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German opera 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…
- 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…
- Wolfgang Amadeus MozartWolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born on the 27th of January 1756 to Leopold Mozart and Anna Maria at Getreidegasse 9 in Salzburg.
- 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…
- 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…
- Richard StraussRichard Georg Strauss was born on the 11th of June 1864 in Munich. His father Franz worked as a principal horn player at the Court Opera and taught at the…
- George Frideric HandelIn 1685, a boy named George Frideric Handel was born in the city of Halle within the Duchy of Magdeburg. His father Georg Händel worked as a barber-surgeon…
- Jacques OffenbachOn the 20th of June 1819, a boy named Jacob Offenbach was born in the German city of Cologne. He entered the world as the second son and seventh child of…
- Paul HindemithPaul Hindemith was born in Hanau, near Frankfurt, on the 16th of November 1895. He grew up as the eldest child of Robert Hindemith and his wife Marie…
- 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…