Music

• Franz Schubert

  • Austrian composer
  • born on January 31, 1797
  • when he was 10 years old, he had already established his reputations as a budding composer.
  • Followed his father's profession as a teacher.
  • struggled financially, but his musical works were great successes.
  • Schubert died on November 19, 1828
• Giuseppe Verdi

  • Italian composer
  • born on October 10, 1813
  • Milan Conservatory rejected him because he was not qualified based on the standards of the institution at that time.
  • studied music privately under another composer, Vincenzo Lavigna.
  • He composed over 25 operas.
  • died on January 12, 1901
• Giacomo Puccini

  • Italian composer
  • born on December 22, 1858 in Lucca, Italy
  • The Puccinis were organists and composers to the Cathedral of San Martino for 5 generations.
  • studied at the Milan Conservatory.
  • died due to post-operative shock on November 29, 1924
• Richard Wagner

  • famous German composer, primarily known for his complex and controversial operas.
  • was born on May 22, 1813 in Leipzig, Germany
  • when he was 11 years old, he wrote his first symphony
  • by the age of 16, he was already composing music.
  • studied at the Leipzig University
  • performed his first symphony in 1833
  • Inspired by Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, Wagner became one of the world's most influential composers.
  • died of a heart attack in Venice on February 13, 1883
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

  • one of the most well known composers of the classical period.
• • Mozart was born in Salzburg, Austria on January 27, 1756.
• • Mozart's father was a successful composer, violinist, and assistant concertmaster at the Salzburg Court.
• Mozart was known as a child prodigy for his exemplary musical talent at an early age.
• Mozart was also a violin virtuoso.
• Mozart composed minuets and symphonies when he was only Nine years old.
• Franz Joseph Haydn

  • Austrian Composer
  • born on March 31, 1732
  • Was one of the most prolific and prominent composers of the classical period.
  • He was known as the father of the symphony and the string quartet.
  • His choirmaster suggested that he become a castrato, but the operation never happened due to the objection of his father.
  • Haydn wrote 107 symphonies.
  • He died peacefully in his sleep on May 31, 1809
• Ludwig van Beethoven

  • born on December 16, 1770.
  • he became Haydn's student.
  • He became deaf at the age of 46.
  • works are considered a bridge between classical and romantic eras.
  • Beethoven died on March 26, 1827.
• Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

  • famous Russian composer of the Romantic Era.
  • began his piano lessons at the age of five.
  • his mother died of cholera.
  • entered the St. Petersburg Conservatory to study music for three years.
  • got a teaching position in Moscow Conservatory
  • famous works include The Nutcracker and Sleeping Beauty
  • died November 6, 1893.
• Frederic Francois Chopin

  • Polish composer known for his brilliant solo piano works and concertos.
  • studied at Warsaw Conservatory of Music
  • his music was associated with nationalism
  • died on October 17, 1849.
• Camille Saint-Saens

  • French composer and organist.
  • born in Paris, France
  • born on October 9, 1835
  • studied organ and composition at the Paris Conservatory and became an organist at the Church of the Madeleine in 1857.
  • was known for his symphonic poems and operas.
• Franz Liszt

  • was a Hungarian piano virtuoso and composer.
  • born on October 22, 1811 in Raiding, Hungary.
  • studied piano techniques under Carl Czerny, a violinist virtuoso.
  • wanted to be the Paganini of piano.
  • was known for his demanding and difficult piano works.
  • died of pneumonia
  • died on July 3, 1886 at the age of 74.
• Louis-Hector Berlioz

  • was also a French composer and conductor.
  • was born on December 11, 1803 in La Cote-St-Andre, Isere, France
  • he studied medicine, but he later on enrolled at the Paris Conservatoire to be a composer.
• Robert Schumann

  • was a German composer born on June 8, 1810 in Zwickau, Germany.
  • studied piano under Johann Gottlob Friedrick Wieck who later became his father in law.
  • suffered from bipolar disorder, which affected his compositions.
  • attempted suicide twice.
  • died at the age of 46.