2 Classical Music Composers Who Will Inspire You
If you’re feeling uninspired, check out these two classical music composers who are sure to get your creative juices flowing.
Frédéric Chopin
Chopin was born in 1810 in the village of Żelazowa Wola, in the Duchy of Warsaw, to a French-expatriate father and a Polish mother. He was later regarded as one of the greatest composers of the Romantic era.
Life
Frédéric Chopin was born on March 1, 1810, in the manor house of his parents, Justyna and Nicholas Chopin, in the village of Zelazowa Wola, about 20 miles west of Warsaw. He was baptized the next day. When he was two years old his family moved to Warsaw. His father taught Chopin music and helped him with his first compositions. By age six he had written two polonaises, a genre that would become one of his favorites. A turning point in young Chopin’s life came in 1817 when he met Tytus Woyciechowski, a boy his own age from a wealthy and cultivated family who became his best friend and first real music teacher.
Music
Frédéric Chopin was born in 1810 in Zelazowa Wola, Poland. He was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist of the Romantic era. He is considered one of the greatest composers of the Romantic era. His works include mazurkas, waltzes, nocturnes, concertos, etudes, impromptus, scherzos, preludes, and sonatas. Chopin invented the instrumental genre known as the “ballade”. He also popularized the genre of piano music known as “nocturne”.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was truly a musical genius. He was a child prodigy and began composing classical masterpieces at a young age. Mozart’s music is still enjoyed by people all over the world and his influence can still be heard in modern classical music. If you’re looking for some classical inspiration, look no further than Mozart.
Life
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. He composed over 600 works, many acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber, pianistic, operatic, and choral music. Mozart experienced moderate success in his lifetime. Some of his works gained posthumous fame only after his death.
During his last 10 years in Vienna, Mozart composed many of his best-known symphonies, concertos, and operas. His influence on subsequent Western art music is profound. Beethoven wrote his Opus 131 string quartet in praise of Mozart’s work.
Early life
Mozart was born on 27 January 1756 to Leopold Mozart and Anna Maria Pertl in Getreidegasse 9 in Salzburg. This was the capital of the Archbishopric of Salzburg, then an independent state within the Holy Roman Empire (now Austria). He was baptized the day after his birth at St Rupert’s Cathedral as Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart. He generally called himself Wolfgang Amadè Mozart as an adult, adding the Greek middle name Θεόφιλος “Theophilus” (in honor of his patron saint John Chrysostom) at some point before 1777
Music
Mozart is considered one of the most influential classical music composers of all time. His works span various genres, including operas, symphonies, concertos, and chamber music. Mozart’s compositions are characterized by their gracefulness, elegance, and balance. Many of his works are considered timeless masterpieces that are still performed today.
