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Clara Josephine Wieck was born on September 13, 1819 in Leipzig, Germany into a musical family. Her father, Friedrich Wieck, was “a first-rate piano teacher.” Her mother, Marianne Tromlitz, was a soprano and one of Wieck’s piano students. Clara Wieck’s parents divorced when she was five years old, leaving her and her four brothers in her father’s custody. Tromlitz married Adolf Bargiel and moved to Berlin, but she still kept in contact with Clara through letters.

lived from 1865 to 1947. She was born in Somerset, England and found her way to the Lower

Ives, a concert pianist. His mother was the child of a wealthy family. She had

Can you imagine living in a run-down neighborhood, with streets full of garbage? How about having to watch young children play in the streets wearing dirty, ragged clothes? Jane Addams grew up in a place like this, and she wanted to make changes in the world, so she founded the Hull House. How did the Hull House have a positive impact on people and America? It helped create new laws, teach immigrants important skills, improved education, and inspired others to fight for what is right.

Marian had been born on February 27th, 1897, in Philadelphia. Marian was just 6 years old when she became a choir member at the Union Baptist Church, where she got the nickname “Baby Contralto.” Anderson was the oldest out of her family of three girls. When turning eight, she had received her first piano from her father who was a coal and ice digger. At the time her family was unable to pay for her to have any kind of vocal or piano lessons so she was forced to teach herself. At the age of 12, her father had died, leaving her mother to take care of the family of three girls with no job. This however did not slow down any of her musical ambition. Anderson's commitment and her range as a singer, so impressed the rest of the choir that the church had decided to band together and raise about 500 dollars. About

Emma Goldman was born in Kaunas, Lithuania on June 27, 1869 and she died in Toronto, Canada on May 14, 1940. She was raised in a Jewish home.. Her family ran a small inn. At the age of just fifteen her father tried to have her marry someone but she refused to marry him. She was so rebellious that her parents agreed to send her off to America with her half sister Helena to Rochester to go join Helena’s sister Lena and her husband, Samuel. Goldman became a Jewish immigrant which made her realize that America was not what she expected. To her it was just sweatshops but that is where she earned her living in America as a seamstress. From the beginning of her life to that time she was just a

Edith's life of accomplishment began at a very young age. "Only two years after her birth, in Breslau in 1891, as the youngest child in a large Jewish family, Edith's father died suddenly at the age of 48..." (Payne).

During the remainder of the 1930s she taught piano lessons, continued to compose for the piano and the organ, and worked as an orchestrator for WGN radio and as an organist for silent films. She also wrote compositions and

19.  Franz Schubert. Born in 1797, died in 1828 from Vienna. Wrote well over 600 works. Was the Master of the Art Song. He wasn’t financially successful and his symphonies were performed after he died. 
20.  Robert Schumann. Born in 1810, died in 1856 from Germany. Wrote piano pieces and symphonies. Known for his gift of melody. Eventually was committed and later died. 
21.  Clara Schumann. Born in 1819, died in 1896 from Germany. First well known female composer. Married to Robert Schumann. Stop composing at age 36. Mainly wrote piano pieces. After husbands death she dedicated the rest of her career to promoting her husbands work. 
22.  Frederic Chopin. Born in 1811, died in 1849 from Poland. Came to Paris at age 21, wrote exclusively for piano. Wrote free form preludes, nocturnes etudes and impromptus. Composed mainly chamber music. Had and affair

There are so many classical music composers that have achieved a lot in their lifetime and have meant a lot to so many people. But the works of them is not as much compered to the works of Florence B. Price. Florence Price was the first African-American woman to be recognized as a symphonic composer, and the first to have a composition played by a major orchestra. Florence Beatrice Price was born in Little Rock, Arkansas, on April 9, 1887. Her mother, Florence Gulliver, was a teacher who taught her how to play piano at the age of 4. Florence gave her first recital at that same age, realizing that music was her talent.

Edith Cowan, Australia's first female member of parliament, was a compelling woman. She had made many significant contributions to Australia. What do we really know about her and what made her an Australian Hero? Tran Truong reports on her legacy.

“Ashes” by Susan Beth Peffer is about Ashley's love for her dad. Even though he's not the ideal dad, he's charming and kind but, at the same time he is also manipulative and irresponsible. .Ashleigh’s dad manipulates his daughters unconditional love for him rather than taking responsibility for his actions. Ashleigh wants to steal the money because she wants to help her dad. She doesn't want him to get into trouble,and she feels sorry for him.

Patricia Lynn Racette was born the middle child of three siblings, in 1965 Manchester New Hampshire. Her father was a representative for Pepsi while her mother was a part time bank employee. She began her interest in music by learn to play the guitar at age 8, this also sparked her interest in vocal music. For high school, she attended Manchester High school West. Here she became most active in her school’s music programs. After Racette graduated from high school, she proceeded to attend at the University of North Texas. While attending this college with the intent to study jazz, it was requested of her to consider opera. At this suggestion, she decided to make opera her major, and discovered that she enjoyed opera with a passion. During her final year of school, she received first prize in auditions for the Merola Opera Program for training of the San Francisco Opera. At the community college in Fort Worth Texas, Racette gave her very first

She loved Bach, Chopin, Brahms, Beethoven, and Schubert. She trained nearly 8 hours a day to become a classical pianist. She would go on to become the ‘High Priestess of Soul’. Eunice Kathleen Waymon, or as the world famously knows her, Nina Simone, never wanted to be a jazz musician. She believed that her role in society was to be the first African American classical pianist in America. Durkheim’s theory of forced division of labor can be used to explain why this never became true. Anomie played a major role in shaping the life of someone who would later fight against it.

Emily Elizabeth Dickinson was born on 10th December, 1830, in the town of Amherst, Massachusetts. As a young child, she showed a bright intelligence, and was able to create many recognizable writings. Many close friends and relatives in Emily’s life were taken away from her by death. Living a life of simplicity and aloofness, she wrote poetry of great power: questioning the nature of immortality and death. Although her work was influenced by great poets of the time, she published many strong poems herself. Two of Emily Dickinson’s famous poems, “Because I Could Not Stop for Death” and “I Heard a Fly Buzz- When I Died”,