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Classical Music Era -
The Classical period in Western music between about 1750 and 1820.
Bach greatly influenced all classical music after him, including Mozart, who then influenced Beethoven.
We have the great privilege to be influenced by all three plus all other great composers in music history.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Born March 1685 -
Died July 1750 at 65 Years Old
♪ History reveres Bach as one of the greatest master of musical expressiveness who ever existed.
And for 45 years, Bach created,
composed and conducted music of the highest quality. No man, it is said has ever composed so brilliantly and consistently as J.S. Bach.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Born January 27, 1756 –
Died December 5, 1791 at 35 Years Old
♪ Mozart was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. Mozart developed a brilliance and maturity of style of classical music that encompassed the light and graceful along with the dark and passionate.
He composed over 600 works, many acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber, operatic, and choral music.
He is among the most enduringly popular of classical composers, and his influence on subsequent Western art music is profound; Beethoven composed his own early works in the shadow of Mozart. Painting used is of Mozart at Age 6, Austria 1762.
Ludwig van Beethoven
Born December 17, 1770 –
Died March 26, 1827at 57 Years Old
♪ Beethoven was a German composer and pianist. A crucial figure in the transition between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western art music, he remains one of the most famous and influential of all
composers.
Beethoven's hearing began to deteriorate significantly in is early 30s, yet he continued to compose, conduct, and perform even after becoming completely deaf.
Famous Masterpieces include:
Ode to Joy 5th Symphony, Für Elise,
and some of the best piano sonatas, including: Waldstein, Appassionata and "Moonlight" Sonata.
Painting used is Beethoven Age 50, Germany 1820.
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