Schubert
Beautiful melodies, Lied, “Die Schone Mullerin, Winterreise, nine symphonies, Erlkonig”
Schumann
Love songs, voice equals piano, 1840 year of song 120+ songs, “Dichterliebe, Frauenliebe un leben, four symphonies
Mendelssohn
Blended style, pianist, technique, “Song without words, incidental music, five symphonies, Fingal’s cave”
Chopin
Polish pianist, teacher, chromaticism, nationalism, etudes, preludes in24 keys, easier dances, harder ballades and scherzos
Liszt
Virtuoso, recitals, Hungarian, Paganini, chromaticism, 19 Hungarian Rhapsodies, transcriptions, symphonic poem, Faust symphony
Berlioz
Not pianist, idee fixed, instrumental colors, “Symphonies fantastique, Harold in Italy, Nuits d’ete
Brahms
Classicism, doubling, cross rhythms, four symphonies late, three concertos, German Requiem, 24 chamber works
Rossini
Naples, composed rapidly, Paris, bel canto ,light orchestra, “Barber of Seville, Semiramide, Guillaume Tell, overtures, Moses in Egypt”
Wagner
drama, Gesamtkunstwerk, leitmotive, “Rienzi, Der fliegende Holander, Ring Cycle, Tristan, Meistersinger”
Verdi
Not nationalistic, memorable melodies, simple form, Nabucco, Rigoletto, Il trovatore, La traviata, Aida, Otello”
Mussorgsky
anti-conservatory, realism, “Pictures at an Exhibition, Boris Gudenov”
Smetana
Czech, 8 operas, nationalist, “Ma Vlast, Bartered Bride”
Borodin
Anti-conservatory, chemist, Prince Igor, Polovetsian Dances”
Tchaikovsky
Conservatory, ballets, 6 symphonies
Bruckner
Wagnerian, 9 symphonies, long, large orchestra, 4 movements, organist
Dvorak
Czech, 9 symphonies, 4 concertos, American quartet, Slavonic Dances
Rimsky-Korsakov
conductor, orchestrator, treatise, “Scheherezade”
Mahler
conductor, 9 symphonies, 5 orchestral songs, large orchestras, groupings
R. Strauss
conductor, symphonic poems, “Don Juan, Till Eulenspiegel, Sprach Zarathusa”
Debussy
exotic modes, pleasure in moment, “Peleas et Melisande, La Mer”
Ravel
impressionist, resolution, traditional forms, “Daphnis et Chloe”
Schoenberg
12-tone, non-repetition, “Pierrot Lunaire”
Berg
Schoenberg student, more popular, expressive, “Wozzeck”
Webern
Schoenberg student, evolution, lectures, concentrated works
Stravinsky
meter change, Russian, Rimsky-Korsakov student, Diaghilev ballets
Bartok
ethnomusicologist, peasant music, recordings
Ives
organist, polytonality, American tunes, “Unanswered Question”
Weill
New Objectivity, social commentary, “Threepenny Opera”
Hindemith
Gebruchsmusik, harmonic fluctuation, “Mathis der Mahler”
Prokofiev
Soviet control, commisions, “Peter and the Wolf, Romeo and Juliet, Lieutenant Kije”
Shostakovic
Soviet, opera criticized, symphonies, DSCH signature
Copland
New York, Boulanger student, simple, “Appalachian Spring, Billy the Kid, Rodeo”
Messiaen
French organist, religious, bird songs, nonretrogradable rhythms
Britten
English choral, pacifist, “War Requiem, Peter Grimes”
Babbitt
serialism, duration, time points
Boulez
total serialism, dynamics and articulation, “Structures”
Cage
prepared piano, avant-garde, new sounds, chance music, “4’33”