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- 5. Romantic artists and composers became fascinated with this time period.
- 8. He earned a good income as a composer, editor, and conductor. He performed many works of Bach, Handel, and Mozart, bringing them back into popularity. His music consisted of all the traditional forms, except opera. His music has a distinct style and clear influences from Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven. He reinterpreted classical forms with the harmonies and instrumentation of his time. He died of cancer at the age of 64.
- 9. He was the only great Romantic composer who wrote exclusively for the piano. He made a good living as a piano teacher to the children of the wealthy. He died of tuberculosis at age 39.
- 11. A section of music that is used throughout a piece to represent a person, object, or idea.
- 12. Born in Germany to a wealthy family, this composer was a brilliant pianist by age 9, composing symphonies, concertos, and sonatas by age 13 and giving private concerts in his home to the artistic elite of Berlin.
- 17. Started his career as a government clerk and didn’t begin studying music until the age of 21. However, he progressed rapidly and graduated from the St. Petersburg Conservatory. After taking on a conservatory position as a music theory teacher, he obtained a wealthy benefactress who paid him an annual annuity that allowed him to composer full-time for the next 14 years.
- 18. Born into a theatrical family, Wagner was inspired by the music of Beethoven to become a composer. At first, he was self taught, then studied music theory for three years, but never mastered playing an instrument.
- 19. His father sent him to Paris to study medicine, but he abandoned his medical studies to pursue a career in music. He loved the works of Shakespeare and was infatuated with a Shakespearian actress, Harriet Smithson, for whom he composed Symphony Fantastique in 1830. His love letter to her was so passionate that she rejected him because she thought he was a lunatic. However, his Symphony Fantastique later won her over, and they were married. Unfortunately, they separated after a few years.
- 20. Music that reflects stories, poems, or scenes.
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- 1. When composers use folksongs, dances, legend, or historical events to evoke the identity of their country.
- 2. When composers use scales and folksongs of a faraway land to create a fantastical work.
- 3. His music was little-known until his 30s when Johannes Brahms discovered his music. His fame rose rapidly. He traveled the world and spent three years in New York as the National Conservatory of Music director. He encouraged American composers to establish a national musical identity in their works. He later returned to Prague as a faculty member of the conservatory there.
- 4. He originally studied law, but abandoned his studies to focus on being a pianist and composer. His musical works are very lyrical in nature. He wrote many art songs and song cycles. After 1840, he turned to writing symphonies.
- 6. A group of songs that are unified by a storyline or musical idea.
- 7. Unlike composers before him, his income came entirely from composition. He had no employer and did not perform or conduct his works. a choir boy. His love of poetry led him to art song composition in his teens. By the time he entered his twenties, he had composed hundreds of songs, two symphonies, an opera, and a mass.
- 10. During the romantic period, this instrument became a fixture in most middle-class homes.
- 13. Like Haydn, this composer's father worked for the Esterhazy family and was sent to Vienna to study music at age 11. During his teens and 20s, he lived in Paris, where he became familiar with Paganini, a virtuoso violinist. He determined he would become the Paganini of the piano.
- 14. A composition for solo voice and piano, originally written to be enjoyed at home.
- 15. Many of these independent musical societies were founded during the romantic period.
- 16. Many of these were formed, enabling more men and women to study music formally than ever before.