Composers

"Roll Over Beethoven" was written and performed by Chuck Berry in 1956.

Classical and Romantic.

The nutcracker was composed from 1891-1892. The main places he composed in were, Frolovskoe, Rouen and Maidanovo.

Operas can be written in any language, but most great western operas are in Italian, German, or French, though there are some great English and Russian works. Those five languages should cover the most common opera repertoire, but lots of contemporary operas are being written in less common languages, even Klingon and Esperanto, or even a mix of languages.

depends if concert 25 mins on normal day 15 min

Someone who is serious about their individual piano study will practice up to 5 hours each and every day.

The Pastoral symphony is Beethoven's sixth symphony.

Vivaldi wrote literally hundreds of concerti (the Italian plural of concerto). He wrote concerti for solo violin (including the Four Seasons), for cello, for mandolin, for flute, for piccolo, and a number of concerti for combinations of solo instruments.

There are plenty of descendants from the Handel line, but none from the composer himself are known - he never married and died without any recognized heirs.

That isn't to say that there *couldn't* be any - my own father was told as a child that his family was descended from the composer. If Handel did indeed father a child/children out of wedlock, then it was kept very quiet, since there are no official records.

Claude Debussy went to the Paris Conservatory.

Awards tend to be a modern invention. In Beethoven's time, creative people who composed or wrote great works were not given awards; their work was merely appreciated. Sometimes they were honoured by the kings and queens, but they were not given awards.

Bach was a Christian by religion. He spent much of his working life as Kapelmeister (Musical director) in churches in Germany. The denomination of Christianity prevalent in Germany is Lutheranism - a Christian Protestant Church founded by Martin Luther who was instrumental in separating the church in Germany from Rome as, in those days the Roman Catholic Church was corrupt. So Bach was a Lutheran. He arranged many Lutheran hymns (called Chorales) for organ, and provided what we now know as his 'Chorale preludes' - many of which are regarded now as short masterpieces for the organ.

In December 1900, British troops fighting in the Transvaal, South Africa suffered many losses when they were attacked at Nooitedacht. This may have inspired Edward Elgar, then a 43-year-old composer living in Malvern Wells in England's West Midlands, to sketch a march melody in D major in his notebook a few weeks later on January 3, 1901.

Elgar realized its value immediately. A few days later, he wrote to his friend and publisher, August Jaeger, 'Gosh I've got a tune in my head!' However, he put the sketch aside for the moment, hoping to use it as the main theme for a symphony he has planning to write.

In May he told a visitor, 'I've got a tune that will knock 'em--knock 'em flat,' and played the march on his piano. He got down to the serious work of orchestrating it that summer, and it was first performed in Liverpool on October 19, 1901.

There are five Pomp and Circumstance marches, the most famous being the first. They were written by Elgar over a period of nearly 30 years and take their title from Act 3 of Shakespeare's 'Othello': 'Farewell the neighing steed and the shrill trump.../Pride, pomp and circumstance of glorious war!'

When the march had its first London performance at a Proms concert on October 22, the audience response was so enthusiastic that the orchestra played the march again twice, the only double encore for an orchestral piece in Proms history.

Elgar visited America in 1903 to receive an honorary degree from Yale University. The band played Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in tribute its composer, and its complex mood--partly triumphant, partly nostalgic--seemed so well suited to a commencement that it was soon being played for American graduations throughout the nation.

Elgar eventually did write his symphony. It was first performed in 1908, and it began with a march--that one in A flat.

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Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) and George Frederic Handel (1685-1759) were popular composers during the very late Baroque and during the early "pre-classical" or Rococo Period (c.1730 to 1760).

He composed classical music almost exclusively for the piano. Chopin's style was Romantic. But the type of music he composed in was classical, as opposed to jazz or rock 'n roll, for instance.

Yes, Tchaikovsky had a brother whose name was Modest. Modest became Tchaikovsky's biographer.

Basically as any composer would, however in the case of this opera the way his writing complements and supports each other is exceptionally well done and if you were to take particular note the music always 'sets the scene' without being overly intrusive. I think that possibly one of the best examples is in act 1 from 'Your tiny hand is frozen' to the very end of the act.

Stravinsky was most famous for the Rite of Spring because of its riotous premiere in 1913. He became famous in 1910 for his popular ballet score The Firebird for the Ballet Russe, he became instantly famous. He died in New York in 1971.

Beethoven wrote the piece in 1801, which was during the late Classical period.

The Rondo Alla Turca is a very difficult piece and involves a lot of rapid finger movement down the keys. It is typically played by very advanced students, who have at least accomplished piano grade 7. Usually, grade 7 is reached after about 8-9 years of piano study.

I personally have been learning piano since the age of 6, and at 18, this piece is still very difficult for me to play. It could be managed by almost anyone who tries, but to play it well, and to master the intricate broken-octaves and many notes, is a lot more difficualt, takes a lot of practice, and probably a fair few years of piano study.

As Beethoven is reported to have said, "It's always been a problem with Mozart; too many notes!"

The works themselves are in the public domain, but certain editions, performances, and recordings would have their own copyrights.

Peter Tchaivosky is the owner of his music and receives the money, profits, and awards from it. It is by his permission.

Correcting to "Tchaikovsky".

Yes. Richard Wagner, composer of the Later Romantic Era -

Born - 22nd May, 1813 in Leipzig, Germany

Died - 13th February, 1883 in Venice, Italy (from a heart attack)

He lived a number of places during his life. The link below will give you a good overview of his life etc.