Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1178)

Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1178)

Hildegard of Bingen (1098 – 1178), also known as Saint Hildegard or Sibyl of the Rhine, was a German Benedictine abbess, as well as an active writer, composer, philosopher, mystic, visionary, and medical writer and practitioner during the High Middle Ages. She...
Scott Joplin (1868-1917)

Scott Joplin (1868-1917)

Scott Joplin (1868-1917) was a composer and pianist known as the “King of Ragtime” for his famous ragtime compositions. During his career as a composer, he wrote over 40 original ragtime compositions, including “Maple Leaf Rag” and “The Entertainer”, possibly the two...
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912) was a prolific English composer and conductor, known for his three cantatas on the epic poem Song of Hiawatha by American Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.In 1904, on his first tour to the United States, Coleridge-Taylor was received by...