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Zeltia Montes

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Zeltia Montes Muñoz (born 1979) is a Spanish composer. She won the Goya Award for Best Original Score for her work in The Good Boss. Life and career Zeltia Montes Muñoz was born in 1979 in Madrid; her mother is from Madrid and her father from O Saviñao, Galicia. She studied at the Berklee College of Music in Boston. In 2008, she collaborated in the documentary television series El camino del Cid (2008). Filmography References

Zenón Rolón

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Zenón Rolón (25 June 1856 – 13 May 1902) was an Afro Argentine musician and composer. Born in Buenos Aires, he composed approximately 80 works including operas, operettas, zarzuelas and sacred music. Rolón also founded a music publishing company which published numerous works by contemporary Argentine composers. Many of his manuscripts are now held by the Instituto Nacional de Estudios de Teatro, in Buenos Aires, and by the Museo Histórico de Morón, the city where he died at the age of 45. Biography Rolón was born in Buenos Aires to an Afro Argentine family and first studied music in his native city with Alfredo Quiroga, a fellow Afro Argentine and organist of the (Church of Our Lady of Mercy). In 1873, when he was only 17 years old, he went to Florence for further study and remained there until 1879. In 1877 he wrote (Two Words to my Caste Brothers), a political pamphlet on the role of Afro Argentines in wider Argentine culture. When it was published in , an Afro Argentine newspaper in Buenos Aires, he was severely criticised, but opinion changed in his favour upon his return from Italy. Once back in Buenos Aires, he continued to study music, this time with Basilio Basili, and com

Zeynep Gedizlioğlu

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Zeynep Gedizlioğlu (; born 4 December 1977) is a Turkish composer who won the Ernst von Siemens Composer Prize Award in 2012. Biography Zeynep Gedizlioğlu was born 4 December 1977 in İzmir and grew up in Istanbul. She has spent most of her life in Istanbul and Berlin. Her mother is the actress Şahika Tekand and her father, Levent Gedizlioğlu, is an architect. Gedizlioğlu attended the Istanbul Conservatory. She went on to study in Saarbrücken, Strasbourg and Karlsruhe. Over the years she has learned composition from such people as Cengiz Tanç, İlhan Usmanbaş, Theo Brandmüller and Wolfgang Rihm. Works * Kesik – Portrait CD Zeynep Gedizlioglu, col legno (2012) * ‘Stop’ for the Orchestra – ‘Begegnung mit Beethoven’ – Beethovenfest and Deutsche Welle (2013) Sources

Zez Confrey

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Edward Elzear “Zez” Confrey (3 April 1895 – 22 November 1971) was an American composer and performer of novelty piano and jazz music. His most noted works were “Kitten on the Keys” and “Dizzy Fingers.” Studying at the Chicago Musical College and becoming enthralled by French impressionists played a critical role in how he composed and performed music. Early life and education Confrey was born in Peru, Illinois, By 1916 he was a staff pianist for Witmarks in Chicago. He also enlisted in the US Navy in 1917. Career After World War I, Confrey became a pianist and arranger for the QRS piano roll company. “Dizzy Fingers” (1923) was Confrey’s other biggest seller. List of known works For piano unless otherwise indicated. *“Afghanistan” (1920) *“My Pet” (1921) *“Kitten on the Keys” (1921) *“You Tell ’em Ivories” (1921) *“Poor Buttermilk” (1921) *“Greenwich Witch” (1921) *“Kitten on the Keys” - song (1922) *“Stumbling” (1922) *“Stumbling – Paraphrase” (1922) *“Coaxing the Piano” (1922) *“Dumbell” (1922) *“Tricks” (1922) *“By the Saphire Sea” - Song (1922) *“Nickel in the Slot” (1923) *“Dizzy Fingers” (1923) *“Three Little Oddities” (1923) (for piano or violin and piano) **“Impromptu” **“Ro