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16 Cards in this Set
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He wrote over 600 lieder, several song cycles, 9 symphonies, and music for piano
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Franz Schubert
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She was also a composer, although he became more well-known. They befriended Brahms. She was one of Europe's leading pianist and continued to play her husband's music after his untimely death at 46 in an insane asylum.
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Robert and Clara Schumann
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Born in Poland but moved to Paris at the age of 20. Wrote exclusively for the piano, incorporating two Polish dances, the polonaise and the mazurka. He had a romantic relationship with the writer George Sand.
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Frederic Chopin
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Greatest piano virtuoso of the nineteenth century. Originated the symphonic (tone) poem.
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Franz Liszt
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He was a beloved pianist, composer, conductor and music educator. He revived the music of J.S. Bach. His sister was a gifted pianist and composer but was discouraged in her musical career by her family.
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Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn
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She composed the first symphony written by an American woman
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Amy Beach
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A superb orchestrator, famous for his program symphonies; obsessed with Harriet Smithson
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Hector Berlioz
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Czech nationalist composer known for patriotic operas and tone poems
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Bedrich Smetana
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Norwegian nationalist, "The voice of Norway"
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Edvard Grieg
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Russian nationalist, one of the Mighty Five, famous for the opera "Boris Godunov"
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Modest Mussorgsky
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Czech nationalist composer who became internationally famous. He encouraged American composers to write music indigenous to their culture
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Antonin Dvorak
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Late Romantic who favored classical genres, dark orchestral colors, and soaring melodic lines
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Johannes Brahms
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The greatest and best-loved Italian composer. His name became a rally cry for Italian independence.
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Giuseppe Verdi
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The most influential and controversial opera composer of the century. He created a new form he called "music drama", elevated the role of the orchestra, and made use of leitmotifs.
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Richard Vagner
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Italian opera composer known for beautiful melodies, verismo
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Giacomo Puccini
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Internationally famous Russian composer of ballets and symphonies. Patronized by Madame von Meck.
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Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
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