Set of (6) Renaissance Revival German and Austrian Composers Pewter Goblets.

Matching shapes, sizes, and styles, each one with a different major composer (Beethoven, Mozart, Haydn, etc.) and elements of their work and life adorning the exteriors. A label is attached to the bottom of each one reading "Salzburger Zinnstube in der Goldgasse," and the one for Beethoven and for Haydn have an additional metallic border on the base with the composer and their lifespan embossed on it. 

Size: 2 3/4 x 5 in. 

One of the most important periods in the development of Western music was the 18th through 19th Century, with a key region being the part of Central Europe that makes up modern-day Germany and Austria. In the wake of the Renaissance, the area bloomed both culturally and economically, and musical patronage and the exchange (or competition) of cultural elements became a fundamental part of this. Titans of music were born and (more importantly) nurtured, both by their families and by heads of state, with their legacies resonating long after their deaths: Joseph Hadyn (1732-1809), Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), Richard Wagner (1813-1883), Johann Strauss II (1825-1899), Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (who lived a mere 35 years from 1756 to 1791) became the giants whose shoulders most of the composers in the following centuries stood upon. 

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