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Bedrich Smetana Smetana’s Image Date/Place of Birth: 2 March, 1824 in Litomysl, Bohemia Personality: A bespectacled, slender, grim and stoic-looking man, Smetana was one of the greatest Bohemian composers, a piano virtuoso, conductor and highly respected teacher. During his e Continue reading the biography
Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky Date/Place of Birth: 21 March 1839 in Karevo, Pskov district Personality: A member of ‘The Mighty Handful’. Mussorgsky never received any formal musical education during his childhood. After he graduated from the Cadet School of the Imperial Continue reading the biography
Edvard Grieg Date/Place of Birth: 15 June, 1843 in Bergen, Norway. Personality: A humble, highly imaginative composer. Being a workaholic, under the influence of his admirable teacher, E.F. Wenzel, he studied music so enthusiatically and compulsively that he ruined his health. He Continue reading the biography
Johannes Brahms Date/Place of Birth: 7 May, 1833 in Hamburg, Germany. Personality: A handsome bachelor. Although Brahms was a serious, sensitive man, like Schubert, he still managed to keep in touch with a wide circle of friends and enjoyed such a warm friendship. Besides that, whe Continue reading the biography
Franz Liszt Date/Place of Birth: 22 October, 1811 in Raiding (Doborján), Hungary. Personality: A handsome, charismatic child prodigy. He was multi-talented – piano virtuoso, composer, conductor, teacher and critic. The young Liszt was well-known for his dalliances with sever Continue reading the biography
Frédéric Chopin Chopin’s Image Date/Place of Birth: 1st March, 1810 at Zelazowa Wola near Warsaw, Poland. Personality: A handsome and courteous gentleman. With his pale and frail appearance, he was physically weak as the result of the tuberculosis, a lung disease. Besides t Continue reading the biography
Robert Schumann Date/Place of Birth: 8 June, 1810 at Zwickau, Germany. Personality: A quiet, intelligent composer. Being a big-hearted and generous critic, Schumann liked to help and publicise new talents like Chopin, Brahms etc. Unfortunately, Schumann had a mental illness that he Continue reading the biography
Felix Mendelssohn Mendelssohn’s Image Date/Place of Birth: 3 February, 1809 in Hamburg, Germany. Personality: A brilliant child prodigy. Mendelssoh’s gifts were phenomenal – a good painter, had wide literary and philosophy knowledge, a superb pianist, an inspiring Continue reading the biography
Franz Peter Schubert Schubert’s Image Date/Place of Birth: 31 January, 1797 in Vienna. Personality: A very shy, short-sighted composer. However, to his close friends, he was charming, humorous and loyal. Sometimes, he was moody and violent, especially during his illness. Eve Continue reading the biography
Ludwig van Beethoven
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Date/Place of Birth: 16 December, 1770 in Bonn, Germany.
Personality: Gloomy and suspicious, over-sensitive like a misanthropic cobra, often imagining that everybody was plotting against him; besides that, he was bad-tempered especially when his deafness was getting serious — his grand piano was ruined by his harsh banging to hear what he played.
Piano-Playing Style: Unlike Vienna style such as Mozart’s typical gentle and elegant playing, Beethoven can be very violent. There was a rumour that with hands high, the young Beethoven smashed the piano, trying to get the rich orchestral sonority on the piano. That does not indicate that Beethoven was only showing his virtuosity but he always expressed his feelings while playing — sadness, anguish, violence and so on.
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