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FRANZJOSEPHHAYDN(
1732-
1809)

FranzJosephHay dni soneoft hemostpr omi nentcomposer soft hecl assical

peri
od.Hisl i
feisdescribedasa“ rags-to-r
iches”st ory.Hecamef rom apoor
famil
yandhi smusicledt ohisri
seinsoci alstat us.Hewashi redbyr ichpatrons
andeventuall
ybecameamusi caldir
ectorf ortheEst er
hazyfamilyfor30y ears.
Hismusicr efl
ect
shischar act
erandper sonalit
y :mainlycal
m,bal anced,ser i
ous
butwithtouchesofhumor .Hewasabl et ocomposeov er100sy mphoni esand
devel
opedt hem i
ntolongf or
msf oral argeor chest r
a.Hewasnamed,“ Fatherof
theSymphony ”al
thoughheexcel ledinev erymusi cgenreoftheper i
od.Mostof
hissymphonieshav enicknamessuchast he“ Sur pr
iseSymphony ”,“TheCl ock”,
“TheMili
tar
y ”
.Healsowr otechamberpi anomusi candchoralworks

WOLFGANGAMADEUSMOZART(
1756-
1791)

WolfgangAmadeusMozar tisachil
dpr odi
gyandt hemostamazi nggeni usin
musicalhistor
y.Atagef i
ve,hewasalreadyplayingtheviol
inandtheharpsichord;
atsix,hewasr ecognizedasanexcept i
onalpianistand,atseven,
hewasal r
eady
composi ngexcell
entmusi c.Ataget hi
rt
een,hehadwr itt
ensonatas,concertos,
symphoni es,r
eli
giouswor ks,andoperasperettas.Heexper i
mentedinallkinds
ofmusi candcomposedov er700wor ks.Unf ortunat
ely,duetomi smanaged
fi
nanceshel iv
edhi sl
ifei
npov ert
y,di
ed
youngandwasbur iedinanunknowngr ave.

He composed wonder f
ulconcer
tos,symphoni
es and oper
a such as “
The
Marri
ageofFi
garo”(
1786) ,
“DonGiov
anni(
1789),and“TheMagicFl
ute”whi
chbecamepopular
.Other
knownworks:
EineKleineNacht
musik,
SymphonyNo.40inGMaj or
,and
Sonat
aNo.11inAMaj orK311.

LUDWI
GVANBEETHOVEN(
1770-
1827)

LudwigVanBeet hovenwasbor ni
nBonn,Ger manytoaf amil
yofmusi ciansand
studi
edmusicatanear lyage.Hewast hecomposerwhobr idgedt hel
ate
Classi
calera and the earl
y Romantic era.He was a tal
ented pianistand
composer.Hisf amous composit
ions incl
ude 32 pi
ano sonatas,21 setof
vari
ati
ons,9symphoni es,5concertosforpiano,16str
ingquartetsandchor al
music.

Hi
sworksincl
udethe“MissaSolemni
s”(1818-1823)andopera“Fi
del
io”
(1805).
Hi
sknownsy mphoniesare:Sy
mphonyNo.3( Eroica)
,No.5,No.6(Past
oral)
,No.
9(Chor
al)
,whichaddsvoicestotheorchest
ra.Hebegant ogodeafin1796but
thi
sdidnotbecomeahi
ndrance.Hecont
inuedcomposi
ngt
hrought
hehel
pofan
assi
stantandheari
nggadget.Someofhi sfamouscomposi
ti
onsweremade
whenhewasdeaf .

Charact
eri
sti
csofBeet hov en’
swor ks:
-Hismusicveeredt owardl ar
geror chestras.
-Soundwascent eredont hev iolasandl owerregist
ersoft
heviol
i
nsandcel
lost
o
gi
vehismusi cadar kermood.
-Allt
hemesinapi ecear etiedt ogetherbyonemot i
f.
-Hedevelopedmusi calthemesandmot i
fsextensiv
elybymeansofmodul
ati
on
-Heusedmor ebrassinstr
ument sanddy namics