Famous Composers

Learn about famous mathematicians in a fun and interactive way. I came across a dime store find of a book called Historical Connections in Mathematics, Resources for Using History of Mathematics in the Classroom by Wilbert and Luetta Reimer. Great find!! It has colouring biography sheets, biography read aloud pages, and cool math activities. I was so inspired by the fun possibilities for math that we made the book part of our learning year. We then found the book, Mathematicians Are People…

See our list of classic composers specially selected for your enjoyment. Hope you like it. #art #music #opera

Confused by all the wigs and beards? We understand. See if you can identify more composers than the average person, just from an image of their face...

German composer Felix Mendelssohn died at the young age of thirty-eight. His concerto for violin, piano and string orchestra in D minor was composed for an initial private performance with his best friend and violin teacher Eduard Rietz. It remained unpublished until 1966.

German composer Ludwig van Beethoven may have been killed by the presence of lead in his red wine, according to provocative new research that has just come to light.

From the impeccably coiffured Johannes Brahms to the perennial heartbreaker Leonard Bernstein, these composers were all heart-breakingly handsome in their 20s.

Match these famous classical works to the composers who wrote them!

We put great composers’ portraits through the ‘smile’ function on FaceApp, because the world needs more joy.