Music

• Franz Schubert was an Austrian composer.
• Franz Schubert was born on January 31, 1797.
• When Schubert was 10 years old, he had already established his reputation as a budding composer in Vienna.
• Schubert followed his father's profession as a teacher and spent his spare time in writing compositions.
• Schubert was able to compose 600 lieder, 7 complete symphonies, 2 sonatas, and a series of miniatures for solo piano, 2 mass settings and other shorter choral works, 4 stage works, and various other projects.
• Franz Schubert died on November 19, 1828.
• Giuseppe Verdi was an Italian composer.
• Verdi was born on October 10, 1813.
• The Milan Conservatory rejected Verdi because he was not qualified based on the standards of the institution at that time.
• Verdi studied music privately under another composer, Vincenzo Lavigna.
• Verdi composed over 25 operas.
• Verdi died on January 21, 1901
• Giacomo Puccini was an Italian composer born in Lucca, Italy.
• Giacomo Puccini was born on December 22, 1858.
• The Puccinis were organists and composers to the Cathedral of San Martino for five generations.
• Puccini died due to post-operative shock on November 29, 1924.
• Richard Wagner was a famous German composer.
• Wagner was born on May 22, 1813.
• Richard Wagner was born in Leipzig, Germany.
• During Wagner's early years, he attended school in Dresden, Germany.
• Wagner was only 11 years old when he wrote his first drama.
• Wagner performed his first symphony in 1833.
• Wagner was known for its complex texture, rich harmonies and orchestration, and elaborate use of leitmotifs.
• Wagner died of a heart attack in Venice on February 13, 1883.
• Mozart was born in Salzburg, Austria.
• Mozart was born on January 27, 1756.
• Mozart's father was a successful composer, violinist, and assistant concertmaster at the Salzburg court.
• Besides being a child prodigy, Mozart was also a violin virtuoso.
• Mozart composed minuets and symphonies when he was only 9 years old.
• Mozart spent his childhood travelling around Europe, playing for the nobles, royalty, and the public.
• Franz Joseph Haydn was an Austrian composer who was born on March 31, 1732.
• Haydn was known as the father of the symphony and the string quartet.
• Haydn died peacefully in his sleep on May 31, 1809.
• Ludwig Van Beethoven was born on December 16, 1770.
• Beethoven became deaf at the age of 46, making him unable to hear his compositions.
• Beethoven's works are considered a bridge between the classical and romantic eras.
• Beethoven composed an opera, 6 symphonies, 4 solo concerti, 5 string quartets, 6 string sonatas, 7 piano sonatas, 5 sets of piano variations, 4 overtures, 4 trios, 2 sextets, and 72 songs.
• Beethoven died on March 26, 1827.