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Emerging in the latter 18th and early 19th centuries, Franz Krommer was a Czech composer who went on to be considered one of the most successful composers in Vienna during his lifetime. Born in the Moravian town of Kamenice, Krommer displayed a very strong affinity for music early on and began studies in 1774, with his uncle Anton Krommer. Anton Krommer was a composer and choirmaster in Turan, and trained the young Krommer in both violin and organ to begin his musical development. Through his…

of Vienna in 1891, at the age of 23. He studied medicine and while at the university he started his findings on biochemical. He also published a paper on the diet on the composition of blood ash that same year. He wanted to learn more on chemistry so over the next five years he studied with other brilliant chemist like Arthur Rudolf Hantzsch at Zurich, Hermann Emil Fischer at Wurzburg, and Eugen Bamberger at Munich. By the time he was 28 in 1896 he returned to Vienna and worked at the Vienna…

Napoléon Bonaparte has died at Saint Helena, but his legacy of power and domination still shakes Europe. The empires of the Americans are shattered, and the empires of Europe hear the first rumbles in a gathering storm of nationalism. The Vienna Congress that brought the Napoleonic Wars to an end was meant to restore the old monarchical order, but the concert of balanced powers it sought to establish is already looking precarious. Whichever nations can seize this moment will dominate a new age.…

younger years of life he played for Mozart. Mozart knew Beethoven was something special. At the age of twelve Beethoven composed his first composition. Before Beethoven turned twenty two he moved to Vienna, Austria to study Haydn, where he spent the remainder of his life. He made a public debut in Vienna which he performed what is known as his “first” piano concerto in C major. Around 1803 he composed his Third Symphony, the Eroica. In 1809, three men gave Beethoven an…

Both songs were anthems of sorts, “Blue Danube” defined Strauss’s beloved city of Vienna and “Hotel California” described what it was like to find yourself in the middle of the 1970s. In addition to their anthem-status, both songs share technical…

from. One of these great musicians from this time is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. He created a variety of piano concertos, symphonies, and operas, during his life. His time in Vienna has impacted many cultural changes there and changed the way music was look at. His music was truly one of a kind, for his time. Before moving to Vienna in 1781, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born in Salzburg, Austria in 1756. He was the last of his seven siblings, most of them died at childbirth. Music was already a…

Furthermore, he waged war against those who tried, insisting that a change to tradition is only permissible if it constituted an improvement. He was European in every sense of the word, living throughout the continent at various points his life. However, Vienna…

German composer and a pianist. He was born in Bonn , Beethoven portrayed his musical talents at a very early age and was taught by his father, Johann van Beethoven. when he was 21 he moved to Vienna, where he started studying composition as well as gaining a reputation as a virtuoso pianist. He lived in Vienna until his death. By his late 20s his hearing began to worsen, and by the last decade of his life he was almost completely deaf. In 1811 he gave up conducting and performing in public but…

Anna Maria gave birth to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart on January 27, 1756. When he was younger, Mozart watched his father, Leopold, teach his sister, Maria Anna, how to play piano. At the age of three, he became a child prodigy. During his childhood, his family traveled around Europe. While on those trips, Maria Anna and Wolfgang performed as prodigies. Mozart became employed as a court musician by Prince-Archbishop Hieronymus Colloredo in 1773. He had the chance to work in many genres: symphonies,…

"no capabilities." Adolf went to the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna when he was 16. His mom kicked the bucket in the first six months he was far from home in Vienna. In the foundation Adolf needed to study construction modeling, however he didn't have the best possible certifications to. He even made postcard sketches to profit. He at one time came up short on cash, and got himself destitute. He battled for five long years in Vienna, he composed that those were the most exceedingly terrible…