The influence of C.P.E. Bach on composers of his own era and of other generations is large. Mozart said about him that "He is the fath...

Johannes Brahms composed his first piano quartet while still in his 20's. By this time he had been on concert tour with the Hungarian vi...

The composer Étienne Méhul has been called the most important opera composer in Revolutionary-era France. He followed the reforms of opera a...

One of the first musical superstars, Niccolò Paganini not only was influential in advancing the art and technique of playing the violin, his...

After a long  (and often times clandestine) courtship,  Robert Schumann and Clara Wieck were married in 1840, very much against her father...

The music of the Frenchman François Couperin was well-known and appreciated by many composers of his era, the most notable being J.S. Bach ....

Dmitri Shostakovich has been called one of the most influential composers, especially of symphonies, of the 20th century.  His 15 symphonies...