Born in Würzburg, Germany in 1901, Heisenberg was the younger son of August and Annie Wecklein Heisenberg. His brother Erwin was one year older and was a constant source of competition. Heisenberg's father was a prominent secondary school teacher. As a boy Heisenberg began playing the piano early and was playing master compositions by the age of thirteen. Heisenberg was also an eager student of classical literature and philosophy. He amazed family and friends when he taught himself calculus and tried to publish a scientific paper as a teen. However it was his father's commitment to academic learning, that led him to pursue the science he loved. Heisenberg went to the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München and the Georg-August-Universität
Annie Turnbo Malone was an entrepreneur and was also a chemist. She became a millionaire by making some hair products for some black women. She gave most of her money away to charity and to promote the African American. She was born on august 9, 1869, and was the tenth child out of eleven children that where born by Robert and Isabella turnbo. Annie’s parents died when she was young so her older sister took care of her until she was old enough to take care of herself.
Born to poor parents in Hamburg, Germany, Brahms’s first music lessons come from his father who played the double bass. Known as a prodigy of the piano at nine, he quickly started to study seriously and began to compose. Incredibly, at fifteen he gave a public concert and by the time he turned twenty, he had composed piano pieces that are still played today. Moreover, after he taught at Dusseldorf for some time, he became attached to the court of Lippe-Detmold in which he settled until 1860. Constantly composing, he again resided in Hamburg after 1860. For the first time, he visited Vienna in 1862 and remained there. He spent increasingly more of his time in composition during the last twenty years of his life. Furthermore, he went on tours to play and conduct his own compositions, and received increasing honors and popularity. Brahms never married and also never left the continent of Europe, refusing to even visit England when Cambridge University desired to grant him an honorary degree. He was a humorous, gruff and a rather disorderly man, and by the 1890’s, he had become one of the most distinguished citizens of Vienna. (Weinstock 457).
One of the highly considered greatest composers of all time was Ludwig Van Beethoven. Mr. Ludwig Van Beethoven was born in Bonn, Germany, on December 17,1770. Johann Beethoven’s father had high expectations that he would become a child sensation just like Mozart had. Johann was unable to live in his father’s musician’s shoes. In spite he wanted the talent that he lacked to be present in Ludwig his son. Ludwig Van Beethoven did not appear to be as talented as the child sensation Mozart. Beethoven’s father was persistent and strict when Ludwig would try to improvise the original compositions on the piano. Insisting that Beethoven just learn the notes as they where written. It was reported by neighbors that as a child Beethoven would cry in front
Ludwig Van Beethoven was born on December 16, 1770 in Bonn, Germany and he died on March 26, 1827 in Vienna Austria. Beethoven’s music is mostly associated with the classical era because that is when he crafted most of his greatest works. Beethoven’s father and grandfather were both musicians that played at Court of Elector of Cologne. Beethoven’s main instrument that he played was the piano. He was taught by his father how to play the piano. His father was very strict on him, and sometimes he made Beethoven, “stand at the keyboard, was often in tears.” He had other teachers that taught him how to play the violin, and how to play the piano. In 1779, Beethoven began to learn how to write compositions under the teachings of Christian Gottlob Neefe. In March 1783, Beethoven had written and published his first composition, with the help of Neefe. Beethoven also studied under Joseph Hayden in Vienna, after Hayden came back from London. When Beethoven had written his first and second symphonies, “Beethoven became regarded as one of the most important of a generation of young composers following Hayden and Mozart. He taught students how to play music, one student in particular; he fell in love with, Josephine Brunsvik. He had one student that became a composer, and one that became a renowned music teacher. By the 1800’s, Beethoven’s started to lose much of his hearing. “He suffered from a severe form of tinnitus, a "ringing" in his ears that made it hard for him to hear music; he also tried to avoid conversations.” His loss of hearing was very detrimental to his musical career because musicians needed to hear the music they had written to know if was outstanding to them. It also affected his social life, causing him to attend less soc...
Gustav Mahler was born on July 7th 1860 in a village in Bohemia called Kalischt, what is now Kaliste in the Czech Republic. His mother and father were Bernhard and Marie Mahler. Gustav was the second oldest of his twelve brothers and sisters, of which six of them died at a very young age. Mahler grew up in a town called Iglau (now Jihlava). As a child, Mahler studied music with native teachers in his village. Although Mahler loved composing music, his school reports portrayed him as unreliable and absent minded. At the age of four, Gustav discovered his grandparents’ piano and immediately fell in love with it. A few years later at the age of ten, he gave his first public performance in Iglau. Bernhard Mahler, his father, was very supportive of his son’s dreams and ambitions. Bernhard Mahler strived for his sons’ music career and agreed that he should audition for a spot at the Vienna Conservatory. Mahler suffered an unpleasant personal loss of his younger brother, Ernst, in 1874 after a long illness. He wanted to express his feelings by playing music. With help from Josef Steiner, a close friend, he began to write an opera called Ernst von Schwaben as a tribute to his lost brother. In 1875, he went to Vienna to study at the conservatory, where he stayed for a few years. After completing his studies, he took a series of producing steps throughout Central and Eastern Europe, including many cities such as: Budapest, Hamburg, and Leipzig. Then he moved to Vienna, where he conducted the state opera orchestra. Mahler succeeded in transforming the staging and performance standards of the opera house. It was nothing short of remarkable, but it came at a high personal cost. The continual work forced him to restrict his co...
Arnold Schoenberg was born on September 13, 1874, to a Jewish family in Vienna. He taught himself composition, with help in counterpoint from the Austrian composer Alexander Zemlinsky, and in 1899 produced his first major work, the tone poem Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night) for string sextet. In 1901 he married Zemlinsky's sister Mathilde, with whom he had two children. The couple moved to Berlin, where for two years Schoenberg earned a living by orchestrating operettas and directing a cabaret orchestra. In 1903 Schoenberg returned to Vienna to teach. There he met his most successful students, the Austrian composers Anton Webern and Alban Berg, who became his close friends.
His music is very recognisable as of is harmonies. He was born January 31 1797 in Himmelpfortgrund, Austria. At a very young age he showed lots of musical talents. He plays piano, violin, organ and as an amazing singer. He joined a school to become part of the courts chapel choir. In 1812 his voice broke and his singing career was then over. As of this he went to his father’s school and became a teacher. He became head master for 4 years but continued to compose music. He eventually got sick of teaching and performed in pubic for the very first time. He played Italian Overtue in C Major in his family town. In 1821 money stared coming. Yet 1 year late his life changed again. This time not in a good way. He contracted a severe virus which is unknown. In 1928, the year of host death he hosted his first and last concert. Now he was extremely ill he moved in with his brother. He died later in November. It was only after he died that he was actually noticed for his musical talents.40 years later a memorial was made in his home town next to Beethoven’s body. Overall he composed 600 songs and 9 symphonies. In only 31
His life, music, and his musical styles and techniques are all contributors to his legendary life story. He was the eldest of three children of Johann and Maria Magdalena van Beethoven. His father, a musician who liked to drink, taught him to play piano and violin. At the age of twelve Beethoven was a promising keyboard player and a talented pupil in composition of the court organist Christian Gottlob Neefe. In 1787, only being 17 at the time, he traveled to Vienna, Austria, apparently to seek out Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart as his teacher. Although he enjoyed his time in Vienna, he was eventually forced to return to Bonn (his hometown) to care for his dying mother, who died several months later. His father then died in 1792.
On December of 1770 a great composer/performer was born. Born with a brutal father that would beat him till he learn music as good as Mozart. Beethoven instead changed music completely and began the end of Mozart’s era. He decided to study in 1792 with Franz Joseph Haydn in Vienna. He then became the master of the piano and then began the journey of Beethoven. He became well known all around Europe by 1793. He studied Classical Viennese styles to change music and revolutionized the music written in that era.
Johann wanted his first son to be great, especially in the music field, so he pushed him to learn the piano and violin at a very early age. For instance, Beethoven had his first public appearance at the age of eight on March 26, 1778. He performed at a concert with one of his father’s other pupils. His performance consisted of concertos and trios on the keyboard. Beethoven continued to play at concerts, as well as taking music lessons with instructors other than his father. When visiting the Fischer Family one day Johann proclaimed, “My son Ludwig is my only comfort now in life. He is improving in his music to such an extent that he is admired by everyone. I foresee that in time he will be a great man in the world” (Orga 29). During this time he also attended elementary school in Bonn, but he did not exceed grade school. Beethoven learned all he could by age ten and from then on he lived off his wits and curiosity (Orga 28).
On March 14th, 1681, Georg Philipp Telemann was born to Maria Haltmeier and Heinrich Telemann in Magdeburg, Germany. Being the son of a Protestant minister in an age where composing music failed at being a successful career, Georg was highly discouraged to live out his dream. Although his family was strongly against him pursuing a career in music and refused to pay for lessons, he taught himself at the age of ten how to play the violin, flute, zither, recorder, oboe, and keyboard. He later composed his first opera, Sigismundus, within the following two years. While his family clearly realized his talents, they still opposed, driving him to work even harder.
Ludwig Van Beethoven was a German composer, born in late 1770. His date of birth is not definitely known, but he was baptized in Bonn, Germany on December 17, 1770. Beethoven’s family, including two younger brothers, a gentle mother, and an alcoholic, musical father, pushed music into his life. His grandfather was a popular musician in his time, which greatly influenced Beethoven and his music. Beethoven’s father was the hardest on him about his musical abilities, using brutal and ruthless measures to force him to learn and practice instruments, such as cavalier, violin, and the organ. Although he was sometimes locked up and deprived of sleep to practice, Beethoven was a musical genius from the beginning. He wasn’t as lucky when it came to
Johannes Brahms was born in May 7, 1833 in Germany. His father, Johann, was a bassist in the Hamburg Philharmonic Society, so he taught Brahms music at an early age. Brahms started to play piano at the age of seven. He then became a musician and used his talent to earn money to support his family and his future education.
A famous composer known as the greatest composer of all time was named Ludwig Van Beethoven. He was born in Bonn, Germany on December,1770 but no one really knew the exact day. He was also known for the the predominant musical figure in the transitional period between the Classical and Romantic eras. Beethoven had two younger brothers Caspar and Johann. Beethoven's mother was name Maria Magdalena van Beethoven,and His father was name Johann van Beethoven know for a mediocre court singer. Beethoven first started to studied the violin and clavier with his father as well as taking additional lessons from organists around town.His father hoped for a successful music career for him. Then after his father’s death he started to study and play the
Born in Bonn,December 1770,then the capital of the Electorate of Cologne and part of the Holy Roman Empire, Beethoven displayed his musical talents at an early age and was taught by his father Johann van Beethoven and by composer and conductor Christian Gottlob Neefe. At the age of 21 he moved to Vienna, where he began studying