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Jean-Baptiste Krumpholz (lang-cz: Jan Křtitel Krumpholtz) (8 May 1742 – 19 February 1790) was a Czech composer and harpist. Krumpholz was born in Budenice, near Zlonice. He learned music from his father while growing up in Paris; in 1773 he played a successful harp concerto in the Burgtheater in Vienna. After serving three years in Count Esterházy's court orchestra (1773–1776) during which he is said to have taken counterpoint lessons with Joseph Haydn, he embarked on a successful concert tour of Europe. In Paris and Metz he worked with manufacturers F. Nadermann and S. Erard towards improving the construction of...

Born in 1974, this young pianist, after studying classical piano, moved to Paris in 1995, and decided to devote himself to jazz. Having founded his own jazz trio (1998) - with Clovis Nicolas (double-bass) and Tony Rabeson (drums) - Baptiste Trotignon asserts himself as a leader. Discography (As Leader): 2000: « Fluide » (Naive), with Clovis Nicolas & Tony Rabeson. 2001: « Sightseeing » (Naive), with Clovis Nicolas & Tony Rabeson. 2003: « Solo » (Naive). 2005: « Solo II » (Naive). This new solo opus is a natural continuation of the first one, confirming, jazzman’s distinctive sound and style....

MERCURY MUSIC PRIZE: AN ALBUM OF THE YEAR 1999 MOBO AWARDS: BEST JAZZ ACT 1999 BRITISH JAZZ AWARDS: RISING STAR 2000 Nominated for: BBC JAZZ AWARDS: Best Album 2004 BBC JAZZ AWARDS: Best New Work 2004 MOBO AWARDS: Best Jazz Act 2004 PARLIAMENTARY JAZZ AWARDS: Best Album 2005 A graduate of Tomorrow's Warriors, Denys Baptiste has carved out a successful career as a major artist and composer on the UK jazz scene. As well as being a brilliant saxophonist, Denys is known as a hugely talented composer whose music is highly accessible. Be Where You Are (DUNECD03), his wonderful 1999...

Jean-Baptiste Besard(b Besançon, c 1567; dafter 1617). Burgundian lutenist and composer. He studied law in Dôle and medicine in Rome before moving to Germany. His Thesaurus harmonicus (1603) contains 403 lute pieces, some with voice, representing 21 composers (including himself) and almost all the instrumental forms of the time; many pieces were copied into later collections. A smaller collection, Novus partus, appeared in1617. Both are important for their size, catholicity of taste, influence and historical context. His extensive manual on lute playing, printed in Thesaurus and revised in Novus partus, concentrates on fingering techniques; it was later translated into English....

Jean-Baptiste Lully o Giovanni Battista Lulli (Firenze, 28 novembre 1632 – Parigi, 22 marzo 1687) è stato un compositore italiano naturalizzato francese. Si firmò sempre Lully, sebbene nella lingua del suo paese natale, la y non esistesse. Senza dubbio adottò questa ortografia sentendo il suo nome pronunciato alla francese, ovvero, con l'accento sull'ultima sillaba. Aveva visto la luce nel 1632 a Firenze o nei dintorni di questa città. Suo padre era mugnaio o, più precisamente, garzone di mulino: la pretesa di essere figlio di un gentiluomo, quando Luigi XIV gli accordò delle lettere di naturalizzazione, non è più fondata del...