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Robert Schumann[n 1] (German: [ˈʁoːbɛʁt ˈʃuːman]; 8 June 1810 – 29 July 1856) was a German composer, pianist, and music critic of the early Romantic era. He composed in all the main musical genres of the time, writing for solo piano, voice and piano, chamber groups, orchestra, choir and the opera. His works typify the spirit of the ...
Lists of classical composers. by era and century. Medieval. (500–1400) Renaissance. (1400–1600) Baroque. (1600–1760) Classical.
Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky[ a ][ b ] (17 June [ O.S. 5 June] 1882 – 6 April 1971) was a Russian composer and conductor with French citizenship (from 1934) and American citizenship (from 1945). He is widely considered one of the most important and influential composers of the 20th century and a pivotal figure in modernist music.
Seikilos epitaph. The Seikilos epitaph is an Ancient Greek inscription that preserves the oldest surviving complete musical composition, including musical notation. [ 1 ][ 2 ][ 3 ] Commonly dated between the 1st and 2nd century AD, the inscription was found engraved on a pillar (stele) from the ancient Hellenistic town of Tralles (present-day ...
Frédéric François Chopin[ n 1 ] (born Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin; [ n 2 ][ n 3 ] 1 March 1810 – 17 October 1849) was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist of the Romantic period, who wrote primarily for solo piano. He has maintained worldwide renown as a leading musician of his era, one whose "poetic genius was based on a professional ...
Chronological lists of classical composers. The Baroque composer Arcangelo Corelli (1653–1713) Chronological lists of classical composers list composers of classical music in chronological order, either organized by era or style, or by nationality.
Alma Elizabeth Deutscher (born 19 February 2005) is a British composer, pianist, violinist and conductor. A former child prodigy, Deutscher composed her first piano sonata at the age of five; at seven, she completed the short opera, The Sweeper of Dreams, and later wrote a violin concerto at age nine. At the age of ten, she wrote her first full ...
Kevin MacLeod was born in Green Bay, Wisconsin in 1972. [2] He began piano lessons at a young age: "as a 4-year old or whatever it was". [3] He attended the University of Wisconsin–Green Bay (UWGB), where he initially studied electrical engineering; however, amid a distaste for chemistry requirements, he switched to music education after his first month.