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Piano Pickers
100
We didn't get to talk much about this composer who wrote a little ballet called the Nutcracker.
Who is Tchaikovsky?
100
Be on the lookout! This man can rock any baby to sleep with his famous Lullaby.
Who is Brahms?
100
Johannes Brahms
What is Germany?
100
...symphonies did Robert Schumann write?
What is four?
100
The vast majority of this picker's music was written for the piano.
Who is Chopin?
200
How Romantic! Robert Schumann fell in love and married his patron's daughter, whose first name was this.
What is Clara?
200
500 Mark reward for the capture of this man, accused of shocking audiences with his 18-hour opera cycle called "The Ring of Nibelung."
Who is Wagner?
200

Gustav Mahler

Bohemia

200
...around how many art songs did Schubert write?
What is 600?
200
This picker wrote a rather "galloping" ostinato in his art song, "Erlkonig."
Who is Schubert?
300

The music of the Romantic period is not so much about love its about...

Individual expression, variety, no restrictions

300
The elusive "Joe Green" is known for offending women with the aria, "La Donna e Mobile" from the opera, Rigoletto. His real name is this.
Who is Giuseppe Verdi?
300

Edvard Grieg

Norway

300
...symphonies did Wagner write?
What is zero?
300
This picker practiced his piano picking while his mother was "working."
Who is Brahms?
400

Wagner's Idea of "music drama".

Experience which touched all senses and emotions.

400
This fugitive from justice has been spotted in Russia inciting swarms of bees with his extremely fast piano piece.
Who is Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov?
400

Antonin Dvorak.

What is Czechoslovakia?

400
...symphonies did Tchaikovsky write?
What is seven?
400
It's thanks to this picker that the Romantic style came to exist in the first place. The last few years of his life coincide with the beginning of the Romantic period - the rest are in the classical era.
Who is Beethoven?
500

What is Leitmotif?

Simple reoccurring theme which represents a character, place, or mood

500
This man is wanted for falsely impersonating foreign cultures with his "Verismo" style of opera.
Who is Puccini?
500
Franz Schubert
What is Austria?
500

Symphonies did Mussorgsky write?

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500
This picker went a little too far and permanently injured his hand. He went on to be a famous composer and author of "The New Journal of Music."
Who is Robert Schumann?
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