Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber was born in 1644 in Wartenberg, Bohemia (now in the Czech Republic) He is historically recognized as an Bohemian...

In many ways Hector Berlioz was unique among the 19th century classical composers. He was not a child prodigy and only began his musical st...

Étienne Méhul was a French composer at the time of the French Revolution and Napoleon. He was well-known in his time as an opera composer,...

Paganini began making his reputation as early as 1813 before he toured Europe. His reputation was made in tours of his native country of I...

Alkan's Douze études dans tous les tons mineurs (Twelve Studies in all the minor keys), Op. 39 for solo piano were published in 1857. ...

 From the years 1812 to 1822 Gioachino Rossini wrote thirty operas, or the average of three every year for ten years. These works were his m...

Ragtime music still has a following and popularity after over 100 years. It was a bona fide sensation after the 1893 World's Columbian E...