Timeline Project: The Romantic Era

By myym9009
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    Beethoven Symphony No. 5 in C minor

    This piece in a way depicted Beethovens loss of hearing and his struggle with it.

  • Schubert, Erlkönig

    This was the first piece that Shubert had tried to get published. This piece was based off of texts by JW Goethe.

  • Rossini Il Barbiere di Siviglia

    premiere date
    This opera buffa was based on Pierre Beaumarchais's comedy Le Barbier de Seville.

  • Nicolo Paganini 24 Caprices for Violin, op. 1

    complete first publication: composed in 1805, but published in 1820.
    This piece was dedicated to professional musicians, but was also said to be unplayable in relation to difficulty.

  • Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique

    composition date
    This piece was driven by his obsession with the actress Harriet Smithson. Along with that fact, this was one of the first programmatic symphonies.
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    Frederic Chopin Mazurkas Op. 7

    composition date range
    These Mazurkas were dedicated to his homeland.

  • Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel Das Jahr

    composition date
    Das Jahr is one of the 400 best known compositions of hers. She had also founded the Sunday Concert Series where she played piano, conducted, and more.
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    Louis Moreau Gottschalk Souvenir de Porto Rico

    Louis was the first American composer to reach international fame! This piece is a march that plays on some folks songs from Puerto Rico.

  • Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition

    original piano version

  • Bizet Carmen

    premiere date

  • Wagner Der Ring des Nibelungen

    premiere of complete cycle
    This piece includes four dramas.

  • Brahms' Symphony No. 4

    premiere
    Brahms drew from forms of earlier ages, which we can see through this piece. Some of his piece can be labeled as a passacaglia.

  • Mahler Symphony No. 1

    Premiere