Composers

The Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg is one of Norway’s most famous people.

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From the impeccably coiffured Johannes Brahms to the perennial heartbreaker Leonard Bernstein, these composers were all heart-breakingly handsome in their 20s.

The most bizarre composer facts

Johann Sebastian Bach is considered the quintessential composer of the Baroque era, and one of the most important figures in classical music in general.

In May 1913, Igor Stravinsky debuted his ballet The Rite of Spring. To his surprise, the audience reacted so wildly, police were called to the scene.

Preludes, nocturnes, waltzes - Frédéric Chopin was a Romantic composer responsible for some of the greatest piano music of the era.

The Art of Composing Music This post is going to be the first in a series of post that will cover how to compose music. Having a personal process of composing music can be just as important to composing well, as knowing music theory. If your process is disjointed, or even worse, you don’t have […]

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