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1 day ago · Franz Schubert by Wilhelm August Rieder (posthumous, 1875, after an 1825 watercolour done from life) Signature written in ink in a flowing script. Franz Peter Schubert (German: [fʁants ˈpeːtɐ ˈʃuːbɐt]; 31 January 1797 – 19 November 1828) was an Austrian composer of the late Classical and early Romantic eras.
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1 day ago · Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (/ tʃ aɪ ˈ k ɒ f s k i / chy-KOF-skee; 7 May 1840 – 6 November 1893) was a Russian composer during the Romantic period.He was the first Russian composer whose music would make a lasting impression internationally.
- 6 November 1893 (aged 53), Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
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.
- 27 January 1756, Getreidegasse 9, Salzburg
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- 5 December 1791 (aged 35), Vienna
- Constanze Mozart
1 day ago · Frank Vincent Zappa (/ ˈ z æ p ə / ZAP-ə; December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993) was an American musician, composer, and bandleader.In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa composed rock, pop, jazz, jazz fusion, orchestral and musique concrète works; he also produced almost all of the 60-plus albums that he released with his band the Mothers of Invention and as a solo artist.
1 day ago · Brian Douglas Wilson (born June 20, 1942) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer who co-founded the Beach Boys.Often called a genius for his novel approaches to pop composition, extraordinary musical aptitude, and mastery of recording techniques, he is widely acknowledged as one of the most innovative and significant songwriters of the 20th century.
1 hour ago · Olivier Messiaen (1908–1992), however, served in the French army during the war and was imprisoned at Stalag VIII-A by the Germans, where he composed his famous Quatuor pour la fin du temps ("Quartet for the End of Time"). The quartet was first performed in January 1941 to an audience of prisoners and prison guards.
1 day ago · The hymn "Rocked in the Cradle of the Deep", with words written in the 1830s by Emma Willard and tune by Joseph Philip Knight, was recorded several times around the start of the 20th century by the Original Bison City Quartet before 1894, the Standard Quartette in 1895, John W. Myers at about the same time, and Gus Reed in 1908.
