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Persiflage by Heinrich-Otto Pieper Statue of the Town Musicians of Bremen, Fujikawaguchiko, Japan. Statues modeled after the Town Musicians of Bremen statue now reside in front of each of the five German veterinary schools. Another replica of the statue can be found in the Lynden Sculpture Garden, located in Milwaukee.
Jean-Philippe Rameau, by Jacques Aved, 1728. Jean-Philippe Rameau (French: [ʒɑ̃filip ʁamo]; 25 September 1683 – 12 September 1764) was a French composer and music theorist. Regarded as one of the most important French composers and music theorists of the 18th century, [1] he replaced Jean-Baptiste Lully as the dominant composer of French ...
Thomas Augustine Arne (/ ɑːrn /; 12 March 1710 – 5 March 1778) was an English composer. He is best known for his patriotic song "Rule, Britannia!" and the song "A-Hunting We Will Go", the latter composed for a 1777 production of The Beggar's Opera, which has since become popular as a folk song and a nursery rhyme. [1] Arne was a leading British theatre composer of the 18th century, working ...
Antonio Lucio Vivaldi[n 2] (4 March 1678 – 28 July 1741) was an Italian composer, virtuoso violinist and impresario of Baroque music. [4] Along with Johann Sebastian Bach and George Frideric Handel, Vivaldi ranks amongst the greatest Baroque composers and his influence during his lifetime was widespread across Europe, giving origin to many imitators and admirers. He pioneered many ...
Pages in category "18th-century composers" The following 59 pages are in this category, out of 59 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
Prague. Occupation. Classical composer. Father. Šimon Brixi. František Xaver Brixi (2 January 1732 – 14 October 1771) was a Czech classical composer of the 18th century. His first name is sometimes given by reference works in its Germanic form, Franz.
Pieter Hellendaal. Pieter Hellendaal (1 April 1721 – 19 April 1799) was a Dutch composer, organist and violinist. At age 30, he migrated to England where he lived for the last 48 of his 78 years, and where he was known as Peter Hellendaal. He was one of the most notable 18th-century composers of Dutch origin.
Johann Sebastian Bach's The Art of Fugue, which was broken off abruptly during Contrapunctus XIV, probably shortly before the death of the composer, was first published in the mid 18th century. Many reconstructions have been written, but in 1991 Zoltán Göncz used the form of a permutation fugue to make a strong argument as to the structure of ...