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A family of organ builders in Spain during the 17th and 18th centuries They may have been Basque and were born in different places They served in such cities as Madrid, Toledo, Leon, Soria, Segovia, and Salamanaca

Ernest Ansermet Biography, Photos, Pictures

Ernest Ansermet was born in Vevey, Switzerland, on November 11, 1883 His father was a mathematician and schoolteacher, and his mother taught him music He studied mathematics at Lausanne University, graduating in 1903

Ernest Bloch Biography, Photos, Pictures

A Swiss composer who moved to noise-based composition from neo-classical beginnings Bloch was a composer of psychologically profound works who was greatly influenced by world music (Hebrew melody, Southeast Asian music, and Tibetan music) in creating a totally original music with a traditional fluidity of inflection

Ernest Bullock Biography, Photos, Pictures

Bullock was educated at Durham University and served as organist at several cathedrals before becoming organist and Master of the Choristers at Westminster Abbey in 1928 He provided music for the coronations of King George VI in 1937 and for Queen Elizabeth in 1953 as a function of this post

Ernest Charles Biography, Photos, Pictures

Charles studied voice with Charles Wood He produced a radio program called “Great Moments in Music” in New York, and is best known for his songs ~ Lynn Vought, All Music Guide

Ernest Chausson Biography, Photos, Pictures

A French composer of opera, chamber music, and the symphonic poem “Viviane” (1882) The influences of Wagner and Franck are evident in Chausson’s music, although he developed an intense individual style

Ernest Reyer Biography, Photos, Pictures

Reyer was a French composer of operas who, more importantly, served as a critic for a number of years with articles appearing in a number of French journals and papers His operas included “Le selam,” 1850, “La statue,” 1861, “Maitre Wolfram,” 1854, “Erostrate,” 1862, “Sigurd,” 1884, and “Salammbo,” 1890

Ernestine Schumann-Heink Biography, Photos, Pictures

Born Ernestine Ršssler in what is now part of Czechoslovakia, Schumann-Heink had an uncommonly opulent, powerful voice that made her ideal for Wagnerian roles, and for other dramatic parts

Bacon was educated at the University of Chicago and at the University of California He founded the Carmel Bach Festival in 1935 and served as a professor of music at the San Francisco Conservatory and Converse College in South Carolina

Ernst Eichner Biography, Photos, Pictures

Composer, bassoonist and violinist who more than likely learned music at the Waldeck court (His wife was Maria Magdelena Ritter probably of the Mannheim family of musicians) Eichner travelled to Paris and then London where he participated in concerts of J