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for voice and piano poetry is often of love or nature strophic or through composed collections are called Song Cycle Example: the Erlkonig Schubert |
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town in Germany where Wagner built his opera house. the town hosts a yearly Wagner festival each summer called "Bayreuth" |
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instrumental music with a program, story, idea, poem, or scene attached Example: Symphonie fantastique (Fantastic Symphony) 4th movement: "March to the Scafford" |
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one movement piece of program music "invented" by Liszt Example: The Moldau Smetana |
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"realism" everyday characters and situations Example La Boheme Puccini |
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| musical theme associated with a person, object or emotion. |
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| a light piece; ment to bring peace and serenity found in night. |
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strophic through composed |
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several verses of text to one set of music; like a hymn new music for every verse |
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German; friend of Schumann played piano at tavern edited Baroque and Classical manuscripts "Shadow of Beethoven" Not happy with his own music master of theme and virations died from cancer at 64 |
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French family wanted him to be a doctor studied at the Paris Conservatory he was fascinate with Shakespeare and fell in love with a Shapespearian actress, Harriet Smithson; they eventually wed |
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polish mother, french father and very shy liked smaller setting thing b/c of shyness atteneded the Warsaw Conservatory; child prodigy 38ish died from TB; was small man pieces use damper pedal and rubato love interest-George Sand(pin name of a woman) |
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Hungarian showman practied 8-12 hours a day; toured Europe as pianist and conductor fimiliar with Paganni's violin pieces and transcribed them found new ways to exploit the piano thematic transformation "invented" symphonic poem |
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came from wealthy German family fine pianist at 9 composing at 13 was a Bach revivalist; conducted on of the first performances of Bach's St Matthew's Passion since his death died at 38 had several strokes? wife and 4 kids |
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succeded Verdi for Opera Mulan Conservatory verismo and exoticism La Boheme - verismo Madame Butterfuly, Japanese, adn Turnadot, Chinese - exotic |
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Born in Vienna; master of the German Lied "When I finish one if begin on the next one" Schubertiads - little parties he threw to showcase his music died at 31
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autobiographical; father was a book seller Founded the New Journal of Music virtouso pianist; injured his finger with strengthening device he invented "Don't worry I can compose without my finger" Married Clara Wieck went mad and tried to kill himself but failed; he was put in a mental institution and died there Brahms helped Clara with the kids after his death |
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Czech nationalist-founder The Moldau is 1/6 of a Symphonic cycle about his homeland |
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Nutcracker and 1812 Overture most famous Russian composer St. Petersburg Conservatory Madame von Meck - Patron 1891 conducted one of the inaugural concerts of Carnegie Hall famous for ballets: Nutcracker, Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty |
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Italian Opera composer Voice was main focus Italian Nationalist when wife died he didn't want to compose any more used some Shakespeare |
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German opera composer self-taught; was rebel-drank, gambled, lots of debts wrote music and libretto married Liszt's daughter, who was already married |
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