Biography: James Oswald, James P. Carrell, James Scott Skinner, James Tenney, James Walker, Jan Benda, Jan Blockx, Jan Brandts Buys, Jan Dismas Zelenka, Jan Ladislav Dussek,

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James Oswald Biography, Photos, Pictures

Though little is known of Oswald’s early life he was quite active in Scotland before moving to London in 1741 As a violinist he published two sets of compositions in 1736 and 1740 respectively

James P. Carrell Biography, Photos, Pictures

An American composer and compiler who was instrumental in the development of shape-note hymnody Notes were written with different shapes for each interval (doh, re, mi, fah, sol, lah, ti) in any given key

James Scott Skinner Biography, Photos, Pictures

James Scott Skinner had a profound effect on the evolution of Scottish music A master fiddler, Skinner wrote more than 600 compositions including “The Laird of Drumblair,” which fiddler Tommy Peoples covered on the Bothy Band’s self-titled debut album in 1975

James Tenney Biography, Photos, Pictures

Studied piano with Eduard Steuermann Composition with Chou Wen-chung, Lionel Nowak, Paul Boepple, Henry Brant, Carl Ruggles, Kenneth Gaburo, Lejaren Hiller, Edgard Varése Associate Member of the Technical Staff at Bell Telephone Labs from 1961-64

James Walker Biography, Photos, Pictures

Producer and conductor James Walker has stood behind a large library of classical repertoire recordings since the ’80s including quite a bit of Frederic Chopin and several outstanding collections of performances bybrilliant vocalist Joan Sutherland

Jan Benda was a town musician who is primarily known for the abilities of his children The five children who became musicians were Franz, Johann, Georg, Joseph and Anna The Benda family was saved from persecution over religious differences in Bohemia by Frederick The Great with whom Franz — Jan’s eldest son — was employed

Blockx was a student of Peter Benoit at the Ecole de Musique, which later became the Flemish Music School He later became a lecturer there and was adored by his students He became the director of the Royal Flemish Music Conservatory in 1901 and was a member of the Royal Belgian Academy

Jan Brandts Buys Biography, Photos, Pictures

A member of an extensive family of Dutch musicians, Brandts Buys studied at the Raff-Konservatorium in Frankfurt am Main He moved to Vienna in 1893 and worked preparing vocal scores for Universal-Edition

Jan Dismas Zelenka Biography, Photos, Pictures

Zelenka was a court musician in Dresden for most of his career Except for brief periods of travel during which he studied or participated in music research, he served as a double bass player in the court orchestra and later aided the ailing Kapellmeister in his duties

Jan Ladislav Dussek Biography, Photos, Pictures

A pianist and composer who made associations with C P E Bach, Ludwig Spohr, and Punto, and who was positioned with, or performed for, such royal persons as Catherine II, Marie Antoinette, Napoleon, and Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia

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