Here are the rest of the great composers books.
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH.
Johann Sebastian Bach was born into a large family of German musicians in 1685. During his lifetime, J.S. Bach was known more as a harpsichord player and organist than a composer. He played and composed his music during a time known as the Baroque period. His most famous and popular works are called the Bradenburg Concertos.
Leonardo Bernstein.
Johannes Brahms
Johannes Brahms was born in the busy German city of Hamburg in 1833. He wrote all kinds of music, from lively songs and dances to powerful symphonies. For more than 100 years, kids all over the world have fallen asleep to “Brahm’s Lullaby”.
AARON COPLAND.
Aaron Copeland was born in 1900, and grew up in Brooklyn, New York. He got a chance to study music in Europe, where he learned about jazz. Since Aaron was interested in writing American-sounding music, he thought it might be a good idea to add some jazz sounds to modern classical music.
DUKE ELLINGTON.
| Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington was born in Washington D.C. in 1899. He and his family moved to New York City during the Harlem Renaissance. Famous for jazz music, Duke Ellington surrounded himself with the best musicians he could find. He played his band like an instrument, giving his players a chance to do their own special things, called solos. |
GEORGE GERSHWIN.
George Gershwin was born in New York City in 1898. He is known for his beautiful, exciting concert pieces, as well as for the popular music he wrote for plays and movies. He wrote a lot of music with his brother Ira. George Gershwin’s favorite musical piece, was his opera, “Porgy and Bess”.
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born in Salzburg, Austria in 1756. A child prodigy in classical music, he wrote his first concerto when he was six. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart wrote more than 800 pieces of music, including most famous operas “The Marriage of Figaro”, “Don Giovanni” and “The Magic Flute”.
JOHN PHILIP SOUSA
John Philip Sousa was born in 1854 in Washington, D.C.,where he was able to listen to the many military bands that played there. These military bands made such an impression on John Philip Sousa that he ended up leading the U.S. Marine Band. He is best known for composing thrilling marches like his most famous, “The Stars and Stripes Forever”.
PETER TCHAIKOVSKY
Peter Tchaikovsky was born in the Russian town of Votkinsk in 1840. He used his great imagination to create beautiful music that was sometimes very happy and sometimes very sad. Tchaikovsky’s three ballets, “Swan Lake”, “Sleeping Beauty” and “The Nutcracker” all came from popular stories.
THE BEATLES
John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr were all self-taught musicians and song writers who were the world’s most popular musical group from about 1964 until 1970. Originally from Liverpool, England, The Beatles made popular rock and roll music as important as classical or symphonic music.
