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  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    …Prague. Both operas are considered among Mozart’s most important works and continue to be mainstays of the operatic repertoire today. Later Years and Final Works Mozart’s later years were marked…


  • Franz Liszt

    Years In 1833, Liszt met Comtesse Marie d’Agoult, whose love and support inspired his musical creations. Over the next few years, Liszt’s reputation as a concert pianist skyrocketed. His concerts…


  • Leonard Bernstein

    …the atom bomb. In 1989, he conducted the historic “Berlin Celebration Concerts” on both sides of the Berlin Wall as it was being dismantled. Final Years In the later years…


  • Jacques Offenbach

    …Composer Offenbach’s talents extended beyond performance to composition as well. He began composing small pieces during his early years in Paris and continued to do so throughout his life. He…


  • Johann Nepomuk Hummel

    …musical era. Early Years and Musical Prodigy Hummel’s journey into music began with his birth on November 14, 1778, in Pressburg, Hungary (modern-day Bratislava, Slovakia). He was born into the…


  • Clara Schumann

    …Musical Achievements Clara’s professional career kicked off when she was merely nine years old, with her first public performance at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig. Her talent was immediately recognized, and…


  • Louis Moreau Gottschalk

    …1840 at the St. Charles Hotel, a grand establishment in New Orleans. Barely two years later, the 13-year-old Gottschalk and his father embarked on a journey to Europe, acknowledging the…