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He had twenty children and was a German organist, harpsichordist, violist, and violinist who wrote sacred and secular works for choir, orchestra, and solo instruments
Who is Johann Sebastian Bach?
100
A child prodigy on the harpsichord and violin from Austria, regarded by many as the world's greatest natural musical genius, he wrote operas, symphonies, concertos
Who is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart?
100
This Hungarian virtuoso pianist was also a composer, teacher and conductor, renowned as the most technically advanced pianist of the 19th Century.
Who is Franz Liszt?
100
This Russian studied to be a lawyer but is famous for his ballets and symphonies.
Who is Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky?
100
American composer known as "The March King." Among his best known marches are "The Washington Post", "Semper Fidelis" (Official March of the United States Marine Corps), and "The Stars and Stripes Forever" (National March of the United States of America).
Who is John Philip Sousa?
200
A German-British Baroque composer, famous for his operas, oratorios, anthems and organ concertos and especially for "The Messiah."
Who is George Friedrich Handel?
200
Known as the "Father of the Symphony", he wrote and conducted at the court of Prince Esterhazy near Vienna. Among his famous pupils were Mozart and Beethoven.
Who is Franz Josef Haydn?
200
This popular Viennese composer is known as "The Waltz King."
Who is Johann Strauss?
200
This Polish composer lived mostly in Paris, and was a virtuoso pianist and teacher. He composed mainly for solo piano, but wrote two piano concertos and was known as the "poet of the piano."
Who is Frederic Chopin?
200
This Russian composer, pianist, and conductor mastered numerous musical genres and is regarded as one of the major composers of the 20th century. His best-known works include the March from Love for Three Oranges, the suite Lieutenant Kijé, the ballet Romeo and Juliet, and Peter and the Wolf.
Who is Sergei Prokoviev?
300
This red-haired Italian composer who taught in a girls' school, is known mainly for composing instrumental concertos, especially for the violin, as well as sacred choral works and over 40 operas. His best known work is a series of violin concertos known as "The Four Seasons."
Who is Antonio Vivaldi?
300
German-born composer who lived in Vienna and became deaf by his late thirties, famous for his nine symphonies.
Who is Ludwig van Beethoven?
300
French composer of operas, his final work, Carmen, became one of the most popular and frequently performed works in the entire opera repertory.
Who is Georges Bizet?
300
French orchestral composer, organist, pianist and conductor famous for program music such as "Carnival of Animals" and "Danse Macabre."
Who is Camille Saint-Saens?
300
Among the first conductors born and educated in the United States of America to receive worldwide acclaim, also the first conductor to give numerous television lectures on classical music, starting in 1954, continuing until his death. In addition, he was a skilled pianist, often conducting piano concertos from the keyboard. Prolific composer of symphonies and Broadway musicals such as West Side Story.
Who is Leonard Bernstein?
400
An Italian composer who spent much of his life in the service of the Portuguese and Spanish royal families. He is classified as a Baroque composer chronologically, although his music was influential in the development of the Classical style, known mainly for his 555 keyboard sonatas.
Who is Domenico Scarlatti?
400
The son of J S Bach, named after his godfather, George Philipp Telemann, famous for his keyboard sonatas, improvisatory and clear in style, delicate and tender in expression.
Who is Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach?
400
An Italian composer who wrote 39 operas as well as sacred music, chamber music, songs, and some instrumental and piano pieces. His best-known opera is the Italian comedies "The Barber of Seville." Known by the nickname "The Italian Mozart" because of his lovely melodies.
Who is Giacchino Rossini?
400
Italian composer of dramatic Grand Operas such as Aida, Tosca, and La Traviata. his themes have long since taken root in popular culture. His masterworks dominate the standard opera repertoire a century and a half after their composition.
Who is Giuseppi Verdi?
400
He was instrumental in forging a distinctly American style of composition, best known for the works he wrote in the 1930s and 40s, including the ballets Appalachian Spring, Billy the Kid, Rodeo and his Fanfare for the Common Man. The open, slowly changing harmonies of many of his works are archetypical of what many people consider to be the sound of American music, evoking the vast American landscape and pioneer spirit.
Who is Aaron Copland?
500
His style of execution was of vital importance for the development of violin playing. It has been said that the paths of all of the famous violinist-composers of 18th-century Italy led to him.
Who is Archangelo Corelli?
500
This Bostonian is widely regarded as the father of American choral music, composing hymns and a capella pieces such as the famous patriotic "Chester" sung during colonial and Revolutionary War days.
Who is William Billings?
500
German composer whose popularity and influence were considerable; he is grouped with Johann Sebastian Bach and Ludwig van Beethoven as one of the Three Bs. He composed for piano, chamber ensembles, symphony orchestra, and for voice and chorus. A virtuoso pianist, he premiered many of his own works.
Who is Johannes Brahms?
500
This German composer, conductor, theatre director, philosopher, music theorist, poet, essayist and writer primarily known for his operas or "music dramas" as he called them, famous for his use of leitmotifs: musical themes associated with individual characters, places, ideas or plot elements. He had his own opera house built for his grand productions relying loosely on German mythology.
Who is Richard Wagner?
500
His compositions spanned both popular and classical genres, and his most popular melodies are widely known. Among his best known works are the orchestral compositions Rhapsody in Blue (1924) and An American in Paris (1928), as well as the opera, Porgy and Bess (1935).He wrote most of his vocal and theatrical works, including more than a dozen Broadway shows, in collaboration with his elder brother,who wrote the lyrics
Who is George Gershwin?