Romantic Musical Period (1810s to 1900) and Post Romantic Musical Period (1890 to 1930)
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Cherubini
Born in Italy, worked in France. Murphy-Manley, “A Consise And Friendly Guide to Music History” 3rd Edition, 2015. Pg 64. -
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Le Sueur
Born in France, worked in France. Murphy-Manley, “A Consise And Friendly Guide to Music History” 3rd Edition, 2015. Pg 64. -
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Mayr
Born in Germany, key figure in Italian Opera Murphy-Manley, “A Consise And Friendly Guide to Music History” 3rd Edition, 2015. Pg 64. -
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Méhul
Born in France, worked in France. An important composer of French symphonies. Murphy-Manley, “A Consise And Friendly Guide to Music History” 3rd Edition, 2015. Pg 64. -
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Prince Eszterházy
Employed Haydn around 1790 Murphy-Manley, “A Consise And Friendly Guide to Music History” 3rd Edition, 2015. Pg 64. -
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Beethoven
Key figure in the transition to Romantic music and still famous to this day. Murphy-Manley, “A Consise And Friendly Guide to Music History” 3rd Edition, 2015. Pg 64. -
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Reicha
Born in The Czech Republic and composed and taught in France. Murphy-Manley, “A Consise And Friendly Guide to Music History” 3rd Edition, 2015. Pg 64. -
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Paer
Born in Italy and admired by Napoleon Murphy-Manley, “A Consise And Friendly Guide to Music History” 3rd Edition, 2015. Pg 64. -
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Spontini
Born in Italy, worked in Paris. One of the central figures in French Opera. Murphy-Manley, “A Consise And Friendly Guide to Music History” 3rd Edition, 2015. Pg 64. -
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Boieldieu
Born in France, worked in France Murphy-Manley, “A Consise And Friendly Guide to Music History” 3rd Edition, 2015. Pg 64. -
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Hoffmann
Born in Germany. Wrote the Nutcracker Murphy-Manley, “A Consise And Friendly Guide to Music History” 3rd Edition, 2015. Pg 65. -
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Hummel
Student of Mozart, born in Austria. Murphy-Manley, “A Consise And Friendly Guide to Music History” 3rd Edition, 2015. Pg 65. -
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Reiehardt
Conducted women's chorus in Hamburg, born in Germany. Murphy-Manley, “A Consise And Friendly Guide to Music History” 3rd Edition, 2015. Pg 65. -
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Field
Invented piano nocturne. Invented Romantic piano writing. Born in Ireland Murphy-Manley, “A Consise And Friendly Guide to Music History” 3rd Edition, 2015. Pg 65. -
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Paganini
Important to Italian violin history Murphy-Manley, “A Consise And Friendly Guide to Music History” 3rd Edition, 2015. Pg 65. -
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Onslow
Born in England, worked in France Murphy-Manley, “A Consise And Friendly Guide to Music History” 3rd Edition, 2015. Pg 65. -
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Ries
Beethoven's student. Born in Germany. Murphy-Manley, “A Consise And Friendly Guide to Music History” 3rd Edition, 2015. Pg 65. -
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Spohr
Used Leitmotifs in his operas. German. Murphy-Manley, “A Consise And Friendly Guide to Music History” 3rd Edition, 2015. Pg 65. -
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Kalkbrenner
Born in Germany, composed in France. Murphy-Manley, “A Consise And Friendly Guide to Music History” 3rd Edition, 2015. Pg 65. -
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von Weber
Founder of German Romantic Opera Murphy-Manley, “A Consise And Friendly Guide to Music History” 3rd Edition, 2015. Pg 66. -
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Rossini
Most famous composer in the early 1800s in Vienna. Born in Italy. Murphy-Manley, “A Consise And Friendly Guide to Music History” 3rd Edition, 2015. Pg 66. -
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Moscheles
Born in The Czech Republic. Worked in Bohemia. Murphy-Manley, “A Consise And Friendly Guide to Music History” 3rd Edition, 2015. Pg 66. -
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Mercadante
Born in Italy, composed in Italy Murphy-Manley, “A Consise And Friendly Guide to Music History” 3rd Edition, 2015. Pg 66. -
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Schubert
Composed over 600 Lieder, 13 Operas, and 9 Symphonies. Born in Austria. Murphy-Manley, “A Consise And Friendly Guide to Music History” 3rd Edition, 2015. Pg 66. -
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Donizetti
Important in Italian Opera. Studied under Mayr. Murphy-Manley, “A Consise And Friendly Guide to Music History” 3rd Edition, 2015. Pg 66. -
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Bellini
Wrote 10 serious operas. Born in Italy. Murphy-Manley, “A Consise And Friendly Guide to Music History” 3rd Edition, 2015. Pg 66. -
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Berlioz
Composed music that represented what true Romanticism was. Born in France and worked in France. Murphy-Manley, “A Consise And Friendly Guide to Music History” 3rd Edition, 2015. Pg 66. -
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Farrenc
One of the most important French female professors in the 1800s. Murphy-Manley, “A Consise And Friendly Guide to Music History” 3rd Edition, 2015. Pg 66. -
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Glinka
Father of Russian music. Murphy-Manley, “A Consise And Friendly Guide to Music History” 3rd Edition, 2015. Pg 67. -
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Hensel
One of the female composers that was discouraged from writing. Still became very important in Romantic music. Murphy-Manley, “A Consise And Friendly Guide to Music History” 3rd Edition, 2015. Pg 67. -
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Mendelssohn
Of Jewish heritage and a German composer Murphy-Manley, “A Consise And Friendly Guide to Music History” 3rd Edition, 2015. Pg 67. -
Start of the Romantic Period
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David
Did original symphonic work. Born in France. Murphy-Manley, “A Consise And Friendly Guide to Music History” 3rd Edition, 2015. Pg 67. -
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Robert Schumann
German composer. Very important in the Romantic scene. Murphy-Manley, “A Consise And Friendly Guide to Music History” 3rd Edition, 2015. Pg 67. -
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Chopin
Created new piano techniques. Polish and French. Murphy-Manley, “A Consise And Friendly Guide to Music History” 3rd Edition, 2015. Pg 67. -
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Liszt
An amazing pianist and musical innovator. Invented the orchestral tone poem. Murphy-Manley, “A Consise And Friendly Guide to Music History” 3rd Edition, 2015. Pg 67. -
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Thomas
Born in France, worked in France. Important to French opera. Murphy-Manley, “A Consise And Friendly Guide to Music History” 3rd Edition, 2015. Pg 67. -
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Verdi
Composing 26 operas, Verdi was the leading Italian opera composer of the 19th century. Murphy-Manley, “A Consise And Friendly Guide to Music History” 3rd Edition, 2015. Pg 67. -
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Wagner
Influenced Western harmony. Created German Music Drama Murphy-Manley, “A Consise And Friendly Guide to Music History” 3rd Edition, 2015. Pg 68. -
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Lang
One of the most published women composers in the 1800s. German. Murphy-Manley, “A Consise And Friendly Guide to Music History” 3rd Edition, 2015. Pg 68. -
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Gade
Born in Denmark, worked in Denmark. Murphy-Manley, “A Consise And Friendly Guide to Music History” 3rd Edition, 2015. Pg 68. -
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Gounod
Born in France, worked in France. Wrote in various different genres. Murphy-Manley, “A Consise And Friendly Guide to Music History” 3rd Edition, 2015. Pg 68. -
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Clara Schumann
Wife of Robert Schumann and virtuoso pianist Murphy-Manley, “A Consise And Friendly Guide to Music History” 3rd Edition, 2015. Pg 68. -
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Viardot-Garcia
Born in France, taught, sang, and composed in France. Murphy-Manley, “A Consise And Friendly Guide to Music History” 3rd Edition, 2015. Pg 68. -
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Franck
Born in France, worked in France Murphy-Manley, “A Consise And Friendly Guide to Music History” 3rd Edition, 2015. Pg 68. -
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Raff
Born in Germany, worked in Germany Murphy-Manley, “A Consise And Friendly Guide to Music History” 3rd Edition, 2015. Pg 68. -
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Bruckner
Known for large orchestrations and born in Austria. Murphy-Manley, “A Consise And Friendly Guide to Music History” 3rd Edition, 2015. Pg 68. -
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Reinecke
Born in Germany, worked in Germany Murphy-Manley, “A Consise And Friendly Guide to Music History” 3rd Edition, 2015. Pg 69. -
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Smetana
Established Czech opera Murphy-Manley, “A Consise And Friendly Guide to Music History” 3rd Edition, 2015. Pg 69. -
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Hanslick
Is considered the first professional music critic. Professor at the University of Vienna Murphy-Manley, “A Consise And Friendly Guide to Music History” 3rd Edition, 2015. Pg 69. -
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Strauss
called the "Waltz-King". Viennese composer. Murphy-Manley, “A Consise And Friendly Guide to Music History” 3rd Edition, 2015. Pg 69. -
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Foster
American songwriter. Used vernacular style Murphy-Manley, “A Consise And Friendly Guide to Music History” 3rd Edition, 2015. Pg 69. -
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Anton Rubinstein
Founded the St. Petersburg Conservatory in 1862. Born in Russia. Murphy-Manley, “A Consise And Friendly Guide to Music History” 3rd Edition, 2015. Pg 69. -
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Gottschalk
One of the most important American composers in the 1800s Murphy-Manley, “A Consise And Friendly Guide to Music History” 3rd Edition, 2015. Pg 69. -
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Joachim
Born in Hungary and composed and played the violin in Hungary. Murphy-Manley, “A Consise And Friendly Guide to Music History” 3rd Edition, 2015. Pg 69. -
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Borodin
One of the Russian Mighty Five. Murphy-Manley, “A Consise And Friendly Guide to Music History” 3rd Edition, 2015. Pg 69. -
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Brahms
Born in Austria, Brahms is still one of the most composers to this day. \Murphy-Manley, “A Consise And Friendly Guide to Music History” 3rd Edition, 2015. Pg 69. -
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Nikolay Rubinstein
Born in Russia, Worked in Russia. Murphy-Manley, “A Consise And Friendly Guide to Music History” 3rd Edition, 2015. Pg 69. -
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Saint-Saëns
Born in France, worked in France. Murphy-Manley, “A Consise And Friendly Guide to Music History” 3rd Edition, 2015. Pg 70. -
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Cui
One of the Russian Mighty Five but was of French descent Murphy-Manley, “A Consise And Friendly Guide to Music History” 3rd Edition, 2015. Pg 70. -
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Balakirev
One of the Russian Mighty Five Murphy-Manley, “A Consise And Friendly Guide to Music History” 3rd Edition, 2015. Pg 70. -
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Bizet
Created a new type of French opera. Born in France Murphy-Manley, “A Consise And Friendly Guide to Music History” 3rd Edition, 2015. Pg 70. -
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Musorgsky
One of the Russian Mighty Five and the most famous of them. Murphy-Manley, “A Consise And Friendly Guide to Music History” 3rd Edition, 2015. Pg 70. -
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Paine
An American organist, composer, and teacher. Harvard's first professor of music. Murphy-Manley, “A Consise And Friendly Guide to Music History” 3rd Edition, 2015. Pg 70. -
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Tchaikovsky
Western trained composer, conductor, and teacher. Murphy-Manley, “A Consise And Friendly Guide to Music History” 3rd Edition, 2015. Pg 70. -
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Chabrier
Important for his stage works in France. Born in France Murphy-Manley, “A Consise And Friendly Guide to Music History” 3rd Edition, 2015. Pg 70. -
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Dvorák
The most famous Czech composer. Lived in America and influenced by African-American and Native American music. Murphy-Manley, “A Consise And Friendly Guide to Music History” 3rd Edition, 2015. Pg 70. -
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Massenet
Born in France, worked in France. Murphy-Manley, “A Consise And Friendly Guide to Music History” 3rd Edition, 2015. Pg 71. -
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Sullivan
Born in England and composed comic operas in England. Murphy-Manley, “A Consise And Friendly Guide to Music History” 3rd Edition, 2015. Pg 71. -
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Grieg
An important Norwegian composer Murphy-Manley, “A Consise And Friendly Guide to Music History” 3rd Edition, 2015. Pg 71. -
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Rimsky-Korsakov
One of the Russian Mighty Five. Murphy-Manley, “A Consise And Friendly Guide to Music History” 3rd Edition, 2015. Pg 71. -
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Faurè
Head of the Paris conservatory and born in France. Murphy-Manley, “A Consise And Friendly Guide to Music History” 3rd Edition, 2015. Pg 71. -
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d'Lndy
Franck's leading pupil and born in France. Murphy-Manley, “A Consise And Friendly Guide to Music History” 3rd Edition, 2015. Pg 71. -
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Stanford
Born in England and important to English church music Murphy-Manley, “A Consise And Friendly Guide to Music History” 3rd Edition, 2015. Pg 71. -
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Humperdinck
Born in Germany, worked in Germany. Murphy-Manley, “A Consise And Friendly Guide to Music History” 3rd Edition, 2015. Pg 71. -
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Janácek
Born in The Czech Republic and influenced by folk music. Murphy-Manley, “A Consise And Friendly Guide to Music History” 3rd Edition, 2015. Pg 71. -
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Sousa
Born in America and leader of the U.S. Marine Band in 1880 Murphy-Manley, “A Consise And Friendly Guide to Music History” 3rd Edition, 2015. Pg 72. -
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Chausson
Born in France, composed in France Murphy-Manley, “A Consise And Friendly Guide to Music History” 3rd Edition, 2015. Pg 72. -
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Chaminade
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Elgar
Born in England, and worked in England Murphy-Manley, “A Consise And Friendly Guide to Music History” 3rd Edition, 2015. Pg 72. -
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Leoncavallo
Born in Italy, composed in Italy Murphy-Manley, “A Consise And Friendly Guide to Music History” 3rd Edition, 2015. Pg 72. -
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Puccini
One of the most successful Italian opera composers. Born in Italy. Murphy-Manley, “A Consise And Friendly Guide to Music History” 3rd Edition, 2015. Pg 72. -
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Sharp
English folksong composer Murphy-Manley, “A Consise And Friendly Guide to Music History” 3rd Edition, 2015. Pg 72. -
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Wolf
German born, composed Lieder. Murphy-Manley, “A Consise And Friendly Guide to Music History” 3rd Edition, 2015. Pg 72. -
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Mahler
Represents maximalism. From Austria but conducted in Europe and America Murphy-Manley, “A Consise And Friendly Guide to Music History” 3rd Edition, 2015. Pg 73. -
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Isaac Albeniz
Important to Spain, Composed and played piano in Spain Murphy-Manley, “A Consise And Friendly Guide to Music History” 3rd Edition, 2015. Pg 73. -
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Debussy
Inventor of musical impressionism and from France. Murphy-Manley, “A Consise And Friendly Guide to Music History” 3rd Edition, 2015. Pg 73. -
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Delius
Born in Germany; English composer. Used impressionism Murphy-Manley, “A Consise And Friendly Guide to Music History” 3rd Edition, 2015. Pg 73. -
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Mascagni
From Italy. Was a composer in the Italian fascist regime. Murphy-Manley, “A Consise And Friendly Guide to Music History” 3rd Edition, 2015. Pg 73. -
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Richard Strauss
Composer of tone poems. Murphy-Manley, “A Consise And Friendly Guide to Music History” 3rd Edition, 2015. Pg 73. -
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Glazunov
Russian born, the last of the Russian nationalists. Murphy-Manley, “A Consise And Friendly Guide to Music History” 3rd Edition, 2015. Pg 72. -
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Dukas
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Nielsen
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Sibelius
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Satie
Leader in new French aestetics.
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Busoni
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Leader of English music. Wrote folksongs Murphy-Manley, “A Consise And Friendly Guide to Music History” 3rd Edition, 2015. Pg 76. -
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Skryabin
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Reger
Used post-Wagnerian harmony. from Germany. Used extreme chromaticism. Murphy-Manley, “A Consise And Friendly Guide to Music History” 3rd Edition, 2015. Pg 76. -
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Rachmaniov
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The first composers of the Post-Romantic period begin to be born.
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Schoenberg
Father of 12 tone music Murphy-Manley, “A Consise And Friendly Guide to Music History” 3rd Edition, 2015. Pg 75. -
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Ives
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Holst
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Ravel
Innovator in pianistic style. From France. Murphy-Manley, “A Consise And Friendly Guide to Music History” 3rd Edition, 2015. Pg 74. -
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Respighi
Impressionistic Italian composer. Murphy-Manley, “A Consise And Friendly Guide to Music History” 3rd Edition, 2015. Pg 74. -
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Bartok
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Stravinsky
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Szymanowski
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Kodaly
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von Webern
Student of Schoenberg. Uses pointillism. Murphy-Manley, “A Consise And Friendly Guide to Music History” 3rd Edition, 2015. Pg 75. -
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Berg
Student of Schoenberg, used expressive language Murphy-Manley, “A Consise And Friendly Guide to Music History” 3rd Edition, 2015. Pg 75. -
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Boulanger
Taught composers in the 1900s. A prominant American composer Murphy-Manley, “A Consise And Friendly Guide to Music History” 3rd Edition, 2015. Pg 74. -
Start of the Post-Romantic Period
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Lili Baoulanger
Sister to Nadia. First woman to win the Prix de Rome Murphy-Manley, “A Consise And Friendly Guide to Music History” 3rd Edition, 2015. Pg 74. -
End of the Romantic Period
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End of the Post-Romantic Period
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Some of the main ideas of Post Romanticism include Maximalism, Impressionism, Expressionism, Atonality, and Chromaticism