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beethoven's first public performance in vienna was on march 29, 1795. he gave a piano concert, or akademie, in vienna's burgtheater as part of an event organized by joseph haydn (probably op. 15). in these early years, beethoven's success as a composer was closely tied to his career and renown as a piano virtuoso.

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giovanni battista pergolesi, italian baroque composer who wrote one of the most famous settings of the stabat mater. don lorenzo perosi, catholic priest and director of the sistine choir under five popes.