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Italian composer, theorist, teacher, and administrator working in Paris; he was a dominant figure in French musical life, especially in opera and education
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Founder of Romantic Italian Opera; German by birth; a central figure in Italian opera before Rossini and after Mozart
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French composer; contributed to the genre of opera comique; he was the most important French composer of symphonies in the early 19th century
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Instrumental in moving music towards Romanticism; he is an icon in our present culture; he established the heroic topic in orchestral music and was the transitional composer between classicism and romanticism
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Italian working in Paris; conductor; Empress Josephine's favorite musician; the central figure in French serious opera from 1800 to 1820
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German writer and composer; writer of The Nutcracker fable; his writings epitomize Romanticism; also an artist
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Austrian composer, pianist, teacher, and conductor; student of Mozart; very important during his day
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Irish composer and pianist; he originated the Romantic style of piano writing that is credited to Chopin; he invented the piano nocturne
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Italian violinist and composer; he contributed significantly to the history of the violin and to the development of virtuosity
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French composer, pianist, and teacher of German birth; recognized throughout Europe for his performances
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Founder of German Romantic Opera; studied with Michael Haydn; important conductor
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The most famous composer in the early 19th century in Vienna; composed mostly choral music and operas; Italian
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Bohemian composer, pianist, teacher, and conductor of Czech birth; important as pianist during the time of Schumann and Mendelssohn
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Austrian composer who created a genre of artistic and dramatic Lieder; expansive melodies; frequent modulations; many unfinished works; romanticized after his early death
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French composer, conductor, writer, and innovator; he was the leading French musician in his day; his works embody the notions of Romanticism
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Early romantic; conservative style; important as a conductor; revived Bach's music; German composer Jewish heritage
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French composer; after Berlioz, the only other composer to do something highly original in the symphonic genre; he favored oriental topics
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Important as critic, editor, and composer; center of musical life; lost his sanity at a young age
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Polish/French composer and pianist; he innovated new piano techniques; he is more famous today than during his lifetime; known for his character pieces
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Virtuoso pianist; conductor; author; supporter of Wagner; innovator in musical form, aesthetics, and harmonies; inventor of the orchestral tone poem
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Creator of German Music Drama; conductor, writer, musical innovator; wrote about music of the future; Anti-Semite; profoundly influenced Western harmony; strove for endless melodies
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The most important Italian composer in the mid to late 19th century, primarily an opera composer
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German composer and singer; one of the most published women composers in the 19th century
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Austrian composer and organist; follower of Wagner; known for his large orchestrations; incredibly conscientious approach to composition
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Bohemian, best known for his programmatic cycle of 6 symphonic poems called Má vlast (My Country)
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Austrian music critic and writer; he is considered the first professional music critic; we learn a great deal about 19th century aesthetics from his writings
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Viennese composer, conductor, and violinist; called the "Waltz-King"
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American composer and virtuoso pianist; one of the most significant American 19th century musicians; well-known in Europe
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Russian composer and virtuoso pianist; founder of the St. Petersburg Conservatory in 1862
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Austrian composer; known as a classic-romantic; strong knowledge of musical past; one of the first editors of Bach's music; conductor; pianist; friends with the Schumanns; never wrote an opera
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American; organist; composer; teacher of the new generation of American composers; Harvard's first professor of music
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Russian composer, conductor and teacher; Western trained; emotional; conservative harmonic language
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The most famous of the Czech composers; lived in USA; influenced by African-American and Native American music and culture
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French composer, teacher, and keyboardist; he foreshadowed modern tonality and style; extremely important as a teacher; head of the Paris Conservatory
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American; leader of the U.S. Marine Band in 1880
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Italian opera composer; gift for delicate melodies; strove for realism; the most successful Italian opera composer after Verdi
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"The Origin of the Species" is published
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The statue is presented to New York
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Henry Ford builds the first car
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The Wright Brothers first airplane flight at Kitty Hawk, NC