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Frederic Chopin (March 1, 1810 - October 17, 1849)
This post is dedicated to Krystyna, my good friend who counts Chopin as one of her all time favorites. May you enjoy his nocturne no 1.
Fryderyk Chopin was a Polish virtuoso pianist and piano composer of the Romantic period. He is widely regarded as the greatest Polish composer, and one of the most influential composers for piano in the 19th century.
Chopin's extant compositions all include the piano, predominantly alone or as a solo instrument among others. Though his music is technically demanding, its style emphasizes nuance and expressive depth rather than technical virtuosity. Chopin invented new musical forms such as the ballade, and made major innovations to existing forms such as the piano sonata, waltz, nocturne, etude, impromptu, and prelude. His works are mainstays of Romanticism in 19th century classical music. His mazurkas and polonaises remain the cornerstone of Polish national classical music.
Chopin died in Paris, France on October 17, 1849.
Nocturne No. 1 - Frederic Chopin Played in Piano by Maria Jao
Tags: Frederick Chopin, Classical Music, World's Classical Masterpieces, Romanticism
Peter Paul Rubens (June 28, 1577- May 30, 1640) was a prolific seventeenth-century Flemish Baroque painter and a proponent of an exuberant Baroque style that emphasized movement, color, and sensuality. He is well-known for his Counter Reformation altar pieces, portraits, and landscapes, and history paintings of mythological and allegorical subjects. In addition to running a large studio in Antwerp which produced paintings popular with nobility and art collectors throughout Europe, Rubens was a classically educated humanist scholar, art collector and diplomat who was knighted by both Philip IV, king of Spain, and Charles I, king of England. Rubens died from gout on May 30, 1640 at Antwerp, Belgium.
Johann Sebastian Bach (March 21, 1685- July 28, 1750) was a German composer and organist whose sacred and secular works for choir, orchestra, and solo instruments drew together the strands of the Baroque period and brought it to its ultimate maturity. Although he introduced no new forms, he enriched the prevailing German style with a robust contrapuntal technique, an unrivaled control of harmonic and motivic organization in composition for diverse musical forces, and the adaptation of rhythms and textures from abroad, particularly Italy and France. A revival of interest and performances of his music began early in the 19th century, and he is now widely considered to be one of the greatest composers in the Western tradition. He died in July 28, 1750 at Leipzig, Germany.
"Air" from Suite No. 3 in D major- Johann Sebastian Bach
Tags: Masterpieces, World's Greatest Composers, Immortal Compositions, Johann Sebastian Bach
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (January 27, 1756- December 5, 1791) was a prolific and influential composer of the classical era. His 600 compositions include works widely acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber, piano, operatic, and choral music. Mozart is the most enduring and popular of classical composers, and many of his works are part of the standard concert repertoire. Mozart died on December 5, 1791 at Prague.
Mozart Symphony No. 40 1st Movement
Tags: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Classical Masterpieces of All Time
Ludwig van Beethoven (December 16, 1770 - March 26, 1827) was a German composer and virtuoso pianist. He was a crucial figure in the transitional period between Classical and Romantic eras in Western classical music, and remains one of the most respected and influential composers of all time.
Born in Bonn, Germany, he moved to Vienna, Austria in his early twenties and settled there, studying with Joseph Haydn and quickly gaining a reputation as a virtuoso pianist. Beethoven's hearing gradually deteriorated beginning in his twenties, yet he continued to compose masterpieces and to conduct and perform even after he was completely deaf. He died on March 26, 1827.
Moonlight Sonata - Ludwig van Beethoven as played by Wilhelm Kempff
Tags: Classical Masterpieces, Ludwig van Beethoven, Moonlight Sonata, Wilhelm Kempff
Frederic Chopin (March 1, 1810 - October 17, 1849)
Fryderyk Chopin was a Polish virtuoso pianist and piano composer of the Romantic period. He is widely regarded as the greatest Polish composer, and one of the most influential composers for piano in the 19th century.
Chopin's extant compositions all include the piano, predominantly alone or as a solo instrument among others. Though his music is technically demanding, its style emphasizes nuance and expressive depth rather than technical virtuosity. Chopin invented new musical forms such as the ballade, and made major innovations to existing forms such as the piano sonata, waltz, nocturne, etude, impromptu, and prelude. His works are mainstays of Romanticism in 19th century classical music. His mazurkas and polonaises remain the cornerstone of Polish national classical music.
Chopin died in Paris, France on October 17, 1849.
Chopin Nocturne Op. 9 No.2
Tags: Frederick Chopin, Classical Music, World's Classical Masterpieces, Romanticism
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (May 7, 1840 - November 6, 1893) was a Russian composer of the Romantic era. While not part of the nationalistic music group known as "The Five," Tchaikovsky wrote music which was distinctly Russian: plangent, introspective, with modally- inflected melody and harmony. Tchaikovsky died on November 6, 1893, nine days after the premiere of his Sixth Symphony, the Pathetique.
Tags: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Swan Lake, Classical Music, Masterpiece, Greatest Composers
Frederic Chopin (March 1, 1810 - October 17, 1849)
