Composers
This German Composer is known for his keyboard works, including Well-Tempered Clavier
This French/Polish composer wrote piano music such as character pieces.
Who is it? Example of a character piece. What kind of venue did he prefer?
Chopin, Mazurka/Nocturne, preferred intimate setting.
This composer is the "Paganini of the Piano."
Who is it? Nationality? What is a virtuoso?
Liszt, Hungarian, performer that excels above all else
https://open.spotify.com/track/0t9O1vhXUwB52GeezUdZnx
Composer, genre, characteristics
Vivaldi, violin concerto, sequences, harpsichord, etc.
This composer wrote The Barber of Seville
Who is it? Nationality? What kind of opera is it?
Rossini, Italian, opera buffa
This composer was the "Father of the Symphony." Who is it?
Name: 1) his nationality
2) The family he worked for
This Italian Baroque composer wrote over 500 concertos. He was nicknamed "The Red Priest." Who is he and who did he write music for?
Vivaldi - orphaned/illegitimate girls at a music conservatory
https://open.spotify.com/track/0szItFAbwIF63qW6t4Hexl
Possible composer, genre, time period, characteristics
Mozart (Haydn is acceptable), piano sonata, classical, etc.
This German baroque composer made frequent trips to England. Name one of his operas and his most famous oratorio
Handel: Guilio Cesare, Messiah
This French composer's parents did not want him to be a composer. He was obsessed with a woman.
Who is he? Who is the woman? What is his famous work? Features of the work?
Hector Berlioz, Harriet Smithson, Symphonie Fantastique
Idee fixe, program, col legno, special effects
This German composer was a pioneer during the Romantic Period against all odds.
Clara Schumann
https://open.spotify.com/track/2BFTt0srswCeIexpPm7Z4Z
Possible Composer, time period, genre, characteristics
Schubert, Romantic, Art Song (Lied)
This Romantic German composer featured melodrama in his operas
Carl Maria von Weber
Name:
1) 3 major three cities J.S. Bach worked in over the course of his career and
2) A famous oratorio by J.S. Bach
1) Weimar, Cothen, and Leipzig
2) St. Matthew's Passion
This composer wrote for the Mannheim orchestra and his music featured, the "Mannheim Rocket" and the "Mannheim Steamroller."
Johann Stamitz
https://open.spotify.com/track/5Y9mO5LQlrt8K5xIwqjBaK
Composer, genre, title, elements
Haydn, Oratorio, The Creation, etc.
This French composer and theorist of the classical period, known for observations of functional harmony.
Rameau
This German composer married Wieck's daughter.
Who is it? What time period is he from? How did he make money? How did he die?
This composer wrote the heiligenstadt testament.
Who is he? What is this testament? What are his three phases of composition? Who are some of his teachers? How many piano sonatas?
Beethoven, letter to brother, 1) Imitation, 2) Heroic, 3) Introspective
Mozart and Haydn
32 piano sonatas
https://open.spotify.com/track/43MzxsDarmZyTsz8GhsSHC
Composer, genre, time period, characteristics
Beethoven, symphony, Romantic, etc.