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34 Cards in this Set
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Bach, Johann Sebastian |
1685-1750 -Baroque composer -The Brandenburg Concertos |
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Ludwig von Beethoven |
1770-1827 Greatest 18th/19th century composer 9 symphonies and scores of concertos |
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Leonard Bernstein |
1918-1990 Contemporary American composer and conductor Wrote The West Side Story |
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Brahms, Johannes |
1833-1897 German composer and pianist Chamber music |
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Caruso, Enrico |
1873-1921 Italian tenor Pianist 19th/20th century |
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Casals, Pablo |
1876-1973 20th century, Spanish cellist |
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Chopin, Frederick |
1810-1849 Polish composer/pianist |
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Coltrane, John |
1926-1967 American jazz innovator Sax “Bop” jazz composer |
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Copeland, Aaron |
1900-1990 (20th century) American composer Folk and jazz compositions Composed “Rodeo” and “Appalachian Spring” |
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Davis, Miles |
1926-1992 American trumpeter -used free form, experimental style that changed jazz forever |
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Debussy, Claude |
1862-1918 -French Impressionist 19th/20th century composer -Claire de Lune |
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Dvorak, Antonin |
1841-1904 -19th Century Czech symphony composer -composed: New World Symphony |
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Gershwin, George |
1898-1937 -American symphony and jazz composer -composed: Porgy & Bess, Rhapsody in Blue, and An American in Paris |
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Handel, George Frederic |
1685-1759 (17th-18th century) -Baroque, oratorio composer -composed Handel’s Messiah |
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Liszt, Franz |
1811-1886 (19th century) -Hungarian composer -virtuoso pianist |
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Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus |
1756-1791 -Austrian opera and concerto composer -composed The Marriage of Figaro and The Magic Flute |
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Parker, Charlie |
1920-1955 American sax AKA “Bird” One of jazz’s true innovators |
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Prokofiev, Sergei |
1891-1953 -20th century composer of Peter and the Wolf |
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Puccini, Giacomo |
1858-1924 -Italian opera composer -composed: La Bohème and Madame Butterfly |
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Purcell, Henry |
1659-1695 English opera and church composer Composed “Dido and Aenas” |
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Ravel, Maurice |
1857-1937 French composer of nationalistic symphonies Composed Bolero |
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Richard Rodgers |
1902-1979 American composer of musicals: “The Sound of Music” and “Oklahoma” Worked with lyricists Lorenz Hart, then Oscar Hammerstein |
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Rossini, Gioacchino |
1792-1868 Italian opera composer Composed The Barber of Seville |
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Schubert, Franz |
(1797-1828) (19th century) Austrian piano & vocal composer |
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Shostakovich, Dmitri |
1906-1974 (20th century) Russian composer known for political motivations |
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Sousa, John Philip |
1854-1932 (early 20th century) American band conductor Composed marches (ie Stars & Stripes Forever) |
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Strauss, Johann |
1825-1899 Austrian waltz composer ie The Blue Danube |
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Strauss, Richard |
1864-1949 German composer Tone poems, operas, and songs (Lieder) |
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Stravinsky, Igor |
1882-1971 Russian Known for conducting and ballet compositions |
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Suzuki, Shin’ichi |
1898-1998 Japanese Promotes learning by repetition & instruction |
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Tchaikovsky, Pyotr |
1840-1893 (19th century) Russian ballet composer ie Swan Lake and The Nutcracker |
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Verdi, Giuseppe |
1813-1901 Italian opera composer ie Rigoletto, La Traviata, and Aïda |
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Vivaldi, Antonio |
1678-1741 (17th/18th century) -composer & violinist -composed The Four Seasons |
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Wagner, Richard |
1813-1883 (19th century) -German composer -used leitmotif to revolutionize opera ie Tristan and Isolde and Der Ring des Nibelungen |
