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poetry is often of love or nature
strophic or through composed
collections are called Song Cycle
Example:
the Erlkonig
Schubert
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town in Germany where Wagner built his opera house.
the town hosts a yearly Wagner festival each summer called "Bayreuth"
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instrumental music with a program, story, idea, poem, or scene attached
Example:
Symphonie fantastique (Fantastic Symphony)
4th movement: "March to the Scafford"
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one movement piece of program music
"invented" by Liszt
Example:
The Moldau
Smetana
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"realism" everyday characters and situations
Example
La Boheme
Puccini
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| musical theme associated with a person, object or emotion. |
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| a light piece; ment to bring peace and serenity found in night. |
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strophic
through composed
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several verses of text to one set of music; like a hymn
new music for every verse
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German; friend of Schumann
played piano at tavern
edited Baroque and Classical manuscripts
"Shadow of Beethoven"
Not happy with his own music
master of theme and virations
died from cancer at 64
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French
family wanted him to be a doctor
studied at the Paris Conservatory
he was fascinate with Shakespeare and fell in love with a Shapespearian actress, Harriet Smithson; they eventually wed
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polish mother, french father and very shy
liked smaller setting thing b/c of shyness
atteneded the Warsaw Conservatory; child prodigy
38ish died from TB; was small man
pieces use damper pedal and rubato
love interest-George Sand(pin name of a woman)
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Hungarian showman
practied 8-12 hours a day; toured Europe as pianist and conductor
fimiliar with Paganni’s violin pieces and transcribed them
found new ways to exploit the piano
thematic transformation ;invented; symphonic poem
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came from wealthy German family
fine pianist at 9 composing at 13
was a Bach revivalist; conducted on of the first performances of Bach’s St Matthew’s Passion since his death
died at 38 had several strokes?
wife and 4 kids
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succeded Verdi for Opera
Mulan Conservatory
verismo and exoticism
La Boheme – verismo
Madame Butterfuly, Japanese, adn Turnadot, Chinese – exotic
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Born in Vienna; master of the German Lied
;When I finish one if begin on the next one;
Schubertiads – little parties he threw to showcase his music
died at 31
;Shadow of Beethoven;
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autobiographical; father was a book seller
Founded the New Journal of Music
virtouso pianist; injured his finger with strengthening device he invented
;Don’t worry I can compose without my finger"
Married Clara Wieck
went mad and tried to kill himself but failed; he was put in a mental institution and died there
Brahms helped Clara with the kids after his death
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Czech nationalist-founder
The Moldau is 1/6 of a Symphonic cycle about his homeland
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Nutcracker and 1812 Overture
most famous Russian composer
St. Petersburg Conservatory
Madame von Meck – Patron
1891 conducted one of the inaugural concerts of Carnegie Hall
famous for ballets:
Nutcracker, Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty
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Italian Opera composer
Voice was main focus
Italian Nationalist
when wife died he didn’t want to compose any more
used some Shakespeare
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German opera composer
self-taught; was rebel-drank, gambled, lots of debts
wrote music and libretto
married Liszt’s daughter, who was already married
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