Leonardo da Vinci

Leonardo da Vinci was born April 15, 1452. As a child, Leonardo would sit around and draw his surroundings. His father sent him to art school to study and be the apprentice of the artist Andrea del Verrocchio. One time Verrocchio was painting a picture of Jesus and a angel. He did Jesus and Leonardo did the angel. When the painting was finished the angel was more beautiful than Jesus. After that Verrocchio did not touch a paintbrush for the rest of his life. Then Leonardo paired his first painting called The Virgin of The Rocks. It was completed in 1480. Leonardo was not only a painter. He was also a scientist, inventor, and sculptor. Leonardo would buy birds and then set them free. He was the inventor of the glider but it did not have a motor. He had sketches for submarines, airplane, screwdriver and the helicopter! He died on May 2, 1519. His best works are The Last Supper and Mona Lisa.

A self-portrait of Leonardo 

A sketch for Leonardo's helicopter

Leonardo's most famous  painting, Mona Lisa

Johann Sebastian Bach

Johann Sebastian Bach was born on March 21, 1685. His father, Johann Ambrosius Bach was a musician and Bach's big brother Johann Christoph Bach taught him the harpsichord, violin and organ. He went to go live with him. Sometimes, he got up in the middle of the night and looked at music. When his brother found out he was angry at him and gave him a spanking.
When Bach got older he walked long distances to see the organist Dietrich Buxtehude.


In 1707 when Bach was 22 he married his second cousin, Maria Barbara Bach. She had 7 children but 4 didn't survive. In 1720 she died. Know one knows why. After she died he married Anna Magdalena Wilcken. She had 13 children but 12 of them died.

 After a while Bach began to be a little blind. A few months later, he became very blind. He became so blind that he got sick. He became so sick that he died. He died in 1750. His best compositions are Toccata and Fugue, Brandenburg Concertos, his Passions and Inventions

A portrait of Bach 

Bach's father, Johann Ambrosius Bach

Ludwig van Beethoven

Portrait of 13-year-old Beethoven

Johann van Beethoven 

Ludwig van Beethoven was born on December 17, 1770. His father, Johann van Beethoven made poor little Beethoven get up in the middle in the night and practice the piano.  He was very, very, tired every day. His father was very strict to Beethoven. He would punch him if he made a mistake. When Beethoven was 7 1/2 he performed his first concert. His father announced that he was 6 which made Beethoven think that he was younger that he was. 

After some more practice he was invited to play for the king of Germany. The king liked it so much that he made Beethoven stay. His father didn’t want Beethoven to stay, but the king said he had to. So, Beethoven stayed and played for the king. After a while Beethoven wanted to go home. At first the king said no, but after a day he let Beethoven go. When Beethoven got back, he continued to play the piano. He also started composing his own music. 

When Beethoven grew older he went to Vienna. While he was there he he met the composers Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Franz Josef Haydn who became his teacher. After he came back, he began to grow deaf. After a while he was so deaf that he had to use a horn to put to his ear. Then he became so deaf that it hurt and he got sick. Eventually he got so sick that he died. He died in 1827 at the age of 57. His best compositions are Symphony No.5, Symphony No. 6,Symphony No.9, Fur Elise, and The Ruins of Athens.