Composers Posters & Prints Index, “Bo...-Bu...-”
for the music and social studies classrooms, home schoolers, and music theme decor.

Alexander Borodin
Nadia Boulanger
Bourgault-Ducoudray

Johannes Brahms
Dave Brubeck
Max Bruch

Anton Bruckner
Harry Burleigh

Alexander Borodin
b. 11-12-1833; St. Petersburg, Russia
d. 2-27-1887; St. Petersburg

Alexander Borodin, a member of the group of composers called The Five (Mily Balakirev, César Cui, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, and Mussorgsky) who were dedicated to creating a specific kind of art music based on their Russian heritage, made his living as a chemist.

Borodin also received a Tony Award posthumously for the adaptation of his melodies into the musical Kismet and the song “Stranger in Paradise”.

Nadia Boulanger
b. 9-16-1887; Paris, France
d. 10-22-1979; Paris

Composer, conductor, and music professor Nadia Boulanger was an outstanding educator at the highest level, teaching many of the most important composers and conductors of the 20th century.

• Nadia Boulanger: A Life in Music

Louis-Albert Bourgault-Ducoudray
b. 2-2-1840; Nantes, France
d. 7-4-1910; Vernouillet, near Dreux

Louis-Albert Bourgault-Ducoudray was a French composer & musicologist.

Johannes Brahms
b. 5-7-1833; Hamburg, Germany,
d. 4-3-1897; Vienna

• selection of Johannes Brahms posters

Dave Brubeck
b. 12-6-1920; Concord, CA
d. 12-5-2012; Norwalk, CT

Jazz pianist and composer Dave Brubeck is considered to be one of the foremost exponents of progressive jazz.

Max Karl August Bruch
b. 1-6-1838; Cologne, Germany
d. 10-20-1920

Bruch was a German composer in the Romantic tradition best known for his violin compositions such as Concerto No. 1 in G minor, op. 26.

Anton Bruckner
b. 9-4-1824; Ansfelden, Austria
d. 10-11-1896; Vienna

Bruckner, known primarily for his symphonies, masses, and motets (choral compositions), represents the final stage of Austro-German Romanticism and contemporary musical radicalism with dissonances, unprepared modulations, and roving harmonies.

Harry Burleigh
b. 12-2-1866; Erie, Pennsylvania
d. 9-12-1949; New York, NY (heart failure)

Harry Burleigh was a classical composer, arranger, and professional singer in the baritone range. He was one of the first recognized black composers and helped present black music to classical music artists such as Anton Dvorak.