Music Composers
Monday, 11 August 2008 05:19 | 
Written by Music Motivation | 
Music Composers
I feel that every musician should learn as much as they can about the lives and music of the great composers – past and present. There are so many fascinating facts about the composers’ lives that add value to their music. Their music becomes more meaningful to us when we understand them as people with all the heart-aches, trials, pains, joys and happiness that life brought them.
In order to help more people learn about the lives of the great composers, I have created links to some of the best websites about each of the composers. This list is not complete (and most likely never will be – if you know of other great websites to add, please let me know). I will continue to update each of these lists as I discover more and more sites that should be added.
These links are wonderful resources for teachers and students. I encourage every teacher to not only assign music to their students, but to extend the opportunity of promoting the history of music as well through learning about the composers.
This list primarily contains information about the most well known composers (but will continually be added to and updated). If you can think of more composers that you would like added, please This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
I would encourage teachers to have their own students learn something new about at least one composer per week or month depending on your preference. They could write a review, essay, short story, or compose a song of their own in style of one of the composers (following the form, chord progressions, key signature, style, etc). The sky is the limit. Students can come to the Music Motivation® blog and learn about each of the composers.
Written by Jerald M. Simon
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J.S. Bach
click on J.S. Bach’s picture to view his biography
check out these great websites on Bach
Books on J.S. Bach (Public Domain)
Free Piano Sheet Music by Bach
Free Piano Sheet Music by Bach
J.S. Bach – Detailed Biography
Terri Noel Towe’s JS Bach Page
The Canons and Fugues of J. S. Bach
Bartok
click on Bartok’s picture to view his biography
check out these great websites on Bartok
Free Piano Sheet Music by Bartok
Beethoven
click on Beethoven’s picture to view his biography
check out these great websites on Beethoven
Beethoven: The Magnificent Master
Books on Beethoven (Public Domain)
Free Piano Sheet Music by Beethoven
Free Piano Sheet Music by Beethoven
Kunst Der Fuge (English Version)
Ludwig Van Beethoven Indexed Biography
Ludwig Van Beethoven’s Biography
Ludwig Van Beethoven’s Biography
Ludwig Van Beethoven’s Website
Public Domain Letters and Articles about Beethoven
Bizet
click on Bizet’s picture to view his biography
check out these great websites on Bizet
Books on Bizet (Public Domain)
Brahms
click on Brahms’ picture to view his biography
check out these great websites on Brahms
Books on Brahms (Public Domain)
Free Piano Sheet Music by Brahms
Chopin
click on Chopin’s picture to view his biography
check out these great websites on Chopin
Books on Chopin (Public Domain)
Chopin – The Man and His Music
Free Piano Sheet Music by Chopin
Free Piano Sheet Music by Chopin
Clementi
click on Clementi’s picture to view his biography
check out these great websites on Clementi
Czerny
click on Czerny’s picture to view his biography
check out these great websites on Czerny
Free Piano Sheet Music by Czerny
Debussy
click on Debussy’s picture to View his biography
check out these great websites on Debussy
Free Piano Sheet Music by Debussy
Dvorak
click on Dvorak’s picture to view his biography
check out these great websites on Dvorak
Grieg
click on Grieg’s picture to view his biography
check out these great websites on Grieg
Handel
click on Handel’s picture to view his biography
check out these great websites on Handel
Haydn’s
click on Haydn’s picture to view his biography
check out these great websites on Haydn
Books on Haydn (Public Domain)
Free Piano Sheet Music by Haydn
Korsakov’s
click on Korsakov’s picture to view his biography
check out these great websites on Korsakov
Liszt
click on Liszt’s picture to view his biography
check out these great websites on Liszt
Books on Liszt (Public Domain)
Free Piano Sheet Music by Liszt
Free Piano Sheet Music by Liszt
Mendelssohn
click on Mendelssohn’s picture to view his biography
check out these great websites on Mendelssohn
Free Piano Sheet Music by Mendelssohn
Monteverdi
click on Monteverdi's picture to view his biography
check out these great websites on Monteverdi
Mozart
click on Mozart's picture to view his biography
check out these great websites on Mozart
Books on Mozart (Public Domain)
Free Piano Sheet Music by Mozart
Offenbach
click on Offenbach's picture to view his biography
check out these great websites on Offenbach
Free Piano Sheet Music by Offenbach
Pachelbel
check out these great websites on Pachelbel
Puccini
check out these great websites on Puccini
Purcell
check out these great websites on Purcell
Rachmaninoff
check out these great websites on Rachmaninoff
Rameau
check out these great websites on Rameau
Free Piano Sheet Music by Rameau
Rossini
check out these great websites on Rossini
Scarlatti
check out these great websites on Scarlatti
Free Piano Sheet Music by Scarlatti
Schubert
Schumann
Shostakovich
Tchaikovsky
Vivaldi
Wagner
Free Piano Sheet Music by Wagner
Weber
Composers
Last Updated (Monday, 12 July 2010 15:07)
Jerald M. Simon
