Composers Archive

Stephanie Jones started learning the guitar when she was 11 at Wembley Primary School in Perth, Australia. In 2010, Stephanie was awarded the Royal Schools Anniversary Scholarship and started her studies at the Australian National …

The Piano sonata no. 1 by Beethoven was written in 1795 and it was the first important own piece he played publicly. Beethoven dedicated it to Joseph Haydn (his teacher at the time) with simple …

Robert Schumann composed the Violin Sonata in A minor, Op 105 between 12 and 16 September. After the first, private, performance at the Schumanns’ Düsseldorf home, his wife, Clara, was delighted with the first two movements …

Franz Schubert left us ~600 songs when he died at age 31. Many years later composer Franz Liszt arranged some of these songs to be played by piano alone, where the performer is able to …

Johannes Brahms had several roles in Music: He was a pianist, he was a choir director, and he performed on tour to perform duets with violinist Joseph Joachim. And yes, while he was a composer …