Music should strike fire from the heart of man, and bring tears from the eyes of woman.
circa 1800: Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 – 1827), German composer, generally considered to be one of the greatest composers in the Western tradition. (Photo by Henry Guttmann/Getty Images)
Composers in the old days used to keep strictly to the base of the theme, as their real subject. Beethoven varies the melody, harmony and rhythms so beautifully.
Brahms composed for a wide range of instruments, including piano, chamber ensembles, symphony orchestra, as well as for voice and chorus. Interestingly,he never composed any operas.
Felix Mendelssohn was a pianist, organist and conductor of the early Romantic period. His Wedding march is probably the most famous wedding music existing.
Bear in mind that you are not making music for your own pleasure, but for the pleasure of your audience.
Strauss was a composer of the late Romantic period, he is famous for his operas like “Der Rosenkavalier”. The opening of “Also sprach Zarathustra” is one of the most famous melodies of all time.
Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together go to the making of genius. Love, love, love, that is the soul of genius.
Mozart, one of the most famous composers of all time, was a composer of the Classical era. He started composing at the age of five, already capable of playing the piano and the violin competently.
You believe happiness to be derived from the place in which once you have been happy, but in truth it is centered in ourselves.
Franz Schubert was an Austrian composer that died at the yooung age of 31. During his short lifetime he was composed over 600 Lieder, 7 complete symphonies, operas and many more.
I was never a quick writer, but composed with great care and efforts
Joseph Haydn was a composer of the Classical Era and instrumental for the development of chamber musc (Kammermusik). Unlike many other composers he was famous throughout his life and until his death at age 77.
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