Midi & MP3 Collections Classical Music Collections Bach, Johann Sebastian 1685-1750, German Was born at Eisenach, Thuringia, on March 21, 1685, the yougest child of Johann Ambrosius Bach (1645-95) and Elisabeth Lammerhit (1644-94). He was the most important member of a remarkable family of musicians and the chief representative of the German late baroque period. His contemporaries admired him as an outstanding harpsichordist, organist, and expert on organ-building, but found many of his compositions old-fashioned. My favorites Bach's are: Ave Maria (with Ch. Guonod) Brandenburg Concerto No. 2    Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 Capriccio in B flat major Toccata and Fugue in D minor The complete works of Bach is here. My favorites Beethoven's are: Fur Elise    Symphony No. 5    Symphony No. 6 The complete works of Beethoven is here and here. Beethoven, Ludwig van 1770-1827, German German composer of universally recognized genius, brought certain instrumental forms, notably the symphony, to their highest point of perfection. His work represents the culmination of the so-called Viennese classical school. Baptized on Dec. 17, 1770, in Bonn, northwest Germany, Beethoven was the eldest surviving child of Johann van Beethoven and Maria Magdalena, nee Keverich. The family was Flemish in origin, and can be traced back to Antwerp. Chopin, Frederic 1810-1849, Polish Was born at Zelazowa Wola, near Warsaw, on March 1, 1810. On his paternal side Chopin was of pure French origin, his father Nicholas Chopin having been born (1771) of French peasant stock at Marainville in the Vosges. Frederic was the second of the four children. My favorites Chopin's are: Grand Polonaise Brilliante op. 22 Waltz No. 6 in D flat major op. 64/1 The complete works of Chopin is here. My favorites Mozart's are: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik    Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major Serenade No. 13 Symphony No. 40 The complete works of Mozart is here. Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus 1756-1791, Austrian Was born in Salzburg on Jan. 27, 1756. His parents were Leopold Mozart, composer and vice-Kapellmeister to the archbishop of Salzburg, and his wife, Anna Maria, nee Pertl, daugther of an official from St. Gilgen. Of their seven children, only two survived: a daugther, Maria Anna (known as Nannerl), and Wolfgang, who was christened Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgang Theophilus (in German, Gottlieb, in Latin, Amadeus; later, Mozart himself generally signed his letters and compositions either "W.A. Mozart" or "Wolfgang Amade Mozart"). He thought by many to be the greatest musical genius of all times, was one of the world's three or four leading operatic composers and one of the central figures of the Vinnese classical school. Strauss, J. Jr. 1825-1899, Austrian Was born in Vienna on Oct. 25, 1825, he started his career as a bank clerk, since his father wished him to follow a profession other than music. He studied the violin without his father's knowledge, however, and in 1844 conducted a dance band formed by himself at a Viennese restaurant. In 1849, when his father died, Johann combined his orchestra with his father's and with it traveled all over Europe, including Russia (1865-66) and England (1869), winning great popularity. My favorites Strauss' are: The Blue Danube, Waltz op. 314 My favorites Tchaikovsky's are: Swan Lake, Ballet - Suite op. 20 The Nutcracker, Ballet - Suite op. 71a The complete works of Tchaikovsky is here. Last but not least also in here. Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich 1840-1893, Russian Was born at Votkinsk in the Vyatka Goverment on May 7 (new style; April 25, old style), 1840. He was greatly atttached to his mother, and the tender feminine atmosphere of his early years was rudely broken when he was sent to school in St. Petersburg at the age of eight. In 1852 he entered the School of Jurisprudence, which he left in 1859 to join the Ministry of Justice as a senior clerk. In the meantime he had become an amateur musician and made some attempts at composition. In 1861 he began to study harmony, and the following year he entered the St. Petersburg Conservatory. Vivaldi, Antonio 1678-1741, Italian The son of Giovanni Battista Vivaldi, a violinist at St. Mark's, Venice, he was born in Venice on March 4, 1678. He studied under his father and later under Giovanni Legrenzi. He took holy orders in March 1703 and was known as il prete rosso ("the red priest") because of his auburn hair. He was one of the principal Italian composers of instrumental music of the first half of the 18th century. My favorites Vivaldi's are: The Spring op. 8/1 "Four Seasons"    Concerto for Strings and Basso in G major The complete works of Vivaldi is here. Outside Link to Classical Music: Classical Midi Archive Classical Music Midi Page Classical Music at midiworld.com Copyright © 1999 by Dono Harjanto. All rights reserved. Contact the webmaster.