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Artist: Johann
Artist: Johannes Brahms
A German composer of major works in all forms except opera, including symphonies, lieder, and solo piano music. Playing in rough taverns down by the docks as a teenager in order to supplement his family's humble income, Brahms persevered to become a renowned conductor of Bach, Beethoven, Schubert, and Schumann and a great composer, faithful to... [+] Read More
Artist: Johann Pachelbel
A German organist, important predecessor of Bach, and composer of organ, sacred vocal, and chamber music. Pachelbel was a gifted vocal composer and a pioneer in "word printing" -- correspondences in notational symbolism to the meaning of the words, such as in his motet Durch Adams Fall ("Through Adam's Fall"), which contains a falling figure in... [+] Read More
Artist: Johannes Mohlala
Johannes Mohlala is the most popular of a rash of musicians to combine traditional call-and-response singing with the autoharp. This bizarre combination is known as harepa. ~ Leon Jackson, All Music Guide [+] Read More
Artist: Johannes Schmoelling
Artist: Johannes Schenck
Schenck was an excellent viola da gamba player of the Baroque era. He was of Dutch birth but was hired by the Elector Palatine Johann Wilhelm I in Dusseldorf. Schenck probably served there from 1696 until 1716 when the elector died. Composing music for his instrument and requiring exceptional skilled techniques, Schenck did a great deal to... [+] Read More
Artist: Johann Schrammel
A violin student of Melzer, Heissler and Hellmesberger -- the latter two at the Vienna Conservatory -- Schrammel was the founder and leader of the Schrammel Trio which included his brother Josef, violin, and the bass guitarist Anton Strohmayer. Before founding the trio, which later developed into the Quartet, Johann served with the Harmonie and... [+] Read More
Artist: Johannes Bauer
The elder member of the trombone-bonny Bauer family, Johannes Bauer is the one with the longest discography and perhaps the highest profile on the free jazz scene, although no one would suggest that kid brother Connie Bauer isn't giving him a run for his money. Avant-garde music listeners have plenty of opportunities to compare the brothers, as... [+] Read More
Artist: Johann Kuhnau
Johann Kuhnau was a composer, keyboardist, music theorist, scholar, writer and lawyer. He was known for his keyboard music and preceeded Bach as Kantor of the Thomasschule in Leipzig. After Kuhnau showed early musical promise and was active as a church musician and music student, culminating with the Kantorship in 1701. In addition to his... [+] Read More
Artist: Johannes Bedyngham
An English Renaissance composer of some repute. It is probable that Bedyngham resided in England throughout his life and in position at St. Stephens, Westminster. He composed masses, motets, ballades and rondeaux. The works were widely disseminated as can be discerned via the many tranlations into Latin, French, and Italian. "Durer ne puis" and... [+] Read More
Artist: Johannes Ciconia
Franco-Flemish composer of vocal music, active mostly in Italy. Ciconia was one of the most important composers of the generation which made the shift from the complex and rhythmically animated lines of the late medieval period to the smoother harmonic contours of the early Renaissance. His works exhibit both of these divergent styles to varying... [+] Read More
Artist: Johannes Enders
Saxophonist Johannes Enders is a diverse, distinctive player who has worked with artists as diverse as Donald Byrd, Roy Hargrove, Lester Bowie, and post-rock group the Notwist.
Born in a small city near Munich, Enders picked up the sax for the first time at 14, and went on to classical music studies at the Munich Conservatory. Upon graduation... [+] Read More
Artist: Johannes Schuler
Johannes Schuler was one of a now-forgotten breed of conductor. In an era in which seemingly every figure at the podium seems to aspire (in their dreams at least) to a high-profile international career, Schuler was content to serve quietly as a kapellmeister, achieving extraordinary levels of excellence leading his various opera companies and... [+] Read More
Artist: Johannes Linstead
Instrumentalist Johannes Linstead is not an easy artist to categorize. Some listeners have described the acoustic guitarist's ambitious, far-reaching albums as new age (although he is much more energetic than new age artists are typically known for being), and others have labeled him nuevo flamenco (that is, modern flamenco-pop rather than... [+] Read More
