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Composer Information

Johann Sebastian Bach

Born: 21 March 1685 - Eisenach, Germany
Died: 28 July 1750

Ludwig van Beethoven

Born: 16 December 1770 - Bonn, Germany
Died: 26 March 1827 - Vienna, Austria

Hector Berlioz

Born: 11 December 1803 - La Côte-St.-André, France
Died: 8 March 1869 - Paris, France

Johannes Brahms

Born: 7 May 1833 - Hamburg, Germany
Died: 3 April 1897 - Vienna, Austria

Frederic (Fryderyk) Chopin

Born: 1 March 1810 - Zelazowa Wola, Poland
Died: 17 October 1849 - Paris, France

The Vancouver Chopin Society have an interesting web-site with more information on Chopin and his works.

Sir Edward William Elgar

Born: 2 June 1857 - Worcester, England
Died: 23 February 1934 - Worcester, England

George Frederic Handel

Born: 23 February 1685 - Halle, Germany
Died: 14 April 1759 - London, England

(Franz) Joseph Haydn

Born: 31 March 1732 - Rohrau, Austria
Died: 31 May 1809

Gustav (Theodore) Holst

Born: 21 September 1874 - Cheltenham, England
Died: 25 May 1934 - London, England

Gustav Mahler

Born: 7 July 1860 - Kalist, Austria
Died: 18 May 1911 - Vienna, Austria

(Jacob Ludwig) Felix Mendelssohn

Born: 3 February 1809 - Hamburg, Germany
Died: 4 November 1847 - Leipzig, Germany

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Born: 27 January 1756 - Salzburg, Germany
Died: 5 December 1791 - Vienna, Austria

For a dedicated Mozart site check out The Mozart Project.

(Giuseppe) Domenico Scarlatti

Born: 26 October 1685 - Naples, Italy
Died: 23 July 1757 - Madrid, Spain

Franz Peter Schubert

Born: 31 January 1797 - Vienna, Austria
Died: 19 November 1828 - Vienna, Austria

Robert Alexander Schumann

Born: 8 June 1810 - Zwickau, Germany
Died: 29 July 1856 - Endenich, Germany

Dimitri Shostakovich

Born: 25 September 1906 - St. Petersburg, Russia
Died: 9 August 1975 - Moscow, Russia

Jean Sibelius

Born: 8 December 1865 - Hämeenlinna, Finland
Died: 20 September 1957 - Järvenpää, Finland

Piotr Ilyitch Tchaikovsky

Born: 7 May 1840 - Votkinsk, Russia
Died: 6 November 1893 - St. Petersburg, Russia

Antonio Lucio Vivaldi

Born: 4 March 1678
Died: 28 July 1741

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