Poets and novelists. Mediaeval composers.

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Composers who have also written poetry or novels. These may, for example, have been used as texts for their own songs, or as libretto for their own opera.


The Middle Ages lasted from around the year 500 till the beginning of the Renaissance, which was approximately 1400. Only few composers are known from that era.


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(1813) Gioachino [Gioacchino] Rossini: Premiere of L'Italiana in Algeri, in Venice, Italy.
(1931) Albert Roussel: Premiere of Bacchus et Ariana, in Paris, France.
(1935) Werner Egk: Premiere of Die Zaubergeige, in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
(1950) Richard Strauss: Premiere of Vier Letzte Lieder, in London, England.
(1960) Hans Werner Henze: Premiere of Der Prinz von Homburg, in Hamburg, Germany.

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