20th-century Italian composer Luciano Berio embraced many forms of music, from twelve-tone modernism, to Romanticism, to folk musics. His works range from pieces for solo instruments (called Sequenzas), to electroacoustic works, to works for orchestra. Berio was particularly fascinated with the capab

Abstract, Classical, Complex, Experimental, Layered, Pioneering, Playful

Ben Jonson may be the most famous person to use the shortened version of his given name professionally. It is for hackneyed notes and anecdotes like these that the playwright, poet, and actor is now primarily known.

Evidently, it is really difficult to be a dramatist and poet if you lived

16th century (renaissance) literature, 16th century (renaissance) poetry, Beautiful , Classical, Figurative, Parody, Pioneering, Political, Smart, Witty

Paul Taylor is an American choreographer well-known for his classical style of modern dance. Taylor began his dance training at Juilliard and Connecticut College. He studied with Martha Graham in whose company he was a soloist from 1955 to 1962. In 1954, Taylor had founded his own dance compa

Classical, Clean, Epic, Lyrical, Postmodern dance, Sincere, Sophisticated

Franz Joseph Haydn was an Austrian composer and one of the most important composers in the Classical period. For most of his career, he was Kapellmeister (music director) for the wealthy Esterházy family, writing numerous symphonies and chamber music works. Haydn epitomized the Classic style, with r

Classical, Classical era, Clean, Elegant, Sophisticated