Composer Gallery

    Here are quick and easy reference guides to the all-time great composers, a roster that we're always expanding. For each composer, you'll find vital statistics (birth, death, nationality), a short biographical sketch and a few fun facts, plus a basic guide to the music and a list of weblinks and resources, plus a few of the most famous tunes and one or two videos. Whether you're heading off to a concert, writing a research paper, looking for reliable, current information, or just want to explore some cool music and video, this is the first stop on your web search.
    Gustav Mahler
    Romantic

    Mahler, Gustav

    • Last of the great line of German symphonists. One of the musicians who bridged Romanticism and the early Modernist era at the turn of the 20th century.

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    Felix Mendelssohn(-Bartholdy)
    Romantic

    Mendelssohn(-Bartholdy), Felix

    • “The Mozart of the Nineteenth Century,” according to Robert Schumann. Mendelssohn’s Romanticism was tempered by a love of J.S. Bach and other German classic composers.

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    Claudio Monteverdi
    Baroque

    Monteverdi, Claudio

    • "Papa" of opera. His music was an important bridge from Renaissance to Baroque aesthetics.

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    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Classical

    Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

    • Mozart was a supreme melodist and is one of the most popular classical composers of all time. “Mozartean” is practically synonymous with elegance and grace.

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