4thquarter music

• Opera Composer of the Romantic Period


  He is considered the last of the Classical composers and one of the first romantic ones
• Lieder


  The German word for songs
• Born


  January 31, 1797
• Died, in Vienna, Austria at the age of 31


  November 19, 1828
• Nationality: Austrian
• Compositions


  • Gretchen am Spinnrade
  • Erlkonig
  • Ellens Gesang III (Ave Maria)
  • Schwanenge sang (Swan Song)
  • Symphony No.8 in B minor (Unfinished Symphony)
• Franz Peter Schubert
• Most of his works

  • Serious love story with unhappy ending
• He completed 25 operas throughout his career
• Born, in Parma, Italy


  October 9, 1813
• Died, in Milan Italy


  January 27, 1901
• Nationality: Italian
• Compositions


  • Oberto (his first opera)
  • All the world's a joke (final opera)
  • La Traviata
  • Rigoletto
  • Falstaff
  • Otello
  • Aida (wrote for the opening of the Suez Canal)
• Giuseppe Verdi
• He belonged to a group of composers

  • Stressed realism, drew material from everyday life, rejecting heroic themes from mythology and history
• Born, in Lucca, Italy


  December 22, 1858
• Died, in Belgium


  November 29, 1924
• Nationality: Belgian, Italian
• Giacomo Puccini
• He was an advocate of a new form of opera

  • Called "music drama", influenced modern film scores, including those of the Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings film series
• Born, in Leipzig, Germany


  May 22, 1813
• Died, at age of 69 because of heart attack


  February 13, 1883
• Nationality: Saxon
• Richard Wagner
• His most famous opera

  • Carmen, when it first opened in Paris, the reviews were terrible and resulted in poor audience attendance
• Born, in Paris, France


  October 25, 1838
• Died


  June 3, 1875
• Nationality: French
• Famous opera


  • Carmen
• George Bizet