The Four Bs: Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, and Berloiz

The Four Bs: Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, and Berloiz

Presenter: Jeffrey Wagner, Northwestern University

Thank you, Mr. Wagner, for presenting "The Four Bs" today. 

Description: The presentation offered a look at the world of classical music by focusing on four of its most well known composers: Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, and Berlioz. It offered musical examples from the masterworks of each of these creators, as well as a look at their remarkable, and very different, personalities and lives.

Jeffrey Wagner holds a BA in Music from Northwestern University, a Masters in piano performance from Indiana University, and has pursued doctoral studies at the Cleveland Institute of Music and Case Western Reserve University. For the past 25 years Mr. Wagner has contributed regularly to Clavier Magazine, where he is a Consulting Editor. During this time he traveled widely in the USA and Canada interviewing over 40 well-known pianists and renowned teachers of music. Mr. Wagner has twice won the Ed Press award for excellence in educational journalism as well as serving as pre-concert lecturer for various Chicago area audiences.

The First Sunday Lecture series is sponsored by the Friends of Smyrna Library and Smyrna Library.