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Composers
Whether it be classical or contemporary, composers are the men and women behind the music. Beethoven and Mozart are among those who have left their marks on history.
6,063 Questions
How old is Alessandro Scarlatti?
Alessandro Scarlatti was born on May 2, 1660 and died on October 24, 1725. Alessandro Scarlatti would have been 65 years old at the time of death or 355 years old today.
Which forms of music did Mozart compose?
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, composer of the Classical Period -
Born - 27th of January, 1756 in Salzburg, Austria
Died - 5th of December, 1791 in Vienna, Austria
Mozart married Constanze Weber, the younger sister of his first love, Aloysia, who had turned him down.
Major works include - 4 Operas, 21 Piano concertos, 5 Violin concertos, Concertos for clarinet and other wind instruments, 41 Symphonies, 24 String quartets and other chamber music, 17 Masses.
Genres - Opera, Symphonies, Piano concertos, String quartets, Church music.
What dynamics are used in Moonlight sonata?
Mozart wrote 18 piano sonatas, so you'll have to be more specific.
Which composers wrote the music for westside story?
Although you don't list the composers from whom you want us to choose, the name you require is Leonard Bernstein. (The lyrics were written by Stephen Sondheim.)
Mozart was a child prodigy who taught himself to compose. He had already composed several smaller compositions and his first symphony by the age of eight. He was also influenced by the work of composer Johann Christian Bach, who befriended Mozart as a child in London in 1764-5, and no doubt taught him some finer points regarding composition. Mozart became friends later with Josef Haydn, and each had some influence upon the other's musical style.
How old was Ludwig Van Beethoven when he went completely deaf?
He could not hear music, in the sense that persons with normal hearing could. He devised a wooden rod that he would attach to the soundboard of the piano, then clench the other end between his teeth - that done, he could feel the vibrations in this head and could hear the music.
It has been said that he could hear normal talking conversations though.
Why did Beethoven not want others to know he was deaf?
The composer Beethoven did not cut off his ears. The painter, Vincent Van Gogh did cut off part of one of his ears. The story goes that on the evening of 23 December 1888, Van Gogh cut off the lower half of his left ear and took it to a brothel, where he presented it to a prostitute friend. The reason for this unusual behaviour has been theorised upon by many; the most likely cause was that it was the result of an argument with his painter friend Paul Gauguin, although that does not explain his bizarre behaviour.
What was a famous American composer of the Tin Pan Alley era?
You forgot to include the list of possible answers.
Why is Peter Tchaikovsky important?
Tchaikowsky elevated the ballet to a new musical prominence, and subsequently influenced composers such as Rachmaninoff and Prokofiev. His manner of telling the story through a solo and then almost "exploding" into furious orchestration was a style that influenced Stravinsky.
John Cage was a composer, he specialised in genres such as minimalism.
Check out '4:33' for arguably his most famous work.
Really makes you think.
I read somewhere that he said something like, "Silence is the most powerful part of music".
Mozart's finest German opera was?
Mozart's finest and probably most famous German opera was The Magic Flute.
Where did Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart start being a musican?
Mozart came from a very musically-inclined family. His father Leopold was Vice-Kappellmeister (concert master) to the court in Salzburg, and it was natural that he would raise his two surviving children to play and compose music as well. Both children were talented musicians, but Wolfgang's older sister, Nannerl, was discouraged from utilising her creative talents.
Leopold trained his son intensively in playing both the violin and klavier/piano right from the time his son was a toddler, and he actively pursued opportunities to show off his son's talents. Young Wolfgang Amadeus was paraded as a "wunderkind", a wonder-child or prodigy, and being so young (and somewhat small in stature, due in part to frequent illnesses) he was received with great favour at the courts of the nobility and aristocrats.
Until the 19th century music was considered to be a trade rather than an artistic calling and was simply handed on from father to son, so most composers born before about 1800 had parents or other close relatives who were musicians (eg Bach, Mozart and Beethoven). One of Mozart's two surviving sons also became a composer, although he wasn't famous.
Where did george gershwin go to high school?
George Gershwin left school at the age of fifteen. As far as music is concerned, George tried various piano teachers for two year before he was introduced to Charles Hambitzer, the pianist in the Beethoven Symphony Orchestra. Hambitzer remained George's teacher and mentor until his death in 1918.
