Spring 2025 Composers Orchestra Final

Giovanni Palestrina

Renaissance

• Italian

• Sacred music (masses and motets)

• Organist

Ludwig van Beethoven

Classical - Romantic (bridge)

• 9 symphonies

• Deaf

• German

Johann Sebastian Bach

Baroque

• Organist, keyboard virtuoso

• Lots of kids

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Romantic

• Operas, ballets, symphonies

  • Swan Lake, Nutcracker, and Romeo and Juliet Overture

• Russian

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Classical

• Austrian

• 41 symphonies

• Sacred and secular music

  • Highly praised, child prodigy

Joseph Haydn

Classical

• Father of symphonies and string quartets

Richard Wagner

Romantic

• Ring Cycle (5 operas)

• German

Gustav Holst

Modern

• Planets Suite, St. Paul Suite, Brook Green Suite

Jean Sibelius

Romantic (late)

• Organic symphonies

  • Romanze

  • Finlandia Suite

George Frideric Handel

Baroque

• Water music

• Operas, oratorios, organ concerto

William Byrd

Renaissance

• Keyboardist

• British

Antonio Vivaldi

Baroque

• Catholic priest

• Taught at all girls school

  • Four seasons