Amadeus It would be very easy for me as a reviewer to write that the film Amadeus was one of the best films I have ever seen, that it was a masterpiece worthy of exaltation and extensive reward. However, doing so would be agreeing with a vast majority simply because it is the popular opinion...

18th Century composer Antonio Salieri, quite insane in his old age, thinks he killed Mozart and tries to commit suicide. Once the most famous composer in Europe, his fame was outshined by Mozart. To a priest, he recalls his life. Mozart, one of the greatest musician/composer of all time began h...

The composer of some of the most influential pieces of music ever written, Ludwig van Beethoven created a bridge between the 18th-century classical period and the new beginnings of Romanticism. His greatest breakthroughs in composition came in his instrumental work, including his symphonies. Unlike ...

BEETHOVEN, Ludwig van (1770-1827) The composer of some of the most influential pieces of music ever written, Ludwig van Beethoven created a bridge between the 18th-century classical period and the new beginnings of Romanticism. His greatest breakthroughs in composit...

Life of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart He showed passion for music at a very young age. At the age of six, young Mozart was already playing before the Austrian empress. Mozart traveled a lot but ended up in Vienna composing for Joseph II. Mozart wrote some of his greatest operas in Vienna such as Die ...

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born on January 27, 1756, as the son of Anna-Maria and Leopold Mozart in Salzburg, Austria. Leopold and wife Anna-Maria had eight children, out of the eight Wolfgang and his sister were the only children to survive birth. At the age of five, he began composing minuets an...