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| *Compser's most conventional symphony at quoting his lieder and using voices. First movement classical in form with precise orchestration and recuring themes. *2nd movement is a grim scherzo. *4th mvt. based on song depicting a child's vision of heaven |
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| Kindertotenlider (Songs on the Death of Children) |
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| Song cycle with orchestra by Mahler. Based on 5 poems by Ruckert. Spare use of instruments creates a chamber music-like transparency. *Post-Wagnarian harmony intensifies emotions. |
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| Das Lied von der Erde (The Song of the Earth) |
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| Song cycle with orchestra by Mahler. Translated from Chinese, created for tenor and alto soloists w/ orchestra. |
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| Musorgsky's opera based on a Pushkin play. *Vocal melody is speechlike. *Much of singing is similar to Russian folk songs. |
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| Till Eulenspigel's Lustige Streiche (Till Eulenspiegal's Merry Pranks) |
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| By Strauss, a representational telling of a trickster's exploits. Strauss called the form a rondo. Used Leitmotif. |
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| Strauss' opera, utilizes thematic transformation. Much of work sounds like chamber music. |
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| Strauss' opera, based on a one-act play by Oscar Wilde, based on a biblical story. Dissonance used influenced later composers. |
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| Strauss' opera, first of 7 operas to librettos by playwright Hugo von Hofmannstahl. Included polytonal music, as well as the Germinal complex chord. |
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| Strauss' opera, depicts a sunny world of elegance, eroticism, and nostalgia. Sentimental comedy using Vienese waltzes. |
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| National Society for French Music |
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| Founded to give performances of works by French composers - Inspired new works. Revived music of the past through editions and performances of Rameau, Gluck, and others. |
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| Strauss' musical commentary on Nietzsche's long prose poem. Made famous by movie 2001: A Space Odyssey. |
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| Fugue with every note of chromatic scale sounds before any note is repeated. |
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