Ludwig Van Beethoven. Famous more for the fact he composed, Beethoven wrote and performed music while being deaf in his later 20s with the use of a sound rod to feel the vibrations. Beethoven was born in December 1770, his grandfather with the same name and his father both had worked in the court of the Elector of Cologne, as later he did. Beethoven moved to Vienna to study counterpoint and violin in 1792, a move that was funded by the Elector. Beethoven started to loss his hearing in 1796 in his twenties, which has been speculated to be the result of lead posioning, due to its high volume of use. His work has been divided into three sections -early,middle and late periods. The early period lasted until 1806, the middle period went from 1803 to 1814 and the later period went from 1815 until his death.

Wolfgang Mozart. Mozart was born in 1756 and composed over six hundred pieces and is reguarded as one of the best composers of classical music. A child prodigy, Mozart performed to royalty and composed music from as early as five years old. He was even employed as a court musician in Sazlburg from the age of 17. Mozart visisted Vienna on his travels and decided not to leave, and he made his name in the city, but not riches. Mozart died on December 1791, of what is believed to be rhuematic fever, and rumor goes that he dictatced the rest of his final piece from his deathbed.

Bach. Born in 1865 in Germany, Bach helped to mature the classical subgenre of Baroque, being hugely influential on the genre. During his life he was more famous for being an organist rather than a composer, for which he was only rediscovered in the 19th century and now considered to be one of the best composers of all time. When Bach was orphaned at 10 years of age we was shipped off to live with his brother, an organist. It is from his brother that Bach received more instruction on playing, and became fluent on the Clavicord. Two of his children from his first marriage helped to shape the classical music style of Rococo -Carl and Wilhem. He was hired by Prince Leopold of Anhalt-Cöthen as his court’s director of music, during this time Bach lost his wife in 1720 and remarried a year later. In 1723, Bach was appointed Cantor of Thomasschule, a posistion he held until his death in 1750.

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