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1 day ago · Almost all of the composers who are described in music textbooks on classical music and whose works are widely performed as part of the standard concert repertoire are male composers, even though there have been a large number of women composers throughout the history of classical music.
3 days ago · The Romantic era of Western Classical music spanned the 19th century to the early 20th century, encompassing a variety of musical styles and techniques. Part of the broader Romanticism movement of Europe, Ludwig van Beethoven and Franz Schubert are often seen as the dominant transitional figures composers from the preceding Classical era .
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1 day ago · Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 1756 – 5 December 1791) was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period. Despite his short life, his rapid pace of composition resulted in more than 800 works representing virtually every Western classical genre of his time.
5 days ago · Johannes Brahms was a German composer and pianist of the Romantic period, but he was more a disciple of the Classical tradition. He wrote in many genres, including symphonies , concerti , chamber music , piano works, and choral compositions, many of which reveal the influence of folk music .
- What is Johannes Brahms famous for?Throughout Johannes Brahms’s career there is a variety of expression—from the subtly humorous to the tragic—but his larger works show an increasing...
- What was Johannes Brahms’s family like?Johannes Brahms was the son of Jakob Brahms, an impecunious horn and double bass player, who was Johannes’s first teacher. Johannes never married,...
- How did Johannes Brahms become famous?The violin virtuoso Joseph Joachim, whom Johannes Brahms befriended in 1853, instantly realized Brahms’s talent and recommended him to the composer...
- How did Johannes Brahms die?In 1896 Johannes Brahms was compelled to seek medical treatment, in the course of which his liver was discovered to be seriously diseased. He appea...
2 days ago · Joseph Haydn, Austrian composer who was one of the most important figures in the development of the Classical style in music during the 18th century. He helped establish the forms and styles for the string quartet and the symphony. Learn about his life and major works.
5 days ago · Leopold Mozart (born November 14, 1719, Augsburg [Germany]—died May 28, 1787, Salzburg, Archbishopric of Salzburg [Austria]) was a German violinist, teacher, and composer. He was the father and principal teacher of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
2 days ago · Beethoven – Symphony No.6 ‘Pastoral’. Beethoven ’s deep love of the countryside and his connection to nature inspired a musical tribute to the great outdoors, and one of the most popular concert works of today – his ‘Pastoral’ Symphony. The opening movement, Awakening of Cheerful Feelings on Arrival in the Countryside, is ...
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