Austrian Composer. Wrote several symphonies in his teens and twenties. First attempt at a large scale symphony in 1822, called the "unfinished symphony."
What is Schubert
100
Italian Composer. Most popular and influential opera composer of his generation.
What is Rossini
100
Opera designed to appeal to the middle class audience.
What is Grand Opera
100
amateur choruses with due paying members to purchase music and pay the conductor.
What is Choral Societies
100
Il Barbere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville).
What is Rossini
200
French composer. Developed programs for concerts. Devised the "idee fixe"
What is Berlioz
200
Italian composer. Known for long, sweeping, embellished, highly emotional melodies. Wrote 10 operas, all of them serious.
What is Bellini
200
Used spoken dialogue instead of recitative.
What is Opera Comique
200
Choral parallel to leid or parlor songs. Two or more voice parts, unaccompanied or doubled by accompaniment.
What is Partsongs
200
"Oh, Susanna!" and "Camptown Races"
What is Dan Emmett
300
German composer. Rigorously trained in classical genres and forms in his youth. Wrote 13 string symphonies that helped to give him a mastery of form, counterpoint, and fugue.
What is Mendelssohn
300
Italian composer. Composed some 70 operas, as well as much other music.
What is Donizetti
300
A genre of musical theatre that combined spoken dialogue with background music.
What is Melodrama
300
A collection of both old and new songs, including some spirituals and other songs used in southern revival meetings.
What is The Sacred Harp
300
Unfinished Symphony
What is Schubert
400
German composer couple. Had a "leider" year and a "symphony" year.
What is Robert and Clara Schumann
400
German composer. Put ordinary people on center stage.
What is Carl Maria Von Weber
400
White performers blackened their faces and impersonated African Americans.
What is Minstrelsy
400
The shape of the noteheads in a piece of music indicates solmization syllables.
What is Shape-note singing
400
Symphonie Fantastique
What is Hector Berlioz
500
Not a composer. American, member of the Handel and Haydn Society. Helped found Boston Academy of Music to provide musical instruction for children. Introduced music into Boston's regular curriculum.
What is Lowell Mason
500
Russian composer. First Russian Composer to be recognized both by Russians and internationally as an equal of his western European counterparts.
What is Mikhail Glinka
500
Featured ballerinas as dancers. Typically dance choreographed first, then music written to fit the dance.