The Great Musician is a civilian unit in Civilization VI, a Great Person Great Person who creates Great Works of Music. It appears once enough Great Musician Great Musician points are earned (and can be rushed with Gold or Faith through Patronage).
Each Great Musician can create two Great Works of Music.
Great Musicians
Name | Era | Great Works of Music |
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Ludwig van Beethoven | Industrial | Ode to Joy (Symphony #9), Symphony #3 (Eroica Symphony) Mvt. 1 |
Johann Sebastian Bach | Industrial | "Little" Fugue in G minor, Cello Suite No. 1 |
Yatsuhashi Kengyo | Industrial | Rokudan no Shirabe, Hachidan no Shirabe |
Antonio Vivaldi | Industrial | Four Seasons: Winter, La Notte Concerto |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Industrial | Eine kleine Nachtmusik, Symphony 40 Mvt. 1 |
Franz Liszt | Modern | Hungarian Rhapsody No. 1, The Dance in the Village Inn |
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Modern | "1812 Overture" (Music), "Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture" (Music). |
Antônio Carlos Gomes | Modern | Fosca - Mvt. 1 (Abertura), Alvorada |
Liu Tianhua | Modern | Liang Xiao, Kong Shan Niao Yu |
Frédéric Chopin | Modern | Nocturne in E Flat Major, Grande Valse Brillante, Op. 18 |
Juventino Rosas | Atomic | Sobre las Olas, Vals Carmen |
Antonín Dvořák | Atomic | New World Symphony, Serenade No. 22 |
Lili'uokalani | Atomic | Lili'uokalani's Prayer, Sanoe |
Clara Schumann | Atomic | Prelude and Fugue Op 16 No. 3, Toccatina in A minor |
Mykola Leontovych | Information | Carol of the Bells, Prelude for Choir |
Gauhar Jaan | Information | Raga Kharnaj Jogiya, Raga Bhairavi |
Strategy
Historical Context
It has been said that “music is the soul of a people.” If that is indeed the case, then “great musicians” are the guardians of that soul. Whatever the form, whatever the beat, whatever the instruments, no other art speaks to our emotions like music. Since it does, it is also the most subjective of the arts; what is heavenly harmony to one is just a cacophony of noise to another. That rather broadens the definition of what is “great” music; perhaps the best way to judge this “greatness” is how long a piece has continued to be played and appreciated by others. But from the time that men first beat out a rhythm on logs to the modern electronic orchestra, great composers and performers have expressed the collective sorrows and joys of each civilization.