Composer

Leonard Bernstein was a famous American composer with a Jewish heritage. He was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts, studied at Harvard and later at the Boston Symphony Orchestra. In 1943, he was employed as assistant conductor at the New York Philharmonic. He gained popularity after filling in for Bruno Walter, a German conductor, at Carnegie Hall. Two year later, he became the Music Director of the New York City Symphony Orchestra. Bernstein later taught music at Brandeis University. In 1958, he…

The composer i am writing about is Richard Wagner. Richard was a German composer and he was born in Leipzig, Saxony and on May 22, 1813. He died February 13, 1883 and his cause of death was heart failure. The genre of his music was classical. He began in the 1830s to write his music. He was the ninth child in the family of Carl Wagner, a police clerk. Richard was only six months when his father died. Wagner studied piano from the age of 7 and soon developed ability to…

Beethoven was a very impressive composer. Here are some facts about Beethoven. He's full name is Ludwig Van Beethoven. Beethoven was born in the attic in a house in Bonn, Germany. Because his birth record is missing so no one knows his real birthdate. His baptism record did survive, however. It reveals the child was christened on 12 17 1770 at a time and place when infants were typically baptized the day after birth. As a result, Beethoven's birthday is commemorated on 1/16. Beethoven's…

Aaron Copland was one of the most admired and influential American composers in the 1990’s. Aaron lived in New York most of his life, he was born there and he died there. He was known as “the Dean of American Composers” by his peers and critics. His parents were Russian Jews, and he utilized Jewish topics in such structures as Vitebsk (1929) for cello, piano, and violin. Aaron Copland has composed many different musical pieces. Some of his famous pieces include Symphony No. 3, Quiet City, The…

Antonio Vivaldi is known as one of the greatest Italian Baroque composers. He was born on March 4, 1678, in Venice. Vivaldi was born at the time when the city was the capital of the independent state called the Republic of Venice. Like his father and other members of his family, Vivaldi had red hair, and when he was ordained into priesthood at the age of 25, he was given the nickname “The Red Priest.” Vivaldi was the son of Giovanni Battista Vivaldi and Camilla Calicchio. Vivaldi was one of…

Andrew Lloyd Webber got into the show business world by being raised a musical family. His father, William Lloyd Webber, was a composer and professor at Royal College of Music, while his mother, Jean Hermione Johnstone, was a piano teacher. Even as a small child he composed his own music. His younger brother, Julian, and him would put on “shows” when they were children. Their aunt Viola would often help and later introduced Webber to theatre. Andrew Lloyd Webber met Tim Rice in 1965, and the…

In this essay, I will be discussing the influences of twentieth century composers on other fellow composers. This will include Mahler, Schoenberg, and Britten. Even though they have similar characteristics in their compositions, they are still extremely independent in their composing. Born in 1860 and dealing with the flip of the century, Gustav Mahler’s career began within the closing days of nineteenth century romanticism and finished with the increase of atonal music. There's no intrinsic…

Richard Wagner was a great composer of music that shaped history as we know it. His music was full of passion and despite his many characteristic flaws, he was able to convey great emotion and love in his music. Wagner composed 13 operas with his most famous works like Tristan und Isolde, Lohengrin, Parsifal, and Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg(The Mastersingers of Nuremberg.) He transformed the way opera was written and performed by actually doing the libretto himself. The longest opera he…

Have you ever wondered how similar two Baroque composers could be? Although there are numerous differences between the two composers, such as that Bach did not become famous until years after his death, while Handel was famous during his lifetime, they are very similar. They both were German composers who could play a myriad of instruments and started their musical journey as children. One way that Bach and Handel are similar is that they were both German. Bach was born in Eisenach, Germany…

Mozart’s Music Hopefully you all know who Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is. If you do not, he is a known as a very influential composer of the Classical era. Mozart was a prodigy that performed for European royalty, and basically grew up to become a famous musician that had Classical style. Although he was a versatile composer that wrote in almost every genre including: symphony, opera, solo concerto, and chamber music. Even though these genes were nothing new his piano concerto is what made him so…