Ludwig van Beethoven
one of the few composers of his day to gain
personal fame during his lifetime
Irving Berlin
writer of over 200 songs
Hoagy Carmichael
composer, songwriter, pianist, singer
Aaron Copland
he worked to make classical music accessible to
and enjoyable for young Americans
Stephen Collins Foster
writer of over 200 songs
George Gershwin
composer of Broadway and movie scores
Gilbert and Sullivan
the composer-lyricist team responsible for some
of the most popular operattas in the history of
the English theater
Franz Joseph Haydn
developer of the symphony
Victor Herbert
one of the most prolific conductors and composers
of the late-1880's and early-1900's
Edward Albert MacDowell
composer
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Lowell Mason
composer and compiler of hymns and anthems
Felix
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
musician, composer, and conductor
Ethelbert Nevin
writer of over 500 works
John Knowles Paine
the first American composer to have a work
performed in Europe, the first American to write
a symphony, and the first professor of music in
the United States
Antonio Salieri
Mozart's rival and killer?
Bedrich Smetana
major force in the establishment of the Czech
national opera and creation of a Czech national
style
John Philip Sousa
band leader and composer
Peter Ilyich
Tchaikovsky
the first Russian composer to gain international
fame
Wilhelm Richard Wagner
opera composer
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