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Mozart - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, an 18th-century Austrian classical composer and one of the most famous musicians of all time, came from a family of musicians that included his father and sister. Mozart wrote masses, oratorios, symphonies, concertos, sonatas, and more, but he is best known for his operas. These include Don Giovanni (1787), Così fan tutte (All Women Do So, 1790), and Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute, 1791)...more details

Vivaldi - Italian composer and violinist Antonio Vivaldi standardized the concerto (a musical piece with three contrasting movements), which influenced later composers. His The Four Seasons (1725) is one of the first examples of orchestral program music...more details

Beethoven - Ludwig van Beethoven is considered possibly the greatest Western composer of all time. He wrote symphonies, concertos, chamber music, sonatas, and vocal music. His best-known composition is the Ninth Symphony with its passionate chorus, the Ode to Joy. Beethoven began to lose his hearing in the 1790s and was completely deaf by 1818...more details

Haydn - Joseph Haydn was an 18th-century classical composer. He has been called the father of the symphony, although his work really only laid the groundwork for what was to become the symphony. Friends called him “Papa Haydn” because he was so congenial and ready to help others...more details

Bach - German composer and organist Johann Sebastian Bach was considered by many of his peers to be the supreme master of counterpoint (compositional technique pitting note against note or melody against melody). This quality was expressly illustrated in his fugal compositions. In this excerpt from his famous Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, written in his early years as a court organist, Bach expands on the toccata (short, intricately articulated keyboard movement) form in an elaborately constructed fugue...more details

Enescu - A composer, violonist, conductor, and pianist, George Enescu (1881-1955) is Romania's best known musician. He studied in Vienna with Hellmesberger and in Paris with A. Thomas, Gedalge, Massenet and Faure. In 1898 Enescu made his debut in Paaris with Poema Romana. He went on to have a distinguished career as a concert violonist and composer, receiving international acclaim...more details

These webpage used articles from Encarta Reference Library 2003

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