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https://youtu.be/NF9DrUXowBo Die Forelle1817Romantic Franz SchubertClassical, RomanticBorn: 31 January 1797, Vienna, AustriaNationality: AustrianDied: 19 November 1828,, Vienna, Austria Schubert was a composer of the late Classical and early Romantic eras. He left behind a cast oeuvre despite his short life, including over 600 secular vocal works, 7 symphonies, sacred music, and a large collection of piano … Continue reading Die Forelle by Franz Schubert
https://youtu.be/2VejTwFjwVI Nabucco1841Opera Giuseppe VerdiOperaBorn: 10 October 1813, Le Roncole, ItalyNationality: ItalianDied: 27 January 1901, Milan, Italy Verdi was an opera composer; born to a provincial family of moderate means he developed a musical education with help of a local patron. He dominated the Italian opera scene after the era of Vincenzo Bellini, Gioachino, Rossini, and … Continue reading Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi
Book of days2001New Age https://youtu.be/LiBwr4U59EI EnyaNew Age, Film and TVBorn: 17 May 1961, Gweedore, IrelandNationality: Irish Enya is a singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer. She was born into a musical family and raised in the Irish-speaking area of Gweedore in County Donegal. She began her music career when she joined the family’s Celtic folk … Continue reading Book of Days by Enya
https://youtu.be/1enecR8JNTg Die Tageszeiten1757Baroque Georg Philipp TelemannBaroqueBorn: 14 March 1681, Magdeburg, GermanyNationality: GermanDied: 25 June 1767, Hamburg, Germany Telemann was a composer and multi-instrumentalist. He became a composer against his family’s wishes and was almost self-educated musically. Before settling in Hamburg in 1721 as a musical director of the city’s five main churches, he held important … Continue reading Die Tageszeiten by Georg Philipp Telemann
Brave New World1978Musicals https://youtu.be/93JArmMY3n4 Jeff WayneMusicals, Film and TVBorn: 1 July 1943, New York, USANationality: American-British Wayne is a composer, musician and lyricist best known for Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of The War of the Worlds, his musical adaption of the science fiction novel by HG Wells. However, he also scored advertising jingles such as … Continue reading Brave New World by Jeff Wayne
Only Time2000New Age https://youtu.be/eStCSUBJXAM EnyaNew Age, Film and TVBorn: 17 May 1961, Gweedore, IrelandNationality: Irish Enya is a singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer. She was born into a musical family and raised in the Irish-speaking area of Gweedore in County Donegal. She began her music career when she joined the family’s Celtic folk band … Continue reading Only Time by Enya
La Danza1835Classical https://youtu.be/2DbwrU3QZsA Gioachino RossiniClassicalBorn: 29 February 1792, Pesaro, ItalyNationality: ItalianDied: 13 November 1868, Paris, France Rossini was a composer famed for his thirty-nine operas. He also composed songs, chamber music, sacred music, and piano pieces. He set new standards for serious and humorous and retired from large-scale productions while at the height of his … Continue reading La Danza by Gioachino Rossini
Angel of Music1987Musicals https://youtu.be/7lG2zPKo9e4 Andrew Lloyd WebberMusicals, Film and TVBorn: 22 March 1948, London, UKNationality: English Lloyd-Webber is a composer and impresario of musical theatre. Best known for his musicals, including ‘The Phantom of the Opera,’ ‘Evita,’ ‘Jesus Christ Superstar,’ and ‘Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.’ Some of his musicals have run on the … Continue reading Angel of Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber
Cello Sonata1901Romantic https://youtu.be/BM8uE8wFZqw Sergei RachmaninoffRomanticBorn: 1 April 1873, Starorussky Uyezd, RussiaNationality: RussianDied: 28 February 1943, California, USA Rachmaninoff was a virtuoso pianist, composer, and conductor of the late Romantic era. His early work, influenced by Tchaikovsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, Mussorgsky, and other Russian composers developed into his personal style which was notable for song -like melodic expressiveness … Continue reading Cello Sonata by Sergei Rachmaninoff
Wedding March1842Classical https://youtu.be/4tDYMayp6Dk Felix MendelssohnClassicalBorn: 3 February 1809, Hamburg, GermanyNationality: GermanDied: 4 November 1847, Leipzig, Germany Mendelssohn was a composer, pianist, organist, and conductor of the Romantic period. His compositions include concertos, symphonies, piano music, organ music, and chamber music. Among his best-known works are the overture and incidental music for A Midsummer’ Night Dream, … Continue reading Wedding March by Felix Mendelssohn
Violin Concerto in E Minor1844Romantic https://youtu.be/t_uA_W1wB5A Felix MendelssohnClassicalBorn: 3 February 1809, Hamburg, GermanyNationality: GermanDied: 4 November 1847, Leipzig, Germany Mendelssohn was a composer, pianist, organist, and conductor of the Romantic period. His compositions include concertos, symphonies, piano music, organ music, and chamber music. Among his best-known works are the overture and incidental music for A … Continue reading Violin Concerto in E Minor by Felix Mendelssohn
Gravity of Love2000New Age https://youtu.be/aSTV99Uy8hk EnigmaNew AgeNationality: German Formed in 1990 by Romanian-German musician and producer Michael Cretu, Enigma is a new-age, worldbeat project. The creation of the project is inspired by the desire to make a kind of music that did not adhere to the old habits and rules whilst presenting a new form … Continue reading Gravity of Love by Enigma
Aida1871Opera https://youtu.be/b8rsOzPzYr8 Giuseppe VerdiOperaBorn: 10 October 1813, Le Roncole, ItalyNationality: ItalianDied: 27 January 1901, Milan, Italy Verdi was an opera composer; born to a provincial family of moderate means he developed a musical education with help of a local patron. He dominated the Italian opera scene after the era of Vincenzo Bellini, Gioachino, Rossini, and … Continue reading Aida by Giuseppe Verdi
Il Trovatore1853Opera https://youtu.be/WEMMVHAINFM Giuseppe VerdiOperaBorn: 10 October 1813, Le Roncole, ItalyNationality: ItalianDied: 27 January 1901, Milan, Italy Verdi was an opera composer; born to a provincial family of moderate means he developed a musical education with help of a local patron. He dominated the Italian opera scene after the era of Vincenzo Bellini, Gioachino, Rossini, … Continue reading Il Trovatore by Giuseppe Verdi
La Stravaganza1713Baroque https://youtu.be/DTSl0-dbHbY Antonio VivaldiBaroqueBorn: 4 March 1678, Venice, ItalyNationality: ItalianDied: 28 July 1741, Vienna, Austria Antonio Lucio Vivaldi was a composer, virtuoso violinist, teacher and cleric. He is recognised as one of the greatest Baroque composers, and within his lifetime his influence was widespread across Europe. He composed numerous concertos for the violin and … Continue reading La Stravaganza by Antonio Vivaldi
Cello Concerto No. 11761Baroque https://youtu.be/mooB5Q-0FIE Joseph HaydnClassicalBorn: 31 March 1732, Rohrau, AustriaNationality: AustrianDied: 31 May 1809, Vienna, Austria Haydn was a composer of the Classical era and instrumental in the development of chamber music. He spent much of his career as a court musician for the remote estate of the Esterházy family. This isolated him … Continue reading Cello Concerto No. 1 by Joseph Haydn
Piano Concerto No 11874Romantic https://youtu.be/BWerj8FcprM Pyotr Ilyich TchaikovskyClassical, RomanticBorn: 7 May 1840, Votkinsk, RussiaNationality: RussianDied: 6 November 1893, Saint Petersburg, Russia Tchaikovsky was a Romantic composer and the first Russian composer to make a lasting international impression. In 1884 Tsar Alexander III honoured him with a lifetime pension. Tchaikovsky was educated for a career as … Continue reading Piano Concerto No 1 by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Semiramide1823Opera https://youtu.be/bTauHYkul3c Gioachino RossiniOperaBorn: 29 February 1792, Pesaro, ItalyNationality: ItalianDied: 13 November 1868, Paris, France Rossini was a composer famed for his thirty-nine operas. He also composed songs, chamber music, sacred music, and piano pieces. He set new standards for serious and humorous and retired from large-scale productions while at the height of his popularity … Continue reading Semiramide by Gioachino Rossini
Fidelio1805Opera https://youtu.be/JC_wGFGYkjs Ludwig van BeethovenClassicalBorn: December 1770, Bonn, GermanyNationality: GermanDied: 26 March 1827, Vienna, Austria Beethoven was a composer and pianist. He was a crucial figure in the transition between the classical and romantic eras in classical music, and arguably one of the greatest composers of all time. Born in Bonn, the capital of the … Continue reading Fidelio by Ludwig van Beethoven
Requiem1791Classical https://youtu.be/qiMcXzfm9Mg Wolfgang Amadeus MozartClassicalBorn: 27 January 1756, Salzburg, AustriaNationality: AustrianDied: 5 December 1791, Vienna, Austria Mozart was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. A child prodigy he was competent on both keyboard and violin from the age of five, performing before European royalty. Mozart was engaged as a musician at the … Continue reading Requiem by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 21847Romantic https://youtu.be/goeOUTRy2es Franz LisztRomanticBorn: 22 October 1811, Raiding, AustriaNationality: HungarianDied: 31 July 1886, Bayreuth, Germany Liszt was a composer, conductor, virtuoso pianist, arranger, music teacher, and organist of the Romantic era. Widely regarded as one of the greatest pianists of all time he was also a philanthropist, writer, Hungarian nationalist. Liszt gained … Continue reading Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 by Franz Liszt
Hymn for Red October1990Film and TV https://youtu.be/prpdKVHt9Uw Basil PoledourisFilm and TVBorn: 21 August 1945, Missouri, USANationality: Greek-AmericanDied: 8 November 2006, California, USA Poledouris was a composer, conductor, and orchestrator of film and television scores, best known for his collaborative work John Milius and Paul Verhoeven. Among his best-known scores are Conan the Barbarian, Red Dawn, … Continue reading Hymn for Red October by Basil Poledouris
Faust Symphony1857Romantic https://youtu.be/3ZUQ7yZTFco Franz LisztRomanticBorn: 22 October 1811, Raiding, AustriaNationality: HungarianDied: 31 July 1886, Bayreuth, Germany Liszt was a composer, conductor, virtuoso pianist, arranger, music teacher, and organist of the Romantic era. Widely regarded as one of the greatest pianists of all time he was also a philanthropist, writer, Hungarian nationalist. Liszt gained popularity in … Continue reading Faust Symphony by Franz Liszt
Piano Concerto No 11830Romantic https://youtu.be/dr0I8FvoIhc Frederic ChopinRomanticBorn: 1 March 1810, Żelazowa Wola, PolandNationality: PolishDied: 17 October 1849, Paris, France Chopin was a composer. His first published composition at aged 7 which was followed a year later as he began his performing career. He moved to Paris in 1832 and mixed with high society and was … Continue reading Piano Concerto No 1 by Frederic Chopin
Resvellies vous1423Renaissance https://youtu.be/iObHTuqHxRo Guillaume DufayRenaissanceBorn: 13 August 1397, Beersel, BelgiumNationality: Franco-FlemishDied: 27 November 1474, Cambrai, France Guillaume Dufay was a composer of the early renaissance. A key figure of the Burgundian School he was regarded as one of the leading composers of the mid-15th century. The contrapuntal and complex motet Nuper Rosarum Flores exemplifies Dufay’s … Continue reading Resvellies vous by Guillaume Dufay
Regan's Theme1977Film and TV https://youtu.be/Az5qQcFO9jU Denis KingFilm and TVBorn: 25 July 1939, Hornchurch, London, UKNationality: English King is an award -winning composer, singer, and actor. He is best-known as a member of the family ensemble, The King Brothers
Gloria1715Baroque https://youtu.be/Tu6yiS1Q3dA Antonio VivaldiBaroqueBorn: 4 March 1678, Venice, ItalyNationality: ItalianDied: 28 July 1741, Vienna, Austria Antonio Lucio Vivaldi was a composer, virtuoso violinist, teacher and cleric. He is recognised as one of the greatest Baroque composers, and within his lifetime his influence was widespread across Europe. He composed numerous concertos for the violin and other … Continue reading Gloria by Antonio Vivaldi
Madama Butterfly1898Opera https://youtu.be/IYrbdiee9SU Giacomo PucciniOperaBorn: 22 December 1858, Lucca, ItalyNationality: ItalianDied: 29 November 1924, Brussels, Belgium Puccini was a composer of opera and has been recognised as the greatest composer of Italian opera since Verdi. His early work was rooted in traditional late 19th-century romantic opera and later he as his work developed, he became … Continue reading Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini
Echoes in the Rain2015New Age https://youtu.be/oSVg3umy8_Q EnyaNew Age, Film and TVBorn: 17 May 1961, Gweedore, IrelandNationality: Irish Enya is a singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer. She was born into a musical family and raised in the Irish-speaking area of Gweedore in County Donegal. She began her music career when she joined the family’s Celtic … Continue reading Echoes in the Rain by Enya
Erlkönig1815Classical https://youtu.be/JS91p-vmSf0 Franz SchubertClassical, RomanticBorn: 31 January 1797, Vienna, AustriaNationality: AustrianDied: 19 November 1828,, Vienna, Austria Schubert was a composer of the late Classical and early Romantic eras. He left behind a cast oeuvre despite his short life, including over 600 secular vocal works, 7 symphonies, sacred music, and a large collection of piano and … Continue reading Erlkönig by Franz Schubert
La Campanella1851Romantic https://youtu.be/WqrusoQ6xVM Franz LisztRomanticBorn: 22 October 1811, Raiding, AustriaNationality: HungarianDied: 31 July 1886, Bayreuth, Germany Liszt was a composer, conductor, virtuoso pianist, arranger, music teacher, and organist of the Romantic era. Widely regarded as one of the greatest pianists of all time he was also a philanthropist, writer, Hungarian nationalist. Liszt gained popularity in … Continue reading La Campanella by Franz Liszt
Devil Take the Hindmost2010Musicals https://youtu.be/IMScp3Jyf6g Andrew Lloyd WebberMusicals, Film and TVBorn: 22 March 1948, London, UKNationality: English Lloyd-Webber is a composer and impresario of musical theatre. Best known for his musicals, including ‘The Phantom of the Opera,’ ‘Evita,’ ‘Jesus Christ Superstar,’ and ‘Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.’ Some of his musicals have run on … Continue reading Devil Take the Hindmost by Andrew Lloyd Webber
Jellicle Ball1983Musicals https://youtu.be/AiaGOdHU7dk Andrew Lloyd WebberMusicals, Film and TVBorn: 22 March 1948, London, UKNationality: English Lloyd-Webber is a composer and impresario of musical theatre. Best known for his musicals, including ‘The Phantom of the Opera,’ ‘Evita,’ ‘Jesus Christ Superstar,’ and ‘Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.’ Some of his musicals have run on the West … Continue reading Jellicle Ball by Andrew Lloyd Webber
Billy the Kid1938Ballet https://youtu.be/nrD36k8Sn2k Aaron CoplandJazzBorn: 14 November 1900, New York, USANationality: AmericanDied: 2 December 1990, New York, USA Copland was a composer, writer, composition teacher and conductor. The open, slowly changing harmonies of his music evoke vast landscapes and the pioneer spirit of America. Best known for his vernacular style of the 1930s and … Continue reading Billy the Kid by Aaron Copland
King Arthur1691Opera https://youtu.be/8P4yC3HMxkQ Henry PurcellBaroqueBorn: 10 September 1659, London, UKNationality: EnglishDied: 21 November 1695, London, UK Purcell was a composer of a uniquely English form of Baroque music which incorporated Italian and French elements. He is one of the greatest English composers and the most famous before the 20th century’s Elgar, Williams, and Britten
He’s a Pirate2006Film and TV https://youtu.be/mQZ9Kcd2PpE Hans ZimmerFilm and TVBorn: 12 September 1957, Frankfurt, GermanyNationality: German Zimmer is a film score composer and record producer. His work is noted for integrating electronic musical sound with traditional orchestral arrangements. Since the 1980s he has composed music for over 150 films including Pirates of the Caribbean, Gladiator, … Continue reading He’s a Pirate by Hans Zimmer
O Mio Babbino Caro1917-18Opera https://youtu.be/ZRuYQ9KRJms Giacomo PucciniOperaBorn: 22 December 1858, Lucca, ItalyNationality: ItalianDied: 29 November 1924, Brussels, Belgium Puccini was a composer of opera and has been recognised as the greatest composer of Italian opera since Verdi. His early work was rooted in traditional late 19th-century romantic opera and later he as his work developed, … Continue reading O Mio Babbino Caro by Giacomo Puccini
Caribbean Blue1991New Age https://youtu.be/BOHtRoJLiFE EnyaNew Age, Film and TVBorn: 17 May 1961, Gweedore, IrelandNationality: Irish Enya is a singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer. She was born into a musical family and raised in the Irish-speaking area of Gweedore in County Donegal. She began her music career when she joined the family’s Celtic folk band … Continue reading Caribbean Blue by Enya
Schubert was a composer of the late Classical and early Romantic eras. He left behind a cast oeuvre despite his short life, including over 600 secular vocal works, 7 symphonies, sacred music, and a large collection of piano and chamber music. ...
Piano Concerto in A Minor1845Romantic https://youtu.be/Ynky7qoPnUU Robert SchumannClassicalBorn: 8 June 1810, Zwickau, GermanyNationality: GermanDied: 29 July 1856, Bonn, Germany Schumann was a composer, pianist, and music critic. Regarded as one of the greatest composers of the Romantic era, Schumann left the study of law to pursue a career as a pianist, but a hand injury … Continue reading Piano Concerto in A Minor by Robert Schumann
Mendelssohn was a composer, pianist, organist, and conductor of the Romantic period. His compositions include concertos, symphonies, piano music, organ music, and chamber music...
Handel was a Baroque composer who spent most of his career in London, becoming naturalised British in 1727. He was well known for his operas, oratorios, concerti grossi, organ concertos and anthems. Handel trained in Halle...
On Wings of Song1834Classical https://youtu.be/t7Ppc05b7nE Felix MendelssohnClassicalBorn: 3 February 1809, Hamburg, GermanyNationality: GermanDied: 4 November 1847, Leipzig, Germany Mendelssohn was a composer, pianist, organist, and conductor of the Romantic period. His compositions include concertos, symphonies, piano music, organ music, and chamber music. Among his best-known works are the overture and incidental music for A Midsummer’ … Continue reading On Wings of Song by Felix Mendelssohn
Fantasia in F minor1828Classical, Romantic https://youtu.be/uzjYQuDPi9Q Franz SchubertClassical, RomanticBorn: 31 January 1797, Vienna, AustriaNationality: AustrianDied: 19 November 1828, Vienna, Austria Schubert was a composer of the late Classical and early Romantic eras. He left behind a cast oeuvre despite his short life, including over 600 secular vocal works, 7 symphonies, sacred music, and a large … Continue reading Fantasia in F minor by Franz Schubert
Zimmer is a film score composer and record producer. His work is noted for integrating electronic musical sound with traditional orchestral arrangements. Since the 1980s he has composed music for over 150 films including Pirates of the Caribbean, Gladiator, The Dark Knight Trilogy, and Crimson Tide...
Martin Fulterman, better known as Mark Snow, is a composer for film and television. He is best known for themes of The X-Files and Millennium and background music for both shows...
Nisi Dominus1726Baroque https://youtu.be/GFoT6UUNLZc Antonio VivaldiBaroqueBorn: 4 March 1678, Venice, ItalyNationality: ItalianDied: 28 July 1741, Vienna, Austria Antonio Lucio Vivaldi was a composer, virtuoso violinist, teacher and cleric. He is recognised as one of the greatest Baroque composers, and within his lifetime his influence was widespread across Europe. He composed numerous concertos for the violin and … Continue reading Nisi Dominus by Antonio Vivaldi
Equinoxe Part 41978Dance/Electronic https://youtu.be/fpWNimba344 Jean-Michel JarreDance/Electronic/AmbientBorn: 24 August 1948, Lyon, FranceNationality: French Jarre is a composer, performer and record producer. He is a pioneer of electronic, ambient and new-age genres, and well-known for his outdoor spectacular performances of music, lasers, fireworks and visual projections.
Johann Sebastian Bach was a composer and musician of the Baroque era. Best known for his instrumental compositions such as the Brandenburg Concertos and for vocal music such as St Matthew Passion. Since a Bach revival in the 19th century he has been regarded as one of the greatest composers of all time
Telemann was a composer and multi-instrumentalist. He became a composer against his family’s wishes and was almost self-educated musically. Before settling in Hamburg in 1721 as a musical director of the city’s five main churches, he held important positions in Leipzig, Eisenach, and Frankfurt. He is one of the most prolific composers in history and considered to be one of the leading composers of the time
