Masters of music

Profiles the life and music of Beethoven including the influence of Mozart and Haydn on him.

Profiles the music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and discusses how his work influenced the classical era in Europe.

Reviews the most important aspects of nineteenth-century European Romanticism in music and the other arts, discussing how Frederic Chopin related to other major figures in the movement, how the piano became the most important instrument in the movement, how the period's art songs were inspired, and other related topics.

The life of the eighteenth-century composer whose many works included numerous advances in musical technique.

Presents a short biography on late nineteenth-century African American pianist and composer, Scott Joplin, and chronicles his life and career as one of the country's greatest composers of ragtime music.

Presents a short biography of nineteenth-century German composer Richard Wagner and chronicles his life and works including "The Ring of the Nibelung.".

Presents a short biography of early twentieth-century, Russian-born, American composer Igor Stravinsky and chronicles some of his works including "The Rite of Spring" and "The Firebird and Petrushka.".