Approaching a Canon
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Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Franz Joseph [Josef] Haydn
Nationality: Austrian
Born: March 31, 1732, Rohrau, Austria Died: May 31, 1809, Vienna (age 77)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Johann Chrysostom Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Nationality: Austrian
Born: January 27, 1756, Salzburg Died: December 5, 1791, Vienna (age 35)
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Nationality: German
Baptized: December 17, 1770, Bonn Died: March 26, 1827, Vienna (age 56)
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Nationality: German
Born: March 21, 1685, Eisenach Died: July 28, 1750, Leipzig (age 65)
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Nationality: German
Born: May 7, 1833, Hamburg Died: April 3, 1897, Vienna (age 63)
Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904)
Nationality: Czech | Bohemian
Born: September 8, 1841, Nelahozeves, Bohema Died: May 1, 1904, Prague (age 62)
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Franz Peter Schubert
Nationality: Austrian
Born: January 31, 1797, Vienna Died: November 19, 1828, Vienna (age 31)
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich
Nationality: Russian | Soviet
Born: September 25, 1906, St. Petersburg Died: August 9, 1975, Moscow (age 68)
Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805)
Ridolfo Luigi Boccherini
Nationality: Italian | Spanish
Born: February 19, 1743, Lucca Died: May 28, 1805, Madrid (age 62)
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Nationality: German
Born: February 3, 1809, Hamburg Died: November 4, 1847, Leipzig (age 38)
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)
Nationality: German
Born: November 16, 1895, Hanau Died: December 28, 1963, Frankfurt (age 68)
Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Nationality: German
Born: June 8, 1810, Zwickau, Saxony Died: July 29, 1856, Endenich, near Bonn (age 46)
Béla Bartók (1881-1945)
Béla Victor János Bartók
Nationality: Hungarian
Born: March 25, 1881, Nagyszentmiklós, Hungary Died: September 26, 1945, New York City, NY (age 64)
Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
Gabriel Urbain Fauré
Nationality: French
Born: May 12, 1845, Pamiers, Ariège Died: November 4, 1924, Paris (age 79)
Max Reger (1873-1916)
Nationality: German
Born: March 19, 1873, Brand Died: May 11, 1916, Leipzig (age 43)
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)
Arnold Schoenberg [Schönberg]
Nationality: Austrian
Born: September 13, 1874, Vienna Died: July 13, 1951, Los Angeles (age 76)
Louis Spohr (1784-1859)
Louis [Ludwig][Ludewig] Spohr
Nationality: German
Born: April 5, 1784, Brunswick Died: October 22, 1859, Kassel (age 75)
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
Edward Benjamin Britten
Nationality: English
Born: November 22, 1913, Lowestoft Died: December 4, 1976, Aldeburgh (age 63)
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)
Nationality: French
Born: October 9, 1835, Paris Died: December 16, 1921, Algiers (age 86)
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
Sergei [Sergey] Prokofiev [Prokofieff]
Nationality: Russian | Soviet | Ukrainian
Born: April 27, 1891, Sontsovka, Ukraine Died: March 5, 1953, Moscow (age 61)