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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
famous poet who helped shape romanticism
German writer and statesman
many composers used his poetry -
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Luigi Cherubini
Italian composer -
Period: to
Sturm und Drang
German literary movement -
Period: to
Napoleon Bonaparte
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L. V. Beethoven
transition classism to romanticism
trained the old manner
composed all genres
began losing his hearing young, but never lost it completely
took old forms and extended them -
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Klemenz Wenzel
Chancellor of Austria
hosted the congress of Vienna
was instrumental in shaping social activities -
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E.T.A Hoffmann
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Period: to
Alessandro Manzoni
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Carl Maria von Weber
Composed the first German romantic opera -
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Carl Maria von Weber
creator of the German Romantic opera -
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French Revolution
Violent changes in Europe
music affected -
Lodoiska
French opera by Cherubini -
Period: to
Giacomo Meyerbeer
Jewish German composer -
Period: to
Gioacchino Rossini
Most important opera composer -
France founded the Paris Conservatoire
Replaced training in churches
Cherubini was one of the founders -
Period: to
Franz Schubert
composed in all genres
over 600 liedes -
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Gaetano Donizetti
Italian opera composer -
Period: to
Heinrich Heine
famous poet who helped shape romanticism -
Period: to
Vincenzo Belini
famous for his opera Norma -
Period: to
Victor Hugo
writer -
Period: to
Hector Berlioz
Early inventor of new orchestration genres
French -
Fidelio
Beethoven's only opera -
Period: to
Fanny Mendelssohn
sister of Felix, Las composer -
Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Opus 67
by Beethoven
composed in Vienna -
Period: to
Felix Mendelssohn
composer of most genres -
Period: to
Robert Schumann
composer and also important as an editor and promoter of music -
Period: to
Frederic Chopin
pianist (delicate style) and composer
all of his music surrounded the piano
The poet of the piano
half polish half French -
Period: to
Franz Liszt
piano virtuoso, writer, conductor, composer, innovator, supporter of Wagner -
Philharmonic Society
founded by Johann Salomon (Hayden's patron) among others -
Period: to
Richard Wagner
changed opera, harmony, music in general
German -
Period: to
Giuseppe Verdi
important Italian opera composer
composed 28 operas -
Erlkonig
by Schubert -
The Ophicleide
Keyed brass instrument similar to the trombone -
Wanderer Above the sea fog
Caspar David Friedrich -
Der Freischutz (the Magic Bullet)
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Period: to
Clara Schumann (Wieck)
Virtuoso pianist, composer, and wife of Robert -
Period: to
Jacques Offenbach
Known for his operettas -
Cherubini became director of the Paris conservatoire
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The Royal academy of Music is opened in London
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Period: to
Bedrich Smetana
Bohemian
considered founder of Czech music -
Period: to
Stephen Foster
American song composer -
Berlioz publishes a three-part Beethoven bibliography
one year after Beethoven`s death -
Period: to
Louis Moreau Gottschalk
American nationalist
piano child prodigy -
Symphonie fantastique
a program symphony in 5 movements -
Norma
Opera by Bellini -
Period: to
Johannes Brahms
German composer -
Period: to
Georges Bizet
blended styles into opera comique with Carmen -
Period: to
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
wrote several ballets
an insanely hard piano concerto and other 2 that nobody plays
one violin concerto
among other genres -
Period: to
Antonin Dvorak
Czech composer -
Period: to
Edvard Grieg
has a famous piano concerto
Norway -
Macbeth
opera by Verdi -
Rigoletto
opera by Verdi
Libretto based on Victor Hugo's play the king is amused -
Il trovatore
opera by Verdi -
La traviata
opera by Verdi -
Period: to
Edward Elgar
English nationalist composer -
Period: to
Giacomo Puccini
important Italian composer -
Period: to
Isaac Albeniz
Spanish -
Period: to
Ignacy Jan Padarewsky
polish pianist and composer
prime minister of Poland -
Period: to
Gustav Mahler
Conductor and composer
bohemian -
Italy became a country
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Period: to
Freerick Delius
English composer -
Period: to
Jean Sibelius
Finland
tone poem cycle -
Period: to
Enrique Granados
Spanish -
Germany is unified
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Aida
opera by Verdi -
Ma vlast (My country)
tone poem by Smetana -
Messa da Requiem
By Verdi -
Carmen
Opera comique by Bizet -
Period: to
Manuel de Falla
Spanish -
Swan Lake
ballet by Tchaikovsky -
Otello
opera by Verdi -
The sleeping beauty
ballet by Tchaikovsky -
The nutcracker
ballet by Tchaikovsky -
Manon Lescaut
opera by Puccini -
Falstaff
opera by Verdi -
La boheme
opera by Puccini -
Tosca
opera by Puccini -
Gianni Schicchi
Opera by Puccini -
Turandot
opera by Puccini -
Wall of Germany is torn down