Famous Composers

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Famous Composers

• Bach, Beethoven, and Mozart

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Johann Sebastian Bach

• Born Eisenach (Germany), 21 March 1685
• Died 28 July 1750
• One of the greatest Baroque composers along with
  Handel. His most famous works are probably the
  Brandenburg Concerti, the Well-tempered clavier,
  The art of fugue, his Mass in B-minor, and the
  St. Matthew Passion.

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Ludwig van Beethoven

• Born Bonn, 16 December 1770
• Died Vienna, 26 March 1827
• One of the true greats. Beethoven didn't write as
  much as Mozart or Schubert, but what he produced
  is all worth listening to. Favorite symphonies
  are the third (Eroica), the fifth, the sixth
  (Pastoral'), the seventh and the ninth
  (Choral).

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

• Born Salzburg, 27 January 1756
• Died Vienna, 5 December 1791
• Along with Haydn, one of the first classical
  composers. Wrote music of many different genres.
  Major works would include his Requiem, the operas
  Nozze di Figaro, Don Giovanni and Die
  Zauberflöte, the clarinet concerto, the string
  quartets, the later piano concerti (nos. 20
  onwards) and the later symphonies (numbers 36,
  38, 39, 40 and 41).

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Creating Digital MediaJanuary 8, 2003

• Multimedia Lab
• Pam Gades, Instructor