Greatest classical composers: numbers 30 to 21 Best composers: numbers 20 to 11 Greatest composers: numbers 10 to 2 The best composer of all time 50 greatest composers of all time: 50 to 41 50 Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943) Russian virtuoso pianist, gifted melodist and one of the greats ...
A crucial figure in the transition between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western art music, he remains one of the most famous and influential of all composers. His best-known compositions include 9 symphonies, 5 piano concertos, 1 violin concerto,... read more I also think Beethoven is...
Timeless and joyously recognisable for the unique motif line Beethoven uses throughout, it’s no surprise this sonata remains one of the composer’s most celebrated compositions.14. Liszt – La CampanellaLiterally meaning ‘little bell’ in Italian, La Campanella borrows its melody from the final ...
Alexander Zonjic (pronounced Zon-chick) (born April 30, 1951) is a professional flutist born in Windsor, Ontario, who performs both light jazz and classical compositions. Zonjic initially played guitar at age 9, and by age 15 he was lead guitarist in a local rhythm and blues b...
Well, we have Arcangelo to thank. Trained in Bologna and Rome, this string player rose to astronomical levels of musical profile and general celebrity. Corelli was regarded as the greatest virtuoso violinist of his age, and his brilliant and inventive compositions elevated the violin to its curren...
Classical Music & OperaLists that rank the greatest works, composers, and musicians by instrument. The Greatest Operas of All Time The Best Opera Songs Ever Written The Best Opera Singers of All Time The Best Living Opera Singers History's Best Female Opera Singers The Best Tenors of All ...
The Execution:Thanks to the chaos, grandeur, and classical scale of Pete Townshend’s compositions and the band that brought them to life, the Who’s second rock opera captures the roiling emotional essence of life in a teenage wasteland better than practically any other work of art, in any...
Sir Peter Paul Rubens (; Dutch: [ˈrybə(n)s]; 28 June 1577 – 30 May 1640) was a Flemish artist. He is considered the most influential artist of Flemish Baroque tradition. Rubens's highly charged compositions reference erudite aspects of classical and Christian history. His unique and...
after hearing a small piece of ‘Complete Bird Music for Piano Solo’ and a small section of the songs of the species on which the compositions are based is equally remarkable, yet the pieces are so spontaneous that they take little patience to appreciate as the works of wonder that they ...
Despite the pitch-black nature of their doom-powered compositions, Brooklyn mope metal kings Type O Negative and their towering vocalist, Pete Steele, loved a good joke. Their first major single, 1993’s “Black No. 1 (Little Miss Scare-All),” is a classic case in point: Narrated by St...