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Cherubini
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Mayr
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Beethoven
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Reicha
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E.T.A. Hoffmann
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Chopin
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Romantic Genres and Stylistic Traits
Genres: symphony, opera, lieder, concerto, choral, tone poem, ballet, sonata, oratorio
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Liszt
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Verdi
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Wagner
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C. Schumann
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Bruckner
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Smetana
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J. Strauss II
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S. Foster
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Brahms
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Cui
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Balakirev
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Bizet
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Paine
1st American-born composer to achieve fame for large-scale orchestral music -
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Tchaikovsky
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Dvořák
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Sullivan
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Grieg
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Rimsky-Korsakov
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Fauré
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Mexican-American War
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Janáček
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Humperdinck
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Elgar
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Puccini
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Wolf
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Microphone Invented
Invented by Emile Berliner and Thomas Edison -
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