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Umberto Menotti Maria Giordano
b. x8-28-1867; Foggia, Puglia, Italy
d. 11-12-1948; Milan
Opera composer Umberto Giordano is best remembered several of his verismo operas: the first, based on the life of poet André Chénier, and Fedora, based on the Victorien Sardou play of the same name, that featured a young Enrico Caruso.
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Philip Morris Glass
b. 1-31-1937; Baltimore, MD
Philip Glass, considered one of the most influential and prolific composers of operas, musical theatre works, eight symphonies, eight concertos, solo works, string quartets, and film scores of the late 20th century. He also founded the Philip Glass Ensemble.
• Solo Piano, Philip Glass, CD
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Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka
b. 6-1-1804; Novospasskoye, Russia
d. 2-15-1857; Berlin (buried in St. Petersburg)
Mikhail Glinka is regarded as the "father of Russian classical music”.
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Karl Goldmark
b. 5-18-1830; Keszthely, Hungary
d. 1-2-1915; Vienna
Karl Goldmark was a composer of operas, symphonies, chamber music and choral music. In addition to being remembered as a composer, Goldmark was also a violinist and teacher.
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Louis Moreau Gottschalk
b. 5-8-1829; New Orleans, LA
d. 12-18-1869; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (complications from malaria)
Composer and pianist Louis Moreau Gottschalk, best known as a virtuoso performer of his own romantic piano works, spent most of his working career outside of the United States.
Gottschalk's grand-nephew Louis Ferdinand Gottschalk was a notable composer of silent film and musical theatre scores.
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Charles Gounod
b. 6-17-1818; Paris, France
d. 10-18-1893; Saint-Cloud
Charles Gounod is best remembered for his Ave Maria (based on a work by Bach) and his operas Faust and Roméo et Juliette, as well as the “Funeral March of a Marionette” - chosen as the theme music for the Alfred Hitchcock Presents television program.
• Faust opera poster
• George London as Mephistopheles photo
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Edvard Hagerup Grieg
b. 6-15-1843; Bergen, Norway
d. 9-4-1907
Pianist and composer Edvard Grieg is best known for his Piano Concerto in A minor, Lyric Pieces, and incidental music for Henrik Ibsen's play Peer Gynt.
He was married to lyric soprano Nina Hagerup (1845-1935), who was also his first cousin.
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Felix-Alexandre Guilmant
b. 3-12-1837; Boulogne-sur-Mer, France
d. 3-29-1911; Meudon, near Paris
Felix-Alexandre Guilmant was a noted organist who was also a teacher and composer.
Guillmant toured the United States in 1904, playing many recitals on the largest organ in the world, installed for the St. Louis Exposition.
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