Late Romantic Flashcards
What are the top late romantic composers
Wagner Verdi Puccini Brahms Dvorak
When is the late romantic period? 1400-1600 1600- 1750 1830-1860 1860- 1900 1750-1830
1860- 1900
What is Wagner’s style
leitmotifs (leading motives). These leitmotifs are melodic ideas associated with characters, objects, themes or emotions.
Operas/music dramas
What was Wagner known for
leitmotifs/ operas/ music dramas
Favorite of Hitler
What is Verdi’s style
- Italian opera
old opera
Rigoletto*
What was Verdi known for?
Successful operas and use for theatrical effect
what was Puccini’s style
Opera
used operatic realism which brought Italian opera to an end
* Le Villi
What was Puccini know for
Opera
Operatic realism
Bring Italian opera to an end
What is Brahms style
Genres-
- influence of folk music
symphonies, concerti, chamber, piano works, and choral competition music
*Wiegenlied
*Hungarian Dances - what you think of when you think of Russian dancers
What is Brahms known for?
A do it all: symphonies, concerti, chamber, music, piano works, and choral competition music
Hungarian dance- Russian dancer music
What is Dvorak style?
expressive and new world symphonies
What is Dvorak known for?
Employed rhythms and other aspects of the folk music of Moravia symphonies
- More expressive symphonies
- New world symphonies
