Shostakovich, Dmitri (1906-1975)

Shostakovich, Dmitri (1906-1975)

Shostakovich, Dmitri (1906-1975) Alternative last name spellings:  Alternative first name spellings: Dmitriyevich. Alias: –   «Real music is always revolutionary, for it cements the ranks of the people; it arouses them and leads them onward.»   GENERAL INFO...
Prokofiev, Sergei (1891-1953)

Prokofiev, Sergei (1891-1953)

Prokofiev, Sergei (1891-1953) Alternative last name spellings:  Alternative first name spellings: Sergeyevich. Alias: –   «The composer, just as the poet, the sculptor or the painter, is in duty bound to serve Man, the people. He must beautify human life and...
Rachmaninoff, Sergei (1873-1943)

Rachmaninoff, Sergei (1873-1943)

Rachmaninoff, Sergei (1873-1943)   Alternative last name spellings: Rajmáninov, Rachmaninov. Alternative first name spellings: Serguéi Vasílievich. Alias: – «The virtuosos look to the students of the world to do their share in the education of the great musical...
Tchaikovsky, Piotr Ilyich (1840-1893)

Tchaikovsky, Piotr Ilyich (1840-1893)

Tchaikovsky, Piotr Ilich (1840-1893)   Alternative last name spellings: Chaikovski Alternative first name spellings: – Alias: –   «Indeed, if it were not for the music, there would be more reasons to go crazy»   GENERAL INFO Description: Tchaikovsky was a...
Schumann, Robert (1810-1856)

Schumann, Robert (1810-1856)

Schumann, Robert (1810-1856) Alternative last name spellings: – Alternative first name spellings: – Alias: Skülander   «Sometimes I am so full of music, and so overflowing with melody, that I find it simply impossible to write down anything.»   GENERAL...