LESSON 3

• FRANZ SCHUBERT - He was an Austrian composer born on January 31, 1797
• FRANZ SCHUBERT - He followed his father’s profession as a teacher and spent his spare time writing compositions.
• GIUSEPPE VERDI - He was an Italian composer born on October 10, 1813.
• Verdi studied music privately under another composer, Vicenzo Lavigna.
• GIUSEPPE VERDI - He composed over 25 operas, and his works have been performed worldwide.
• GIACOMO PUCCINI - He was an Italian composer born on December 22, 1858 in Lucca, Italy.
• The Puccinis were organists and composers to the Cathedral of San Martino for five generations.
• Puccini studied at the Milan Conservatory.
• RICHARD WAGNER - He was born on May 22, 1813 in Leipzig, Germany.
• Inspired by Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, Wagner became one of the world’s most influential composers.
• WORKS OF VERDI

  1.  Rigolleto.
  2. Il Trovatore
  3. La Traviata
  4. Falstaff
  5. Aida
• WORKS OF PUCCINI

  1. Tosca
  2. Edgar
  3. Turandot
  4. La Bohéme
  5. Madame butterfly
• WORKS OF WAGNER

  1. Flying Dutchman
  2. Tannhäuser
  3. Lohengrin
  4. Tristan und Isolde
  5. Parisfal
  6. De Ring des Nibelungen