In the time of composers like Bach, Mozart, Chopin, or Liszt, the composer was also the player, combining the roles of creator and interpreter.
Cultural Impact
Scott Joplin, an African-American composer and pianist known as 'The King of Ragtime', gained immense popularity when his music was featured in the 1973 Oscar-winning film 'The Sting'.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Frédéric Chopin, a Polish-born composer, was known as a 'poet of the piano' because he never wrote music that didn't involve the instrument, and his musical voice is instantly recognizable.
Cultural Impact
Gustav Holst's orchestral suite 'The Planets' ushered in a musical language still used a century later in movie scores.
Composer Biography
Franz Liszt, a 19th-century pianist and composer, toured extensively, traveling thousands of miles annually, and his appearances prompted such hysteria that the poet Heinrich Heine coined the term 'Lisztomania'.
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