Jacques Hotteterre is regarded one of the most outstanding French musicians of the 17th and 18th centuries. Hotteterre was member of a musical … [Read more...]

One of the greatest and most popular musicians of all time, George Frideric Handel started his professional music studies at the University of Halle. … [Read more...]

An important German early Baroque composer and organist, Johann Christoph Graupner studied with Mylius and Küster. Graupner’s further studied took … [Read more...]

One of greatest Baroque opera composers, Christoph Willibald Gluck escaped from his home in Bohemia to study music in Prague, against his father’s … [Read more...]

Michel de la Barre was a noted French composer and flutist. A highly acclaimed concert performer, La Barre played in all major theatres and concert … [Read more...]

One of the most famous French composers and organists, Louis-Claude d'Aquin performed on the clavecin for King Louis XIV at the age 6. At age 12, … [Read more...]

The greatest performer and composer of the bass viol, Louis de Caix d'Hervelois was a student of Sainte-Colombe and Marin Marais. D’Hervelois was … [Read more...]

Joseph Bodin de Boismortier was one the most distinguished French composers of the 18th-century. A prolific composer, Boismortier wrote and published … [Read more...]

Johann Sebastian Bach is regarded as one of the greatest musicians of our time. Bach has created a real dynasty of musicians. Even though Bach clearly … [Read more...]