Posts Tagged ‘Frederic Chopin’

Popular Classical Composers

Ludwig van Beethoven
Date: 1770-1827
City and Country: b. Bonn, Germany. Active mainly in Vienna
Genres Known For: Piano works, Orchestral works, Sonatas
Repertoire: Piano Concertos, Symphonies 1-9, Various violin, piano, and string sonatas

Johannes Brahms
Date: 1833-1897
City and Country: b. Hamburg, Germany. Active in Dusseldorf while staying with the Schumanns.
Genres Known For: Orchestra works, String music (including quartets, sonatas, and concertos), Theme and Variations
Repertoire: Symphonies 1-4, String Quartets, Piano Concertos, Violin Concerto

Richard Wagner
Date: 1813-1883
City and Country: b. Leipzig, Germany. Active in Dresden, Bayreuth, and Venice (where he died)
Genres Known For: Operas
Repertoire: Tristan und Isolde, The Ring Cycle, Der Meistersingers von Nurnburg, Lohengrin

Gustav Mahler
Date: 1860-1911
City and Country: b. Kalischt, Bohemia. He moved around a lot, but he did a lot of composing while conducting the Hamburg Opera.
Genres Known For: Symphonic works, Lieder, and Songs
Repertoire: Symphonies 1-9, Das Lied von der Erde

Modest Mussorgsky
Date: 1839-1881
City and Country: b. Karevo, Russia. Active mainly in Russia
Genres Known For: Piano works, Songs, Operas
Repertoire: Pictures at an Exhibition, Boris Godunov, Sunless

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Date: 1840-1893
City and Country: b. Votkinsk, Udmurtia. Active mainly in Russia
Genres Known For: Ballets, symphonic works, operas
Repertoire: Nutcracker Suite, Symphonies 1-6 and the Manfred Symphony, 1812 Overture

John Philip Sousa
Date: 1854-1932
City and Country: b. Washington D.C., United States. Active in the United States
Genres Known For: Marches, Operettas
Repertoire: The Stars and Stripes Forever, Semper Fidelis, The Washington Post, El Captain

Franz Liszt
Date: 1811-1886
City and Country: b. Raiding, Hungary. Active all over Europe!
Genres Known For: Piano works, Symphonic Poems
Repertoire: Piano etudes, Symphonic poems 1-13

Frederic Chopin
Date: 1810-1849
City and Country: b. Zelazowa Wola, Duchy of Warsaw. Active in Paris.
Genres Known For: Piano works, Ballades, Impromptus
Repertoire: Piano Etudes, Revolutionary Etude, Minute Waltz, Funeral March

Richard Strauss
Date: 1864-1949
City and Country: b. Munich, Germany. Actively mainly in Germany
Genres Known For: Tone Poems, Symphonic works, Operas
Repertoire: Don Juan, Don Quixote, Vier Letzte Lieder

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