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Choral composers
- Benjamin BrittenEdward Benjamin Britten was born in the fishing port of Lowestoft, Suffolk, on the 22nd of November 1913. His father Robert Victor Britten worked as a…
- 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…
- Friedrich NietzscheOn the 15th of October 1844, a boy named Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche was born in the small town of Röcken. He grew up near Leipzig within the Prussian…
- Richard WagnerWilhelm Richard Wagner was born on the 22nd of May 1813 in a building at number three, the Brühl, in Leipzig. His father Carl Friedrich Wagner died of…
- Robert SchumannOn the 8th of June 1810, a local newspaper in Zwickau announced the birth of Robert Schumann to Herr August Schumann. He was the fifth and last child of an…
- Johannes BrahmsJohannes Brahms was born on the 7th of May 1833 in a poor apartment in the quarter of Hamburg. His father Johann Jakob worked as a double bass player and…
- 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…
- 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…
- Felix MendelssohnFelix Mendelssohn was born on the 3rd of February 1809 in Hamburg. His father Abraham Mendelssohn was a banker who had converted to Christianity before…
- Hector BerliozOn the 11th of December 1803, Louis-Hector Berlioz was born in the commune of La Côte-Saint-André. His father, a physician named Louis Berlioz, expected his…