Curated category
Catholic liturgical composers
- Ludwig van BeethovenLudwig van Beethoven could no longer hear the applause his own music had earned. At the premiere on the 7th of May 1824, the contralto Caroline Unger had to…
- Wolfgang Amadeus MozartWolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born on the 27th of January 1756 to Leopold Mozart and Anna Maria at Getreidegasse 9 in Salzburg.
- Gioachino RossiniOn the 29th of February 1792, a boy named Gioachino Antonio Rossini was born in Pesaro. His father Giuseppe played the trumpet and horn while his mother Anna…
- Franz SchubertOn the 31st of January 1797, a boy named Franz Peter Schubert was born in the Himmelpfortgrund suburb of Vienna. He entered the world as the twelfth child of…
- Claudio MonteverdiClaudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi was baptized in the church of SS Nazaro e Celso on the 15th of May 1567. His father Baldassare Monteverdi worked as an…
- Edward ElgarEdward Elgar was born on the 2nd of June 1857 in Lower Broadheath, a small village near Worcester. His father William Henry Elgar worked as a piano tuner and…
- Antonín DvořákAntonín Leopold Dvořák entered the world on the 8th of September 1841 in Nelahozeves, a small village near Prague. His father František worked as an…
- Joseph HaydnIn the village of Rohrau, Austria, a child named Joseph Haydn was born on the 31st of March 1732. His father Mathias worked as a wheelwright and served as…
- Antonio SalieriAntonio Salieri was born on the 18th of August 1750 in the town of Legnago, located south of Verona within the Republic of Venice.
- Johann Christian BachJohann Christian Bach entered the world on the 5th of September 1735 in Leipzig, Germany. He was the youngest child of Johann Sebastian and Anna Magdalena…