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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
Johann Pachelbel was famous for being a German Baroque composer, organist, and instructor. He created many famous organ pieces, which boosted the popularity of the German organ. He was also an inspirational developer of the Baroque fugue and chorale prelude.
What was the first song Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ever wrote?
Dies Irae (day of wrath). he once said he would trade in all his work just to be able to call this one his own. its an old latin hymn with obscure origins that actually resembles modern rap music.
Does Bach have any modern day relatives who are also famous musicians?
Bach had many many descendants.
Johann Sebastian Bach
(1685 - 1750)
Anna Magdalena Wilcke (his wife)
(1701 - 1760)
Johann Jacob Bach
(1682 - 1732)
Wilhelm Friedemann Bach
(1710 - 1784)
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
(1714 - 1788)
Gottfried Heinrich Bach
(1724 - 1763)
Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach
(1732 - 1795)
Lucia Elisabeth Munchhusen
(1728 - 1803)
Johann Christian Bach
(1735 - 1782)
Elisabeth Juliane Friederica
(1726-1781)
Johann Christoph Altnikol
(1720-1759)
Johanna Carolina
(1737-1781)
Regina Susanna
(1742-1809)
Wilhelm Ernst Colson Anna Philippiana Friederica Bach
(1755 - 1804)
Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst Bach
(1759 - 1845)
Charlotte Philippina Elerdt
(1780 - 1801)
Christina Luise Bach
(d. 1852)
Johann Sebastian Altnikol
(1749 - 1749)
Who did Mozart write his piano concerto in G major for?
Piano, flute, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 French horns, and strings.
When did Claude Debussy write his first piece?
In 1905, Claude Debussy finished writing La Mer for orchestra and wrote the first set of Images(Reflets dans l'eau, Hommage à Rameau, and Mouvement) for the piano.
How many notes are there in Beethoven's 9th symphony?
The Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral" is the final complete symphony of Ludwig van Beethoven. Completed in 1824, the symphony is one of the best known works of the Western classical repertoire, and has been adapted for use as the European Anthem. It is considered one of Beethoven's masterpieces and one of the greatest musical compositions ever written.
How many compositions did Felix mendelssohn write?
Here is something I wrote as if I were Moses...
My name is Moses Mendelssohn. I was born in Dessau, Germany September 6th 1729. I was a German Jewish philosopher. When I was only a child I was diagnosd and suffered from a curved spine. I also changed my last name to Mendelssohn, honouring my father, Mendel. I had my wife, Fromet Guggenheim, my three sons, Joseph, Abraham, and Nathan, then my three daughters, Dorothea, Recha, and Henriette.
I taught my self a lot of things like spelling and philosophy. With my small earnings I bought a Latin copy of John Locke's essay about the human understanding and I learnt it with a Latin dictionary. I was the first Jew to bring orthodox Jewish life I argued with many people about what makes Judaism unique. I wrote many philosophical essays and I was considered the father of the Jewish Enlightenment.
My family was very poor, but we managed to learn things and survive. My father was a Torah scribe. I began a traditional Jewish education under David Fraenkel, the rabbi of Dessau. When David became rabbi of Berlin, and I became 14 years old, I followed him and studied in Fraenkel's yeshiva in Berlin. I soon became a scholar of Talmud and Rabbinics. I got free meals from neighborhood families and I was offered very odd teaching and tutoring jobs.
In addition to knowing the German and Hebrew languages, I had to study French, Italian, English, Latin and Greek.
Another perspective:
Presuming that the writer of the question was actually asking about German composer Felix Mendelssohn, he wrote five symphonies for full orchestra, and twelve string symphonies.
Who wrote the song Another Brick in the Wall?
The story of behind another brick in the wall is pretty political. It's supposed to be about how government trys to makes you into a brick (i.e. a perfect citizen) and lines you up with all the other "bricks", making a wall. And it talks about how Pink (Pink Floyd), is just another citizen trying to be perfected by authority, making a perfect country.
Did Joseph Haydn Have any children?
No, and neither did his wife. Haydn married Maria Anna Keller, the elder sister of his first love who had become a nun. She turned out to be a spendthrift, bad-tempered, unattractive, did not care for music and was unable to have children.
Where was Johann Sebastian Bach's first job?
vivaldi worked in an orphanage for daughters of noblemen and there mistresses.
Ross Gorman. He was the clarinetist in Paul Whiteman's band in 1924.
What are facts about Frederic Chopin?
Frederic's teacher was upset by the fact that Frederic did not write a polish opera, he was buried in Paris and had polish dirt sprinkled over his grave, his mother was his first piano teacher, at age 16 he attended Warsaw conservatory of music directed by composer Joseph Elsner, while Frederic lived in Austria there was a war between Russia and Russia and his family forbade him to come home for the reason that if he did he might get killed, Chopin is on the front of the 20 Zlotych bill which is a polish paper dollar bill, he emigrated to France in 1831, he was the subject of several movies such as a song to remember, imprproptu, and Chopin: desire to love, Frederic died of tuberculosis at age 39. and #10, is that he never even thought about writing music for other instruments except for the keyboard.
What did josquin des prez influence in renaissance?
Josquin des Prez was born in c. 1450. He got a new name 16 years later from his aunt and uncle, des Prez qas a nickname. Josquin became a choirboy, then a composer. He became the greatest composer ever. He wrote love and secular songs. His songs were later published.
Who were Beethoven's musical influences?
Nature was usually his inspiration. He sometimes went out on walks to gather ideas for music.
George Frideric Handel's Messiah is an example of?
Handel's YOUNG MESSIAH is a beautiful walk through the Bible, and suitable for listening any time of the year. If you are a believer in Christ and Eternity you will most likely desire your own copy. I began to listen to it 20 yrs ago this next Spring.
When did Richard Wagner get married?
Robert Wagner has been married three times in his life. His first wife was actress Natalie Wood. His second wife was Marion Marshall with whom he has a daughter Katie Wagner. He remarried Natalie Wood and they had a daughter Courtney Brooke. After Natalie died he married Jill St. John.
One of Robert Wagners more famous parts was Jonathan Hart in Hart to Hart with Stephanie Powers. In an interesting twist Natalie Wood, Jill St John and Stephanie Powers all took dance with the same teacher as children and got together for a Christmas picture. Jill St. John calls the picture "He married them all"
Composer Jesper Kyd, famous for doing the soundtrack of the Hitman series of games.
What musical time period did Johann Pachelbel write?
Johann Pachelbel was born in 1653. He belongs to the Baroque period. His most famous composition is Canon in D.
What instruments are needed for Vivaldi spring from the four seasons?
The Four Seasons is usually performed with a solo violin and string orchestra (violins, violas, celli, double basses and a harpsichord). Vivaldi's original arrangement was for solo violin with string quartet (violin, viola, cello) and basso continuo (cello or double bass and harpsichord or other chord instrument).
What 2 instruments did Mozart play as a child?
Mozart first learned the keyboard (the clavier, an early relative of the piano) from the age of three, and soon afterwards began learning the violin; he was quickly and astonishingly competent on both instruments and by the age of five was composing minuets.
It was written by Samuel S. Grossman, who also wrote the original Yiddish lyrics. In Yiddish, the dreidel is made out of lead).
