Meet Frédéric François Chopin

People tend to think of Chopin as the ultimate romantic – a composer of music that seems to speak of languid infatuation, heartbreak, and love. Yet there is much more to his music than that. He was, in fact, a composer of piano music that was ahead of its time...

Meet Franz Peter Schubert

During his brief lifetime of 1797-1828, Franz Peter Schubert composed a remarkable body of works, including more than 600 songs (including the song cycles Winterreise, Die Schöne Müllerin and Schwanengesang), nine symphonies, masterful chamber works (including the...

Meet Joseph Haydn

  Let’s get to know the great composer Josef Haydn (1732-1809), surely among the most influential of all composers. He was instrumental in elevating string quartets, piano sonatas, symphonies and oratorios to the level of high art. Yet not everything about...