Meet Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
My life was not long—I left the world at thirty-eight—but I hope that in those years I was able to contribute something true, something that still sings. If my music carries a touch of grace, or awakens in you the beauty I felt when writing it, then my task is complete.
Meet Johannes Brahms
I was born in Hamburg in 1833, the son of a modest musician. My earliest days were filled with the sounds of the docks, of sailors’ songs, and of my father’s double bass. From these beginnings, I discovered that music was not merely entertainment — it was a language, capable of speaking directly to the soul.
Meet Franz Peter Schubert
I began to write music almost as soon as I learned to read it. By the time I was a young man, melodies seemed to visit me daily, so insistently that I sometimes felt more like their scribe than their creator.
Meet Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
My life was not always easy. I was no stranger to financial hardship; the rewards of music did not always cover the cost of living. Yet I was never discouraged for long, for I felt compelled to write. Ideas would seize me — symphonies, concertos, sonatas — and until they were set on paper, I could not rest.
Meet Ludwig van Beethoven
I was born in Bonn in 1770, though the exact date was never recorded. My early years were shaped by music—my father, a singer, hoped I’d become another Mozart. By the age of seven, I was already performing in public, and before long, I found myself composing works of my own. Music became my language—more precise than words, more honest than conversation.
Meet Joseph Haydn
I was born in 1732, in the small Austrian village of Rohrau. My father was a wheelwright, my mother a cook, and though we were not wealthy, music filled our home. From those modest beginnings, I was sent as a boy to sing in the choir of St. Stephen’s Cathedral in Vienna. There, I learned the discipline of music, though I also learned what it was to be hungry, and to persevere.
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