Program Music
This piano composition evokes the feelings of a festive masked ball
Carnaval - Schumann
This country has the most definitive representation in National Identity
Russia
This man cared for Schumann's children while Clara toured
Brahms
This listening example was written by this composer
Chopin
This instrumental piece visits a familiar popular Schubert melody
The Trout Quintet
The "Great Gate" is located in this Russian City
Kiev
This mysterious woman provided Tchaikovsky with a generous annuity
Nadezdha von Meck
The Trout.
This symphonic poem takes you on a journey down a river
Smetanas trip down these rapids inspired the composition of the Moldau
St. Johns Rapids
This composer suffered the same aural fate as Beethoven at age fifty.
Smetana
This listening example is intended to improve this piano technique
Speed and endurance in the left hand.
Romeo and Juliet
This composer wrote the "Russian Easter Overture"
Rimsky-Korsakov
This piano pedagogue disapproved of the relationship between Robert and Clara.
This listening example depicts this event.
Peasant Wedding
The first movement of this program symphony visits feelings of inspired love.
Symphonie Fantastique
This concert pianist is the first American to gain International recognition
Gottschalk
This actress inspired Berlioz to compose his most famous work
Harriet Smithson
This excerpt depicts this event.
Decapitation and head rolling.