classical era
Franz Peter Schubert was a classical Austrian music composer who even though he had a short life and only lived to age 31, is quite famous. He was born Jan. 31, 1797 in Himmelpfortgrund, a suburb of Vienna and died Nov. 19, 1828. He was one of 14 children, with his father being a […]
Beethoven was born on December 16, 1770 in the city of Bonn, in western Germany. There, during his first years of life, he was exposed to a demanding musical training by a father obsessed with making him “the new Mozart.” Such questionable ambition, coupled with a no less dangerous character linked to alcoholism, directly affected […]
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