Born in Saint-Germaine-en-Laye, France on August 22, 1862, Achilles-Claude Debussy was one of the most influential and prominent composers of the 19th ad early 20th centuries. He was often associated with Impressionistic music, although he was not fond of this term when referring to his music. He was best known...

Ludvig van Beethoven was a composer of the late Classical, early Romantic periods who lived between 1770 and 1827 (“Ludwig Van Beethoven”). At a young age, he gravitated towards the piano and this was where his musical studies began, eventually becoming a prolific composer of his time and one of...

The opera has evolved since its beginnings in the 1600s. People who attend the opera have also evolved since that time as well. As the styles and times and technologies have changed and changed the opera, it has also affected the audiences who attend opera as well. The opera traces...

Mozart was born on 27th January, 1756, in Salzburg, Austria. He was capable of playing multiple musical instruments from an early age; he played the clarinet, keyboard and violin in public at the age of six years. His success in music at an early age was influenced by his father,...

The myth of the "Mozart Effect" holds that having children listen to the music of the eighteenth-century Classical composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart increases their intelligence. While initially assumed to impact infants in early developmental stages, the myth was later expanded to include babies in utero. It was widely believed that...