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Luigi Cherubini
Italian composer: French opera titled Lodoïska
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society was polite and ordered
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Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoléon Bonaparte had been a military leader during the
Revolutio -
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Beethoven
He is the transitional figure from the Classical to the Romantic style -
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Carl Maria von Weber
Composed the first German romantic
opera “Der Freischütz” (The Magic
Bullet, 1819-21) -
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French Revolution
The “common” people saw themselves as
empowered to break free from oppression
Nobility oppression of the commoners
The commoners revolted -
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Giacomo Meyerbeer
Jewish German composer who studied in Italy and
composed French opera in Paris -
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Gioacchino Rossini
The most important opera composer in the early
19th century -
Paris Conservatoire
a state institution for the training of musicians -
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Franz Schubert
Composed in all genres, over 600 Lieder -
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Gaetano Donizetti
Italian opera composer -
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Vincenzo Bellini
Italian opera composer -
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Hector Berlioz
One of the most important early innovators of
new orchestration and genres; French -
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Hector Berlioz
French composer,
conductor, critic, and
author -
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Fanny Mendelssohn
Sister of Felix, composer -
Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Opus 67
First movement uses an insistent rhythmic drive -
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Felix Mendelssohn
Composer of most genres, revived of J.S.
Bach’s music in Leipzig -
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Frédéric Chopin
Pianist (delicate style) and composer -
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Robert Schumann
More important as an editor and promoter of
music -
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Franz Liszt
Piano virtuoso, writer, conductor, composer,
innovator, supporter of Wagner -
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Clara Schumann (Wieck)
Virtuoso pianist, composer, wife of Robert -
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Jacques Offenbach
Known for his opérettes: La belle Hélène, Orphée aux
enfers -
Berlioz orchestrated a program symphony in a new and modern way
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Symphonie fantastique
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Georges Bizet
Blended styles into opéra comique with Carmen (1875)