Famous works of Beethoven (Bonn, Germany, December 16, 1770 -Vien, March 26, 1827) Ludwig van Beethoven had a truly difficult life. With an alcoholic father, he begins composing when he is only 12 years old, beginning to show extraordinary talent. In 1782 Beethoven moves to Vienna (Austria) where he will live the rest of his days. […]
10 Famous works of Brahms (Hamburg, May 7, 1833-Vienna, April 3, 1897) Born in Hamburg, Germany, on May 7, 1833, he was the grand master of symphonic style and sonatas in the second half of the 19th century. His father was a double bass player of the Hamburg Philharmonic Society and at the age of […]
10 Famous works of Bach (b. Eisenach, 1685; d. Leipzig, 1750) Born into a musical family, Bach received the first musical teachings from his father. In 1695, Bach moved to Ohrdruf after the death of his father where he lived and studied with Johann Christoph. He received education in Eisenach, Ohrdruf and Lüneburg. At the […]
10 Famous works of Chopin (Żelazowa Wola, Poland March 1 or February 22, 1810-Paris, October 17, 1849) Frédéric Chopin grew up in a middle class family. At age 7 he published his first composition and began acting a year later giving signs of child prodigy. In 1829 he made a stay in Vienna to be […]
10 Famous works of Mendelssohn (Hamburg, February 3, 1809-Leipzig, November 4, 1847) Born in Hamburg, Mendelssohn was a child prodigy from a very young age. During his childhood, he composed a number of operas and symphonies. Being only 9 years old, he made his public debut in Berlin. In 1819, Felix Mendelssohn entered the Singakademie music […]
10 famous works of Cervantes(Alcalá de Henares, 1547, Madrid, 1616) His biographers have established Alcalá de Henares as his birthplace and the day September 29, 1547. Of noble family but with little fortune, he had an itinerant childhood. That is why there is no certainty about where he recieves his elementary education. At the age […]
10 famous works of Tolstoy (Tula, 1828; Lipetsk, 1910) His long and hectic life is as memorable as his literary work. The count who lost his parents at an early age was born on August 28, 1828 and since then he began a search that led him to experience the horrors of war, carnal vices, isolation […]
Dostoyevsky (Moscow, 1821; St. Petersburg, 1881) Perhaps the secret of Dostoyevsky’s creative genius was his life on the edge. The most universal Russian writer in history was born on November 11, 1821, and his early years were decisive for the creation of his personality, his vocation and his obsessive desire to unravel the mystery of […]
(Portsmouth, 1812; Kent, 1870) The firstborn of Elizabeth and John Dickens was born on February 7. For as long as he could remember, he suffered the hardships caused by his father’s disordered life. His father, a professional shaman, could not provide him with a dignified education. But his gambling problems hit rock bottom when he […]
(Fráncfort del Meno, 1749; Weimar, 1832) He became the greatest figure in German literature, but his interests ranged from politics to science, from art to occultism. In life he was a respected intellectual who rubbed shoulders with the most illustrious names in his country’s culture and society. The preposition “von” of his surname was due […]