Although he lived only a short time, Giovanni Battista Pergolesi composed some of the eighteenth century’s most beloved works, among them the sacred duet Stabat Mater and the comic[...]

Puccini was born in Lucca, Italy into a family with a long history of music. After the death of his father when he was only five years old, he was sent to study with his uncle Fort[...]

Vincenzo Bellini,  (born November 3, 1801, Catania, Sicily [Italy]—died September 23, 1835, Puteaux, near Paris, France), Italian operatic composer with a gift for creating vocal m[...]

Synopsis   Born in Danbury, Connecticut, on October 20, 1874, to a musician father, Charles Ives later started his own insurance business while composing on the side[...]

  Clara Schumann Born: September 13, 1819 - Leipzig, Germany Died: May 20, 1896 - Franfurt, Germany   Among women composers and musicians in the 19th cen[...]

Claude Debussy Biography    Composer (1862–1918) Embracing nontraditional scales and tonal structures, Claude Debussy is one of the most highly regarded composers of th[...]

The Star-Spangled Banner, national anthem of the United States. Francis Scott Key, a lawyer, wrote the lyrics after watching the British attack Fort McHenry, Maryland, in 1814, dur[...]