ludwig van beethoven: angry dude who had no care for social norms

franz schubert: short poet with very supportive friends

hector berlioz: early romantic who could barely play an instrument, created the modern orchestra, was overly-jealous and borderline-insane, and dissected stuff

robert schumann: emo piano critic

frederic chopin: the paganini of piano who got turned on by female voices apparently

franz liszt: ego ego ego ego and warts

felix mendelssohn: jewish german dude–fun combo

richard wagner: God according to himself and hitler

johannes brahms: testy guy who wrote “beethoven’s 10th” (CLARAAA!!!!)

hugo wolf: sort of a failure who went insane. sadness

richard strauss: he liked money and was obedient to his wife 

photographed by Jonny Marlow