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Composers born active died
1791, Sep 5 1811-1861 1864, May 2
a German opera composer of Jewish birth who has been described as perhaps the most successful stage composer of the nineteenth century. With his 1831 opera Robert le diable and its successors, he gave the genre of grand opera 'decisive character'. Meyerbeer's grand opera style was achieved by his merging of German orchestra style with Italian vocal tradition. These were employed in the context of sensational and melodramatic libretti created by Eugène Scribe and were enhanced by the up-to-date theatre technology of the Paris Opéra. They set a standard which helped to maintain Paris as the opera capital of the nineteenth century.
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Giacomo Meyerbeer 1791, Sep 5 1811
1861 1864, May 2
Friedrich Heinrich Himmel 1765 1794 1813 1814 a German composer, was born at Treuenbrietzen in Brandenburg, Prussia, and originally studied the... Jean-Baptiste Davaux 1742, Jul 19 1760 1816 1822, Feb 2 a French violinist and composer. He started playing the violin and the mandolin. In 1767 Davaux w... Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst Bach 1759, May 24 1780 1819 1845, Dec 25 the only grandson of Johann Sebastian Bach to gain fame as a composer. He was music director to ... William Herschel 1738, Nov 15 1774 1820 1822, Aug 25 a German-born British astronomer, composer, and brother of Caroline Herschel. His interest in ast... Ludwig van Beethoven 1770, Dec 1778 1826 1827, Mar 26 a German composer and pianist. A crucial figure in the transition between the Classical and Roman... Franz Schubert 1797, Jan 31 1814 1828 1828, Nov 19 an Austrian composer. Schubert died before his 32nd birthday, but was extremely prolific during h... Wenzel Muller 1767, Sep 26 1786 1830 1835, Aug 3 an Austrian composer and conductor. He was a popular and prolific composer producing more than 25... Ludwig Abeille 1761, Feb 20 1782 1832 1838, Mar 2 a German pianist and composer. He wrote several folk songs, concerts, and two operas, Amor und Ps... Vincenzo Bellini 1801, Nov 3 1807 1835 1835, Sep 23 an Italian opera composer. His most celebrated works are the operas La sonnambula and Norma. On a... Niccolo Paganini 1782 1800 1836 1840 an Italian violinist, violist, guitarist, and composer. He was the most celebrated violin virtuos... Thomas Attwood [1] 1765, Nov 23 1787 1838 1838, Mar 24 an English composer and organist. His compositions, which show the influence of his teacher Wolfg... Johan Olof Wallin 1779, Oct 15 1837 1839 1839, Jun 30 a Swedish minister, orator, poet and later Lutheran Church of Sweden Archbishop of Uppsala, Swede... Karol Kurpinski 1785, Mar 6 1797 1840 1857, Sep 18 a Polish composer, conductor and pedagogue. Kurpinski was one of the most revered composers befor... Erik Gustaf Geijer 1783, Jan 12 1803 1846 1847, Apr 23 a Swedish writer, historian, poet, philosopher, and composer. His writings served to promote Swed... Gaetano Donizetti 1797 1818 1846 1848 an Italian composer. Along with Gioachino Rossini and Vincenzo Bellini, Donizetti was a leading ... Isaac Nathan 1791 ca 1813 1847 1864, Jan 15 an Anglo-Australian composer, musicologist, journalist and self-publicist, who ended an eventful ... Felix Mendelssohn 1809, Feb 3 1818 1847 1847, Nov 4 a German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of the early Romantic period. He was recognise... Frederic Chopin 1810, Mar 1 1817 1848 1849, Oct 17 a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist of the Romantic era, who wrote primarily for the solo pian... Louis Antoine Jullien 1812, Apr 23 1826 1852 1860, Mar 14 an eccentric French conductor and composer of light music. His fondness for the lighter forms of ... Robert Schumann 1810 1830 1854 1856 a German composer and influential music critic. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest comp... King Oscar I of Sweden 1799, Jul 4 1844 1859 1859, Jul 8 King of Sweden and Norway from 1844 to his death. When, in August 1810, his father Jean-Baptiste... Frederick V M B unknown 1850 1859 unknown an Austrailian composer, or a composer who lived and worked in Australia. There is very little in... Gioachino Rossini 1792 1804 1864 1868 an Italian composer who wrote 39 operas as well as sacred music, chamber music, songs, and some i... August Wilhelm Bach 1796, Oct 4 1832 1869 1869, Apr 15 a German composer and organist. He is unrelated to the family of Johann Sebastian Bach. His compo... Stephen C. Massett unknown 1840 1869 unknown San Francisco's first entertainer, Stephen C. Massett, was the true Bohemian type. He was an arti... Saverio Mercadante 1795, Sep 1817 1870 1870, Dec 17 an Italian composer, particularly of operas. While Mercadante may not have retained the internati... Friedrich von Flotow 1812 1835 1876 1883 a German composer. He is chiefly remembered for his opera Martha , which was popular in the... Pavel Krizkovsky 1820, Jan 9 1845 1877 1885, May 8 a Czech choral composer and conductor. Most of Krizkovsky's compositional output consists of chor... Paolo Giorza 1832, Nov 11 1852 1882 1914, May 4 a musician, was born in Milan, Italy, son of Luigi Giorza, baritone, organist and itinerant paint... Franz Liszt 1811, Oct 22 1820 1885 1886, Jul 31 a prolific 19th-century Hungarian composer, virtuoso pianist, conductor, music teacher, arranger,... Eduard Lassen 1830, Apr 13 1844 1888 1904, Jan 15 a Belgian-Danish composer and conductor. Although of Danish birth, he spent most of his career wo... Giuseppe Verdi 1813, Oct 9/10 1834 1900 1901, Jan 27 a leading Italian composer of opera in the 19th c., noted for operas such as Rigoletto (1... Wilhelm Kuhe 1823, Dec 10 1844 1904 1912, Oct 8 a German pianist and piano teacher, composer and administrator born in the city of Prague (modern... Fanny Crosby 1820, Mar 24 1843 1915 1915, Feb 12 an American mission worker, poet, lyricist, and composer. A member of the Sixth Avenue Bible Bapt...
