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Luigi Cherubini
Italian composer, theorist, and teacher who was a dominant figure in French music, especially for opera and education -
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Prince Nikolaus Eszterhazy
Haydn's patron and employer after 1790 -
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Ludwig van Beethoven
An iconic figure in present culture that was a transitional composer between classicism and romanticism. -
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Gaspare Spontini
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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E. T. A. Hoffmann
German writer and composer who wrote The Nutcracker fable -
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George Onslow
French composer who composed symphonies, dramatic works, string quartets and quintets, and sonatas -
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Carl Maria von Weber
important condoctur who studied with Haydn and is the founder of German Romantic Opera -
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Gioachino Rossini
The most famous composer in early 19th century in Vienna who composed mostly choral music and operas -
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Gaetano Donizetti
Student of Mayr and Verdi's forerunner in serious Italian opera -
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Franz Schubert
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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Vincenzo Bellini
Italian opera composer who created dramas filled with great passion, action, and emotion -
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Hector Berlioz
French composer, conductor, writer, and innovator who's works embody the notions of Romanticism -
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Mikhail Glinka
The father of Russian music who composed stage works, chamber music, and orchestral, piano, and vocal works -
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Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel
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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Felix Mendelssohn
Early romantic composer and important conductor who revised Bach's music -
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The Romantic Era
Compositions were full of emotional content and expressed dramatic situations -
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Robert Schumann
Important critic, editor, and composer that lost his sanity at a very young age -
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Fredric Francois Chopin
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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Franz Liszt
Pianist, conductor, and author who invented the tone poem -
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Giuseppe Verdi
Leading Italian opera composer of the 19th century who became a national hero of Italy -
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Richard Wagner
Creator of German Music Drama and profoundly influenced Western harmonies -
Frankenstein
Mary Shelley publishes Frankenstein -
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Johannes Brahms
Austrian composer who is known as a classic-romantic. He is one of the first editors of Bach's music -
New York Philharmonic Orchestra
New York Philharmonic Orchestra was founded -
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Gabriel Faure
French composer, teacher, and keyboardist who was the head of the Paris Conservatory. He foreshadowed modern tonality and style -
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John Philip Sousa
American and leader of the U.S Marine Band in 1880 -
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Giacomo Puccini
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 -
Moulin Rouge
The famous cabaret, Moulin Rouge, opened in Paris -
Carnegie Hall
Carnegie Hall opened in New York