J.S. Bach
1685-1750
Ludwig van Beethoven
1770-1827
Franz Schubert
1797-1828
Born and died in Vienna
Works cataloged by Otto Deutsch
Trained as singer in Vienna
Lived Bohemian life-style
Robert Schumann
1810-1856
250 songs?
Johannes Brahms
1833-1897
Hugo Wolf
1860-1903
Music critic
Fame rests on over 300 art songs
Supportive of “Music of the Future”
Franz Liszt
1811-1886
Hungarian
Master class
“Recital”
Playing from memory
Turned piano
Toured widely until 1847
Gretchen at the Spinning Wheel
Schubert – 1814
Modified strophic
Goethe; from Faust
Erlking; Erlkonig, Op. 1
Schubert – 1815
Through-composed
Ballad – tells story
Goethe
Dichterliebe
Schumann – 1840
“Poet’s Love”
16 songs; theme of brokenheartedness
#1, 7, and 12 modified strophic
#16 through composed
Heine
Winterreise – Der Lindenbaum (The Linden Tree)
Schubert – 1827
ternary
#5
Muller
Die Mainacht (The May Night)
Brahms – 1868
ternary
Holty
Von ewiger Liebe (Forever Love)
Brahms – 1868
through-composed
ballad
Wenzig*** wrong???
Verborgenheit (Concealment)
Wolf – 1888
ternary
Morike
Auf einer Wanderung (Wandering)
Wolf – 1890
through-composed
Morike
The Well-Tempered Clavier; Prelude and Fugue in G major, bk. 1
Bach – 1722
Prelude & fugue in every major and minor key
2 volumes: bk.1 and bk.2
Sonata Op. 109
Beethoven – 1821-1822
1st mvmt: sonata-allegro, E major
2nd mvmt: sonatina, e minor
Etude in C minor, Op. 10 no. 12
Chopin – 1831
“Revolutionary”
ternary
Prelude Op. 28 no. 15 in Db major
Chopin – 1838
“Raindrop”
compound ternary
Prelude Op. 28 no. 16 in Bb minor
Chopin – 1838
open form
Nocturne in C# minor Op. 27 no. 1
Chopin – 1838
compound ternary
Frederic Chopin
1810-1849
Transcendental Etude no. 4 in D minor
1852
“Mazeppa”
compound ternary