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Many outstanding composers of the classical music were also piano players. Some of them are better known for their capacity to play great music out of the piano  than the music they wrote. These outstanding masters played a great role in forming and shaping the world we live in today. In this article, I want to share a few facts regarding the top 2 pros of the piano of all time in my modest opinion.

Johann Sebastian Bach

Old John Back in my opinion is the forefather of classical music. This highly gifted musician from Germany learned to play musical instruments underneath the guidance of his own father. After his parents passed on, Bach was to move in with his big brother. His brother taught him how to play the organ.

When he was just 18, he started working as a organist in a church, but the occupation did not last long. The church didn’t like the fact that Bach was reacting too much to the music.

This led Johann to get started looking for another job. As fate would have it, he begun working as an organist in a church in Weimar. In this church he had to construct a new music piece each and each month. And old Johann Bach still improvised like crazy as he had always done, and as luck would have it the humans of the church actually liked it. This made way for more and more masterworks produced by Bach that we are now loving and admiring so much.

Ludwig van Beethoven

Talented Beethoven is considered to be one of the biggest pianists that ever lived on the surface of the Earth. Ironically, tragic is not the last word we use to describe the life and career of Mr Ludwig. When he was young, he already won the applause of a good deal of people. He was so well known and became a big celebrity for the duration of his lifetime. His music pieces sold like hot cakes back then. 

Being one of the best composers that ever lived, Mr Beethoven did not even get to name his songs and music pieces. The publishers would do that for him. And as cited previously, even altho different from a good deal of gifted musicians and artists, he became very widely known and esteemed and recognized in his living times.

For most of us, we would say Beethoven one lucky chap, but the truth was far from that. Mr Beethoven started losing his hearing when he was just 26 years old and in the long run became wholly deaf for the duration of the end of his life. Oh how tragic it is that Beethoven couldn’t even listen the cheering of the crowds.

Bach Festival Johann Sebastian Photo

Bach Festival Johann Sebastian Pic

Bach Festival Johann Sebastian Picture

Bach Festival Johann Sebastian Photo