Bagatelle No. 25 in A minor for solo piano, commonly known as "Für Elise" (English: "For Elise"), is one of Ludwig van Beethoven's most popular compositions. It was not published during his lifetime, only being discovered (by Ludwig Nohl) forty years after his death.
Beethoven composed Für Elise on 27th April 1810 and it was published in 1867
Lugwig van Beethoven
Born Bonn, Electorate of Cologne
Baptised 17 December 1770
Died 26 March 1827 (aged 56)
Vienna
The Entertainer
Scott Joplin (November 24, 1868 – April 1, 1917) was an American composer and pianist. Joplin achieved fame for his ragtime compositions and was dubbed the King of Ragtime
"The Entertainer" is a 1902 classic piano rag written by Scott Joplin. It was sold first as sheet music, and in the 1910s as piano rolls that would play on player pianos. The first recording was by blues and ragtime musicians, the Blue Boys in 1928, played on mandolin and guitar.
As one of the classics of ragtime, it returned to international prominence in the 1970s, when it was used as the theme music for the 1973 Oscar-winning film The Sting.
Wilhelm Richard Wagner ( 22 May 1813 – 13 February 1883) was a German composer, theatre director, polemicist (meaning 'warlike, hostile') and conductor who is chiefly known for his operas (or, as some of his later works were later known, "music dramas").
"Ride of the Valkyries" is one of Wagner's best-known pieces.
His compositions, particularly those of his later period, are notable for their complex textures, rich harmonies and orchestration, and the elaborate use of leitmotifs ("short, constantly recurring musical phrase").
