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Romantic period

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Romanticism   show
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show Composers cultivating their own national identity through music; using folk song ideas  
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Virutoso   show
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Program Music   show
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show Music that had no extramusical appropriations  
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show Son of school teacher; liked to match words to music; very big on expression;  
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H. Berlioz   show
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F. Mendelssohn   show
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show Took lessons from Weich (Clara's father). Character pieces super important. Went crazy in old age. Married Clara. Fathered 8 children.  
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Clara Schumann   show
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show Piano. Moved to Paris. Highest social circles. New possibilities for piano; stronger frame, more dynamics for example.  
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show German song.  
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Song Cycle   show
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show Group of musicians; playing Schubert's music in his salons  
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Damper pedal   show
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Idee fixe   show
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show Chant sequence; used as a symbol of death, the macabre, or the diabolical  
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show "Stolen time". Distortion of tempo for expressive purposes  
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Grand Opera   show
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show Librettist and composer; leaders of French Grand Opera  
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show Spoken dialogue instead of recit. ; less pretentious than grand opera; straightforward comedy or serious drama  
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show Offenbach was a leader of this genre; witty satirical elements of comic opera  
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Lyric opera   show
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Exoticism   show
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show Exotic piece; fast in 3/4 meter. Accomp. like strum of guitar  
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show One of the most popular composers of his generation. Opera scene; Italian; known for comic operas. Blended buffa and seria  
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Patter song   show
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Bel canto   show
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show entrance aria  
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Cantibile   show
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Cabaletta   show
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show Ruling presence of Italian music second half of 19th century. "patriotic", Viva verdi. Human drama in his operas. Vocal melody important. Very Romantic era, expressive.  
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Reminiscence motives   show
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C. M. Von Weber   show
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German Romantic opera   show
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show One of most influential composers. Believed main purpose of music to serve dramatic expression. Supported by King of Bavaria. Saw himself as Beethoven's successor. Exiled to Switzerland for political ties.  
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show Ring Cycle; series of operas telling story of a magical ring. 19 hours of music over 4 consecutive evenings. LOTR similar.  
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Bayreuth Festspielhaus   show
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show Genre created by Wagner; as complete work of art (aka Gesamtkunstwerk)  
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Gesamtkunstwerk   show
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Leitmotif   show
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show Living in the shadow of composers such as Beethoven; scared some composers from writing or publishing works as to not be compared to him.  
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F. Liszt   show
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show 1-movement programmatic work. few themes developed.  
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show Liszt used this to bring other's original works to audience  
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show Leading German composer of his time. Pianist, composer, teacher. Supporters of Schumanns. Applied formal genres, conservative romantic.  
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Tchaikovsky   show
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show Bohemian composer. Sought to create national music.  
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A. Dvorak   show
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show Leading Austro-German composer of symphonies after Brahms. Born in Bohemia. Career as opera and orch, conductor. Programmatic, expressive composer.  
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Orchestral Lied   show
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R. Strauss   show
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show Balakriev, Borodin, Cui, Musorgsky, Rimsky-Korasov. Regular people, wanting to keep Russian nationalism alive. Learned to compose; Modest Musorgsky most famous.  
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show Norweigan composer. Wanting to keep nationalism alive. Piano style emulates Chopin. Modal, bass drones, changing time signature.  
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show First famous English composer in over 200 years. Music not inspired by folk songs.  
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show Most successful Italian composer after Verdi. Distinct style; focuses on vocal melody. Famous Madam Butterfly.  
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