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QUOTES
DREAM
JOY
CHANCE
HOPE
FUTURE
" HUMAN FEELINGS ARE HARD TO PREDICT " - ANTONIO VIVALDI -
" I PAY NO ATTENTION WHATEVER TO ANYBODY'S PRAISE OR BLAME. I SIMPLY FOLLOW MY OWN FEELINGS "
- WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART -
" ONE MUST NOT MAKE ONESELF CHEAP HERE - THAT IS A CARDINAL POINT - OR ELSE ONE IS DONE. WHOEVER IS MOST IMPERTINENT HAS THE BEST CHANCE. "
- WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART -
" TO REGRET THE PAST, TO HOPE IN THE FUTURE, AND NEVER TO BE SATISFIED WITH THE PRESENT: THAT IS WHAT I SPEND MY WHOLE LIFE DOING "
- PYOTRE IIYICH TCHAIKOVSKY -
" NOBODY UNDERSTANDS ANOTHER'S SORROW, AND NOBODY ANOTHER'S JOY. "
- FRANZ SCHUBERT -
" IF I DECIDE TO BE AN IDIOT, THEN I'LL BE AN IDIOT ON MY OWN ACCORD. "
- JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH -
" JOY IS NOT IN THINGS, IT IS IN US. "
- RICHARD WAGNER -
" NOTHING IS MORE INTOLERABLE THAN TO HAVE TO ADMIT TO OURSELF YOUR OWN ERRORS " - LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN -
TIMELINE
17TH CENTURY
1685 Johann Sebastian Bach (Eisenach, GERMANY 1685-1750)
1678 Antonio Lucio Vivaldi (Venice, ITALY 1678-1741)
1685 George Frideric Handel / Georg Friederich Händel (Brandenburg-Prussia 1685-1759) (died: London, ENGLAND)
18TH CENTURY
1756 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Salzburg, AUSTRIA 1756-1791)
1770 Ludwig van Beethoven (Bonn, GERMANY 1770-1827) (died: Vienna, AUSTRIA)
1792 Gioachino Antonio Rossini (Paserao, ITALY 1792-1868) (died: Passy, Paris, FRANCE)
1797 Franz Schubert (Himelpfortgrund, AUSTRIA 1797-1828) (died Vienna; AUSTRIA)
19TH CENTURY
1809 Felix Mendelssohn / Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (GERMANY 1809-1847)
1810 Frédéric François Chopin / Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin (Żelazowa Wola, POLAND 1810-1849)
1811 Franz Liszt (HUNGARY 1811-1886)
1813 Willheim Richard Wagner (GERMANY 1813-1883)
1833 Johannes Brahms (Hamburg, GERMANY 1833-1897) (died: Vienna, AUSTRIA)
1838 Georges Bizet / Alexandre César Léopold Bizet (Paris, FRANCE 1838-1875)
1840 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Saint Petersburg, RUSSIA 1840-1893)
1843 Edvard Grieg (Bergen, NORWAY 1843-1907) (died: Bergen, NORWAY)
1858 Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini (Lucca, ITALY 1858-1924) (died: Brussels, BELGIUM)
1862 Claude Debussy (Saint Germain, Paris, FRANCE 1862-1918)
1864 Richard Strauss (Munich, GERMANY 1864-1949)
OPERA
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
1756 Born (Salzburg, AUSTRIA 1756-1791)
1787 Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (Serenade No.13 for strings in G major)
1822 Die Zauberflöte
1827 DON GIOVANNI (Opera)
Ludwig van Beethoven
1770 Born (Bonn, GERMANY 1770-1827) (died: Vienna, AUSTRIA)
1805 FIDELIO (Opera)
George Bizet
1838 Born (Paris, FRANCE 1838-1875)
1875 CARMEN (Opera)
Giacomo Puccini
1858 Born (Lucca, ITALY 1858-1924)
1896 A BOHÈME (Opera)
1900 TOSCA (Opera)
1904 MADAME BUTTERFLY (Opera)
BALLET
Ludwig van Beethoven
1770 Born (Bonn, GERMANY 1770-1827) (died: Vienna, AUSTRIA)
1805 THE CREATURES OF PROMETHEUS (Ballet)
1805 FIDELIO (Opera)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
1840 Born (Saint Petersburg, RUSSIA 1840-1893)
1875 SWAN LAKE, Op20 (Ballet) (1875-76)
1889 THE SLEEPING BEAUTY, Op.66 (Ballet)
1892 THE NUTCRACKER, Op 71 (Ballet)