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Naples Piano Quartet
Music of Beethoven & Mozart
Program:
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), Serenade for String Trio in D major, Op. 8 (for violin, viola and cello)
Mozart’s Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, K. 478
Clara Schumann – Piano Trio in G minor, opus 17
About the Composer
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven is one of the most widely recognized and admired composers in the history of Western music, and served as an important bridge between the Classical and Baroque era styles he admired and the Romantic style his music would come to personify. Beethoven was born in 1770 into a modest family in the small German provincial town of Bonn, where he would study composition and play the piano and viola until moving to Vienna in his early 20’s where he would live the rest of his life.
Read More ››Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a prolific and influential composer of the classical era. Born in Salzburg, he showed prodigious ability from his earliest childhood. He composed more than 600 works, and is among the most popular of classical composers. His influence is profound on subsequent Western art music.
Read More ››Clara Schumann
Clara Josephine Schumann (13 September 1819 – 20 May 1896) was a German pianist, composer, and piano teacher. Regarded as one of the most distinguished pianists of the Romantic era, she exerted her influence over a 61-year concert career, changing the format and repertoire of the piano recital from displays of virtuosity to programs of serious works. She also composed solo piano pieces, a piano concerto (her Op. 7), chamber music, choral pieces, and songs.
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