. de Rogatis composed over sixty works, of which almost half are works for piano. She also composed vocal music and pieces for guitar, and a four-movement sonatina. He created the Teresa de Rogatis Foundation in Los Angeles, which distributes and

Teresa del Riego

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Teresa Clotilde del Riego, later Teresa Leadbitter (7 April 187623 January 1968) was an English violinist, pianist, singer and composer of Spanish ancestry. Biography Teresa Clotilde del Riego was born in Marylebone, central London to English mother Clara, from Devon, and Spanish father Miguel, a carpenter who had naturalised. She had a sister Agnes Manuela Teresa, a scoutmaster who founded the Women Signallers Territorial Corps, and a brother John Anthony, an actor under the stage name Philip Desborough. The family later moved to Cookham Road, Maidenhead, Berkshire. Del Riego began playing the piano aged five and wrote her first song at the age of 12. She studied piano, violin, singing and composition at the Convent of the Sacred Heart and the West Central College of Music in London with Sir Paolo Tosti and Marie Withrow, and in Paris. Del Riego was heavily involved in World War I charity concerts. She married her husband, Francis John Graham Leadbitter, in 1908; he died in action in 1917. They had one son. She was a member of the Society of Women Musicians and of the Cowdray Club in Cavendish Square. She also taught singing and accompanying. Her principal residence in later life

Teresa Procaccini

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Teresa Procaccini (born 23 March 1934 in Cerignola) is an Italian composer and music educator. She taught composition at the Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome. Procaccini has won a number of prizes, including the Viotti competition, the Casella Prize and the International String Quartet Competition of San Francisco. Biography Teresa Procaccini was born in Cerignola in 1934. She studied organ with Fernando Germani and composition with Virgilio Mortari at the Foggia Conservatory. Between 1971 and 1972, she directed the Conservatory of Foggia, and until 2001 taught composition at the Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome. In 1972 she became the artistic director of the Friends of Music Association of Foggia. Procaccini has won national and international prizes, including the Viotti competition, the Casella Prize and the International String Quartet Competition of San Francisco. She has given master classes at the Festival of Città di Castello, the Academy “Respighi” of Assisi, the “Internationalen Meisterkursen” of Duren (Germany) and the Summer Music Frentana Lanciano. Her works have been performed internationally in Australia, Europe, Canada and North and South America, and have been

Teresa Rampazzi

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Teresa Rampazzi née Teresa Rossi (31 October 191416 December 2001) was an Italian pianist and composer who was a pioneer of electronic and computer generated music. Biography Teresa Rampazzi was born in Vicenza, Italy, and studied piano as a child, then continued her studies at the Milan Conservatory and graduated with a diploma in piano in 1933. During these conservatory years, she met Severino Gazzelloni, René Leibowitz, Franco Donatoni who became close friends. She married and lived for a while in Vicenza until 1948, Venice until 1959, and Verona. In 1955 she moved with her husband to Padua where she became a member of the Trio Bartók and the Circolo Pozzetto music ensembles. Rampazzi developed an interest in avant-garde music and attended the Ferienkurse Darmstadt during the 1950s where she heard a frequency generator for the first time in her life, introduced by Herbert Eimert. In February 1959 John Cage arrived in Padova (during one of his first journeys in Italy) and Teresa Rampazzi gave a concert with him and with Heinz-Klaus Metzger and Sylvano Bussotti. They played Music for Piano, Winter Music, Variations I & II, Music Walk. Later she sold her piano and with Ennio Chiggi

Teresa Seneke

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Teresa Seneke (1848 – November 1875) was an Italian composer who is best known for her opera Le Due Amiche (The Two Friends). Biography Seneke was born in Chieti and died at age 27 in Rome. Little is known about her education or personal life. Le Due Amiche premiered in Rome at the Teatro Argentina in 1869, when Seneke was only 21. In addition to this opera, she composed vocal, piano, and dance music. Her compositions were originally published by Olivieri and more recently by Alfred Music. Works Seneke’s compositions include: Opera *Le Due Amiche (libretto by Carlo D’Ormeville) Songs *“Ad Una Giovinetta” *“Il Disinganno” *“Il Lamento” *“Il Mio Destino” *“Il Pensiero Dominante” *“La Preghiera” *“Melodie” *“Oltre la Tomba” *“Rimembranze di Roma” *“S’io T’amo?” *“Stornelli” *“Una Corona di Fiori” References External links *

Terig Tucci

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Terig Tucci (June 23, 1897 – February 28, 1973) was an Argentine composer, orchestrator, conductor, violinist, pianist, and mandolinist. He was a leading advocate of music for the tango in the United States who collaborated with the singer Carlos Gardel. Biography Tucci was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1897. His first composition, “Cariños de madre” was performed for a zarzuela at the Avenida Theatre in 1917. Following a career as a violinist in local cinema orchestras, he left for New York City in 1923. From 1930 to 1941 he performed for NBC Radio as a member of the NBC Orchestra under the direction of Hugo Mariani. The RCA Victor recording label named Tucci as its executive producer of their lucrative Latin American music unit in 1932. In 1934 he collaborated as an orchestrator with his fellow countryman Carlos Gardel as part of the tango vocalist’s contract with Paramount Pictures in their Astoria, Queens studios. Tucci also served as both a close friend to Gardel as well as his musical scribe during the early 1930s. He also played mandolin in a trio with Adolfo Mejía Navarro on guitar and Antonio Francés on lute. While remaining at the helm of RCA Victor’s Latin unit, Tuc

Terry Danko

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Terry Danko (June 25, 1949 - May 25, 2026) was a Canadian musician and songwriter active from childhood. He wrote, performed and recorded his own material as a solo artist and as a member of a number of groups, such as Tin Pan Alley, Bearfoot and Terry Danko, Marty Grebb and Friends. Danko also worked as an accompanist and/or session musician for several notable acts, such as Ronnie Hawkins, Eric Clapton, Stephen Stills, George Harrison, The Rolling Stones and his brother, former member of The Band, the late Rick Danko. Citations References *Danko, Terry. Canadian Pop Encyclopedia. Great White Noise. Retrieved 2010-12-31. *Caffin, Carol. “Terry Danko – Authorized Biography”. theband.hiof.no. Retrieved 2010-12-31. *Terry Danko – Credits. allmusic.com. Retrieved 2010-12-31. *http://sipthewine.blogspot.com/2009/01/terry-dankos-lost-tapes-new-interview.html *http://theband.hiof.no/articles/TerryDankoBandBite1vol2.html

Terry Riley

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Terrence Mitchell Riley (born June 24, 1935) is an American composer and performing musician best known as a pioneer of the minimalist school of composition. tape delay systems, and improvisation. His best known works are the 1964 composition In C and the 1969 album A Rainbow in Curved Air, both considered landmarks of minimalism and important influences on experimental music, rock, and contemporary electronic music. In the 1950s, he began performing as a solo pianist and studied composition at San Francisco State University, the San Francisco Conservatory, and the University of California, Berkeley, studying with Seymour Shifrin and Robert Erickson. He befriended composer La Monte Young, whose earliest minimalist compositions using sustained tones were an influence; together, Young and Riley performed Riley’s improvisatory composition Concert for Two Pianists and Tape Recorders in 1959–60. Riley later became involved in the experimental San Francisco Tape Music Center, working with Morton Subotnick, Steve Reich, Pauline Oliveros, and Ramon Sender. Throughout the 1960s, he also traveled frequently in Europe, taking in musical influences and supporting himself by playing in piano ba

Terry Winter Owens

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Terry Winter Owens (194131 July 2007) was an American composer and music educator. Biography Terry Winter Owens was born in New York City, and began composing at age ten. She took music lessons as a child and won a scholarship to study with Lisa Szylagi Grad. Later she studied composition with Ralph Shapey and Mark Brunswick and earned a B.A. in music from The City College of New York. She continued her studies at New York University. Owens performed as a violinist, pianist and harpsichordist with orchestras and chamber ensembles, serving as musical director for the Staten Island Baroque Ensemble. She was employed as pianist for the Richmond Opera Collection and played first violin in La Puma Opera Company Orchestra. She also worked as a free-lance music editor and pioneered in the use of music editing software. Owens taught music and composition privately, and also at the Neighborhood Music School of New York, and the Music Institute of Staten Island. Owens collaborated with filmmaker Douglas Morse on the film The Lost Children of Coney Island through a grant from The American Composers Forum. She also composed the film score for The Clearing which was selected from over 300 entri

Tetsuji Hayashi

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is a Japanese composer, singer-songwriter, and arranger known for his influential contributions to the development of J-pop and city pop during the 1980s. He was exposed to Western pop music from an early age, sparking his passion for music. He honed his skills as a composer and arranger, and in 1978, he composed Mariya Takeuchi’s debut album, Beginning, followed by her hit single “September” in 1979 and “Mayonaka no Door” for Miki Matsubara that same year. His collaborations extended to other prominent artists such as S. Kiyotaka & Omega Tribe, Masaki Ueda and Junichi Inagaki. Despite initially planning retirement in 2008, Hayashi returned to the spotlight due to fan support at a commemorative concert. Since then, he has continued to compose and produce music. His legacy was celebrated with the release of the compilation album 50th Anniversary Special A Tribute of Hayashi Tetsuji: Saudade in 2023, accompanied by a concert showcasing his impact. Early life and education Tetsuji Hayashi was born on August 20, 1949, in Fuji, Shizuoka, as the youngest of five siblings. His father ran a paper mill. Exposed to Western pop music from an early age, he and his brother were lent an acoustic

Tetsurō Kashibuchi

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was a Japanese musician, composer, and record producer. Life After performing first in so-called utagoe coffeehouses, he joined the band Hachimitsu Pie, and when they disbanded, he joined the Moonriders. Together with his Moonrider bandmates Ryōmei Shirai and Hirobumi Suzuki he started a unit called Artport. In the 1980s, he composed many songs and produced albums for idols, especially for Yukiko Okada. He died on December 17, 2013, from esophageal cancer. Works (selection) Albums * Rira no hoteru (1983) * Kanojo no toki (1985) * fin meguriai (1993) * Kashibuchi Tetsuro SONGBOOK (1998) * Kyo wa ame no hi desu (2002) * Live Egocentrique (2003) * Tsukuribanashi (2004) * Jiyu na merodi – Hachimitsu Pie〜Moonriders (2009) * LE GRAND (2009) Producer, composer for * Agnes Chan * Seri Ishikawa * Rie Nakahara * Eve * Yukiko Okada * Megumi Ōishi * Akiko Ikuina Soundtracks Movies * Koisuru Onnatachi (1986) * Tsuribaka Nisshi 5 (1992) * Tsuribaka Nisshi 6 (1993) * Tsuribaka Nisshi 7 (1994) * Tsuribaka Nisshi 8 (1996) * Tsuribaka Nisshi 9 (1997) * Tsuribaka Nisshi 10 (1998) Anime * Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket (1989) * Compiler (1992) TV commercials * Nomura Securities（2005） * Sek

Tevfik Akbaşlı

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Tevfik Akbasli (born 1962) is a Turkish composer. Studies One of the most prominent classical Turkish Composers, Akbasli is the son of businessman Samim Akbasli of İzmir. He spent his childhood and primary school years in Yeşilköy, Istanbul until his family moved to Izmir. He attended Dokuz Eylül University’s Vocal Studies and Opera Division and studied with distinguished names such as Sevda Aydan, Suat Taser, Kamran Ince and percussionist Oktay Aykoc. He graduated from Vocal Studies in 1982 as the first chorister to the newly founded İzmir State Opera and Ballet. In 1985, he crossed over as a percussion artist. Between 1986 and 1991, he studied percussion instruments as well as theory, harmony, composition and improvisation at the Berklee School of Music at vibraphone virtuoso Gary Burton’s Percussion Department with Professor Ed Saindon and pianist – composer Aydin Esen. Career He turned to composition in 1990. He has composed an array of pieces from opera to musicals for children, from modern dance music to chamber music. Upon the addition of his first opera, The Sacred Chest to the repertoire of The Ankara State Opera and Ballet, he moved to Ankara and continued his career as a