Luigi Boccherini
Ridolfo Luigi Boccherini (born February 19, 1743; died May 28, 1805) was an Italian composer and cellist from the Classical era. His music often had a courtly and elegant style, even though he lived and worked away from the main musical centers of his time. He is most famous for a minuet from his String Quintet in E major, Op.
Muzio Clementi
Muzio Filippo Vincenzo Francesco Saverio Clementi (January 23, 1752 – March 10, 1832) was an Italian composer, skilled pianist, teacher, conductor, music publisher, editor, and maker of pianos. He was most active in England. His father encouraged him to study music, and Sir Peter Beckford supported him as a young composer.
Antonio Salieri
Antonio Salieri was born on August 18, 1750, and died on May 7, 1825. He was an Italian composer and teacher who lived during the classical period. He was born in Legnago, a town near Verona in the Republic of Venice, and spent his adult life and career as a subject of the Habsburg monarchy.
Christoph Willibald Gluck
Christoph Willibald (Ritter von) Gluck (/ɡlʊk/; German: [ˈkʁɪstɔf ˈvɪlɪbalt ˈɡlʊk]; 2 July 1714 – 15 November 1787) was a composer who created Italian and French operas during the early classical period. He was born in the Upper Palatinate and grew up in Bohemia, both regions that were part of the Holy Roman Empire at the time. Gluck became well-known at the Habsburg court in Vienna, where he made practical changes to how stories were told in opera, a goal many thinkers had long supported.
Wilhelm Friedemann Bach
Wilhelm Friedemann Bach was born on November 22, 1710, and died on July 1, 1784. He was a German composer, organist, and harpsichordist. He was the second child and oldest son of Johann Sebastian Bach and Maria Barbara Bach.
Johann Christian Bach
Johann Christian Bach was born on September 5, 1735, and died on January 1, 1782. He was a German composer from the Classical era and the youngest child of Johann Sebastian Bach. He learned music from his father and later from his half-brother, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, in Berlin.
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (8 March 1714 – 14 December 1788), also spelled Karl Philipp Emmanuel Bach, and often called C. P. E.
Joseph Haydn
Franz Joseph Haydn ( / ˈ h aɪ d ən / HY -dən ; German: [ˈfʁants ˈjoːzɛf ˈhaɪdn̩] ; 31 March 1732 – 31 May 1809) was an Austrian composer from the Classical period. He played a key role in the development of chamber music forms, such as the string quartet and piano trio. His work in shaping musical structure earned him the titles “Father of the Symphony” and “Father of the String Quartet.” Haydn was born to working-class parents in a small village.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 1756 – 5 December 1791) was a composer and musician from the Classical period. During his short life, he completed more than 800 works, including examples of many types of music such as symphonies, concertos, chamber music, opera, and choral music. Mozart was born in Salzburg and became a child prodigy with the help of his father, Leopold, who was a skilled teacher.
Agostino Steffani
Agostino Steffani was born on July 25, 1654, and died on February 12, 1728. He was an Italian bishop, someone who knew a lot about many subjects, a diplomat, and a composer.