Classical Composers Flashcards
1685-1750, baroque, Germany, Cantatas, Tough Deadlines, weekly service Brandenburg Concertos The Well-tempered Clavier Goldberg Variations Toccata and Fugue in D
Johann Sebastian Bach
1756-1791, classical, Austrian (Salzburg)
41 symphonies, Italian operas, died at 35 (requiem)
Dad=Leopold
Serenade #13: eine kleine nacht-musik
Overture to Marriage of Figaro
Magic Flute
Jupiter/Allegro Viviance
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
1770-1827, Romantic era, Deaf, Ode to Joy Third Eroica Symphony Choral Symphony Pupil of Haydn Fur Elise (bagatelle #25) Fidelio (opera) Symphony #5 (Dun dun dun DUN)
Ludwig Van Beethoven
1567-1643, late renaissance/early baroque, king of Madrigal, father of operatic form
“L’Orfeo” Orpheus and Euridyce
Claudio Monteverdi
1685-1759, German/British baroque composer
Christmas! Hallelujah chorus, music for the royal fireworks
Messiah
Water Music
George Friedric Handel
1678-1741, had asthma Baroque Priest with Red Hair, Venice Four Seasons (La Quattro Stagioni) Wrote a piece for the recorder Bassoon/mandolin The storm at sea Pa/Papa Furioso (Orlando)
Antonio Vivaldi
1862-1918, impressionist master/faun portraying composer
Claire De Lune
Suite Bergamasque
Play of Waves
La Mer (the great wave Japanese painting)
Children’s corner
As You Like It Opera
Claude Debussy
1840-1893, ballets, symphonies, concertos, Moscow Conservatory 1812 overture Swan Lake The Nutcracker Sleeping Beauty Maid of Orleans (Joan of Arc)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
1732-1809, 100 Symphonies Classical, Austrian Friend of Mozart Drumroll Surprise “Father of Symphony” Surprise Symphony (#94) London Symphonies Franz=middle name German National Anthem “The Creation” Farewell Symphony
Joseph Haydn
1797-1828, died at 31 Austrian Late classical/early romantic Gretchen at the Spinning Wheel (wrote it at 17) “Unfinished Symphony” German songs but born in Vienna Ave Maria (inspired by Goethe) The Erl King
Franz Schubert
1810-1849, died at 39 Polish-French Pianist of Romantic era Tuberculosis (“mother, my poor mother”) Buried at Pere Lachaise Polonaise (age 7) George Sand=lover Crusader for Polish independence The Minute Waltz
Frederic Chopin
1813-1883, German, leitmotifs The Ring Cycle (ring of the nibelung) Valkyrie (brunhilde) New Year’s cantatas Tristan und Isolde Married Liszt’s daughter Comisa The Flying Dutchman Parsifal/Lohengrin
Richard Wagner
1833-1897, German composer and pianist (romantic) Hamburg
Great master of symphonic and sonata style
One of the Three B’s
Lullaby
Rivalry with Wagner
Tragic Overture
Fell asleep during Liszt’s concert
Johannes Brahms
1882-1971, Russian, died at 89 The Rite of Spring (fantasia) Left Russia and never went back Symphony in C The Rake’s Progress The Firebird
Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky
Czech (one of the first Czech’s to receive worldwide recognition)
Good at Violin
Inspired by America
Friend of Brahms
New World Symphony (native American/African American spirituals)
Dvorak=QWERTY
The American Flag
Antonin Dvorak
1811-1886, Hungarian Pianist Claimed Beethoven saw him perform as a child Friends with Victor Hugo Hungarian Rhapsodies Influenced by Chopin Lived in Pest Roger Daltry played him in movie Mephisto Waltz Daughter=Cosima Funeral March for Maximilian
Franz Liszt
1864-1949, German, German romanticism Don Quixote tone poem Salomé (based on Oscar Wilde play) -John the Baptist is beheaded -Dance of Seven Veils for Herod Elektra Lieder Thus Spoke Zarathustra (Also Sprach Zarathustra) Der Rosenklavier (comic opera): Knight of the Rose
Richard Strauss
