Something extraordinary happened in the first 15 years of the
19th century which led to an explosion of music. Robert
Schumann and Frederic Chopin were born in 1810, Felix
Mendelssohn was born in 1809, Giuseppe Verdi and Richard
Wagner were born in 1813. Add to this Schubert was very much
alive and Beethoven was in his prime. This created an endless
number of masterpieces which are worth exploring.