Shared Flashcard Set

Details

Names & Dates
Names & Dates
28
Music
Undergraduate 1
07/08/2011

Additional Music Flashcards

 


 

Cards

Term
Johannes Brahms
Definition
1833-1897

born in hamburg, Germany, moved to Vienna where he spent the rest of his life
composer and pianist
traditionalist
Term
Gustav Mahler
Definition
1860-1911

late romantic composer
made his living as a conductor: vienna opera house, new york metropolitan opera, new york philharmonic orchestra
traditionalist
Term
Hector Berlioz
Definition
1803-1869

Important in the growth and development of the orchestra, wrote a very influential treatise on Orchestration
Wrote orchestral music, operas, and choral music
revolutionary
Term
Franz Liszt
Definition
1811-1886

Born in Hungary, Son of an official Esterhazy family
became famous as a virtuoso pianist (age 11)
revolutionary
Term
Richard Wagner
Definition
1813-1883

German composer, involved in political movements of the time
Most famous composer of
revolutionary
Opera: Music Drama
Term
Richard Strauss
Definition
1864-1949

Late Romantic composer
Known for his elaborate and colorful orchestration, Symphonic Poems and Operas
revolutionary
Term
Giuseppe Verdi
Definition
1813-1901

very popular, sought make opera original, interesting, passionate.
Term
Giacomo Puccini
Definition
1858-1924

highly dramatic music and highly emotional plots
Term
Cesar Cui
Definition
1835-1918

music cricit and composer; 14 operas, 4 of those for children
Term
Mily Balakirev
Definition
1837-1910

Tone poems
"russia" piano music "islamey"
Term
Alexander Borodin
Definition
1833-1887

Opera "Prince Igor" Polovetsian Dances
Term
Modeste Mousurgsky
Definition
1839-1881

Symphonic Fantazy
"Night on Bald Mountain"
Term
Nicolas Rimsky-Korsakov
Definition
1844-1908

Symphonic suite "Scheherezade", "Russian Easter Overture" genius for orchestration
Term
Pyotr LLyich Tchaikowsky
Definition
1840-1893

Most famous russian composer
began study of composition at St. Petersburg Conservatory
Professor by age 25
Term
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Definition
1873-1943

pianist and composer, wrote Syphonic Poem "Isle of the Dead"
Term
Bedrich Smetana
Definition
1824-1884

"My Fatherland"
Term
Edvard Grieg
Definition
1843-1907

sponsored by Franz Liszt, Norwegian Dances, Piano Concerto in A Minor
Term
Antonin Dvorak
Definition
1841-1904

Slavonic Dances, 9 symphonies
Term
Jan Sibelius
Definition
1865-1957

Tone poems Finlandia, Swan of Tuonela, Karelia Overture
Term
Leos Janacek
Definition
1854-1928

most noted for his operas,string quartets
Term
Enrique Granadas
Definition
1867-1916

Noted for piano suites
Term
Manuel de Falla
Definition
1876-1946

Nights in the Gardens of Spain
Term
Camille Saint-Saens
Definition
1835-1921

Danse Macabre, Carnival of the Animals, Preludes and Fugues for Organ, Organ Symphony
Term
Giuseppe Verdi
Definition
1813-1901

Greatest figure in Italian Opera
Wrote Operas premiered at La Scala
Term
Giacomo Puccini
Definition
1858-1924

Greatest opera composer of the 19th century
Heir of Verdi
overnight success
Most famous opera: Madama Butterfly
Term
Josquin des Prez
Definition
1440-1521

Court Musician and composer, born in Burgundy
Term
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Definition
1525-1594

Choirmaster and composer in Rome
24 years at St. Peters
450 Motets
Term
Giovanni Gabrieli
Definition
1557-1612

Organist and Choirmaster at San Marco in Venice
Composed Sacred works for multiple choirs
Supporting users have an ad free experience!