FREDERIC CHOPIN

Frederic Chopin was a Polish-born pianist and

composer of matchless genius in the realm of
keyboard music. As a pianist, his talents
were beyond emulation and had an
impact on other musicians entirely
out of proportion to the number of
concerts he gave only 30 public
performances in 30 years of concertizing.

Chopin also achieved success in larger forms, including the scherzo, a form he

reinvented; the ballade, a genre he invented; and the sonata. The four Ballades and
the Sonatas in B-flat minor and B minor are among his greatest creations,
combining passionate drama and lyrical tenderness in a memorable way.

FRANZ LISZT
Franz Liszt was the greatest piano virtuoso of his time. He was
the first to give complete solo recitals as a pianist. He was a
composer of enormous originality, extending harmonic language
and anticipating the atonal music of the 20th century. He
invented the symphonic poem for orchestra.

Franz Liszt was the greatest piano virtuoso of his time. He was the first to give
complete solo recitals as a pianist. He was a composer of enormous originality,
extending harmonic language and anticipating the atonal music of the 20th century.
He invented the symphonic poem for orchestra.

CAMILLE SAINT- SAËNS

Camille Saint-Saëns (born October 9, 1835, Paris, France — died
December 16, 1921, Algiers [Algeria]), was a composer chiefly
remembered for his symphonic poems — the first of that genre to be
written by a Frenchman — and for his opera Samson et Dalila.
Saint-Saëns left an immense musical legacy behind, having written five
symphonies, five piano concertos, several operas (and operettas),
incidental music, a wide breadth of chamber music, and numerous
works for solo piano and solo organ.

Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns
(1835-1921) was a French composer,
organist, conductor and pianist of
the Romantic era. His best-known
works include Introduction and
Rondo Capriccioso (1863), and The
Carnivalof the Animals (1886).

Johannes Brahms
Johannes Brahms was a German composer and pianist of the Romantic
period, but he was more a disciple of the Classical tradition. He wrote in
many genres, including symphonies, concerti, chamber music, piano
works, and choral compositions, many of which reveal the influence of
folk music.
 Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) was a German composer and pianist and
is considered a leading composer in the romantic period. His best known
pieces include his Academic Festival Overture and German Requiem.
What is the contribution of Johannes Brahms?

Brahms wrote a number of major works for orchestra, including two

serenades, four symphonies, two piano concertos (No. 1 in D minor; No.
2 in B-flat major), a Violin Concerto, a Double Concerto for violin and
cello, and two companion orchestral overtures, the Academic Festival
Overture and the Tragic Overture.