Composers - Last Name Only

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  1. 3. I wrote music from a very early age. I wrote more than 600 pieces of music and I only lived to be 35 years of age.
  2. 4. I was the most famous of the Baroque period in music. Much of my music was for the church where I would pay children to pump the bellows while I practiced my organ. I lived to be 65 years old.
  3. 6. My most famous piece you might recognize is music from the Lone Ranger. I was really good at the piano, and I lived until the age of 76.
  4. 8. I wrote incidental music or music for films and television, although the television wasn't around before I passed in 1907 at the age of 64.
  5. 10. I died just shortly after writing my ninth symphony. Scholars will debate if I was totally deaf or not. I was 56 when I passed away. You can't forget me for I filled the world with joy, odes of joy!
  6. 11. someone who leads the band or orchestra with a baton
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  1. 1. someone who write the music
  2. 2. You couldn't fall asleep during my music! I found out some folks were sneaking a snooze during my performance. I purposely placed forte markings every now and then to keep people awake. I lived to be 77 years old.
  3. 5. someone who rewrite the music to make it easier for other musicians to play.
  4. 7. I only lived to the age of 31, but I created more than 600 songs. One of my most famous you might have played; March Militaire which was only a portion of the original three marches I composed in this series.
  5. 9. I only lived to be about 38 years old. My music would have been famous while people were heading out to California looking for gold.