Informusic

how about including debussy, gluck, and more? could you do a horizontal timeline with just a general overall look at the history major events?

This app has an excellent layout, is easy to navigate, and highly informative. As a musician, this app is super helpful for looking up information quickly on composers as well as verifying facts. I'm sure as the app develops, more composers will be added--for now, it's a fantastic start and I would highly recommend this to any student studying music. The possibilities are endless for this app if you think about it--it could be the music history IMDb.

In this initial version, the app is well-organized and easy to use, but only provides bios/information on 19 (yes, only 19!) composers. (Bellini, Berlioz, Bizet, Brahms, Bruckner, Chopin, Franck, Liszt, Mendelssohn, Mendelssohn-Hensel, Musorgsky, Saint-Saens, Schumann, Strauss I, Strauss II, Tchaikovsky, Verdi, Wagner, Wieck-Schumann.) The true value of this app could be seen if it can expand to thousands of composers...although to create something that practically expansive, it almost seems easier to just suggest that Grove/OxfordMusic create an mobile app version/subscription of their already comprehensive online database. The timeline feature on this app is unique and helpful, but at present fairly useless with only 19 composers.