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German writer and statesman, his writings were incredibly influential on our Romantic composers!
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An Italian composer who composer a French opera title Lodoiska. Which contained the defeat of oppression dramatized as a heroic rescue from enslavement and imprisonment
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Military leader during the French Revolution
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He is the transitional figure from the Classical to the Romantic style. He composed in all genres, including symphonies, an opera, many piano pieces, lied and chamber pieces
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The Chancellor of Austria, hosted the congress of Vienna and was instrumental in shaping social activities.
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Famous Italian novelist and poet.
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Composed the first German romantic opera "Der Freischutz" in 1819!
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Common people saw themselves as empowered to break free from oppression from the nobility
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Jewish German composer who studied in Italy and composed French opera in Paris. Known for Grand Operas
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The most important opera composer in the early 19th century, and the most famous composer in Europe in the early 19th century
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Founded in France as a state institution from the training of musicians. The school replaced training in churches and courts.
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Composed in all genres with over 600 Lieder! Composed 17 operas and Singspiele, 9 symphonies, 35 chamber works, 200 choral pieces, and more
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Italian opera composer, wrote over 70 operas
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Italian opera composer, famous for his opera Norma in 1831
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One of the most important early innovators of new orchestration and genres. Was a French composer, conductor, critic, and author.
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Beethoven's first and only opera ever composed as a rescue opera
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The sister of Felix Mendelssohn, she was also a composer and is thought to have possibly composed many of the pieces that are considered his compositions.
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A symphony composed by Beethoven which contains a string dominated piece with a few other instruments including 3 trombones and a piccolo. The finale moves into major which listeners describe as victorious and heroic!
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Composer of most genres, revived of J.S Bach's music in Leipzig. A famous conductor, pianist, and founder of the Leipzig Conservatory
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There were many different topics or genres of music to compose in this time period. There were two new main genres, character pieces: which were 1 movement poetic works strictly for solo piano, and Tone Poems: which were 1 movement orchestral works! Composers were known to create pieces with extreme emotions that were felt deeply and took inspiration from things like, the supernatural, or nostalgia like medieval times! Breaking the musical 'rules" became the new norm!
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An important editor and promoter of music, a composer, pianist, editor, and writer
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A pianist with a delicate style as well as a composer. Most appreciated by other musicians and the upper class. Found great success in the Salons.
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Piano virtuoso, writer, conductor, composer, innovator, supporter of Wagner
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A concert series with a repertory founded on Beethoven's symphonies in London founded by Johann Salomon (Haydn's patron)
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He changed opera. harmony, and music in general
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The most important Italian composer in the mid to late 19th century, primarily an opera composer
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Based on the legend that whoever is touched by the kind of the elves must die, the reader must imagine all of the details. All around really cool piece!
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In english it is know as the magic bullet! It is the first German Romantic opera composed, and was performed from 1819 to 1821
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Virtuoso pianist, composer, wife of Robert Schumann
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Known for his operettes, like La belle Helene
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Bohemian, best known for programmatic cycle of 6 symphonic poems called Ma vlast
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An American song composer, first composer in America to make a living as a professional songwriter but died penniless!
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American Nationalist, born in New Orleans. A child prodigy on the piano, and by the age of 7 was able to play as well as his teacher!
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A program symphony in 5 different movements, the composer Hector Berlioz married the woman who inspired the symphony and later they divorced.
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An article published about Beethovens instrumental music written by E.T. A Hoffmann in a music journal that reviewed new music and composers
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A very young composer in comparison to other in the romantic time period. Became very good friends with the Schumanns at age 20 when he travelled to meet them! A german composer who continued in classical traditons.
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Blended styles into opera comique with Carmen (1875)
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Composed several of the most famous ballets known still today, Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty, and The Nutcracker
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Czech composer, from Bohemia. Eight years younger than Brahms and they were friends. Was a nationalist composer, then was invited to the united states and go to the National Conservatory in New York and he took a huge interest in united States folk music.
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Composer from Norway, wrote Peer Gynt, incidental musical and famous for piano concerto
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A one movement orchestral work created by Franz Liszt in 1848 as an option to the traditional symphonic form
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An overture and a series of pieces to be performed between the acts of a play and during important scenes
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A single movement concert piece for orchestra not associated with a staged piece and its based on an extra musical idea
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A multimovement work for orchstra that is associated with an extra musical idea. It can tell a story or be descriptive
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A theme written to represent a person, place or thing that is played throughout a a work!
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Inspired Les Six
Comprised of Mily Balakirev, Alexander Borodin, Cesar Cui, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Modest Musorgsky -
Most 19th century composers wrote Lieder, and the song cycle became a very popular way to publish Lieder. It is a set of Lieder that are connected in some way.
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A character piece by Louis Gottschalk with an ABA coda
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English Composer
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Trained in music but wanted to follow his passion for theater. Not very many pieces but they are all treasured to this day. The most important composer after Verdi
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Spanish Composer
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Polish pianist and composer, prime minister and foreign minister of Poland in 1919
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Most known as conductor and secondly as a composer, Bohemian, bridged the austro-german romantic traditioned of composer with the new modern styles
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English Composer, also lived in France and the U.S
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A Finnish Composer, known for a tone poem called Finlandia in 1899
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The Moldau is a river in Czechoslovakia written by Bedrich Smetana
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Brings back some of the musical material and text used, Liber me: Dies Irae
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Spanish Composer
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Verismo opera, was inspired by a play of the same title. Composed by Puccini.