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Was a German organist and composer. He was the best-known composer for the organ in north Germany in

Was a German organist and composer. He was the best-known composer for the organ in north Germany in the early to mid-17th century, and was an important forerunner of Dieterich Buxtehude and J.S. Bach. Scheidemann was renowned as an organist and composer, as evidenced by the wide distribution of his works; more organ music by Scheidemann survives than by any other composer of the time. Unlike the other early Baroque German composers, such as Praetorius, Schütz, Scheidt, and Schein, each of whom wrote in most of the current genres and styles, Scheidemann wrote almost entirely organ music. A few songs survive, as well as some harpsichord pieces, but they are dwarfed by the dozens of organ pieces, many in multiple movements.

Was a German composer and organist, generally regarded as the most important German composer before

Was a German composer and organist, generally regarded as the most important German composer before Johann Sebastian Bach and often considered to be one of the most important composers of the 17th century along with Claudio Monteverdi. He wrote what is thought to be the first German opera, Dafne, performed at Torgau in 1627, of which the music has since been lost. He is commemorated as a musician in the Calendar of Saints of the Lutheran Church on July 28 with Johann Sebastian Bach and George Frideric Handel. He was buried in the Dresden Frauenkirche but his tomb has since been destroyed.

Was a German music teacher and composer. After his mother's death in 1638, he moved to Coburg, then

Was a German music teacher and composer. After his mother's death in 1638, he moved to Coburg, then in 1641 to Nuremberg, when he remained for the rest of his life. He studied music with Kindermann at the Sebaldusschule, and in 1650 himself became a teacher, effectively a Kantor without the title; from 1656 he was Director chori musici along with Paul Hainlein. Along with Georg Caspar Wecker, he taught a generation of musicians in the tradition of the South German school, including Nikolaus Deinl, Johann Krieger, Johann Löhner, Johann Pachelbel, J.B. Schütz, and Maximilian Zeidler. Schwemmer taught singing, while Wecker gave instruction in keyboard playing and composition.

Germany's foremost post-World War II writers. B

Germany's foremost post-World War II writers. B

Was one of Germany's foremost post-World War II writers.Böll became a full-time writer at the age

Was one of Germany's foremost post-World War II writers.Böll became a full-time writer at the age of 30. His first novel, Der Zug war pünktlich (The Train Was on Time), was published in 1949. Many other novels, short stories, radio plays and essay collections followed, and in 1972 he received the Nobel Prize for Literature. He was the first German-born author to receive this award since Hermann Hesse in 1946. His work has been translated into more than 30 languages, and he is one of Germany's most widely read authors. His best-known works are Billiards at Half-past Nine, The Clown, Group Portrait with Lady, The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum, and The Safety Net.

Germany's foremost post-World War II writers. Böll was awarded the Georg Büchner Prize in 1967 and

Germany's foremost post-World War II writers. Böll was awarded the Georg Büchner Prize in 1967 and the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1972.

A German poet, dramatist, novelist, and short story writer. The Kleist Prize, a prestigious prize fo

A German poet, dramatist, novelist, and short story writer. The Kleist Prize, a prestigious prize for German literature, is named after him.

Was a German composer. He is said to have written 84 compositions, mostly songs, including a setting

Was a German composer. He is said to have written 84 compositions, mostly songs, including a setting of Goethe's poem Heidenröslein. It was first publicly performed in 1829, under his direction, and bore as title the first line, "Sah ein Knab' ein Röslein stehn" ("A boy saw a little rose standing"). It was seen as superior to all the roughly 100 versions that had preceded his, and became the outstanding popular-song version (although the Schubert art-song setting, published in 1821, has outlasted it).

Was a Moravian-Jewish violinist and composer. Ernst was widely seen as the outstanding violinist of

Was a Moravian-Jewish violinist and composer. Ernst was widely seen as the outstanding violinist of his time and Paganini's greatest successor.

Was a German composer and conductor. Zöllner returned to Leipzig in 1898 to replace Hermann Kretzsc

Was a German composer and conductor. Zöllner returned to Leipzig in 1898 to replace Hermann Kretzschmar as director of music at Leipzig University, taking over the Paulus male choir. Four year later he was appointed professor of composition at the university as a replacement for his mentor, E.F. Reinecke. From 1903 to 1906 he was the editor of the Leipzig Tageblatt. He was conductor of the Flemish Opera in Antwerp from 1907 until his retirement in 1914. He retired to Freiburg and worked part time as an opera critic for the Breisgauer Zeitung.[1]

Was a German composer and one of the victims Nazi regime. He was interned in the Theresienstadt conc

Was a German composer and one of the victims Nazi regime. He was interned in the Theresienstadt concentration camp in June 1943. He was moved to the Auschwitz concentration camp in September 1944 where he died roughly four months later.

Is a German composer of new classical music.Chur was born in Essen, Germany and began to compose at

Is a German composer of new classical music.Chur was born in Essen, Germany and began to compose at an early age. Since his Symphony No. 1 (1975 - 1978) he has devoted his work to creating music of a new tonal character.

Was a German composer and harpsichordist. As harpsichordist, Hartig made numerous recordings, mostly

Was a German composer and harpsichordist. As harpsichordist, Hartig made numerous recordings, mostly in the role of continuo player rather than soloist. His compositional output consists mainly of concertos, sonatas, songs, oratorios and choral works. He also gained a distinguished reputation as a pedagogue. His students included Carlo Domeniconi and Roland Pfrengle.

Is a Swiss oboist, composer and conductor.He has become one of the world's most celebrated oboists,

Is a Swiss oboist, composer and conductor.He has become one of the world's most celebrated oboists, and numerous works have been written for him. He began teaching at the Musikhochschule in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany in 1966.

Was a German musician, conductor, composer and music producer, known mainly from his work for popula

Was a German musician, conductor, composer and music producer, known mainly from his work for popular films and television programs. Heinz Kiessling studied piano, composition and conducting, after World War II at the Nuremberg Conservatory and started his career in 1949 as a pianist and got to play in different concerts around the world. Soon after he started working on recording music for television. At times, he also led his own orchestra, and also worked many years for the RIAS Big Band in Berlin. Together with the pianist Werner Tautz he established in 1964 the label "Brilliant" through which he managed numerous national and international big bands.

Is a German composer. Zimmermann had his first composition instruction from 1946 to 1948 with Julius

Is a German composer. Zimmermann had his first composition instruction from 1946 to 1948 with Julius Weismann and studied from 1950 to 1954 in Heidelberg with Wolfgang Fortner as well as at the Institut for Protestant Church Music there. After passing his examinations at the Freiburg Conservatory under Harald Genzmer, he became Fortner’s successor in Heidelberg. Here he maintained close contacts with the musicologist Thrasyboulos Georgiades, whose rhythm and language studies influenced him the most, along with his occupation with American spirituals and jazz. From 1963 to 1976 Heinz Werner Zimmermann was director of the Berlin Church-Music School in Spandau, and then from 1975 to 1996 as successor to Kurt Hessenberg as composition teacher at the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts (Brusniak 2001).

Is a Brazilian musician, who played with Simply Red and several famous musicians, like Elton John, R

Is a Brazilian musician, who played with Simply Red and several famous musicians, like Elton John, Rod Stewart, K.D. Lang and Jack Johnson;[1] and is currently working as a film music composer at Hans Zimmer's studio.In 1994 he released a solo album in the UK called Heitor which featured guest appearance from Mick Hucknall on the track "Manchester". Heitor left Simply Red to concentrate on his solo career. He played guitar and composed additional music for soundtracks like Gladiator, Mission Impossible 2, The Road to El Dorado, I Am Sam, Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron and Madagascar.

Was a Brazilian composer, possibly the best-known classical composer born in South America. He wrote

Was a Brazilian composer, possibly the best-known classical composer born in South America. He wrote numerous orchestral, chamber, instrumental and vocal works. His music was influenced by both Brazilian folk music and by stylistic elements from the European classical tradition, as exemplified by his Bachianas brasileiras ("Brazilian Bach-pieces").

Is a Dutch economist, lawyer and columnist. She works and lives in New York City. She writes a bi-we

Is a Dutch economist, lawyer and columnist. She works and lives in New York City. She writes a bi-weekly column in NRC Handelsblad. She's a regular contributor to Project Syndicate[1]. Since 2009 she is a TV host for Dutch Television (VARA). She has been credited as being a third wave feminist.

An Australian columnist and writer. In 1993, Darville was awarded The Australian/Vogel Literary Awar

An Australian columnist and writer. In 1993, Darville was awarded The Australian/Vogel Literary Award for her novel The Hand That Signed the Paper which was later revealed to be a literary hoax[1][2]. Darville wrote the novel under the pseudonym Helen Demidenko while studying English literature at the University of Queensland in Brisbane.Darville's debut novel The Hand that Signed the Paper tells the story of Australian student Fiona and the discovery of her family's bleak wartime history. Both her father and uncle were peasants in Ukraine and witnessed the death of their family and the destruction of their homes under Stalinism. 'Liberated' by the Nazi invasion one became a member of Nazi Einsatzgruppen death squads and is implicated in the massacre of Jews at Babi Yar, while the other becomes a concentration camp guard. At the end of the war, the family emigrates to Australia.

Is a British poet, novelist and children's writer.[1] Educated at the University of York, she now li

Is a British poet, novelist and children's writer.[1] Educated at the University of York, she now lives in Bristol.

Is an author, publisher, and businesswoman. She was editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan magazine for 32

Is an author, publisher, and businesswoman. She was editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan magazine for 32 years.After a stint in the mailroom at the William Morris Agency, she went to work for a prominent advertising agency as a secretary. Her employer recognized her writing skills and moved her to the copywriting department where she advanced rapidly to become one of the nation's highest paid ad copywriters in the early 1960s. In 1959 she married David Brown who was producer of Jaws, The Sting, Cocoon, Driving Miss Daisy, and other motion pictures.

Is a leading American critic of poetry.Vendler has written books on W. B. Yeats, Wallace Stevens, Jo

Is a leading American critic of poetry.Vendler has written books on W. B. Yeats, Wallace Stevens, John Keats and Seamus Heaney. She is the A. Kingsley Porter University Professor at Harvard University, where she has had a position since 1981. She has taug

Was an African American poet during the Harlem Renaissance. She was also a cousin of author Dorothy

Was an African American poet during the Harlem Renaissance. She was also a cousin of author Dorothy West.

She was born in Nigeria and moved to London when she was four. She wrote her first novel, The Icarus

She was born in Nigeria and moved to London when she was four. She wrote her first novel, The Icarus Girl, while still at school studying for her A levels. After sending the first 20 pages to a publisher, she was offered two-book deal worth a rumoured £400,000. She studied Social and Political Sciences at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, graduating in 2006. Whilst at Cambridge, two of her plays, Juniper's Whitening and Victimese, were performed by fellow students to critical acclaim and subsequently published by Methuen. In 2007 Bloomsbury published her second novel, The Opposite House which is inspired by Cuban mythology. She lives in London but currently resides in New York.