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Frédéric Chopin
Definition by Mark Cartwright

Frédéric Chopin

Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849) was a Polish composer and virtuoso noted for his solo piano music. Chopin's work helped make the piano the most popular musical instrument of the 19th century. One of the great composers of Romantic music, Chopin's...
Jean Sibelius
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Jean Sibelius

Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) was a Finnish composer famous for his symphonies, the symphonic poem Finlandia, and the Karelia Suite. Although Sibelius inspired a music revival in his native country, became a figurehead for the Finnish nationalist...
Sergei Rachmaninoff
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Sergei Rachmaninoff

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) was a Russian pianist and composer best known for his piano concertos and symphonies. He overcame an early ravaging by critics and several years of depression to create works which are today amongst the most...
Johann Sebastian Bach
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Johann Sebastian Bach

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) was a German organist and composer whose work is today regarded as amongst the finest of mature baroque music (c. 1600-1750). More famous as an organist than as a composer in his own lifetime, Bach's rich...
Anton Bruckner
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Anton Bruckner

Anton Bruckner (1824-1896) was an Austrian composer, most famous for his nine grand symphonies and his church music. Never quite gaining full recognition for his work until he was in his sixties, Bruckner's music, with its strong spiritual...
A Woman in Black at the Opera by Cassatt
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A Woman in Black at the Opera by Cassatt

An 1880 oil on canvas, A Woman in Black at the Opera, by Mary Cassatt (1844-1926), the American impressionist painter. Female impressionists like Cassatt had a different choice of subject than their male counterparts, often focussing on feminine...
Vienna State Opera, c. 1898
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Vienna State Opera, c. 1898

A photograph by Josef Löwy of the Vienna State Opera House, taken around 1898 when the composer Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) was its director.
Chorus of the National Opera Paris - Nabucco  by Giuseppe Verdi
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Chorus of the National Opera Paris - Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi

Gala inaugural des 350 ans - Chœurs de l'Opéra national de Paris dirigés par José Luis Basso. Retrouvez l'Opéra de Paris sur https://www.operadeparis.fr/
Western Classical Music, c. 1700-1950
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Western Classical Music, c. 1700-1950

Between c. 1700 and 1950, Western classical music evolved alongside profound political, social, and technological change, moving through four broad stylistic phases: Baroque, Classicism, Romanticism, and Modernism. The Baroque era (c. 1700–1750...
Franz Liszt
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Franz Liszt

Franz Liszt (1811-1886) was a Hungarian composer of Romantic Music. Liszt first gained international fame as a piano virtuoso, an activity in which he was a pioneer, and then as a composer of piano works and symphonic poems, a form he created...
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