Music Flashcards

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Charles-Camille Saint-Saens was a __________ and an _________

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French composer, organist

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Was a french composer and an organist

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Charles-Camille Saint-Saens

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Charles-Camille Saint-Saens was born in_____,_____,on ______________

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Paris france, October 9 1835

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Charles-Camille Saint-Saens studied organ and composition at the ____

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Paris Conservatory

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Charles-Camille Saint-Saens became an organist at the ____ in 1857 for 20 years

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Church of the Madeleine

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Charles-Camille Saint-Saens was known for his _______ and ______

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Symphonic poems and operas

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Charles-Camille Saint-Saens famous works

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Samson et Dalila, the carnival of the animals, symphony no. 3 and, le rouet d’omphale (omphale’s spinning wheel)

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He was a Hungarian piano virtuoso and composer

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Franz Liszt

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Franz Liszt was a _ and _

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Hungarian piano virtuoso and composer

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Franz Liszt was born on ____ at ____

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October 22, 1811 at Raiding, Hungary

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Franz Liszt studied piano techniques under _____ , violinist virtuoso, in ___

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Carl Czerny in Vienna, Austria.

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Franz Liszt wanted to be the ____ when he watched Czerny’s concert

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paganini of piano

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13
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Franz Liszt started to practice piano for ______ and work on his technique and musical style

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10 hours

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14
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Franz Liszt was known for his ___

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Demanding and difficult piano works

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Franz Liszt develop a musical form known as _____or_____ and became famous around europe

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Symphonic poem or tone poem

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16
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Franz Liszt has a big heart for the needy and less fortunate he gave most of his concert proceeds to charities and ___

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Humanitarian purposes

17
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Franz Liszt died of _____ on ____ at age of ____

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Pneumonia, on july 31 1886 at the age of 74

18
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Louis-Hector Berlioz was also a ___ and ___

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French composer and conductor

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Louis-Hector Berlioz was born on _____ in ____

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December 11 1803, in La Cote-St- Andre, Isere, france

20
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Forced to follow his father will he studied medicine, but later on enrolled at the ____ to be a composer

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Paris Conservatoire

21
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He became a famous conductor in germany russia and england, his tour around europe become his _____

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Bread and butter

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Louis-Hector Berlioz famous works

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Symphonie fantastique, “Romeo et Juliette,” and “ La damnation de Faust”

23
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Louis-Hector Berlioz aside from being a musician he was also a _____

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Well known writer and critic

24
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It could be seen in the works of this composers and each of them featured uniqueness to their compositions

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Individualism

25
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Was a german composer

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Robert Schumann

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Robert Schumann born on ____ in ____

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June 8 1810 in Zwickau, Germany

27
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Robert Schumann was forced to study _____ in Zwickau, but devoted his time to song composition, piano improvisation, and writing novels.

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Law

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Robert Schumann studied piano under _____ who later become his father-in-law

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Johann Gottlob Friedrich Wieck

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When he was young Schumann accidentally _____ which put an end to his aspiration to become a piano virtuoso

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Damage is right hand

30
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Robert Schumann became famous for his _____ melodically inspired by lyrical poems

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Short piano pieces

31
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Robert Schumann suffered from ____, which affected his compositions

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Bipolar disorder

32
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He attempted suicide twice and then died at the age of _____

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46

33
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Robert Schumann works include:

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“Papillons (op.2), Toccata in C, Symphony Etudes, Carnaval (op.9), Fantasiestucke, Warum, In der Nacht, Faschingschwank aus Wien, Kinderszenen and Traumerei