MUS 1751 : Music Test 3 Study Guide
Document Summary
Schubert: romantic composer, composed more than 600 lieders, lived a bohemian life, schubertiodes- parlors of middle-class friends, erlkong- piano accompaniment; most famous lied; dramatic tale of horror. Robert schumann: romantic composer, married to clara, mental illness. Clara schumann: romantic composer, concerts, friends with brahms. Berlioz: first music critic; modified forms to suit the program, orchestration- new instruments; more musicians, skilled in orchestration, romantic hero; parisian revolution; bandits in italy, symphonie fantastique. Chopin: poland, romantic composer, studied at warsaw conservatory; career in paris, piano & folk dances, mazurka (piano genre)- b flat major, opus 7 no. 1- fast triple meter polish dance: nocturne (piano genre)- night pieces; slow and dreamy; chromaticism creates intensity of mood, etudes (piano genre)- short one movement; improves technique; few can play. Liszt: established modern piano recital- piano parallel to stage; played entirely from memory, played more than 1000 concerts; travelled, weimar, romantic composer, lived in vatican, transcendental etude no.
