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Music Memory 2014
Childhoods
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Began studying piano at 5. Also studied cello and organ. Created puppet shows for his family that sometimes included music for violin and glockenspiel. | Orff |
| Born in Fresnillo, Mexico. Grew up in Aguascalientes. Studied under Paul Dukas in Europe. | Ponce |
| Born in England and chose the trombone as his major instrument. His grandfather played the harp, father the organ and mother was singer. Attended school with Ralph Vaughan Williams a the Royal College of Music. | Holst |
| Born in Italy, studied music early and began composing operas in his 20s. | Puccini |
| Born in Austria. Had a beautiful singing voice. Left home at 6 to begin musical training. | Haydn |
| Born in Germany. Practiced on a secret clavichord at the top of his house while the family slept. | Handel |
| Born in Votkinsk, Russia. Learned to speak German and French by age 6 and started piano lessons at age 7. Was imaginative and inventive but shy and had low self-esteem. | Tchaikovsky |
| Born in Leipzig, Germany in 1813. | Wagner |
| Born in Austria. Began composing while still a toddler. Early life spent as a travelling performer with his father and sister, Nannerl. | Mozart |
| Born in Washington, DC. As a child, learned to play cornet and trombone. Father played trombone in the Marine Band. | Sousa |
| Born in Hamburg, Germany. She and her brother, Felix, began composing at an early age. | Fanny Mendelssohn |
| Born in Paris, France. Entered the Paris Conservatory of Music at age 9. Studied in Rome for three years after winning a composition contest. | Bizet |
| Born in Germany. Father taught him piano at age 4. He was hoping to study with Mozart, but he had to take care of his family. | Beethoven |
| Born in Hamburg, Germany. Father was a double bass player for the Hamburg Theatre and taught son to play violin and cello. His favorite instrument was the piano. Learned Hungarian folk music from his Hungarian violenist friend Remenyi. | Brahms |
| Born in Russia. Mother played piano Wrote his first piano piece at 5 years old Learned to play chess at 7 and eventually would beat world chess champions Entered St. Petersburg Conservatory of Music when he was 13 and studied with Rimsky-Korsakov | Prokofiev |
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