A Composer of the Romantic era. Johannes Brahms, the son of an orchestral string bass player, was not a good student in school, but he excelled at the piano. He studied at first with a friend of his father and later with the most respected music teacher in Hamburg, Germany. Johannes helped his family financially by playing popular music in dance halls. By the age of 16 he was performing throughout Europe as a concert pianist. During his concert tours, Brahms met many famous m

A Composer of the Classical and Romantic eras. Franz Schubert's father was a schoolteacher, and everyone in the Schubert family enjoyed and played music. Franz received music lessons from his father and his older brothers. As a child, he attended a boychoir school where he sang in the choir and played violin in the orchestra. He began to compose while he was a student. The boychoir school gave Franz and excellent musical education. After graduation at age 17, he taught music

A Composer of the Baroque era. As a child, George Frideric Handel showed a great deal of musical talent and planned to pursue music as a career. His local music teachers taught him as much as they could and encouraged his parents to further George's musical studies. His father however, wanted George to become a lawyer. At the age of 17, George entered the University of Halle, in Germany, to study law. He maintained his interest in music by playing the organ at a nearby cathed