George Frideric Handel's Piano Composers

Hans Christian Andersen, an author and pianist, said, “Where words fail, music speaks.” ("Hans Christian Andersen Quotes" 2006). Through research, it is apparent that this quote is a reflection of each composer’s personality. Piano composers have changed dramatically through the ages. Each composer has their own style of music which varies with the time period. Composers from different musical eras show how musical compositions have changed throughout the years.
George Frideric Handel, composer of the Hallelujah Chorus, is one of the best known composers of the baroque era (A&E Television Networks 2016). Handel was born on February 23rd, 1685, in Germany (A&E Television Networks 2016). When he was young, Handel wanted to study music, but his father …show more content…
Joplin was born somewhere between Texas and Arkansas in the late 1860’s (A&E Television Networks 2015). His mother sang and played the banjo and his father was a violinist (A&E Television Networks 2015). Joplin learned how to play the piano from teacher, Julius Weiss (A&E Television Networks 2015). He settled in Missouri and got a band together (A&E Television Networks 2015). They played Please Say You Will and A Picture of Her Face, which were both waltzes, and the Chicago World Fair in 1893 (A&E Television Networks 2015). Maple Leaf Rag, the most famous ragtime song, was written by Joplin in 1899 (A&E Television Networks 2015). He would later publish many more songs, including The Entertainer, another famous song written by him. Joplin died on April 1st, 1917 (A&E Television Networks 2015). Ragtime is a syncopated musical style that was very popular from the 1890’s to the 1920’s ("History of Ragtime" 2006). Scott Joplin was alive for most of the ragtime era, which made him the most famous composer of the ragtime time period. Joplin is still the most famous ragtime composer in the world