3. George Frideric Handel’s Life
♪ Born- February 23, 1685 Died- April 14, 1759.
♪ He lived in Germany and England.
♪ He wrote during the Baroque Period.
♪ He became the official composer for the King of England.
♪ Firework music was meant to be played at fireworks.
♪ Water music was played for the King when he went for a boat ride.
4. Music of George Frideric Handel
♫ He played the violin, oboe, organ, and harpsichord.
♫ He wrote the Messiah, Water Music, and Fireworks Music.
♫ My composer’s career was writing music.
♫ He worked for the King of England.
♫ He wrote for the violin, oboe, organ, and harpsichord.
6. BACH’S LIFE
• Bach was born March 21, 1685 Eisenach, Germany. And died July 28, 1750
Leipzig, Germany.
• Bach lived in a couple different places during his lifetime. The first 9 years of
his life he lived in Saxe-Eisenach, then his father died and he lived with his
older brother in Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg. When he became an adult he started
traveling more and settled in Weimar and got married and had 7 children. But
most of his life and career he lived in Leipzig and Weimar.
• Bach wrote thousands of pieces during the Baroque period (1600 to 1750).
And Bach made many pieces from several instruments especially the bass,
cello, and harpsichord.
• Bach had 2 wives, the first one died her name was Maria Barbara Bach, she
gave him 7 beautiful children, but unfortunately only 4 of them survived to
become adults. A year after his first wife died, he married Anna Magdalena
Bach and she gave him 13 beautiful children, making Bach a father of 20
children!
7. Music of Bach!
Bach played many instruments but also sang! Bach played the harp, violin,
piano, cello, organ, harpsichord, and viola.
Bach wrote Cello Suites, Well – Tempered Clavier, and Toccata and Fugue
in D minor. All of these were some of his most important works.
Bach wrote for many groups and many different people over the years. He
was first a keyboardist at the Duke church in Weimar, and later became an
organist. When Bach first started working at an early age, he worked at
churches and chapels. While he was working at the Chapel of Duke Johann
from 1703- 1708 in Weimar, he would sing in groups mostly, and play the
keyboard. As time went on Bach’s keyboard work was amazing, and spread
across town so much that he was appointed the job of inaugural recital at
St. Boniface's Church in Arnstadt. He became dissatisfied at the post in the
St. Boniface church because the choir singers were terrible in his opinion.
After that he was working under Prince Leopold in Köthen and was his
director of music (Kapellmeister), as well as the center of Leopold’s
attention. In the future during 1717- 1723 Köthen, Bach started working for
Prince Leopold. During that time Bach was the Prince’s Kapellmeister.
During his time with Leopold, he made hit songs there featuring: Orchestral
Suites, the Six Suites for Unaccompanied Cello, the Sonatas and Partitas
for Solo Violin, and the Brandenburg Concertos.
8. Media, image, and sound!
Click here for one of my favorites! Bach’s Cello Suite No.1
Prelude http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6yuR8efotI
Below you see one of Bach’s music sheets.
You also see his 2 wives!
Left is Maria the right is Anna.
10. ♪ Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
♪Born on January 27,1756 to December 5, 1791
♪ Mozart lived in Salzburg.
♪ Wrote many types of music such as symphonic,
concertante , chamber, operatic, and choral.
♪ Played the Keyboard and Violin.
♪ The Marriage of Figaro, The Magic Flute and Don
Giovanni. He is also famous for his Requiem mass.
11. ♪ Mozart was a composer of music. He worked for The
Archbishop of Salzburg and Later worked for the
Emperor, but mainly he worked for himself.
♪ One interesting fact about Mozart is that according to
his baptismal record his legal name in Latinized form
is Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart.
13. Beethoven Van Ludwig’s Life
Beethoven was born, December 16, 1770 and died
March 26, 1827
My Composer Beethoven Lived Bonn, Germany,
Vienna and Austria
The Style of music he mad and that he lived with was
classical
My composer slightly started to loose his hearing and
eventually he want death
14. Beethoven’s Van Ludwig
Music
Beethoven did play an instrument it was the piano and
other ones too
His three important Compositions are Moonlight Sonata
, Missa Solemnis and Symphonies 1 through 9
No, He did not work for anyone. But he did wright a lot
of compositions. Plus he wrote for about anything.
16. » 1770-1827
Beethoven was born and he lived in Germany
He had written in the classical and romantic era
He wrote nine symphonies
17. » Beethoven played the piano , organ, violin and
the viola
His three important pieces were fur Elise,
Moonlight, and national anthem of Europe
union Beethoven did not work for anyone he
was independent
The groups he wrote for was a piano trio opus
, piano sonata and others.
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19. COMPOSER’S LIFE
December 16, 1770 - March 29, 1827
He lived in Vienna, Austria
His style of songs were classical
All of Beethoven song names started in
symphony until the 10 song
Ludwig Van
Beethoven
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20. COMPOSER’S MUSIC
Beethoven played mostly piano, organ
and the viola
Symphony 1 2 and 3
Ludwig Van Beethoven's career was as a
composer. He wrote music in the classical
period. He played the organ, violin, and
piano. Also Ludwig Van Beethoven was
deaf.
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22. Franz Liszt’s life
Franz Liszt was born October 22 1811 and he died July 31, 1886.
He lived in Hungary, Europe.
Liszt wrote classic music in the romantic time period.
Franz Liszt refused to play
Hungarian Rhapsody because
it was so popular he got sick
of it. Liszt’s father Adam, played
the cello in the local orchestra.
He taught Franz Liszt how to
play the piano.
23. Liszt’s music
Franz Liszt only played piano.
Three important pieces Liszt wrote are
• Hungarian Rhapsody
• Mephisto Waltz
• Un Sospiro
Franz Liszt was an independent
person, he didn’t work for anyone
and he only wrote for himself.
25. Composers Life
June 8, 1810 - July 29, 1810
He lived In Germany
He wrote Classical Music
He started as a poet at age 10.
Robert Schuman
26. Composers Music
• My composer play the guitar and piano
Papillons
Die neue Zeitschrift für Musik
Carnaval
27.
28. He lived in Hamburg, Germany.
He was born in May 7th 1833 and died
April 3rd, 1897.
29. He played the horn and a double
bassist.
Here are the songs that he composed:
Brahms Lullaby
Brahms Waltz
Piano Trio No. 1 in B major, Op. 8
30. He was composing the orchestra. He worked with
other composers. He worked for orchestras, the only
thing he didn’t compose was an opera. He was
proficient on several instruments but found
employment mostly as a horn player and double
bassist.
In his early teens he began to conduct choirs and
eventually became an efficient orchestral
conductor.
Although Brahms may be often regarded as one of
the last bastions of the Romantic Period, he was a
champion of form and logic within his works in
contrast to the opulence and excesses of many of his
contemporaries.
33. VERDI MUSIC
One of his 3 famous songs were’ O sommo Carlo, Bella figila dell’amoure and
Stride La Vampa.
34. VERDI’S LIFE
Birth October 10th
Death January 27th
Verdi grew up in Piacenza then eventually Barezzi.
His father was Carlo Giuseppe Verdi, His mother was Luigia Uttini. Verdi started taking
Music lessons in Counterpoint while he attended operatic performances. Verdi was a
Composer in the European Romanticism age. Verdi was born on sunset so some people
Think he was born on October 11 th.
36. FELIX MENDELSSOHN’S LIFE
Felix Mendelssohn was born on February 3rd,
1809 in Hamburg, Germany and died, suffering from
poor health on November 4th 1847 in Leipzig,
Germany.
Felix Mendelssohn lived in Hamburg, Germany but
later in 1811, he and his family moved to Berlin,
Germany.
The period/style Mendelssohn composed
in was the Romantic.
Felix Mendelssohn married Cécile Charlotte
Sophie Jeanrenaud, the daughter of a French
Protestant clergyman, on 28 March 1837. They
had five children named Carl, Marie, Paul, Lilli and Felix.
37. FELIX MENDELSSOHN’S MUSIC
Mendelssohn played the piano.
Three of Mendelssohn most important pieces
were The Hebrides Overture, Overture To A
Midsummer Night’s Dream, and The Scottish
Symphony.
Felix Mendelssohn was a prolific composer
from an early age and, In 1824, the 15-year-old
wrote his first symphony for full orchestra.
Mendelssohn was invited to meet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and he set a
number of his poems to music. Mendelssohn is also famous for reviving the
music of J.S. Bach. In 1829 Mendelssohn conducted a performance of Bach's
magnificent St. Matthew Passion, for orchestra, choir, and vocal soloists. This
performance was such a success that Bach was soon recognized as one of the
greatest composers of all time
40. Composer’s Life
• September 8, 1841 – May 1, 1904
• Born in Nelahozeves, Czechoslovakia
• Lived in the US for a while
• Wrote during the romantic era
• He studied at the Prague Orphan School of Music
• He was the Director of the National Conservatory
Museum in New York for three years
41. Composer’s Music
• He played the violin and the piano
• Compositions
▫ Symphony No 8 & 9
▫ Slavonic Dances
▫ Cello Concerto in B Minor
• He was a church organist
and taught piano
43. Richard Wagner was born May 22,
1813in Leipzig, Germany.
His biological father passed away
when he was six months by the
cause of typhus.
Richard’s mother started seeing
another man Ludwig Geyer.
Richard and his family went to live
with Mr. Geyer.
As a child Richard enjoyed theatre
just as his stepfather.
He was fortunate enough to attend
piano lessons.
44. Some of Richard’s best pieces were
Die Feen meaning the faires. He
also had Das Liebesverbot meaning
the ban of love. The other two
famous pieces were Rienzi and The
Flying Dutchman. In the one of his
plays he fell for one of the actors.
She later ran off with another man
but he excepted her back. His
inspiration was Beetoven and
Mozart. He also spent most of his
life in debt. He even fled the
Russian empire because of
creditors. His life finally ended on
Febuary 13, 1883.His era of music
was the classical and romantic era.
He traveled a lot but died in
venice.
48. STRAVINSKY’S LIFE
He was born on June 17,1882 and died on April
6,1971.
He lived in Saint Petersburg Russia, Switzerland, Paris
France, L.A. United States, and New York United States.
The Russian period (1908 – 1919),the Neoclassical
period (1920 -1954), and the Serial period (1954 – 1968).
Stravinsky had a portrait drawn by Pablo Picasso.
49. STRAVINSKY’S MUSIC
He played violin and piano
Firebird Suite, Pertrushka, and The Rite
of Spring
He worked for Serge Diaghilev. Some
groups that Stravinsky wrote for are ballets,
chamber works, choral works,
opera/theater, orchestral, piano, and vocal.
51. composer’s Life
Achille Claude Debussy was born on
August 22, 1862 in Saint Germain-en-Laye,
France. He died because of cancer on,
March 25, 1918 in Paris, France.
Claude Debussy lived in Paris, France.
Claude Debussy wrote during the 20th
Century period style of music.
Claude Debussy is considered one of the
most influential composers of the 20th
century.
52. Debussy played a piano in his childhood but then
didn’t reaLLy success so he decided to study
composition.
composer’s music
Three important pieces that Claude Debussy
wrote are Pelléas et Mélisande, Prélude à
l'après-midi d'un faune (Prelude to the Afternoon
of a Faun), and La Mer.
At the age of seven Claude Debussy began piano
lessons. When he was 10 years old he entered the
Paris Conservatoire and spent 11 years studying
composition, music history/theory, harmony,
piano, organ, and solfege. In the beginning of the
1890’s cLaude debussy deveLoped his own musicaL
language. Claude Debussy wrote for the voice,
making music right for the rhythm of the French
language. In 1888 he exposed to Wagnerian
opera. Claude Debussy also wrote the ballet
Jeux (1912) for Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes.
He mostly wrote for piano.
