Poets
Faust was written by
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
According to Kimball this was the first lied
Gretchen am Spinnrade, Franz Schubert
The head of Les Six was the composer
Eric Satie
The middle class
More people could afford pianos
Industrial revolution = Mass production possible
Poet who wrote the poems used in Winterreise
Wilhelm Müller
Is music or poetry more important in the music of Richard Strauss?
Music
Which composer destroyed most of his compositions
Henri Duparc (1848-1933)
In the 19th century Rousseau brought on the rise of what Philosophy
Romanticism
A group of poets also known as The Decadents
The Parnassians
Which composer's works have been described as the "ultimate synthesis of music and poetry"
Hugo Wolf
This composer was a favorite of his teacher Saint-Saens
Gabriel Faure
Parnassian Members mentioned in class
Gautier, Baudelaire, Verlaine & others
Considered the first song cycle
An die Ferne Geliebte, Beethoven
Gounod's phrase structure was often...
uneven
Gautier (1811-1872)
The composer who collaborated with Brecht
Kurt Weill
Berlioz