Walter Adolph Georg Gropius (18 May 1883 – 5 July 1969) was a German architect and founder of the Bauhaus School, who, along with Alvar Aalto, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Le Corbusier and Frank Lloyd Wright, is widely regarded as one of the pioneering masters of modernist architecture. He is a founder of Bauhaus in Weimar (1919). Gropius was also a leading architect of the International Style. Contents
Max Bruch (6 January 1838 – 2 October 1920) was a German Romantic composer, teacher, and conductor who wrote more than 200 works, including three violin concertos, the first of which has become a staple of the violin repertoire. Contents 1Early life and education 2Career 3Personal life and final years 4Works 5Notes 6References 7Sources 7.1Further reading 8External links Early life
Johannes Brahms (German: ; 7 May 1833 – 3 April 1897) was a German composer, pianist, and conductor of the Romantic period. Born in Hamburg into a Lutheran family, he spent much of his professional life in Vienna. He is sometimes grouped with Johann Sebastian Bach and Ludwig van Beethoven as one of the “Three Bs” of music, a comment originally made by the nineteenth-century conductor Hans
Martin Böttcher 17 June 1927 – 20 April 2019 was a German composer, arranger and conductor. Contents 1The beginning 2Early years 3The hit writer 4Selected filmography 5Awards 6Literature 7References 8External links The beginning Böttcher (on foreign records and articles often written “Bottcher” or “Boettcher”, the latter being the correct transliteration of the German umlaut “ö”) began taking piano lessons at
Ludwig van Beethoven baptised 17 December 1770 – 26 March 1827 was a German composer and pianist. Beethoven remains one of the most admired composers in the history of Western music; his works rank amongst the most performed of the classical music repertoire. His works span the transition from the classical period to the romantic era in classical music. His career has conventionally
Klaus Badelt (born 12 June 1967) is a German composer, producer, and arranger of film scores. He is known for his collaborations with Hans Zimmer, helping to write scores for dozens of critically acclaimed films including The Thin Red Line, The Prince of Egypt, Gladiator, and Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. Independently, he is known for his work on Hollywood
Johann Sebastian Bach (31 March 1685 – 28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the Baroque period. He is known for instrumental compositions such as the Brandenburg Concertos and the Goldberg Variations, and for vocal music such as the St Matthew Passion and the Mass in B minor. Since the 19th-century Bach Revival, he has been generally regarded as one of the greatest composers of
Johann Christian Bach (September 5, 1735 – January 1, 1782) was a German composer of the Classical era, the eighteenth child of Johann Sebastian Bach, and the youngest of his eleven sons. After a spell in Italy, Bach moved to London in 1762, where he became known as “the London Bach”. He is also sometimes known as “the English Bach”, and during his
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach 8 March 1714 – 14 December 1788, also formerly spelled Karl Philipp Emmanuel Bach, and commonly abbreviated C. P. E. Bach, was a German Classical period musician and composer, the fifth child and second surviving son of Johann Sebastian Bach and Maria Barbara Bach. His second name was given in honor of his godfather Georg Philipp Telemann, a friend of Johann Sebastian Bach. C.
Carl Friedrich Abel 22 December 1723 – 20 June 1787 was a German composer of the Classical era. He was a renowned player of the viola da gamba, and produced significant compositions for that instrument. Contents 1Life 2Selected works by opus number 3Works list 4Notes and references 5Sources 6External links Life This section needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding