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His period of work between "Eroica" & Symphony No. 8 is known as his heroic decade
Ludwig van Beethoven
It was rumored that he committed suicide over the failure of his last symphony, the "Pathetique"
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
His father was vice kappellmeister to the court of the Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg
W.A. Mozart
18th-century composer on whose composition the following, a 1965 No. 2 hit, is based: "How gentle is the rain / That falls softly on the meadow / Birds high up in the trees / Serenade the flowers with...
Johann Sebastian Bach
After his breakup with novelist George Sand in 1847, he composed no more works
Frederic Chopin