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| Considered culmination of baroque music. A pioneer of the pre-classical period |
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| Haydn worked for the family from 1761-1790. Composed during the classical period. |
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| He was the librettist for Don Giovanni by Mozart. Classical period. |
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| Don Giovanni was a Opera composed by Mozart. Don Giovanni was a seductive nobleman who slayed hella puss. Leporello was his servant. was a Dramma Giocosa meaning dramatic and funny opera. Opera seria is serious opera buffa is funny. |
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| Cataloguing the works of Mozart, K number |
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Reform opera
-Better poetry
-Keeping singers in their place
-Opera composer who influenced Mozart |
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| Baroque, forerunner for the symphony, French overture (slow-fast) |
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| Kaiser Franz Joseph I of Austria |
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| String Quartet op. 76, no. 3, 2 mvt. by Haydn was birthday hymn for this guy. Currently is the german national anthem |
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Symphony No. 3 “Eroica (Heroic)” by Beethoven
-Inspired by Napoleon Bonaparte
-Changed its name after he found out Napoleon crowded himself king |
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| Wrote the Ode de Joy text that is used during the 4th movement of Beethoven's 9th symphony. 4th movement represents universal brotherhood. |
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The Erlkönig
-Art song: for solo voice and piano by Schubert
-Erlkonig means death
-Poem by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
-Soloist represents all four characters |
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| Johann Wolfgang von Goethe |
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| Wrote the poem that is the text for The Erlkonig by Shubert |
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Romantic era composer.
-Wrote two operas and a requiem
-Les Berceaux
-Text is by René-François Sully-Prudhomme
-About boys rocking on cradles and then on boats
-Piano part is barcarole (type of song he sings to passengers)
-Sanctus from Requiem
-Roman catholic mass for the dead
-Focus on heaven, beauty of God instead of hell and damnation |
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| René-François Sully-Prudhomme |
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| Wrote the text for Les Berceaux by Gabriel Faure. Romantic era |
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| Carnaval by Robert Schumann was written for Ernestine von Fricken |
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| Symphonie fantastique by Hector Berlioz was composed for Harriet Smithson |
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| Was a Romantic era violin virtuoso. He inspired Liszt. |
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| Considered to be the successor of Paganini |
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| He inspired Felix Mendelssohn to write a Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in E Minor |
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Romantic composer.
Wrote The Voices of People in Their Songs in 1773
-Each group of people has their own characteristics
-Personhood is expressed through singing |
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| Romantic era composer. He choreographed the Sleeping Beauty ballet by Tchaikovsky |
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