Schubert
Austrian composer.Wrote Erlkonig.
Schumann
German Composer who wrote Im Wunderschonen Monet Mai and Die Alten bosen and the Carnaval pieces.
Chopin
Polish composer who wrote Nocturne in F sharp
Berlioz
French composer best known for his Fantastic Symphony
Verdi
Italian composer of operas, wrote Aida.
Wagner
German composer who wrote The Valkyrie.
Tchaikovsky
Russian composer who wrote Romeo and Juliet
Brahms
German composer who wrote Violin Concerto in D
Mahler
Austrian composer who wrote Symphony 1: Funeral March
Lied
German term for art song, poems set to music.
song cycle
a group of songs designed to be performed in a sequence as a single entity.
character piece
piano music based on a single idea or program (for example Chopin’s nocturnes)
concert overture
the instrumental introduction to a dramatic, choral or, occasionally, instrumental composition.
program symphony
music of a narrative or descriptive kind(for example, Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique).
symphonic poem
a piece of orchestral music in a single continuous section (a movement) in which the content of a poem, novel, or painting is evoked. First coined by Liszt for his works.
through-composed song
is relatively continuous, non-sectional, and/or non-repetitive. A song is said to be through-composed if it has different music for each stanza of the lyrics.
strophic song
verse-repeating or chorus form. for example: Hymns
romantic
a complex artistic, literary, and intellectual movement that originated in the second half of the 18th century in Europe
romantic individualism
romantic revolt
romantic macabre
romantic nostalgia
Gesamtkunstwerk
the concert hall
program music
cyclic form
nocturne
etude
mazurka
polonaise
idee fixe
Dies Irae
bel canto
“Beautiful Singing”, opera term
leitmotif
referring to a recurring theme, associated with a particular person, place, or idea.
Bayreuth
A city in Germany where Wagner’s operas are performed
risorgimento
was the political and social movement that united Italy
expansion of symphonic ensemble (especially in winds, brass, and percussion)
fondness for exotic
unusual instrumental colors
exaggerated dynamic contrasts