THE 100 MOST INFLUENTIAL MUSICIANS OF ALL TIME

7 Joseph Haydn 7 Minor, No. 44 (“Mourning Symphony”) and the “Farewell” Symphony, No. 45. Haydn’s operatic output continued to b ...

7 The 100 Most Influential Musicians of All Time 7 In June 1792 Haydn left London, ultimately for Vienna, where his return was o ...

7 Joseph Haydn 7 achieved much success, both at the Austrian court and in public performances (although not in London). Haydn’s ...

7 The 100 Most Influential Musicians of All Time 7 The Mozart family: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (seated at piano) with his sister ...

7 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 7 harpsichordists and pianists. Young Mozart performed as a violinist and organist and received numero ...

7 The 100 Most Influential Musicians of All Time 7 was given on Dec. 26, 1772, and after a difficult premiere it proved highly s ...

7 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 7 Mannheim and Paris In 1777 he petitioned the archbishop for his release and, with his mother to watc ...

7 The 100 Most Influential Musicians of All Time 7 Idomeneus, king of Crete, and the librettist the local cleric Giambattista Va ...

7 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 7 the first two sections, “Kyrie” and “Gloria,” were completed. Among the influences on this music, be ...

7 The 100 Most Influential Musicians of All Time 7 which he had embarked in 1782 were finished in the first days of 1785 and wer ...

7 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 7 The Last Travels On his return from Prague in mid-November 1787, Mozart was at last appointed to a c ...

7 The 100 Most Influential Musicians of All Time 7 also composed the score to Emanuel Schikaneder’s Die Zauberflöte (The Magic F ...

7 Ludwig van Beethoven 7 breakthroughs in composition came in his instrumental work, including his symphonies. Unlike his predec ...

7 The 100 Most Influential Musicians of All Time 7 Beethoven never married. Although his friends were numerous, he was a rather ...

improvisatory techniques, with surprise rhythmic accents and other unexpected elements. Many critics and listeners regard Beetho ...

7 The 100 Most Influential Musicians of All Time 7 Although, in the finale of the Ninth Symphony and the Missa Solemnis, Beethov ...

striking a string, cannot move forward, as can the sustained, bowed tone of the violin, although careful phrasing on the player’ ...

7 The 100 Most Influential Musicians of All Time 7 Franz Schubert (b. Jan. 31, 1797, Himmelpfortgrund, near Vienna [Austria]—d. ...

7 Franz Schubert 7 service because of his short stature, he continued as a schoolmaster until 1818. The numerous compositions he ...

7 The 100 Most Influential Musicians of All Time 7 period include “Ganymed,” “Der Wanderer,” and the Harper’s Songs from Goethe’ ...