Great Composers in Music History
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Joseph Maurice Ravel
- He was born in French Pays Basque and died in Paris.
- His mother was Basque.
- He played the piano.
- He attended the Paris Conservatory.
- Ravel was amazed by Asian music that he listened to during the Universal Exposition in 1889.
- Ravel's most well-known piece is the Bolero.
Ludwig van Beethoven
- He was born in Bonn, Germany.
- Beethoven played the piano.
- Ludwig lost three of his siblings and his mother.
- Beethoven suffered from deafness.
- He studied with Haydn and Salieri.
- Beethoven's most well-known piece is the Ninth Symphony.
Frédéric Chopin
- Frederick Chopin was a Polish composer.
- He fled Poland and went to Paris, where he died.
- He was a virtuosic piano player.
- He died at 39.
- Chopin's heart was taken from his corpse and sent back to his home country.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Mozart was an Austrian composer.
- His sister was named Nannerl, and she also was a virtuosic musician.
- He played the harpsichord, piano, and violin.
- Mozart and Nannerl did various tours through Europe.
- He was very good at improvising music.
- Mozart married and had six children, but only two survived.
- He died at the young age of 35.
- He most probably died from trichinosis.
Igor Stravinsky
- Stravinsky was a Russian composer.
- He ended up living in the U.S. after living in Paris.
- He composed some exceptional ballets.
- The Rite of Spring's premiere was a huge scandal.
- He had a love affair with Coco Chanel.
- His music appears in the Fantasia film by Walt Disney.
Other Notable Composers
- Tomás Luis de Victoria, Spain, Renaissance
- Maurice Ravel, France, Impressionism
- William Byrd, England, Renaissance
- George Frideric Handel, Germany, Baroque
- Ludwig van Beethoven, Germany, Romantic
- Johann Sebastian Bach, Germany, Baroque
- Richard Wagner, Germany, Romantic
- Antonio Vivaldi, Italy, Baroque
- Claudio Monteverdi, Italy, Renaissance
- Giuseppe Verdi, Italy, Romantic
- Franz Joseph Haydn, Austria, Classical
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austria, Classical
- Frédéric Chopin, Poland, Romantic
- Igor Stravinsky, Russia, 20th Century