The Romantic Period (1810-1890)

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    Cherubini

    Popularized Rescue Operas
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    Beethoven

    Nine Symphonies
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    von Weber

    Der Freischutz (1786-1826)
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    Meyerbeer

    Les Huguenots (1836)
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    Rossini

    The Barber of Seville (1813)
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    Schubert

    "Erlkonig" Published 1815
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    Donizetti

    La fille du regiment (1839)
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    Bellini

    Norma (1831)
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    Berlioz

    Symphonie Fantastique (1830)
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    Fannie Mendelssohn

    Sister of Felix, composed 200 lieder, 100 solo works, and 24 chorus works.
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    Felix Mendelssohn

    Brother of Fannie, took credit for sisters work, and was more of a conductor than a pianist.
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    The Romantic Period

    -Genres: Romantic Music, Symphonic Poem/Tone Poem, Absolute Music, Program Music, Character Pieces, Art Songs, Opera, Lied/ Lieder
    -Musical Stylistic Traits: More Minor Keys, Artistic Rule Breaking, Rubato and Expressive tempo, Wider Ranges, Complex Harmonies, Form was Long and Grandiose/ Thematic Unity, Melodic and Harmonic Chromaticism, Dynamic Contrasts
    -Musical Inventions: Saxophone, Tuba, improved Oboe and Flute, LARGE Symphonies, Concert Halls
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    R. Schumann

    Married to Clara, wrote piano pieces for her before he went crazy
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    C. Schumann

    Married to Robert, Toured as pianist to support family, composed Piano Concerto at 15 years old.
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    Chopin

    Nocturnes, Op. 9 (1831)
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    Liszt

    La Campanella piano solo piece(1838)
  • America Declares War on Britain

  • Pride & Prejudice

    Austen's novel Published
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    Verdi

    Rigoletto (1851)
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    Wagner

    The Ring Cycle:
    Das Reingold(1853-54), Die Walkure(1854-56), Siegfried(1856-71), Gotterdammerung(1869-74)
  • Napoleon Defeated at Waterloo

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    Offenbach

    Orphee aux enfors (1858)
  • Monroe Doctrine enunciated in America

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    Smetana

    -Bohemian, Nationalist fighter
    -Tone Poems
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    Stephen Foster

    American Composer, folk tunes
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    Gottschalk

    Child Prodigy who toured around the world but died because of Malaria in South America
  • Frankenstein

    Mary Shelley's novel published
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    Brahms

    Friend of Schumann's, Composed Symphony 3 in F Major in 1883
  • Siege of the Alamo

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    Bizet

    Carmen (1875)
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    Tchaikovsky

    Swan Lake (1875-76), The Nutcracker (1892)
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    Dvorak

    Symphony "From the New World" composed in 1893
  • Gold Discovered in California

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    Puccini

    Turandot (1926), Madama Butterfly (1904), La Boheme (1896)
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    Mahler

    Symphony No. 5 (1902)
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    Bartok

    Romanian Folk Dances (1915)