Great Music Composers: Their Lives and Their Contributions

By Lee Kheng Chooi

This book describes the lives and contributions of the great composers. It includes the masterpieces that they have produced. Their works include symphonies, operas, concertos, oratorios and chamber music. It delves into the personal and love lives of the great composers. The world is eternally indebted to the great masters of music for the wealth of their creative thoughts.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Partridge Publishing Singapore
• Release date: Jun 30, 2022
• ISBN: 9781543757392

Lee Kheng Chooi

Lee Kheng Chooi was born in Penang, Malaysia in 1962. He studied at the University of Science of Malaysia and graduated in 1987. He worked at Infineon Technologies Asia Pacific Pte Ltd from 1990 to 2019 as a Senior Principal Engineer. He is married to Cheah Lay Ching and has one daughter, Chloe Lee Rui Xuan who is now studying at Raffles Institution under Ministry of Education scholarship.

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CONTENTS

Introduction

Chapter 1   Ludwig van Beethoven

Chapter 2   Frédéric Chopin

Chapter 3   Edvard Grieg

Chapter 4   Sergei Rachmaninoff

Chapter 5   Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Chapter 6   Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Chapter 7   Franz Schubert

Chapter 8   Franz Liszt

Conclusion

INTRODUCTION

In this handy book, you will meet the great composers of our time and learn about their lives and contributions to the history of music. Even though some of their works span almost 200 hundred years, to-date, these masterpieces are still very much alive and appreciated by millions. If you have ever experienced being moved to the point of tears or feel your heart bursting with joy from listening to a piece of classical music, then you already know the power of these timeless compositions.

Whether you are a longtime classical music fan or a newbie, this book will give you a greater appreciation of many of the familiar timeless masterpieces enjoyed worldwide.

Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent

-Victor Hugo

CHAPTER 1

Ludwig van Beethoven

Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.

-Ludwig van Beethoven

16 December 1770 - 26 March 1827

Early life

Ludwig van Beethoven is considered one of the immortals in the history of music. He was born in Bonn, Germany, and had three siblings. His parents were Johann and Maria Magdalena van Beethoven. His first music teacher was his father, who was a court musician and taught the young Beethoven harshly and intensely