Composers and their Pieces Flashcards

1
Q

Richard Wagner

A

Parsifal
Der ring des Nibelungen
tristan und isolde

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2
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Giuseppe Verdi

A

La traviata
rigoletto
aida

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3
Q

Ludwig Van Beehtoven

A

Pastoral symph
waldsein sonata
pathetique sonata
fidelio
eroica symph
The 8th symph

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4
Q

Franz liszt

A

faust symph
mephisto symph
etudes
les preludes

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5
Q

Mussorgorsky (exhibition)

A

Pictures at exhibition
boris godonov

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6
Q

rimsky korsakov

A

sheherezade

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7
Q

tchaikovsky

A

nutcracker
romeo & juliet
swan lake

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8
Q

Berlioz 1symph

A

symph fantastique

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9
Q

schubert

A

The unfinished symph
der wanderer
die schone mullerin
erlkonig

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10
Q

greig

A

peer gynt suite

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11
Q

mendelssohn

A

midsummer nights
oratorio elijah
song without words

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12
Q

borodin

A

polovetsian dances

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13
Q

strauss

A

also sprachzarusthra

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14
Q

brahms

A

german requiem

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15
Q

puccini

A

madame butterfly

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16
Q

dvorak

A

new world symph

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17
Q

wilde

A

solome

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18
Q

schumann

A

papillions
kinderscenin
im wunderschonen monat mai
carnival
rhenish symph

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18
Q

chopin

A

4 ballades for piano

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18
Q

wrote 9 symphonies

A

beehtoven

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18
Q

rachmninoff (Isle)

A

isle of the dead
symphonic dances

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19
Q

wrote 9 symphs withe an unfinished 10th

A

mahler

20
Q

wrote 8 symphs with the last unfinished

A

schubert

21
Q

wrote a symphony based on his passion for an english irish acctress

A

berlioz

22
Q

writer of primarly german lied

A

schumann

23
Q

writer of tone poems and numerous piano works

A

strauss

24
Q

writer of primarily keyboard works with a couple piano concertos

A

chopin

25
Q

opera composer who stretched the limits of functional tonality in the 19th century

A

strauss

26
Q

had a love affair with a french writer named george sand

A

chopin

27
Q

associate with lietmotif

A

wagner

28
Q

associate with idee fixe

A

berlioz

29
Q

associate with thematic transformation

A

berlioz and liszt

30
Q

first composer of programmatic symphony

A

berlioz

31
Q

composer associated with nocturnes preludes and waltzes

A

chopin

32
Q

associate with gesamkunstwerk

A

wagner

33
Q

german composer who returned to the use of classical forms

A

brahms

34
Q

2 opera composers

A

verdi rossini

35
Q

german composer became the resident conductor for the new york symph

A

mahler

36
Q

german romantic composer who wrote numerous boring symphs according to doc

A

bruckner

37
Q

writer of music drama

A

wagner

38
Q

russian composer of numerous ballets

A

tchaikovsky

39
Q

wrote over 600 lieder

A

schubert

40
Q

when schubert died this composer cried

A

beehtoven

41
Q

after writing a lied for orchestra and voice this composers young daughter died

A

mahler

42
Q

gesamkuntswerk

A

excellent art work/ total art work

43
Q

lied

A

german song

44
Q

dies irae

A

day of wrath on judgement day

45
Q

symphonic fantasy ( overture)

A

tchaikovsky romeo and juliet

46
Q

renewal of classicism

A

brahms did in

47
Q

idee fixe

A

idea that dominates and berlioz uses it

48
Q

lietmotif

A

a reocurring significant melody that reflects character and wagner uses it

49
Q

tone poem

A

high point of program music strauss uses it

50
Q

programmatic symphony

A

blend musical compositions with literary narratives

51
Q

dissolution of tonality

A

liszt nuages gris
wagner tristan, ring cycle
strauss solome, electra

means avoiding the dominant and tonal center