(1838–1875) Alexandre César Léopold Bizet Works: • Carmen (1875) Born October 25 1838 Paris (France) Died June 3 1875 Bougival (France) Cause of death Heart attack Buried Cimetière du Père Lachaise (Paris) Occupation Composer Musician Pianist Award Prix de Rome (1857) Title Chevalier…
(1881–1945) Béla Viktor János Bartók Works: • Blubeard’s Castle (1918) • Concerto for orchestra (1943) • Dance suite (1923) • Music for strings, percussion and celesta (1937) • Piano Concerto No. 3 (1946) • String Quartet No.6 (1941) • Violin…
(1671–1750) Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni Works: • Adagio in G Minor • Concerti per oboe • Sonate da Chiesa Op. 4 Born June 8 1671 Venezia (Italia) Died January 17 1750 Venezia (Italia) Occupation Composer Musician Violinist
(1685–1750) Works: • Adagio • Brandenburg Concertos • Cello Suites • Das Wohltemperierte Klavier (The Well-Tempered Clavier) • Goldberg Variations (BWV 988) • Mass in B minor • St Matthew Passion (BWV 244) • Toccata and Fugue in D minor,…
(1732–1809) Franz Joseph Haydn Works: • Symphony nº 101, “The Clock” (1794) • The Creation (1798) • The Seasons (1801) Born March 31 1732 Rohrau (Austria) Died May 31 1809 Vienna (Austria) Friend Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Pupil Ludwig van Beethoven…
(1797–1828) Franz Peter Schubert Works: • Complete Symphonies • Fantasie in f Moll (D 940) • Impromptus (1827) • Piano sonata (D.960) • Sérénade, Le Chant du cygne (1828) Born January 31 1797 Himmelpfortgrund, now Vienna (Austria) Died November 19 1828…
(1714–1787) Works: • Alceste (1767) • Iphigénie en Aulide (1774) • Iphigénie en Tauride (1779) • Orfeo ed Euridice (1762) • Paride ed Elena (1770) Born July 2 1714 Erasbach, city of Berching (Germany) Died November 15 1787 Vienna (Austria) Cause…
(1750–1825) Works: • Axur, re d’Ormus (1788) • Les Danaïdes (1784) • Requiem (1804) • Tarare (1787) Salieri in Film: Amadeus 1984 Director: Miloš Forman Cast: Tom Hulce, F. Murray Abraham Born August 18 1750 Legnago (Italia) Died May 7 1825 Vienna (Austria)…
(1678–1741) Antonio Lucio Vivaldi Works: • Concertos for Violin or Oboe, Op.7 (1720) • Filiae maestae Jerusalem (c.1715) • La Follia (1703) • La Stravaganza (1712-1713) • Le quattro stagioni (1725) ◊ La primavera (1725) ◊ L’estate (1725) ◊ L’autunno (1725) ◊ L’inverno (1725)…
(1567–1643) Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi Works: • L’Orfeo (1607) • Madrigali (Libro VII) • Magnificat a sei voci (1610) Monteverdi’s tomb in the Basilica of Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari. Born May 9 1567 Cremona (Italia) Died November 29 1643 Venezia (Italia)…