Five Facts You Didn’t Know About Haydn 1. At the age of five, the young Joseph was sent to live with a relative who was choirmaster.[…]

Bach – Short Biography The Bach family already counted several composers when Johann Sebastian was born as the last child of a city musician in Eisenach.[…]

Five Facts You Didn’t Know About Brahms 1 – Something that was frequently ignored by early biographers of Brahms was what he did musically during his[…]

Mozart – Short Biography Born in Salzburg, then in the Holy Roman Empire, Mozart showed prodigious ability from his earliest childhood. Already competent on keyboard and[…]

Five Facts You Didn’t Know About Tchaikovsky 1. Tchaikovsky was born in Vostkinsk, a small town in Udmurt Republic, Russia. He began piano lessons at the[…]

Why Did Vivaldi Die Poor in Vienna? Vivaldi spent most of his career at a single institution, a home for the illegitimate children of Venetian noblemen[…]

Five Facts You Didn’t Know About Chopin 1. Chopin the Child prodigy Like most famous composers, Chopin was a child prodigy. He was giving public concerts at[…]

Brahms – Short Biography Widely considered one of the 19th century’s greatest composers and one of the leading musicians of the Romantic era, Johannes Brahms was[…]

The terrible surgery that blinded Bach At the age of 57, Johann Sebastian Bach started to experience a number of health problems. Most serious was an[…]

Why did Tchaikovsky’s compositions receive heavy criticism? Critical reception to Tchaikovsky’s music was varied but also improved over time. Even after 1880, some inside Russia held[…]