Jean Sibelius
Jean Sibelius (pronounced /sɪˈbeɪliəs/; Finland Swedish: [ˈʃɑːn siˈbeːliʉs]; born Johan Julius Christian Sibelius; 8 December 1865 – 20 September 1957) was a Finnish composer who lived during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He is considered Finland’s most important composer, and his music is often credited with helping Finland develop a stronger sense of national identity during a time when the country faced challenges from efforts to promote Russian culture in the late 1800s. The most important part of his work includes his seven symphonies, which are frequently performed and recorded in Finland and around the world.
Edvard Grieg
Edvard Hagerup Grieg ( / ɡ r iː ɡ / GREEG , Norwegian: [ˈɛdvaʁd ˈhɑ̀ːɡəʁʉp ˈɡʁɪgː] ; 15 June 1843 – 4 September 1907) was a Norwegian composer and pianist. He was one of the most important composers during the Romantic era, and his music is widely performed in classical music around the world. He used Norwegian folk music in his compositions, which helped make Norwegian music famous and contributed to the country’s national identity, similar to how Jean Sibelius and Bedřich Smetana did in Finland and Bohemia, respectively.
Antonín Dvořák
Antonín Leopold Dvořák ( / d ( ə . ) ˈ v ɔːr . ʒ ɑː k , – .
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky ( / tʃ aɪ ˈ k ɒ f s k i / chy- KOF -skee ; 7 May 1840 – 6 November 1893) was a Russian composer from the Romantic period. He was the first Russian composer whose music had a lasting influence around the world. Tchaikovsky created some of the most well-known pieces in classical music, including the 1812 Overture, his First Piano Concerto, the Violin Concerto, the Romeo and Juliet Overture-Fantasy, several symphonies, the opera Eugene Onegin, and the ballets Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty, and The Nutcracker.
Giacomo Puccini
Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini (22 December 1858 – 29 November 1924) was an Italian composer best known for writing operas. He is considered the most successful and important supporter of Italian opera after Verdi. Puccini came from a family of composers who lived during the late Baroque era.
Giuseppe Verdi
Giuseppe Verdi was an Italian composer born on October 9 or 10, 1813, and died on January 27, 1901. He is best known for writing operas. He was born near Busseto, a small town in the modern province of Parma, to a family of middle-class means.
Johannes Brahms
Johannes Brahms ( / b r ɑː m z / ; German: [joˈhanəs ˈbʁaːms] ; 7 May 1833 – 3 April 1897) was a German composer, skilled pianist, and conductor from the mid-Romantic period. His music is known for its strong rhythms and use of dissonance, which is when notes clash, often set in complex yet expressive musical layers. He used the styles and methods of many composers from earlier times.
Richard Wagner
Wilhelm Richard Wagner (born May 22, 1813; died February 13, 1883) was a German composer, theatre director, writer, and conductor. He is best known for his operas, which are sometimes called music dramas. Unlike many composers, Wagner wrote both the scripts and the music for all his stage works.
Clara Schumann
Clara Josephine Schumann ( / ˈ ʃ uː m ɑː n / ; German: [ˈklaːʁa ˈʃuːman] ; née Wieck ; 13 September 1819 – 20 May 1896) was a German pianist, composer, and teacher who began learning music at a very young age. She is considered one of the most important pianists during the Romantic era. Over a career that lasted 61 years, she performed in concerts and helped change how piano recitals were planned and what music was played.
Fanny Hensel
Fanny Cäcilie Hensel, born Mendelssohn (November 14, 1805 – May 14, 1847), was a German composer and pianist from the early Romantic era. She is also known as Fanny Mendelssohn Bartholdy. She created over 450 musical works, including a string quartet, a piano trio, a piano quartet, an orchestral overture, four cantatas, more than 125 solo piano pieces, and over 250 lieder (German art songs).