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18 Cards in this Set
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Georg Haendel (George Handel)
-places in life -how young -wrote what type of music -famous pieces -how much music -how cataloged |
-born in DL
-child prodigy at 7 on organ -went to hamburg -italy at 20 yrs old -met queen on England -Rinaldo=1st opera -Italian operas until banned by Vatican -oratorios so couldn't be banned -Messiah -40 operas -HWV |
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Classical Period
when? where? slogan? for whom? new style? new instruments? What types of music popular? |
-1750-1820
-Vienna -"back to nature" -music for ordinary people -homophonic music -clarinet and piano -symphony,concerto, chamber music |
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Bach's 3 sons:
-names -specialty -nickname of one? |
Carl Philipp Emanuael: piano
Wilhelm Friedeman: composer Johann Christian:"london bach" most famous/popular of 3 |
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Christoph Willibald Ritter von Gluck
-when? -what? -where? -famous what? |
Baroque/classical transition
opera composer london and paris orfeo ed euridice:opera |
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Three Giants?
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Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven
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Josef Haydn
-where born? -nickname -what period -did when young -worked for later |
Hungarian/Austrian border
Father of Symphony classical period Boys choir in Vienna Esterhazy family |
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josef Haydn #2
-how many what? -religious or not? -after family work made what? -created special piece for country -2 well known pieces... -taught who? |
-104 symphonies
-very religious-->masses too -london symphonies -Austrian Nat'l Anthem->became german -Creation and Seasons Oratorio -Mozart |
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Josef Haydn #3
-disbanded orchestra...did what? -how catalouged -died where? |
-farewell symphony after Prince had to disband orchestra
-HOB verzeichnis : Hoboken -died in Vienna |
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Mozart
-born where? -when? period? -1st opera when? -religous or not? -fav instruments? -member of what group? -good what? bad what? (related) -how died -catalouge -famous pieces, what kind? |
-Salzburg Austria
-1756-1791 classical -12 years old -not religious -clarinet, french horn -freemasons in vienna -bad librettos, good operas -died poor -KV (Koeochel Verzeichnis) -Don Giovanni, Figaros Wedding, Magic Flute-->operas |
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Beethoven
-where most of life? -played what? -first of this kind of person? -problem in life at what age? .reaction -special piece of music -how catalouged -what pieces how many? |
-vienna @ 16 until death
-pianist -freelance composer -deafness at 29 .Heiligenstaedter testement to brothers about suicide -symphony no 9 -no catalouge -1 opera, 5 piano concertos, 1 violin concerto, 9 symphonies |
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Romantic Period
-when? -new type of music -popular instrument -new songs -changed from classical |
1820-1900
-program music -piano -folksong, artsong, song cycle -only meaning in songs changes |
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1.program music
2.folksong 3.artsong-->german and french |
1.writing music for a story, combining music with poetry
2.songs of the people passed through generations 3.poem into music. German=Lied French=Melodie |
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song cycle
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gorup of art songs w/ same/shared story line
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Franz Schubert
-what period? -where? -characteristics of life? -how many of what? -afternoons of he and friend playing his music? -catalouged? |
-Romantic
-vienna -poorest of all composers -never famous during life -600 art songs, 9 symphonies -schubertiads -By Deutsch--> D.612 |
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Robert Schumann
-from where? -what period? -studied what, where, w/ who? -stopped playing why? -famous song cycle -how many of what? -married who? |
-Germany
-romantic -piano in Leipzig w/ Wieck -broke fingers w/ stretcher -Dicterliebe -4 symphonies,1 piano concerto, -clara wieck |
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Johannes Brahms
-what period -where -knew who -spent life with who? -how much of what? |
-Romantic
-Hamburg Germany -met Schumanns -stayed with clara until she died -4 symphonies, 2 piano concertos for clara |
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Brahms #2
-famous piece -didn't do what? -how catagorized? |
-Funeral Requiem-->Brahms Deutsches Requiem
-no opera -no catagory |
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Felix Mendelssohn
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-jewish-->protestant
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