Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

male, deceased (1791)
genius, prodigy, composer, classical music, Classicalcomposer, musical composition…Opera composer, Classical era composer, classical era, Composer for violin, Viennese composer
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (baptized Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era....
Ludwig van Beethoven

Ludwig van Beethoven

male, deceased (1827)
composer, Romantic composer, Classical era composer, Classical music era, Classicalcomposer, genius…Western classical music, German opera composer, Classical pianist, Viennese composer
Ludwig van Beethoven, (baptized December 17, 1770 - March 26, 1827) was a German composer. He is regarded as one of the greatest composers in the...
Claude Debussy

Claude Debussy

male, deceased (1918)
Colorectal cancer death, symbolism, Romantic music, Impressionist music, modernist music, Classicalcomposer…composer, Opera composer, Modernist composer
Achille-Claude Debussy (August 22, 1862 - March 25, 1918) was a French composer. Along with Maurice Ravel he is considered the most prominent...
Philip Glass

Philip Glass

male, 72 years old
Minimalist music, composer, film score composer, Opera composer, American, Songwriter…Classicalcomposer, Postmodern composer, Classical musician, Musical theatre composer
Philip Glass (born January 31, 1937) is an Academy Award-nominated American composer. His music is frequently described as "minimalist", though he...
Leonard Bernstein

Leonard Bernstein

male, deceased (1990)
west side story, American, Conductor, composer, musician, Classicalcomposer…American composer, classical music, Operetta composer, film score composer, Classical musician
Leonard Bernstein (August 25 1918 – October 14 1990) was an American conductor, composer, and pianist. He was the first conductor born in the Un...
George Gershwin

George Gershwin

male, deceased (1937) (New York, New York, United States)
From Manhattan, Classicalcomposer, Brain tumour death, Vaudeville performer, buried at Westchester Hills Cemetery, from New York City…film score composer, European classical music, Classical musician, Opera composer, Musical theatre composer
George Gershwin (September 26, 1898 - July 11, 1937) was an American composer. He wrote most of his vocal and theatrical works in collaboration...
Paul McCartney

Paul McCartney

male, 67 years old
The Beatles, Songwriter, British, singer, singer-songwriter, yesterday…Classicalcomposer, film score composer
Sir James Paul McCartney MBE, known as Paul McCartney, (born 18 June 1942) is an Academy Award- and Grammy Award-winning English singer, songwriter...
John Williams

John Williams

male, 77 years old
Star Wars music, film score composer, Schindler's List, American, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, Jaws…American composer, composer, Classicalcomposer
John Towner Williams (born February 8 1932) is an American composer, conductor and pianist. In a career that spans six decades, Williams has...
Gustav Mahler

Gustav Mahler

male, deceased (1911)
composer, Classical musician, Kindertotenlieder, Conductor, Classicalcomposer, Das Lied von der Erde…Viennese composer, Romantic composer
Gustav Mahler (July 7, 1860 - May 18, 1911) was a Bohemian-Austrian composer and conductor. Mahler was best known during his own lifetime as one of...
John Cage

John Cage

male, deceased (1992)
Mycologist, writer, Black Mountain College faculty, chance music, John Milton Cage Jr, LGBT…composer, Experimental composer, Classicalcomposer, Opera composer
John Milton Cage Jr. (September 5, 1912 - August 12, 1992) was an American composer. He is perhaps best known for his 1952 composition "4'33",...