Composers

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Austrian composer Franz Joseph Haydn (March 31 or April 1, 1732 – May 31, 1809) was one of the most prominent composers of the Classical music era, called the "Father of the Symphony" and "Father of ...

Richard Wagner

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Wilhelm Richard Wagner (22 May 1813 – 13 February 1883) was a German composer, conductor, theatre director and polemicist primarily known for his operas (or "music dramas", as they were later ...

Georg Friedrich Händel

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German-born composer Georg Friedrich Händel (23 February 1685 – 14 April 1759) was one of the greatest composers of the late baroque period (1700-1750); he was strongly influenced by the great ...

Antonio Vivaldi

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Antonio Lucio Vivaldi (4 March 1678 – 28 July 1741) was an Italian composer, priest, and virtuoso violinist. He learned violin from his father and spent much of his life teaching violin and leading ...

Claude Debussy

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Achille Claude Debussy (22 August 1862 – 25 March 1918) was a French composer who developed a strongly individual style and also created a language that broke definitively with the procedures of ...

Igor Stravinsky

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Igor Fyodorovitch Stravinsky (June 17, 1882 – April 6, 1971) was a Russian composer of modern classical music. He wrote works in the neo-classical and serialist styles, but he is best known for two ...

Felix Mendelssohn

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Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, generally known in English-speaking countries as Felix Mendelssohn (3 February 1809 – 4 November 1847) was a German composer, pianist, organist and conductor ...