FRDRIC Franois Chopin

1 March or 22 February 1810[2] 17 October 1849) was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist of French-Polish parentage. He is considered one of the great masters of Romantic music.[3] Chopin was born in elazowa Wola, a village in the Duchy of Warsaw. A renowned child-prodigy pianist and composer, Chopin grew up in Warsaw and completed his music education there; he composed many mature works in Warsaw before leaving Poland in 1830 at age 20, shortly before the November 1830 Uprising.

Franz Liszt
Franz Liszt (German: [fants lst]); in Hungarian: Liszt Ferencz, in modern use Liszt Ferenc[1] (Hungarian pronunciation: [list frnts]); from 1859 to 1867 officially Franz Ritter von Liszt[2] (October 22, 1811 July 31, 1886) was a 19th-century Hungarian[3][4][5] composer, pianist, conductor and teacher.

Franz Peter Schubert

Franz Peter Schubert (German pronunciation: [fants ub t]; 31 January 1797 19 November 1828) was an Austrian composer. In a short lifespan of just nearly 32 years, Schubert was a prolific composer, writing some 600 Lieder, nine symphonies (including the famous "Unfinished Symphony"), liturgical music, operas, some incidental music, and a large body of chamber and solo piano music. Appreciation of Schubert's music during his lifetime was limited, but interest in his work increased significantly in the decades following his death. Franz Liszt, Robert Schumann, Johannes Brahms and Felix Mendelssohn, among others, discovered and championed his works in the 19th century. Today, Schubert is seen as one of the leading exponents of the early Romantic era in music and he remains one of the most frequently performed composers.

Johannes Brahms
Johannes Brahms (pronounced [johans bams]; 7 May 1833 3 April 1897) was a German composer and pianist. Born in Hamburg, Brahms spent much of his professional life in Vienna, Austria, where he was a leader of the musical scene. In his lifetime, Brahms's popularity and influence were considerable; following a comment by the nineteenth-century conductor Hans von Blow, he is sometimes grouped withJohann Sebastian Bach and Ludwig van Beethoven as one of the "Three Bs". Brahms composed for piano, chamber ensembles, symphony orchestra, and for voice and chorus. A virtuoso pianist, he premiered many of his own works; he also worked with some of the leading performers of his time, including the pianist Clara Schumann and the violinist Joseph Joachim. Many of his works have become staples of the modern concert repertoire. Brahms, an uncompromising perfectionist, destroyed many of his works and left some of them unpublished.

Hector Berlioz
Hector Berlioz[1] (pronounced: [kt bljoz]; 11 December 1803 8 March 1869)
was a French Romantic composer, best known for his compositionsSymphonie fantastique and Grande messe des morts (Requiem). Berlioz made significant contributions to the modern orchestra with his Treatise on Instrumentation. He specified huge orchestral forces for some of his works; as a conductor, he performed several concerts with more than 1,000 musicians.[2] He also composed around 50 songs. His influence was critical for the further development of Romanticism, especially in composers like Richard Wagner, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Franz Liszt, Richard Strauss, Gustav Mahler and many others.[3

Giuseppe Verdi
Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi (Italian pronunciation: d u ppe ve di ; 10 October 1813 27 January 1901) was an Italian Romantic composer, mainly of opera. Musically, he was part of European Romanticism, and was one of the most influential composers of the 19th century. His works are frequently performed in opera houses throughout the world and, transcending the boundaries of the genre, some of his themes have long since taken root in popular culture such as "La donna mobile" from Rigoletto, "Va, pensiero" (The Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves) from Nabucco, "Libiamo ne' lieti calici" (The Drinking Song) from La traviata and the "Grand March" from Aida. Ve dis maste wo ks dominate the standa d ope a epe toi e a centu y and a half afte thei composition.

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky ( /pjtr lit takfski/; Russian 1] tr. Pyotr Ilyich Chaykovsky; 7 May 1840 6 November 1893),[a 2] anglicised as Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky ( /pitr .../), was a Russian composer whose works included symphonies, concertos, operas,ballets, and chamber music. Some of these are among the most popular concert and theatrical music in the classical repertoire. He was the first Russian composer whose music made a lasting impression internationally, which he bolstered with appearances as a guest conductor later in his career in Europe and the United States. One of these appearances was at the inaugural concert of Carnegie Hall in New York City in 1891. Tchaikovsky was honored in 1884 by Tsar Alexander III, and awarded a lifetime pension in the late 1880s.
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Ludwig van Beethoven

Ludwig van Beethoven ( i/ldv vn bet.hovn/; German: lutv fan bet.hofn] (

listen); baptized 17 December 1770[1] 26 March 1827) 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. His best known compositions include 9 symphonies, 5 concertos for piano, 32 piano sonatas, and 16string quartets. He also composed other chamber music, choral works (including the celebrated Missa Solemnis), and songs.

Edvard Hagerup Grieg

Edvard Hagerup Grieg dd hgp gg (15 June 1843 4 September 1907) was a Norwegian composer and pianist. He is best known for his Piano Concerto in A minor, for his incidental music to Henrik Ibsen's play Peer Gynt (which includes Morning Mood and In the Hall of the Mountain King), and for his collection of piano miniatures Lyric Pieces.[1]