3. 1. Franz Peter Schubert
BORN: January 31 ,1797
Died: November 19 1828
was an Austrian
composer
His output consists of
over six hundred secular
vocal works (mainly
Lieder), seven complete
symphonies, sacred
music, operas, incidental
music and a large body of
chamber and piano
music.
4. At the age of six, Franz began to
receive regular instruction from his
father and a year later was enrolled at
his father's school. His formal musical
education also started around the
same time.
At the end of 1813, he left the
Stadtkonvikt and returned home for
teacher training at the
Normalhauptschule.
5. The largest number of these are songs for
solo voice and piano (over 600). He also
composed a considerable number of
secular works for two or more voices,
namely part songs, choruses and
cantatas.
In the midst of this creative activity, his
health deteriorated.The cause of his
death was officially diagnosed as typhoid
fever, though other theories have been
proposed, including the tertiary stage of
syphilis
6. That "appetite for
experimentation"
manifests itself
repeatedly in
Schubert's output in
a wide variety of
forms and genres,
including opera,
liturgical music,
chamber and solo
piano music, and
symphonic works.
7. 2. Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi
Born:9 or 10 October 1813
Died: – 27 January 1901
- was an Italian Romantic
composer
- the pr0minent opera
composer of the 19th century
- at 6 he attended the
local school
8. "Verdi's gift for music was apparent by then,
even by 1820 or 1821.This period also began
his association with the local church, serving
in the choir, being an altar boy for a while,
and taken organ lessons.
Vincenzo Lavigna had been maestro
concertatore at La Scala and he gave lessons
in counterpoint along with a broader range of
musical studies, withVerdi's classes
beginning in July and his teacher describing
his compositions as "very promising.“
,Verdi suffered a stroke on 21 January 1901.
He gradually grew more feeble and died
nearly a week later, on 27 January.
9. Verdi was one of the
first composers to insist on
patiently seeking out plots
to suit his particular
talents. Working closely
with his librettists, and well
aware that dramatic
expression was his forte, he
made certain that the
initial work the libretto was
based on was stripped of all
"unnecessary" detail and
"superfluous" participants,
and only characters
brimming with passion and
scenes rich in drama
remained.
10. 3. Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele
Secondo Maria Puccini
Born: 22 December 1858
Died: 29 November 1924
was an Italian composer
has been called "the
greatest composer of
Italian opera afterVerdi
11. was given a general education at the
seminary of San Michele in Lucca, and then at
the seminary of the cathedral
A chain smoker ofToscano cigars and
cigarettes, Puccini began to complain of
chronic sore throats towards the end of 1923 -
a diagnosis of throat cancer
12. Puccini is frequently
referred to as a
"verismo" composer.
Verismo is a style of
Italian opera that
began in 1890The
style is distinguished
by realistic –
sometimes sordid or
violent – depictions
of everyday life,
especially the life of
the contemporary
lower classes.
13. 4. Wilhelm Richard Wagner
Born: 22 May 1813
Died: 13 February 1883
was a German composer,
theatre director, polemicist,
and conductor
wrote both the libretto and
the music for each of his
stage works
revolutionised opera
through his concept of the
Gesamtkunstwerk ("total
work of art")
14. he sought to synthesise the poetic, visual,
musical and dramatic arts, with music
subsidiary to drama
In late 1820,Wagner was enrolled at Pastor
Wetzel's school at Possendorf, near Dresden,
where he received a little piano instruction
from his Latin teacher. He struggled to play a
proper scale at the keyboard and preferred
playing theatre overtures by ear.
In 1831, Wagner enrolled at the Leipzig
University
His death was caused by a myocardial
infarction.
15. His compositions,
particularly those of his
later period, are
notable for their
complex textures, rich
harmonies and
orchestration, and the
elaborate use of
leitmotifs—musical
phrases associated
with individual
characters, places,
ideas or plot elements.
16. 5. Alexandre César Léopold Bizet
Born: 25 October 1838
Died: 3 June 1875
was a French composer of
the romantic era
He was recognized as an
outstanding pianist
an only child, showed
early aptitude for music
and quickly picked up the
basics of musical notation
from his mother, who
probably gave him his
first piano lessons
17. Bizet was admitted to the Conservatoire on 9
October 1848, two weeks before his 10th
birthday. He made an early impression;
within six months he had won first prize.
Bizet's first preserved compositions, two
wordless songs for soprano
The suddenness of Bizet's death, and
awareness of his depressed mental state,
fuelled rumours of suicide or "a cardiac
complication of acute articular rheumatism".
