Biography: Alessandro Marcello, Alessandro Melani, Alessandro Piccinini, Alessandro Poglietti, Alessandro Rolla, Alessandro Scarlatti, Alessandro Stradella, Aaron Avshalomov, Alexander Agricola, Alexander Alexandrov Alyabyev,

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Alessandro Marcello Biography, Photos, Pictures

Music was not the livelihood for this Venetian composer He learned the violin from his father and made his home the center of weekly musical concerts During these concerts his own compositions were performed and frequent visitors included Gasparini, Lotti and later Tartini

Alessandro Melani Biography, Photos, Pictures

At least three Italian families of musicians from Pistoia were of the name Melani Alessandro was the youngest of seven sons born to Domenico di Sante Melani who were all musicians

Alessandro Piccinini Biography, Photos, Pictures

Piccinini was a lutenist and composer in the court of Ferrara from 1582 until 1597 After that he was in service to the Cardinal Aldobrandini in Bologna until 1621 Piccinini developed a bass lute during his lifetime and made improvements to the chittarone

Alessandro Poglietti Biography, Photos, Pictures

Though the date of Poglietti’s birth is unknown he was serving in the court of Leopold I as an organist from 1661 He enjoyed great favor as both the organist and as a teacher

Alessandro Rolla Biography, Photos, Pictures

Finding his musical place relatively early and in a consistent manner, Rolla was perhaps afforded a security that few obtained More than likely he was trained in Milan and sustained positions closely related to Milan throughout his career

Alessandro Scarlatti Biography, Photos, Pictures

An Italian composer of opera, sacred and secular vocal music, and some instrumental works Scarlatti’s operas, oratorios, and cantatas made him one of the foremost Neopolitan composers of the day

Alessandro Stradella Biography, Photos, Pictures

For most of this Italian composer’s career, time was spent in Rome where he lived independently and was fortunate to compose on commission for Queen Christina of Sweden and the Colonna family

Aaron Avshalomov Biography, Photos, Pictures

Avshalomov received his education at the Zurich Conservatory In 1914 he moved to China and began his study of native Chinese music This study prompted him to incorporate Chinese subjects and themes into his work

Alexander Agricola Biography, Photos, Pictures

Alexander Agricola was a traveled composer throughout France, Italy, Spain and the Netherlands Records concerning his life and accomplishments are not completely lucid and a number of different referential names are associated with him (Allesandro Alemanno, Alexander de Alemanna, and Allessandro d’Allemagna)

Alexander Alexandrov Alyabyev Biography, Photos, Pictures

Alyabyev was a composer of operas and songs with other pieces that included his “String Quartet in Eb-dur” and a later “Symphony in E-mol” His operas include, but are not limited to, “Lunnaya noch’ ili Domoviye,” “Novay shalost’, ili Teatral’noye srazheniye,” “Derevensky filosof,” “Otstupnik, ili Osada Korinfa,” “The Merry Wives of Windsor,” and “Ammalat-bek