Disney Songs in Reverse
In 1717, this composer was famously imprisoned for nearly a month by the Duke of Saxe-Weimar for "too stubbornly forcing the issue of his resignation" so he could take a job at the court of Cöthen.
Johann Sebastian Bach
This 1935 Violin Concerto, dedicated "To the Memory of an Angel," was composed as a requiem for Manon Gropius (the daughter of Alma Mahler) and is considered a masterpiece of the twelve-tone technique.
Alban Burg
Ill make a man out of you
The Final Countdowd
Though he didn't receive a formal credit until years later, pianist Bill Evans is widely credited with co-writing "Blue in Green" and "Flamenco Sketches" on this landmark 1959 modal jazz album.
Legend claims this 16th-century Italian composer "saved" polyphonic church music from being banned by the Council of Trent by composing the Missa Papae Marcelli to prove text could remain intelligible.
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
At the 1910 premiere of his Symphony No. 8 in Munich, this composer conducted a massive ensemble of 1,029 performers, leading the work to be nicknamed the "Symphony of a Thousand."
Gustav Mahler