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Capital Classical Music Month

Introduction

Here is your guide to Classical Music at the Arthur C. Banks Library at Capital Community College. Notice the tabs on the left side of the screen; select the one that best matches your informational needs.

Ludwig van Beethoven

1820 portrait of Beethoven by Joseph Karl Stieler. He has wild hair, a white shirt with red cravat, and gray jacket. He holds a pencil in his right hand and a music manuscript in his left.Image from Wikipedia.org

HISTORY OF CLASSICAL MUSIC MONTH

Celebration of Classical Music Month started in 1994 by President Bill Clinton, who declared every September as Classical Music Month. His proclamation stated, “Classical music is a celebration of artistic excellence… This month we exalt the many talented composers, conductors, and musicians who bring classical music to our ears… Music is a unifying force in our world, bringing people together across vast cultural and geographical divisions.”

Music is a powerful medium, expressing emotion and touching hearts unlike anything else. Famous musicians like Mozart, Beethoven, and Haydn are some of the legendary composers who gifted us classical music. This wide-ranging genre uses multiple instruments for playing a single melody, giving a powerful sound that has transcended over time.

It is important to celebrate Classical Music Month to preserve the legacies of great musicians and introduce this genre to new audiences. Whether it is rock, jazz, or country music, the inspiration and roots will always be connected to classical music somehow.

Taken from the website: https://nationaltoday.com/classical-music-month/

Famous Classical Musicians

This is a partial list of composers:

List of Baroque Composers

  • Johann Sebastian Bach 
  • Dietrich Buxtehude
  • Giulio Caccini
  • Arcangelo Corelli
  • George Frederic Handel 
  • Jean-Baptiste Lully
  • Claudio Monteverdi
  • Giacomo Puccini
  • Henry Purcell
  • Jean-Philippe Rameau
  • Johann Stamitz
  • Barbara Strozzi
  • Georg Telemann
  • Antonio Vivaldi 

List of Classical Composers 

  • Carl Philippe Emmanuel Bach
  • Ludwig van Beethoven 
  • William Billings
  • Christoph Gluck
  • Joseph Haydn 
  • Johann Hummel
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 
  • Antonio Salieri 
  • Giovanni Sammartini
  • Carl Maria von Weber

List of Romantic Composers

  • Hector Berlioz
  • Georges Bizet 
  • Johannes Brahms 
  • Frédéric Chopin 
  • Claude Debussy 
  • Antonin Dvorak 
  • Franz Liszt 
  • Gustav Mahler 
  • Felix Mendelssohn 
  • Niccolò Paganini 
  • Giacomo Puccini 
  • Sergei Rachmaninov 
  • Maurice Ravel 
  • Gioachino Rossini 
  • Camille Saint-Saens 
  • Franz Schubert 
  • Clara and Robert Schumann 
  • Johann Strauss II
  • Richard Strauss 
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 
  • Guiseppe Verdi 
  • Richard Wagner

List of 20th Century Composers

  • John Adams
  • Samuel Barber
  • Amy Beach
  • Alban Berg
  • Leonard Bernstein
  • John Cage
  • Aaron Copland
  • Henry Cowell
  • Edward Elgar
  • George Gershwin 
  • Philip Glass
  • Charles Ives 
  • Sergei Rachmaninoff 
  • Steve Reich
  • Arnold Schoenberg
  • William Schuman
  • Dmitri Shostakovich 
  • Ruth Crawford Seeger
  • Jean Sibelius 
  • Igor Stravinsky 
  • Edgard Varese
  • Heitor Villa-Lobos
  • Anton Webern