Meet and extraordinary, forgotten woman: Marie Jaëll! Born as Marie Trautmann in 1846, she started playing Piano at six, and studying...

Meet Hermann Goetz! Goetz was born in Königsberg 1840. Not from a family of musicians, he autonomously started composing, even before he...

Meet Bernard van Dieren! Bernard van Dieren was born in Rotterdam in 1887, and apparently started studying science (he also had...

Back to Baroque with another rarity: Christoph Graupner! Christoph Graupner (1683-1760) is probably the composer with the higher...

Meet a new composer today: Sir Donald Tovey! The British Donald Tovey (1875-1940) is nowaday well known for his musical analisys and his...

New composer from France: Benjamin Godard! Born in 1849, he studied Violin with Henri Vieuxtemps, and composition with Napoléon Henri...

Meet Victor Herbert! Very complex family situation here. His mother was Frances Lover, daughter of the novelist, poet, composer and...

Meet Josef Labor! Soon Josef Labor sr. who was amongst the circle of Schubert's friends, the young Josef was born in Bohemia in 1842. t...

Meet Emil von Reznicek! Born in Vienna in 1860, he worked in Austria, Germany and in Prague, and gained international reputation with his...

Joseph Ryelandt was a Belgian composer born in 1870 in the well-known city of Bruges, the same city where he died almost centenarian in...

Robert Volkmann was born in 1815 in Germany. His father was a musician too, and the young 12 years old Volkmann was already able to play...

[Yes, this is another episode of "Died Too Young".] Born in 1776 in Versailles, a lot of members of Hyacinthe Jadin's family were...

Meet Peter Benoit! Peter Benoit was born Flanders in 1834. He started studying at a young age, and at 23 he won the Belgian Prix de Rome,...