

Often called the "Female Beethoven," Emilie Luise Frederica Mayer composed eight symphonies and numerous chamber works, piano sonatas, and orchestral overtures. Read more →
Debussy composed Children's Corner between 1906 and 1908. He dedicated the suite to his daughter, Claude-Emma. The dedication reads: "To my dear little Chouchou, with tender apologies from her father for what follows." Read more →
A child prodigy, Korngold became one of the most important and influential composers in Hollywood history. He wrote scores for such celebrated films as “The Adventures of Robin Hood,” “Captain Blood,” Elizabeth and Essex,” “The Sea Hawk,” “Green Pastures,” and many others, winning two Oscars for film scoring. Through his film scores, Korngold created the “Hollywood style” of film music, which still influences film composers up to the present day. Read more →
Coleridge-Taylor sought to draw from traditional African music and integrate it into the classical tradition, which he considered Johannes Brahms to have done with Hungarian music and Antonín Dvořák with Bohemian music. Read more →