Felix Mendelsson is a German composer and conductor that could play both piano and organ.

He was born into the Romantic era on the 3rd of February during the 1809 in Hamburg, Germany.

Mendelsson’s father had realised that his son was a child prodigy so he encouraged him to take piano lessons at the age of 6 from his mother.

Felix’s first public appearance was at the age of 9 and by the age of 13 he had composed his first piano quartet .

Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky is a Russian Concerto, Opera and Ballet Composer.

He was born was born on May 7th, 1840 in the small town of Vyatka, Russia. 

He started taking piano lessons at the age of 5 and his work was first publicly performed in 1865 when he was 25 years of age.

Tchaikovsky died in St. Petersburg on November 6th, 1893 because of cholera.

Tchaikovsky has a total of 169 pieces, including symphonies, operas,

ballets, concertos, cantatas and songs for example;

The Nutcracker (1892)

Sleeping Beauty

Mendelssohn’s music is influenced the music of Bach, Beethoven, and Mozart. Some of his works include;

the String Octet (1825)

the Overture A Midsummer Night's

Dream (1826) Die Hochzeit des

Camacho (1825)

Adam wrote several other ballets and 39 operas. His best works include;

 The ballet Giselle (1841)

His opera Le postillon de Lonjumeau (1836)

His Christmas carol Minuit, chrétiens!(1844), later translated in English and sung as "O Holy Night" in 1847.

Adolphe-Charles Adam is a French composer and a music critic known for his ballets and operas.

Adam was born on July 24th, 1803 in Paris. Adam studied and composed music secretly at first since his father didn’t encourage him to pursue a career in music.

At the age of twenty he earned his living by composing songs for Paris vaudeville houses and playing in the orchestra.

From 1849 till his death in Paris, he taught composition at the Paris Conservatoire.