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Franz Schubert
Definition by Mark Cartwright

Franz Schubert

Franz Schubert (1797-1828) was an Austrian composer of Romantic music best known for his songs, symphonies, piano music, and chamber music. Schubert's career lasted only 15 years, but he was a prolific composer. Neither a conductor or virtuoso...
Franz Liszt
Definition by Mark Cartwright

Franz Liszt

Franz Liszt (1811-1886) was a Hungarian composer of Romantic Music. Liszt first gained international fame as a piano virtuoso, an activity in which he was a pioneer, and then as a composer of piano works and symphonic poems, a form he created...
Joseph of Arimathea
Definition by Rebecca Denova

Joseph of Arimathea

Joseph of Arimathea was a follower of Jesus of Nazareth who buried him in his own tomb after the crucifixion. In the gospels, Mark and Luke identified him as a member of the Sanhedrin, the Jewish Council in Jerusalem. The location of Arimathea...
Chief Joseph (Eastman's Biography)
Definition by Joshua J. Mark

Chief Joseph (Eastman's Biography)

Chief Joseph (Heinmot Tooyalakekt, l. 1840-1904) was the leader of the Wallowa band of the Nez Perce Native American nation, who, in 1877, resisted forced relocation from his ancestral lands in the Wallowa Valley of northeastern Oregon and...
Joseph Haydn
Definition by Mark Cartwright

Joseph Haydn

Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) was an Austrian composer of Classical music who is widely regarded as one of the greatest composers in history. Haydn spent most of his career around Vienna, where he pioneered the symphony and string quartet format...
Joseph Warren
Definition by Harrison W. Mark

Joseph Warren

Doctor Joseph Warren (1741-1775) was a physician from Boston, Massachusetts, who became an important political leader of the Patriot movement during the early years of the American Revolution (c. 1765-1789). Known for dispatching Paul Revere...
Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyès
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Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyès

Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyès (1748-1836), commonly known as Abbé Sieyès, was a French clergyman and political writer, who became a leading voice in the Third Estate during the French Revolution (1789-99). Sieyès played instrumental roles in both...
Franz Liszt in 1858
Image by Franz Hanfstaengl

Franz Liszt in 1858

An 1858 photograph taken by Franz Hanfstaengl of the Hungarian virtuoso piano player and composer Franz Liszt (1811-1886).
Franz Schubert by Rieder
Image by Wilhelm August Rieder

Franz Schubert by Rieder

A c. 1825 portrait by Wilhelm August Rieder of the Austrian composer Franz Schubert (1797-1828). (Wien Museum, Vienna)
Franz Liszt Monument, Weimar
Image by Colin Smith

Franz Liszt Monument, Weimar

A monument in Weimar, Germany to Franz Liszt (1811-1886), the Hungarian composer of Romantic Music.
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