Transcript Romantic Composers - Round Lake High School Choirs

ROMANTIC COMPOSERS
Richard Wagner
 May 22, 1813-Febraury 13,
1883
 Famous for his operas
 Ring Cycle – 18 Hour Opera
 Ahead of its time – combine
literature, music and visual
settings; an extravagant
production
 Inspired film scoring some of
which include Harry Potter and The
Lord of the Rings
 Ride of the Valkyrie
 Controversial composer – anti-
semitic writings
Frederic Chopin
 March 1, 1810-October
17, 1849
 Child Prodigy - Published
first composition at age
7, began performing at 8
 By 22, he moved to Paris
and was known as an
exceptional piano teacher
 Many famous pieces,
most well know – Marche
Funebre (“Funeral
March”)
Antonin Dvorak
 September 8, 1841-May 1,
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1904
Parents encouraged his
musical career
Started on violin and
switched to organ
Prolific composers
Professor of composition in
Prague
Most well known piece:
Symphony No. 9 (“From
the New World”)
Hector Berlioz
December 11, 1803-March 8,
1869
 Originally studied medicine
 As a child, taught himself flute,
guitar, and how to write music
 Most well known piece:
Symphonie Fantastique
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Programatic Music
Saw an actress on stage, wrote
the piece about her & married her
a year later
the story of “an artist gifted with a
lively imagination" who has
"poisoned himself with opium" in
the "depths of despair" because of
"hopeless love." - paraphrased
from Berlioz’s original notes
Five movements
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Daydreams – Passions
A ball
Scene in the Country
March to the Scaffold
Dream of a Witches' Sabbath
Pytor Tchiachovsky
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May 7, 1840-November 6, 1893
Began taking piano lessons at age
5First work publicly performed at
age 15
Wrote his first symphony at age 18
Studied at St. Petersbug
Conservatory as one of the first
composition students
Forced to hide his homosexuality,
married a young music student,
marriage failed and attempted to
commit suicide.
Most famous piece: The
Nutcracker Ballet
Johannes Brahms
 May 7, 1833 – April 3,
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1897
Master of symphony
and sonata style
Did not like Lizst and
Wagner – thought they
were egotistical
Friends with Schumann;
people thought he was
trying to steal his wife
Most well know piece:
Lullaby