The Romantic Era (1810s-1890)

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    Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)

    Goethe was a German writer and statesman. His writings were incredibly influential on our Romantic composers.
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    Luigi Cherubini (1760-1842)

    Cherubini was an Italian composer.
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    Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

    Beethoven is the transition figure from the Classical to the Romantic style. He was a virtuoso pianist and a n expert improvisor. He made his living in Vienna as a performer before he gained fame as a composer. He created heroic music for a heroic age fresh out of the French Revolution.
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    Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826)

    Weber composed the first German romantic opera "Der Freischütz" (The Magic Bullet, 1819-21)
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    The French Revolution (1789-1799)

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    Gioacchino Rossini (1792-1868)

    Rossini was the most important opera composer in the early 19th century. He was the most famous composer in Europe in the early 19th century.
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    Franz Shubert (1797-1828)

    Shubert composed in all genres and composed over 600 Lieder. He was the son of a school teacher and taught school for a short while.
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    Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848)

    Donizetti was an Italian opera composer.
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    Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835)

    Bellini was an Italian opera composer.
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    Hector Berlioz (1803-1869)

    Berlioz was a French composer, conductor, critic, and author. He was one of the most important early innovators of new orchestration and genres.
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    Fanny Mendelssohn (1805-1847)

    Fanny was a composer and the sister of Felix Mendelssohn.

  • Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Opus 67 (1808), Mvt. 1

    The first movement uses an insistent rhythmic drive. The opening motive is used throughout all movements as a unifying device: cyclic symphony.
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    Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

    Felix was a composer of most genres, and revived J.S. Bach's music in Leipzig.
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    Robert Schumann (1810-1856)

    Robert was more important as an editor and promoter of music.
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    Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)

    Chopin was called the poet of the piano. His playing style was the most delicate of all performers of his day.
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    Franz Liszt (1811-1886)

    Liszt was an early and late Romantic piano virtuoso, writer, conductor, composer, innovator. He was a supporter of Wagner.
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    Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)

    Verdi was the most important Italian composer in the mid to late 19th century. He was primarily an opera composer.
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    Richard Wagner (1813-83)

    Wager and Beethoven were the two most influential musicians in the 19th century. Wagner's musical innovations in harmony and orchestration revolutionized instrumental music and opera.

  • Erlkönig, 1815

    Based on the legend that whoever is touched by the king of the elves must die. Several German words have vague meanings.

  • Invention of the Ophicleide (1817)

    Patented by Jean Hilaire Asté.
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    Clara Schumann (1819-1896)

    Clara was a virtuoso pianist, composer, and the wife of Robert Schumann.
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    Bedřich Smetana (1824-1884)

    Smetana was best known for his programmatic cycle of 6 symphonic poems called Má vlast (My Country).
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    Stephen Foster (1826-1864)

    Foster was an American song composer.
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    Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1829-69)

    Gottschalk was an American Nationalist born in New Orleans. He was a child prodigy on the piano.

  • Symphonie fantastique (1830)

    A program symphony in 5 movements: I. Reveries, Passions, II. A Ball, III. Scene in the Fields, IV. March to the Scaffold, V. Dream of a Witches' Sabbath.

  • Mazurka in B-flat minor, Opus 24, No. 4 (1833)

    Composed by Chopin.
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    Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-93)

    Tchaikovsky composed 8 operas, 7 symphonies, 3 piano concertos, 1 violin concerto, symphonic poems, overtures, chamber, keyboard, choral music, and songs.
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    Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)

    Dvorak was a Czech nationalist composer.
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    Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)

    Grieg was a Norwegian nationalist composer.
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    Edward Elgar (1857-1934)

    Elgar was a nationalist composer from England.
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    Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)

    Puccini was the most important Italian composer after Verdi.
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    Isaac Albéniz (1860-1909)

    Albéniz was a nationalist composer from Spain.
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    Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1860-1941)

    Paderewski was a Polish pianist and composer.
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    Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)

    Mahler was most known as a conductor and secondly as a composer. His music was neglected until after the end of WWII.
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    Frederick Delius (1862-1934)

    Delius was a nationalist composer from England. He also lived in France and the U.S.
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    Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)

    Sibelius was a nationalist composer from Finland.
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    Enrique Granados (1867-1916)

    Granados was a nationalist composer from Spain.

  • Má vlast (My Country, 1874) (Cycle of 6 tone poems) No. 2: “Vltava” (“The Moldau”)

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    Manuel de Falla (1876-1946)

    Falla was a nationalist composer from Spain.
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    Béla Bartók (1881-1945)

    Bartók published 2000 tunes that he collected from Eastern European countries. He wrote books and articles on this music. He also arranged and created music based on these traditional tunes.

  • Madame Butterfly (1904)

    Versimo opera