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Henry Purcell
*Born in Great Britain
*He wrote many works for church use, including anthems and settings of the liturgy and was also known for his songs, instrumental music, one opera, Dido and Aeneas, and music for stage productions. Despite the fact that he was an organist, he wrote little for this instrument. -
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Antonio Vivaldi
*Vivali born in Venice, Italy.
*Many people think Vivaldi was the best Italian composer of his time. He wrote concertos, operas, church music and many other compositions. In all, Antonio wrote over 500 concertos. His most famous set of concertos is The Four Seasons. -
Henry Purcell
*He was appointed organist for Westminster Abbey, where he is buried. -
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Georg Philipp Telemann
*Teleman born in Magdeburg, Germany.
*He became a municipal music director -- first for the city of Frankfurt, and then for Hamburg, a very important German port. -
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Johann Sebastian Bach
*Bach born in Eisenach, Germany.
*Bach is now seen as one of the greatest geniuses in music history. *He wrote all kinds of music, for organ and other keyboard instruments, orchestras, choirs, and concertos for many different instrumental combinations. -
Antonio Vivaldi
*Vivaldi at the age of 25 years was named master of violin at the Devout Hospital of Mercy in Venice.
*Under Vivaldi's leadership, the orchestra gained international attention. -
Johann Sebastian Bach
*Bach met Anna Magdalena Wilcke, a highly gifted singer at the Court in Köthen. They married on 3 December 1721 and together had thirteen children. However, only six of them survived. -
Georg Philipp Telemann
*He refused a call to organize a German orchestra at the Russian court. -
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Franz Joseph Haydn
*Haydn born in the tiny Austrian town of Rohrau. -
Franz Joseph Haydn
*Haydn composed symphonies, operas, string quartets, and all kinds of other music for performance at the Esterhazy court. -
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
*Mozart born in Salzburg, Austria. -
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Ludwig van Beethoven
*Beethoven born in Bonn, Germany.
*Beethoven is considered one of the greatest musical geniuses who ever lived. -
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
*Mozart was only 35 when he died. During his short life, he composed in all different musical forms, including operas, symphonies, concertos, masses, and chamber music. Today, he is still considered a genius! -
Ludwig van Beethoven
*Beethoven at the age of 22 years old played the piano in the salons of the salons of the Viennese nobility. Quickly established himself as a piano virtuoso. -
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Modest Músorgski
*Músorgski born in the Russian village of Karevo.
*The Músorgski masterpiece is "Boris Godunov," about a Russian Tsar who lived in the 1500's. -
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Antonin Dvorák
*Dvorak born in Czech Republic.
*Dvorak made an impact on American music, and in late 1892 he wrote a cantata called The American Flag. -
Modest Músorgski
*He joined the Preobrazhensky Imperial Guards Reiments. When he was a teenage officer, Mussorgsky met Alexander Borodin, a medical officer in the regiment. -
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*Dvorak did his first great success with Hymnus for chorus and orchestra, reflected his strong and pure national feelings. -
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Aaron Copland
*Copland born in in Brooklyn, New York.
*Aaron Copland is considered one of the most famous American composers of all time.
* This great composer write fanfares during World War II. -
Aaron Copland
*Copland eventually debuted Symphony for Organ and Orchestra with the New York Symphony Society.
