1. Johann Sebastian Bach

When Bach was fifteen years old, he left home alone and embarked on the road of independent life. With his singing voice and playing skills on the harpsichord, violin, and organ, he was admitted to the choir attached to St. Michael's Church in Lüneburg, and at the same time entered the theological school.

The library here has a rich collection of classical music works. Bach fully absorbed and integrated the artistic achievements of various European schools, broadening his musical horizons. In order to practice the piano, he often stayed up all night and stayed up all night. Every holiday, he would walk dozens of miles to Hamburg to listen to performances by famous musicians.

2. Ludwig van Beethoven

On December 16, 1770, Ludwig van Beethoven was born in Bonn, Germany. Around 1775, the 4-year-old Beethoven was forced by his father to learn piano and violin. His father wanted to use coercive means to train him into a Mozart-style child prodigy.

In 1778, the 8-year-old Beethoven studied basic music theory and organ from H. Eden, the old palace organist. He performed on stage for the first time on August 26 of the same year.

In 1781, at the age of 11, Beethoven dropped out of school and joined the Bonn Theater Band as a young musician. He had the opportunity to study with the Elector's court organist, conductor and composer Christian Gottlob Nie. Eph.

In 1783, the 13-year-old Beethoven served as a clavichord soloist and accompanist in the court band, but without salary; in the same year, he adapted Dressler's march into "Piano Variations" (woO63), which was his The first officially published work was published by German music publisher J.M. Goetz.

3. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

In 1760, the 4-year-old Mozart studied piano with his father Leopold Mozart and began composing music. In 1762, 6-year-old Mozart went on an experimental tour to Munich, Vienna and Pressburg under the leadership of his father.

From June 1763 to March 1773, Mozart and his father visited Germany, France, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Italy and other countries for ten years of traveling performances.

This performance made Mozart familiar with the most advanced Italian opera, French opera, German instrumental music and other genres at the time, and he also got to know composers such as J.C. Bach, G.B. Martini, and G.B. Sammartini. and learned their composition techniques

4. Frederic Chopin

On March 1, 1810, Frederic Chopin was born in the suburbs of Warsaw, the capital of Poland. Azova Wola moved his family to Warsaw in the same year. Chopin studied piano with the famous piano teacher Mr. Wojciech.

In 1818, at a charity concert held in the Radziwi family palace, Chopin made his first appearance on the stage, playing the works of Adalbert Gyrowetz, and from then on he entered the salon of the Polish aristocracy. .

In 1822, Chopin studied with the music educator and composer Józef Elsner, and a year later he publicly performed the works of the German composer Ferdinand Ries.

5. Georg Friedrich Handel

The young Handel, who was born with a love for music, secretly practiced playing the clavichord despite his father's objections. He spent his childhood in contradictory adversity. Handel studied music with local organists and composers as a boy. Later, he served as the organist of the Halle Chapel and began to compose.

Later, the local Archduke of Saxony-Weisensfeld accidentally discovered the young Handel practicing the piano and was deeply moved by his perseverance and talent, so he came forward to persuade the old Handel to agree with him. The genius son studies music seriously.

In the following years, Handel learned keyboard instruments and composition from the composer and organist Zhahao, and also learned to play the oboe and violin.