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Composers III
Romantic through Twentieth Century
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Graduate
07/30/2012

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Schubert
Definition
Beautiful melodies, Lied, "Die Schone Mullerin, Winterreise, nine symphonies, Erlkonig"
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Schumann
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Love songs, voice equals piano, 1840 year of song 120+ songs, "Dichterliebe, Frauenliebe un leben, four symphonies
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Mendelssohn
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Blended style, pianist, technique, "Song without words, incidental music, five symphonies, Fingal's cave"
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Chopin
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Polish pianist, teacher, chromaticism, nationalism, etudes, preludes in24 keys, easier dances, harder ballades and scherzos
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Liszt
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Virtuoso, recitals, Hungarian, Paganini, chromaticism, 19 Hungarian Rhapsodies, transcriptions, symphonic poem, Faust symphony
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Berlioz
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Not pianist, idee fixed, instrumental colors, "Symphonies fantastique, Harold in Italy, Nuits d'ete
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Brahms
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Classicism, doubling, cross rhythms, four symphonies late, three concertos, German Requiem, 24 chamber works
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Rossini
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Naples, composed rapidly, Paris, bel canto ,light orchestra, "Barber of Seville, Semiramide, Guillaume Tell, overtures, Moses in Egypt"
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Wagner
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drama, Gesamtkunstwerk, leitmotive, "Rienzi, Der fliegende Holander, Ring Cycle, Tristan, Meistersinger"
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Verdi
Definition
Not nationalistic, memorable melodies, simple form, Nabucco, Rigoletto, Il trovatore, La traviata, Aida, Otello"
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Mussorgsky
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anti-conservatory, realism, "Pictures at an Exhibition, Boris Gudenov"
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Smetana
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Czech, 8 operas, nationalist, "Ma Vlast, Bartered Bride"
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Borodin
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Anti-conservatory, chemist, Prince Igor, Polovetsian Dances"
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Tchaikovsky
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Conservatory, ballets, 6 symphonies
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Bruckner
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Wagnerian, 9 symphonies, long, large orchestra, 4 movements, organist
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Dvorak
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Czech, 9 symphonies, 4 concertos, American quartet, Slavonic Dances
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Rimsky-Korsakov
Definition
conductor, orchestrator, treatise, "Scheherezade"
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Mahler
Definition
conductor, 9 symphonies, 5 orchestral songs, large orchestras, groupings
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R. Strauss
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conductor, symphonic poems, "Don Juan, Till Eulenspiegel, Sprach Zarathusa"
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Debussy
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exotic modes, pleasure in moment, "Peleas et Melisande, La Mer"
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Ravel
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impressionist, resolution, traditional forms, "Daphnis et Chloe"
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Schoenberg
Definition
12-tone, non-repetition, "Pierrot Lunaire"
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Berg
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Schoenberg student, more popular, expressive, "Wozzeck"
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Webern
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Schoenberg student, evolution, lectures, concentrated works
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Stravinsky
Definition
meter change, Russian, Rimsky-Korsakov student, Diaghilev ballets
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Bartok
Definition
ethnomusicologist, peasant music, recordings
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Ives
Definition
organist, polytonality, American tunes, "Unanswered Question"
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Weill
Definition
New Objectivity, social commentary, "Threepenny Opera"
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Hindemith
Definition
Gebruchsmusik, harmonic fluctuation, "Mathis der Mahler"
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Prokofiev
Definition
Soviet control, commisions, "Peter and the Wolf, Romeo and Juliet, Lieutenant Kije"
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Shostakovic
Definition
Soviet, opera criticized, symphonies, DSCH signature
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Copland
Definition
New York, Boulanger student, simple, "Appalachian Spring, Billy the Kid, Rodeo"
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Messiaen
Definition
French organist, religious, bird songs, nonretrogradable rhythms
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Britten
Definition
English choral, pacifist, "War Requiem, Peter Grimes"
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Babbitt
Definition
serialism, duration, time points
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Boulez
Definition
total serialism, dynamics and articulation, "Structures"
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Cage
Definition
prepared piano, avant-garde, new sounds, chance music, "4'33"
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