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FAMOUS COMPOSERS BORN IN JULY
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Christoph Willibald Gluck
2 July 1714 - 15 November 1787
"Simplicity and truth are the sole principles of the beautiful in art." -
George Onslow
27 July 1784 - 3 October 1853
Nicknamed "the French Beethoven", he was the only musician, at least in France, who devoted himself to chamber music. -
Enrique Granados
27 July 1827 - 24 March 1916
"I have written a thing of bad faith, a vulgar thing, a common thing. I’ve created a jota!" -
Henryk Wieniawski
10 July 1835 - 31 March 1880
Violin prodigy, entered the Paris Conservatoire at age 9 despite being Polish, not French. -
Leos Janacek
3 July 1854 - 12 August 1928
"And don’t be ashamed of your nature. It’s so dear, so very dear to me. You are laughter mixed from tears." -
Eugene Ysaye
16 July 1858 - 12 May 1931
"You would do well to practice your scales." - Ysaye to Menuhin -
Gustav Mahler
7 July 1860 - 18 May 1911
"If a composer could say what he had to say in words he would not bother trying to say it in music." -
Ernst von Dohnanyi
27 July 1877 - 9 February 1960
As an act against the Nazi regime, he quit his position as Director of the Budapest Academy to protest anti-semetic laws. -
Ottorino Respighi
9 July 1879 - 18 April 1936
Best known for his 3 orchestral tone poems: Fountains of Rome, Pines of Rome and Roman Festivals. -
Ernest Bloch
24 July 1880 - 15 July 1929
"I do not propose or desire to attempt a reconstruction of the music of the Jews … or to base my work on melodies more or less authentic. I am not an archeologist. I believe that the most important thing is to write good and sincere music – my music." -
Carl Orff
10 July 1895 - 29 March 1982
"Since the beginning of time, children have not liked to study. They would much rather play, and if you have their interests at heart, you will let them learn while they play; they will find that what they have mastered is childs play."
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