Composers

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Yes. He was born in 1770, when CPE Bach, Gluck, Haydn, and Mozart were active.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Ludwig van Beethoven

Joseph Haydn

Felix Mendelssohn

Franz Liszt

Franz Schubert

Frederic Chopin

Claude Debussy

Erik Satie

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Sergei Rachmaninoff

George Gershwin

Maurice Ravel

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Bach influenced a lot of people including Mozart

During Wolfgang Mozart's childhood, Leopold (his father) 'cut down' his age as a publicity stunt to make him seem younger than he was so the exact age Mozart started playing is doubtful. Some claim he was three, others put it at six, either way it's way more impressive than what many people accomplish by the time they're sixty!

He married Constanze Weber on the 4th August 1782.

yes it was ,but sometimes people couldn't understand his music especially in his late period or when he presented something different from what people used to listen to in this time ,but he was a popular composer and was always respected and appreciated even by the aristocracy and many people concidered him to be on of the greatest composers ever ,even when he was alive.

Mozart wrote the music and the libretto (words) was written by Lorenzo Da Ponte.

I posted an article on the 9th symphony that has all the information you need in the related links box below.

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Many composers are great at certain forms of music, like piano or symphonic, but if you look at some of the better composers and add up their talent, abilities and accomplishments it becomes pretty clear that empirically the greatest composer, by actually a long shot, is Ludwig van Beethoven.

Musicianship-

Beethoven was by all accounts the greatest piano player of his day. He was also the greatest improviser of his time. This is well documented by many accounts from his contemporaries. He was also not only able to write music without hearing a note, but was able to correct string players by watching their hands on the necks of the instruments!

Accomplishments-

Most music historians will agree that he wrote the greatest masterpieces in virtually every genre except Opera. His Symphonies, String Quartets and Piano Sonatas are the cornerstones of their respective genres, while many feel his Piano Concerto no.5 and his Violin Concerto are the greatest as well. He revolutionized music twice in his career -once with the Third Symphony (as radical then as the Rite of Spring was in the early Twentieth century), and then again with his forward looking Late Period works. His influence was felt over two centuries, to the point that modern composers such as Cage and Stockhausen had to consciously rebel against him!

Besides writing the greatest body of work in human history, Beethoven invented the concept of self-expression through music. Up until that point, music was either used for religious ceremony or for royal entertainment. Composers were considered servants, like cooks, and the idea that a composer would have something to say through his music was totally an alien concept. Beethoven, by sheer force of his personality and genius, forever altered that concept. He elevated the composer from servant to King, and that is where we get the idea of music as a means of self expression today. Furthermore, he invented the concept of Avante-garde music - music that was not meant for contemporary audiences but for the future. Both these concepts can not be understated - if this was his only accomplishment he would have still been considered the revolutionary force he is today.

Add to all this the fact that:

*he was and remains one of the most popular composers of all time

*Wrote the greatest melody in music history (Ode to Joy -using only 5 notes!) and the greatest motif (5th Symphony).

*The first successful free lance composer

*Was, along with Bach, the consummate composer of fugues

Oh yeah, and he was DEAF!

I don't think it can be argued that the crown of "Greatest Composer in History" fits easily on Beethoven's wild hair! No other composer matches up.

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Beethoven began composing music during the Classical era. However, he experimented with greater variety of dynamics, more complex harmonies, the expression of emotion and with extending instruments beyond their previous boundaries, thus ushering in the Romantic Era. Beethoven is regarded as the bridging composer between Classical and Romantic, and he is best known for his Romantic works.

during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries by the trouveres

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By the time he was 30 years old, he was dealing with the incurable reality of his deafness.

He was also suffering from several ailments related to lead poisoning, which may or may not have caused his deafness.

Mozart's music was very different than other composer's work. He didn't right as much religious music as others. Take his Requiem for example. That music mgiht be sad, but it sounds incredible! So I guess I'm trying to say his music is unique because it just sounded far different then anybody elses. Mozart's music was very different than other composer's work. He didn't right as much religious music as others. Take his Requiem for example. That music mgiht be sad, but it sounds incredible! So I guess I'm trying to say his music is unique because it just sounded far different then anybody elses.

Canon in D by Johann Pachelbel was originally scored for three violins and basso continuo.

Have you ever heard of the Enneagram personality system? Well, according to the enneagram, Chopin is a a Type 4 with a wing of 3. I think using this information, it's made much easier to pinpoint his personality.

Basically, Chopin was very inwardly emotional, which is reflected in his music, which is known for its deep emotion and beauty. He was reserved and shy, and very much loved things of high class. It is widely known that he loved dressing fancy and being in fashion. He most likely had a negative opinion of himself and low self-esteem, especially when he contracted tuberculosis in his late teens. He was a very sensitive man, being in tune with his emotions. He was also quite critical of the other artists in his time, though he would never be so to their faces. The only artists that he always adored and looked up to were Mozart and Bach.

Anyway, I would suggest reading the Enneagram type four explanation. Though we can't expect Chopin fits every detail of the personality type, he has been typed as a 4 with a 3 wing and fits most of the explanations.

Chopin composed about 23 according to wikipedia, but some might have been lost, so 23 is probably the minimum

J.S. Bach was very poor during his lifetime. Thanks to the hard work of his loving wide, Anna Magdalena, his works were preserved until Mendelsohn happened upon them. Overtime, his works became very popular but Bach's greatness was not realized buring his life.

The Prelude, Fugue and Allegro for lute in E-flat major was composed in 1740, during Bach's tenure as Kappelmiester at Leipzig.