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Oratorio composers
- Ludwig van BeethovenLudwig van Beethoven was baptized on the 17th of December 1770 in the Catholic Parish of St. Remigius. His father Johann claimed Ludwig was six years old for…
- Andrew Lloyd WebberAndrew Lloyd Webber was born on the 22nd of March 1948 at Westminster Hospital in London. His father William worked as a composer and organist while his…
- Johann Sebastian BachJohann Sebastian Bach entered the world on the 21st of March 1685 in Eisenach, a town within the duchy of Saxe-Eisenach.
- 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…
- Paul McCartneyPaul McCartney was born on the 18th of June 1942 at Walton Hospital in the Walton area of Liverpool. His mother Mary Patricia Mohin worked as a nurse and…
- 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…
- 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…
- Charles Villiers StanfordOn the 30th of September 1852, Charles Villiers Stanford entered a Dublin household where music flowed as naturally as conversation.
- 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…
- Josef MyslivečekJosef Mysliveček entered the world on the 9th of March 1737 in Prague. He was one of twin sons born to a prosperous mill owner who lived on Melantrichova…
- 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…