Bizet’s early works didn’t overly appeal to audiences at the time and Carmen, his last opera, was initially derided as disreputable and immoral but gained worldwide popularity shortly after his death. The Parisian Georges Bizet was probably one of the biggest provocateurs of his time. Beethoven’s Third Symphony, later renamed Eroica, was originally dedicated to Napoleon after his invasion of Russia, was also popular. Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis and his Ninth Symphony, which he composed after he became deaf, sounds like a hymn to joy and is today’s European anthem. Beethoven’s piano pieces Für Elise and Rage over a Lost Penny, string quartets, nine symphonies and Fidelio, his only opera, established him as one of the most famous classical composers. Ludwig van Beethoven was born in Bonn but lived mainly in Vienna. The musical oeuvre of this master classical composer is monumental. The festive season wouldn’t be the same without Johann Sebastian Bach’s Christmas Oratorio playing on the radio or in concert. Bach’s Peasant cantata, Coffee cantata and Shepherd cantata, his musical cycle The Art of Fugue and his numerous oratorios were all very popular.
Johann Sebastian Bach was the youngest child in a family of musicians, born in Eisenach, Germany, where he served as cantor in a nearby school in Leipzig.
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