History 1 Associated People Flashcards
People associated with required composers for RCM History 1 examination
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Schubert: he was influenced by German Romantic poets like Goethe; Goethe’s poem was the text for Schubert’s “Erlkonig”
Prince Leopold of Cothen
Bach: In 1717-1723, Bach was his kapellmeister
Antonio Salieri
Mozart: Salieri was Mozart’s frustrated rival.
Schubert: Salieri taught him theory and composition
Stéphane Mallarmé
Debussy: Mallarmé’s Symbolist poem was the source of inspiration for Debussy’s Prélude a l’après-midi d’un faune
Robert Craft
Stravinsky: Craft and Stravinsky had a long and important friendship; Craft was an American composer/conductor and wrote books of their friendship
Jozef Elsner
Chopin: Elsner was the director of the new Warsaw Conservatory; in his early teens, Chopin began lessons with him
Prince Lichnowsky
Beethoven: Lichnowsky was an influential patron
Michel Fokine
Stravinsky: Fokine was the choreographer of “Petrushka”
Queen Anne
Handel: Handel received an annual salary from Queen Anne when he was in London
Prince Francesco Maria Ruspoli
Handel: when Handel was in Italy (1706-1710), he worked for Prince Ruspoli
Christian Neefe
Beethoven: Neefe was court organist in Bonn, and Beethoven studied composition and counterpoint with him
Charles Jennens
Handel: Jennens was the librettist for Handel’s “Messiah”
Franz Xavier Sussmayr
Mozart: Sussmayr was Mozart’s student; after Mozart’s death, he completed his unfinished Requiem from the master’s sketches
Lorenzo da Ponte
Mozart: da Ponte was the librettist for some of Mozart’s operas, including “The Marriage of Figaro” and “Don Giovanni”
Prosper Mérimée
Bizet: Mérimée wrote the novella “Carmen”, which became the basis for Bizet’s opera “Carmen”
Harriet Smithson
Berlioz: Berlioz had been obsessed with Smithson, a Shakespearean actress, for many years; she was the inspiration for “Symphonie fantastique”; they did marry and had one son
David Belasco
Puccini: the plot of Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” was based on a play by Belasco