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Italian composer, theorist, and teacher who was a dominant figure in French music, especially for opera and education
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Haydn's patron and employer after 1790
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An iconic figure in present culture that was a transitional composer between classicism and romanticism.
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Italian composer and conductor who worked in Paris. He was a central figure in French serious opera from 1800 to 1820
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German writer and composer who wrote The Nutcracker fable
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French composer who composed symphonies, dramatic works, string quartets and quintets, and sonatas
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important condoctur who studied with Haydn and is the founder of German Romantic Opera
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The most famous composer in early 19th century in Vienna who composed mostly choral music and operas
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Student of Mayr and Verdi's forerunner in serious Italian opera
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Austrian composer who created a genre of artistic and dramatic Lieder. His works were romanticized after his death and used expansive melodies and frequent modulations
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Italian opera composer who created dramas filled with great passion, action, and emotion
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French composer, conductor, writer, and innovator who's works embody the notions of Romanticism
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The father of Russian music who composed stage works, chamber music, and orchestral, piano, and vocal works
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Had the same training as brother, Felix Mendelssohn, and was discouraged from composing. Many of her compositions became published after being married
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Early romantic composer and important conductor who revised Bach's music
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Compositions were full of emotional content and expressed dramatic situations
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Important critic, editor, and composer that lost his sanity at a very young age
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Polish/ French composer and pianist who innovated new piano techniques and is more famous today than he was during his lifetime
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Pianist, conductor, and author who invented the tone poem
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Leading Italian opera composer of the 19th century who became a national hero of Italy
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Creator of German Music Drama and profoundly influenced Western harmonies
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Mary Shelley publishes Frankenstein
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Austrian composer who is known as a classic-romantic. He is one of the first editors of Bach's music
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New York Philharmonic Orchestra was founded
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French composer, teacher, and keyboardist who was the head of the Paris Conservatory. He foreshadowed modern tonality and style
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American and leader of the U.S Marine Band in 1880
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Italian opera composer who had a gift for delicate melodies and strove for realism in his compositions. He was the most successful Italian opera composer after Verdi
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The famous cabaret, Moulin Rouge, opened in Paris
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Carnegie Hall opened in New York