Who was born first, Claude Debussy or Gian Carlo Menotti?
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Claude Debussy Achille-Claude Debussy (] , 22 August 1862 – 25 March 1918), known since the 1890s as Claude-Achille Debussy or Claude Debussy, was a French composer. He and Maurice Ravel were the most prominent figures associated with Impressionist music, though Debussy disliked the term when applied to his compositions. He was made Chevalier of the Legion of Honour in 1903. He was among the most influential composers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and his use of non-traditional scales and chromaticism influenced many composers who followed.
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Gian Carlo Menotti Gian Carlo Menotti (] ; July 7, 1911 – February 1, 2007) was an Italian-American composer and librettist. Although he often referred to himself as an American composer, he kept his Italian citizenship. He wrote the classic Christmas opera "Amahl and the Night Visitors", along with over two dozen other operas intended to appeal to popular taste.
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Suite bergamasque The Suite bergamasque (] ) is one of the most famous piano suites by Claude Debussy. It was first composed by Debussy around 1890, at the age of 28, but was significantly revised just before its publication in 1905.
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Carlo Peroni (conductor) Carlo Peroni (1884, Rome - March 12, 1944, New York City) was an Italian opera conductor who served as the musical director of Fortune Gallo's San Carlo Opera Company (SCOC) from 1921 until his death 23 years later. With that company he performed in almost every major city in North America, typically conducting 8 opera performance a week eight months out of the year. In 1934, upon Peroni's 500th performance with the SCOC, "The New York Times" declared that he had conducted more grand opera performances in North America than any conductor in history.
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Gian Paolo Borghetti Gian Paolo Borghetti (corsu: Ghjuvan-Paulu Borghetti, français: Jean-Paul Borghetti, 23 June 1816 - 4 November 1897) was a Corsican writer, poet and politician. He has been described as ""one of the greatest Corsican poets writing in Italian"", and ""one of the most brilliant Corsican intellectuals of the nineteenth century"".
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Paul de Choudens Paul (de) Choudens, also known under the pseudonym Paul Bérel (5 June 1850 – 7 Octobre 1925), was a 19th/20th century French musician, music publisher, poet and librettist.
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Bruno Mantovani Bruno Mantovani (born 8 October 1974) is a French composer. He has been awarded first prizes from the Paris Conservatory which he joined in 1993. His work has been commissioned by the French government as well as other organizations. In September 2010 he was appointed to the post of director of the Paris Conservatory.
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Michel Colombier Michel Colombier (May 23, 1939 – November 14, 2004) was a French composer, arranger, and conductor.
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Pierre Baillot Pierre Marie François de Sales Baillot (1 October 1771 – 15 September 1842) was a French violinist and composer born in Passy. He studied the violin under Giovanni Battista Viotti and taught at the Paris Conservatoire together with Pierre Rode (also a pupil of Viotti) and Rodolphe Kreutzer, who wrote the conservatoire's official violin method (published in the early 19th century). He was sole author of the instructional "L'art du violon" (1834). Baillot's teachings had a profound influence on technical and musical development in an age in which virtuosity was openly encouraged. He was leader of the Paris Opéra, gave solo recitals and was a notable performer of chamber music. He died in Paris in 1842.
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Mario Braggiotti Mario Braggiotti (November 29, 1905 – May 18, 1996) was an American pianist, composer and raconteur. His career was launched by George Gershwin, who became his friend and mentor.
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Jorge Urrutia Jorge Urrutia Blondel (August 17, 1905 – July 5, 1981), was a Chilean composer, educator and writer, born in 1905. He has composed ballet music, symphonic poems, and works for piano and for voice. He is regarded as a Chilean nationalist in his music, but nevertheless the influence of Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel can be detected in his orchestration and harmony. He co-authored, with S. Claro, "Historia de la musica en Chile" (History of Music in Chile), published in 1971.
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Ed Di Lello Ed Di Lello (born 1952) is a former American composer, choreographer, director, dancer, and actor who worked in the United States during the 1970s and 1980s. He was born in New York City to Vincent and Angela ("née" Salvatore). He received a bachelor's degree from Sarah Lawrence College in 1974. He is currently a Vice President at JP Morgan Chase Bank.
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Beau Soir "Beau Soir" (French for "Beautiful Evening") is a French art song written by Claude Debussy. It is a setting of a poem by Paul Bourget. Debussy was 15 or 16 when he wrote this song (ca. 1877/8), and his music was marked by the aesthetics of the period.
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The Last Savage The Last Savage is an opera in three acts by composer Gian Carlo Menotti. Menotti wrote his own libretto, originally in the Italian language ("L'ultimo selvaggio"). The opera was translated into French ("Le dernier sauvage") by Jean-Pierre Marty for the work's first (private) performance at the Opéra-Comique in Paris on 21 October 1963, followed the next day by the public premiere. George Mead translated the work into English for the opera's American premiere at the Metropolitan Opera the following year.
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Carlo Salotti Carlo Salotti (25 July 1870 – 24 October 1947) was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Prefect of the Congregation of Rites from 1938 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate "in pectore" in 1933.
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Jean Deplace Jean Deplace (c. 1944 – 30 November 2015) was a French cellist. Many well-known cellists studied with Deplace. Deplace studied with Maurice Maréchal and won first prize for cello in 1963 at the Paris Conservatory. Deplace went on to win awards in international competitions including; the Grand Prize of the Geneva International Competition, the Budapest Grand Prize and the Florence Grand Prize. Deplace was also the recipient of a Sasha Schneider Foundation award. Deplace performed with leading orchestras including Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Orchestre de Monte Carlo, the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and at the Musica Maggio Fiorentino.
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Cesare Galeotti Cesare Galeotti (5 June 1872, Pietrasanta - 19 February 1929, Paris) was an Italian composer, conductor, and concert pianist. He is best known for his opera "Anton" which he conducted at its highly lauded premiere at La Scala on 17 February 1900. His other opera "Dorisse" premiered at La Monnaie in Brussels on 18 April 1910 under the baton of Sylvain Dupuis and with mezzo-soprano Claire Croiza performing as Alays. In addition to writing operas, he also composed a considerable amount of symphonic music.
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Claude Balbastre Claude Balbastre (December 8, 1724 – May 9, 1799) was a French composer, organist, harpsichordist and fortepianist. He was one of the most famous musicians of his time.
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Cinq poèmes de Charles Baudelaire The Cinq poèmes de Charles Baudelaire (CD 64) constitute a song cycle for voice and piano by Claude Debussy, on poems taken from "Les Fleurs du mal" by Charles Baudelaire. Composed from December 1887 to March 1889, these five highly developed vocal pieces were not well received by Parisian musical circles because of the Wagnerian influence they revealed.
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Carlo Donida Carlo Donida Labati (30 October 1920, in Milan – 22 April 1998, in Porto Valtravaglia) was an Italian composer and pianist.
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Antonio Gardano Antonio Gardano (also Antoine Gardane) (1509 – 28 October 1569) was a French-born Italian composer and important music publisher based in Venice.
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List of compositions by Claude Debussy by genre This is a list of compositions by Claude Debussy, organized by genre.