Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev (1837- 1910) was a Russian composer, pianist, and conductor known today primarily for his work promoting musical nationalism and his encouragement of more famous Russian com...
Jon Lord (1941 - 2012) was an English composer, pianist, and Hammond organ player known for his pioneering work in fusing rock with classical or baroque forms, especially with "Deep Purple", as well a...
Gustaf Nordqvist (1886 - 1949) was a Swedish composer, church musician and professor As a composer he is best known for his many solo songs, including "Till havs" and "Jul, jul, strålande jul" a Chris...
On Christmas Eve of 1818, Catholic priest Josef Mohr, showed Austrian composer Franz Xaver Gruber a six-stanza poem he had written in 1816 and he asked Gruber to set the poem to music. Because the chu...
The First Noel (originally "The First Nowell") is a traditional English Christmas carol with Cornish origins, most likely from the early modern period, although possibly earlier. "Nowell" is an Early...
´Jingle Bells´ is one of the best-known and most commonly sung American songs in the world. It was written in 1850 by James Lord Pierpont (1822-1893) at Simpson Tavern in Medford, Massachusetts. It wa...
Carlos Gardel (1890 - 1935) was a French Argentine singer, songwriter, composer and actor, and the most prominent figure in the history of tango. Gardel's baritone voice and the dramatic phrasing of h...