People & Creators
He invented the saxophone in 1845.
Adolphe Sax
This keyboard percussion instrument has a metallic and 'celestial' sound.
Celesta
An expressive and very demanding Italian style of singing that emphasized melodic beauty.
Bel canto
A type of comic opera developed by Offenbach that included fashionable dances like the can-can.
Operetta
This group of five self-taught Russian composers rescued the traditional melodies of their country.
The Five
It's the brass instrument with the lowest register in the entire orchestra.
Tuba
The movement in which composers defended the musical traditions of their own countries.
Musical Nationalism
This famous opera by Georges Bizet has a tragic plot with spoken text and is set in Spain.
Carmen
This Italian composer was famous for his beautiful melodies and the large choruses in his operas.
Giuseppe Verdi
Although it already existed, technical advances made this the most important instrument of the Romantic period.
Piano
Instrumental music that aims to describe a story, a landscape, or a poem without following a fixed structure.
Programme music
A short, intimate piece for piano, whose name means "of the night."
Nocturne
He created the symphonic poem and was a key figure in programme music.
Franz Liszt
This woodwind instrument, derived from the oboe, has a distinctive pear-shaped bell.
English horn
Wagner's technique of using a recurring musical idea associated with a specific character, object, or situation.
Leitmotiv
This work by Hector Berlioz is a great example of a Programme Symphony.
Symphonie Fantastique