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| Dark piece composed in 1815 by Franz Schubert based on a poem by Goethe, each stanza is different music. |
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| Form of music where each stanza is different, music varies and does not repeat |
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| Song with German text for vocal soloists accompanied by paino, both “voices” carry equal weight, for small performances. |
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| Formed during Romantic Era between 1820 – 1900, orchestra grows beyond 100 members and includes the addition of the piccolo, contrabassoon and tuba. Changes to both strings and piano change range and color. |
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| Letter written by Beethoven in which he reveals his deafness and disgust of his ailment, intended to be sent to his brothers, but never sent, only found posthumously. |
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| Piece composed by Frederick Chopin, subnamed “Military”, form is ABA1 and is a Polish dance. |
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| Style of music that increases and decreases in speed, in a breathe like format, often called “robbed time” or “borrowed time”. |
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| Style of music that takes from language, culture and historical references of a nation found in legends, myths, dances, landscapes, references, etc. The Moldau is an example. |
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| Infatuation love interest of Hector Berlioz whom he first sees as she performs at a play. Berlioz composed Symphony Fantastique in her image. Married Berlioz in 1830’s and seperated in 1844. |
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| Opera composed by Giuseppe Verdi in 1850 based on the play “The Kings Fool”;written by Victor Hugo;which was banned in France.; Story was modified to be performed in Italy with the King replaced by a Duke. |
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| Character in Rigoletto, daughter of main character; center of the story.; Love interest of the Duke.;;Killed due to misfortune and wrong identity. |
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| Melody found in Symphonie Fantastique; fixed idea found in each movement of a piece. |
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| Single movement piece, programmatic; also known as a tone poem, do not usually follow a form because they follow the flow of the poem, The Moldau is an example. |
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| Music which tells a story in literary or pictoral sense; often includes a narrative to the audience. |
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| Music that does not tell a story, music is just for music; also known as pure music. |
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| A multimovement Program Music piece; Symphonie Fantastique is a Program Symphony. |
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| Form of music that blurs melodies/harmonies offering indistinct forms.; Orchestral pieces shrink in size with a focus on wood winds with limited use of brass.; Harp is introduced. |
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| Third commissioned ballet piece by Igor Stravinsky; includes a massive orchestra, premiered in 1913 in Paris, received very poorly.; Primitivism piece. |
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| Style of music that offers insistent rhythms and use of defined percussive sounds.; Rite of Spring is an example. |
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| Piece composed by Aaron Copeland first performed in Chicago in 1938.; Very widely performed based on old American Folksongs.; Orchestral Suite was composed in 1940. |
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| Born in 1900 and died in 1990.; Very humble, made a personal decision at 15 to become a composer.; Known as the Dean of American Music.; Wrote Billy the Kid. |
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| Commissioned Igor Stravinsky to create musical pieces after finding his music.; First piece commissioned was Firebird that also put Stravinsky “on the map”. |
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| Russian born composer born into a musical family.; Commissioned by Sergei Diaghilev to compose music, first piece was Firebird.; Composed Rite of Spring as well.; Moved to Switzerland in 1914 and US in in 1939.; Received Grammy for Lifetime Music. |
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| Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun |
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| Piece composed by Claude Debussy based on a poem by Stephan Mellarme.; Impressionistic style offering a dream sequence in a loose ABA1 form. |
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| Born in 1862 died in 1918.; French born composer from a non-musical family.; Attends Paris Conservatory and was considered a “natural rebel”.; Enters Prix de Rome in 1884.; Well traveled but very egotistical and pompous.; Honored as Greatest Living Composer at the time. |
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| Born in 1803, died in 1869.; Family wanted him to become a doctor.; 1826 enters Paris Conservatory, infatuated with Harriet Smithsom.; Composed Symphonie Fantastique. |
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| Piece composed by Hector Berlioz, referencing Harriet Smithson, his infatuation.; Melody is idee fixe and has 5 movements. |
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| Nationalistic piece composed by Bedrich Smetna;based on a river in Bohemia by same name.; From the works known as “My Country”.; Symphonic poem. |
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| Born in 1824 and died in 1884.; Founder of the Czech National Music.; Discouraged to be a musician.; Opens a school for Piano in 1848 and marries in 1849.; Wrote a lot of programmatic and nationalist music.; Went deaf (but quicker then Beethoven). |
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| Born in 1810 dies in 1849.; Piano Virtouso and only wrote piano music.; Met “George Sand” who help culture Chopin.; Own music was played at funeral “Funeral March”.; Absolute Composer, wrote music for its own sake with mostly minature pieces. |
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| Born in 1797 and dies in 1828.; Worshipped Beethoven and his music.; Free spirited in ideals, moving around often.; Best known for melody composers.; Wrote Erlking in 1815. |
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| Born in 1770 and died in 1827.; One of the most well known composers, became deaf towards end of life (wrote Heiligenstadt Testament).; Known as a virtouse piano initially.; Somewhat stubburn and self motivated.; Wrote many pieces including Symphony #5 in C Minor.; Had three styles Classical Era, Heroic Period (romantic) and Intellectual (personal) |
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| Symphony Number 5 in C Minor (Movement 1) |
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| Piece of music composed by Ludwig von Beethoven.; In a sonata form, ABA1.; Variation in expostion and Coda with 2nd recapilation. |
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