Curated playlist
Catholic liturgical composers
- Ludwig van BeethovenBeethoven was deaf when a singer turned him around to see applause. It happened at the premiere on the 7th of May 1824.
- Wolfgang Amadeus MozartMozart finished more than 800 works in thirty-five years and died with his Requiem unfinished.
- Gioachino RossiniRossini wrote his last opera in his thirties, then never wrote another for 40 years.
- Franz SchubertFranz Schubert gave just one public concert of his own music. He died at 31 with more than 1,500 works.
- Claudio MonteverdiComposer Claudio Monteverdi was almost forgotten for more than two centuries. He had helped invent opera as we know it.
- Edward ElgarA 1901 London concert crowd demanded a double encore for Elgar's first Pomp and Circumstance march.
- Antonín DvořákAntonín Dvořák wrote a string quartet in just three days. He did it on a 1893 holiday in Spillville, Iowa.
- Joseph HaydnJoseph Haydn's skull was stolen after his burial and not reunited with his body until 1954.
- Antonio SalieriAntonio Salieri's own Requiem was first played at his memorial service.
- Johann Christian BachIn 1764, eight-year-old Mozart spent five months in London learning from Johann Christian Bach.