Notable Pianists Music Education Posters, “S...-”
for the music classroom and home schoolers, home, office, and studio.

Camille Saint-Saens
Antonio Salieri
Erik Satie

Franz Schubert
Clara Schumann
Albert Schweitzer

Camille Saint-Saens
b. 10-9-1835; Paris
d. 12-16-1921

Did you known that Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova danced her showpiece “The Dying Swan” to “The Swan” from Carnival of the Animals?

• Carnival of the Animals- CD
• Carnival of the Animals

Antonio Salieri
b. 8-18-1750; Italy
d. 5-7-1825

Classical composer Antonio Salieri was the Court Kapellmeister in Vienna and a pivotal figure in the development of late 18th century opera.

• Salieri: Symphonies, Overtures

Erik Satie
b. 5-17-1866; France
d. 7-1-1925

Composer and pianist Erik Satie was a colourful figure in the early 20th century Parisian avant-garde. His work was a precursor to later artistic movements such as minimalism, repetitive music, and the Theatre of the Absurd.

Satie contributed to the dadaist 391 to the American top culture chronicle Vanity Fair.

• Satie: Gymnopédies No1-3; Gnossiennes No1-6, CD

Franz Schubert
b. 1-31-1797, Austria
d. 11-19-1828, Vienna

Franz Schubert, who wrote some 600 Lieder (song), nine symphonies, including the famous “Unfinished Symphony”, liturgical music, operas, some incidental music, and a large body of chamber and solo piano music is admired as one of the leading exponents of the early Romantic era in music and is one of the most frequently performed composers.

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Clara Schumann, neé Wieck,
b. 9-13-1819, Leipzig
d. 5-20-1896, Frankfurt

Clara Schumann was a leading Romantic era pianist and wife of composer and pianist Robert Schumann.

• more Clara & Robert Schumann posters

Albert Schweitzer
b. 1-14-1875; Alsace-Lorraine, Germany
d. 9-4-1965, Lambaréné, Gabon, Africa

Humanitarian and peace advocate Albert Schweitzer was also a musical scholar and accomplished organist.

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Dmitry Shostakovich
b. 9-25-1906; St Petersburg
d. 8-9-1975

Dmitry Dmitriyevich Shostakovich was a Russian pianist and composer.

• Shostakovich Plays Shostakovich

Johann Strauss the Elder

• more Johann Strauss I, II, and Joseph Strauss posters

Igor Stravinsky
b. 6-17-1882; Russia
d. 4-6-1971; NYC

Russian composer Igor Stravinsky is considered to be the most influential composer of 20th century music and also achieved fame as a pianist and a conductor.

If this photograph of Stravinsky looks familiar it is because it appears to be the same pose of Pablo Picasso's line drawing that students of Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain have used.

• Stravinsky: Rite of Spring, Firebird Suite, CD