Composers, Musicians and Artist Germany

Saint Hildegard of Bingen(composer) Born:1098 Bermersheim, Germany She was a nun Died September 17, 1179 Was a church musician part of the cuiar The Dresden Frauenkirche, the Church of Our Lady

Albrecht Durer(artist) Born May 21, 1471 in Nurnberg Moved to Italy and echoes of Italian art Died in 1528 Wiki Loves Monuments

Matthias Grunewald(artist) Born in 1475 Died in 1528 Real name was Mathis Gothart and was a Renaissance painter.

Hans Holbein(artist) Famous painting of Henry the 8 th. Painted over 150 portraits of royalty and nobility.

Johann Pachelbel(composer) Born in Nuremberg south Germany in Died on March 1706 Burried in Saint Rochas Cementary in Nuremberg.

Johann Sebastian Bach(composer) One of germanies and the worlds most famouse composers. Came from a dynasty of 7generations of musicians from the 16 th -18 th century. Born March 31 st 1685 in Eisenach, Germany His father was Johann Ambrosius Bach, organist. He taught him how to play violin and harpischord. He died in 1695 leaving his son orphaned at age 10. He moved with his brother who taught him how to play the organ. Died July in Leipzig.

Ludwing van Bethoven(composer) Another of the worlds most famous musical composers. He was a pianist and a composer. Born December 17, 1770 in Bonn, Germany. His father Johann Bethoven was also a musician at the Court of Bonn. He had no children. Died of cirrhosis, jaundice and liver failure in March Vienna, Austria.

Felix Medelssohn(composer) Was a German composer, conductor and pianist. Was a very famous composer in the Romantic period. Born February 3, 1809 in Hamburg, Germany.

Richard Wagner(composer) Was a 19 th century German composer, conductor and theatre director. Best know for his operas. He built his own opera house. Born in Leipzig, Germany May 22, Died in Venice, Italy February

Franz Ittenbach(Artist) Born in Konigswinter, Germany in Was a pupil at age 19 at the Academy of Dusseldorf. Was a religious man One of his important frescos wa spainted in 1844 in a church at Remagen.

Friedrich Albert Lange(artist) Born on September 28, 1828 Wald, Germany. He was a painter, philisopher and sociologist. Died on Novermber 23, 1875

Johannes Brahms(composer) Known as one of the “Three B’s” along with Bach and Bethoven. Word famous composers of all time. Giant of classical music. Called by some “Last of the Classicists” and classified in the early Romantic period. Born May 7, 1833, Hamburg, Germany. Died in April 3, 1897, Vienna, Austria. Liver or pancreas failure.

Max Ernst(artist) Was born on April 2, 1891 in Bruhl, Germany. Served in the Germany army during WW2. he later became an artist in the Dada movement, in 1922 he moved to Paris and helped found Surrealism. He died in 1976

Carl Orff(composer) He enjoyed teaching music to children and developed methods on teaching them. He was born on July 10, 1895 in Munich, Germany. Died on March in Munich, Germany

Anselm Kiefer(artist) He was born on March 8, 1945 in Donausechingen, Germany. He is a artist, sculptur and photographer. Much of his work is based on his home countries sensibilities and culture. He also did art on Nazism