Composers of the Romantic Period

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Symphonie Fantastique

Berlioz; passionate, fixed idea present

Hector Berlioz

French Romantic composer; to study medicine, but was "filled with horror"; wrote Symphonie Fantastique; obsessed with Shakespere

Clara Wieck Schumann

German pianist that premiered many works of her husband and Johannes Brahms

Felix Mendelssohn

German; pianist; conducted Bach's "St. Mattew pssion: at 22; balanced music

Robert Schumann

German; piano virtuoso, but developed a hand abnormality and went to composing; married his teacher's daughter when she was 17; tried to kill himself and died 2 years later in an asylum

Johannes Brahms

German; played piano, composed and played dance music in cafes at night; friend of the Schumanns

Franz Liszt

Hungarian; played in Vienna with Schubert and Beethoven; controversial/ bombastic;

Giacomo Puccini

Italian; wrote La Boheme, Madama Butterfly; reflects opera being true to life

Giuseppe Verdi

Italian; wrote Oberto, Rigoletto

Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in E Minor

Mendelssohn; Sonata, duple meter, calm/ flowing

Frederic Chopin

Poland; shy, gay; died of TB at 39; almost exclusvie piano composer

"Carnaval"

R. Schumann; Italian improvised theater;

Romantic composers

Robert Schumann, Clara Wieck Schumann, Franz Schubert, Chopin, Liszt, Mendelssohn, Berlioz, Dvorak, Tchaikovsky, Brahms, Verdi, Puccini, Wagner

Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Russian; married a woman, to cover homosexuality; The Nutcracker, Romeo and Juliet

"Erlkonig"

Schubert-early 1800s; Through-composed Lied based on poem by Goethe; solo piano and voice ;fast four characters - Narratir, father, son, Erlking; dramatic/urgent mood ;triplet rhythm; shifts key for characters

Symphony No. 6 (Pathetique)

Tchaikovsky's final symphony; slow, despairing finale

"Liebst du um Schonheit" (If you love for beauty)

The Schumanns 1st composition that they wrote together; composed of 12 works

Romantic period music

individuality of style; expressive aims and subjects; nationalism and exoticism; program music; expressive tone color; colorful harmony; expanded range of dynamics, pitch and tempo; miniature and monumental forms

Nocturne in E Flat major, Op. 9 No. 2

*night piece* Chopin; slow/ Andante, 12/8 meter, piano

Brahms' Symphony No. 3

A B A form; triple meter 3/8

Franz Schubert

Austrian composer known for his compositions for voice and piano (1797-1828); over 600 lieder; Erlkonig

Polonaise

Chopin; triple meter

Transcendental Etude No. 10, Liszt

finest piano virtuoso piece of the Romantic period


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