The Most Famous Classical Musicians
Being famous is subjective to what the people want and what they people understand and/or know. I gathered eleven surveys and averaged out their numbers to get the most famous composers. They are in order from 1st to 5th.
As the first-most famous composer, Johann Sebastian Bach was consistently first place in online surveys.
Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer who lived from 1685-1750, part of the Baroque Period. Bach wrote hundreds of pieces for organ, choir, as well as many other instruments. He spent most of his life as a church organist and a choir director. Even Bach, one of the famous '3 B's' was inspired by other musicians. His music combines profound expression with clever musical-mathematical feats, like fugues and cannons in which the same melody is played against it self in various ways. Famous for their intellectual depth, Bach�s pieces and compositions have inspired many musicians such as Mozart. Mozart, one of the most famous musicians ever, was greatly inspired by Bach. He even once said 'Now, here is something one can learn from!'. Bach is often compared to the 'original' classical artist is terms of adequacy. Beethoven was also inspired by Bach, referring to him as the 'Urvater der Harmonie' ('original father of harmony') and 'nicht Bach, sondern Meer' ('not a stream but a sea', punning on the literal meaning of the composer's name). Bach also inspired Chopin, a not so famous, but prominent figure. Composers such as Mozart, Beethoven, Robert Schumann, and Felix Mendelssohn began writing in a more contrapuntal style after being exposed to Bach's music. At the end of his lifetime, his music was considered old-fashioned compared to the emerging new classical style. His reputation weakened as a composer, but people today still hear his melodies as inspirational works of art and as theme songs. Three pieces of Bach's work were included onboard the Voyager spacecrafts in the form of golden records that were meant to "represent our hope and
As the first-most famous composer, Johann Sebastian Bach was consistently first place in online surveys.
Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer who lived from 1685-1750, part of the Baroque Period. Bach wrote hundreds of pieces for organ, choir, as well as many other instruments. He spent most of his life as a church organist and a choir director. Even Bach, one of the famous '3 B's' was inspired by other musicians. His music combines profound expression with clever musical-mathematical feats, like fugues and cannons in which the same melody is played against it self in various ways. Famous for their intellectual depth, Bach�s pieces and compositions have inspired many musicians such as Mozart. Mozart, one of the most famous musicians ever, was greatly inspired by Bach. He even once said 'Now, here is something one can learn from!'. Bach is often compared to the 'original' classical artist is terms of adequacy. Beethoven was also inspired by Bach, referring to him as the 'Urvater der Harmonie' ('original father of harmony') and 'nicht Bach, sondern Meer' ('not a stream but a sea', punning on the literal meaning of the composer's name). Bach also inspired Chopin, a not so famous, but prominent figure. Composers such as Mozart, Beethoven, Robert Schumann, and Felix Mendelssohn began writing in a more contrapuntal style after being exposed to Bach's music. At the end of his lifetime, his music was considered old-fashioned compared to the emerging new classical style. His reputation weakened as a composer, but people today still hear his melodies as inspirational works of art and as theme songs. Three pieces of Bach's work were included onboard the Voyager spacecrafts in the form of golden records that were meant to "represent our hope and