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Sergey Prokofiev: revolutionary composer who gave us some of the 20th century's most dazzling music
Meet Sergey Prokofiev, the Russian master of drama, orchestration and sardonic wit
'Audience members fainted with excitement': the dazzling virtuoso rumoured to be in league with the devil
One of the most dazzling musical showmen of all time, the great Italian violinist and composer Paganini cast a spell over all those who heard his music, as Julian Haylock explains
Puccini: the Italian opera maestro who added Wagner to Verdi
Opera's craftsman of emotion
Michael Praetorius: composer, organist, theorist, Renaissance man extraordinaire
Best known for a moment of festive perfection, the music of the German composer Michael Praetorius was, explains Paul Riley, shaped by the Lutheran era in which he lived
Parry, Hubert
Groundbreaking and influential, Hubert Parry was at the heart of the renaissance of British music in the early 20th century, says Jeremy Dibble
Piazzolla, Astor
How one of Argentina's greatest composers Astor Piazzolla reinvented the tango, despite biting criticism back home. Rob Ainsley explores his life, influences and works
Purcell, Henry
Meet Henry Purcell, England's rugged individualist
Panufnik, Roxanna
Meet the composer Roxanna Panufnik, daughter of a key Anglo-Polish composer and now a major musical figure herself
A guide to Florence Price
Composer Florence Price became the first African-American woman to have a symphony performed by a major American orchestra
Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da
Peerless voice of the Renaissance
Poulenc, Francis
Today he may be the most fêted of the French composer group Les Six but Poulenc was a contradictory character full of self-doubt
Pergolesi, Giovanni Battista
Neapolitan man of mystery
Pärt, Arvo
Estonia's pioneering contemporary voice