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Composers of the Ocean?

Composers of the Ocean?

Classically Curious: The ocean in music

  1. Who is the most famous living composer?
  2. Which composer died at age 35?
  3. Was Beethoven deaf?
  4. Who invented music?
  5. Did Mozart and Beethoven meet?
  6. What fact is associated with Haydn?
  7. Who is the modern day Mozart?
  8. Are there any modern day composers?

Who is the most famous living composer?

John Williams has been voted the 'most popular living composer' in a new poll. The legendary composer, who has scored a vast number of films including Star Wars, Indiana Jones and Jurassic Park, had a total nine entries in the latest Classic FM 'Hall of Fame' poll, from a total of 300 entries.

Which composer died at age 35?

On 5 December 1791, the composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart died at his home in Vienna, Austria at the age of 35. The circumstances of his death have attracted much research and speculation.

Was Beethoven deaf?

Beethoven first noticed difficulties with his hearing decades earlier, sometime in 1798, when he was about 28. By the time he was 44 or 45, he was totally deaf and unable to converse unless he passed written notes back and forth to his colleagues, visitors and friends. He died in 1827 at the age of 56.

Who invented music?

They usually put forward several answers, including crediting a character from the Book of Genesis named Jubal, who was said to have played the flute, or Amphion, a son of Zeus, who was given the lyre. One popular story from the Middle Ages credits the Greek philosopher Pythagoras as the inventor of music.

Did Mozart and Beethoven meet?

In short, Beethoven and Mozart did meet. One account that is frequently cited was when Beethoven on a leave of absence from the Bonn Court Orchestra, travelled to Vienna to meet Mozart. The year was 1787, Beethoven was just sixteen-years-old and Mozart was thirty.

What fact is associated with Haydn?

1. Haydn was born the year George Washington was born (1732) and died the year Abraham Lincoln was born (1809). 2. He grew up very poor in a tiny town in Austria (Rohrau) where his mother was a cook and his father a wheelwright.

Who is the modern day Mozart?

With a handful of Grammys to his name before the age of 26, Jacob Collier may be the most successful musician you have never heard of.

Are there any modern day composers?

Composers like Danny Elfman and John Williams really are 21st-century master composers, so it is not unlike there has not been classical-esque music being composed.

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