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- 1. VOCAL MUSIC OF THE ROMANTIC PERIOD UNIT 4
- 2. Opera composers of the romantic period LESSON 1
- 4. FRANZ PETER SCHUBERT •An Austrian composer who was born on January 31, 1797, in Himmelpfortgrund, near Vienna, died November 19, 1828, Vienna. music.
- 5. FRANZ PETER SCHUBERT •He was the one who bridged the worlds of Classical and Romantic music. Melody and harmony were noted in his songs (lieder) and chamber music.
- 6. FRANZ PETER SCHUBERT •He is considered the last of the classical composers and one of the first romantic ones.
- 7. SOME OF HIS FAMOUS COMPOSITION: • Erlkönig, written in 1815 and based on a poem by Goethe • Ave Maria!, written in 1825 • Symphony No. 9 in C Major, begun in 1825 • Piano Quintet In A, D667 – ‘Trout’ Quintet • Symphony No.8 In B minor, D759 – ‘Unfinished’ Symphony
- 9. Giuseppe Verdi •A leading Italian composer of opera in the 19th century who was born on October 10, 1813, in Roncole, near Busseto, duchy of Parma, died on January 27, 1901, Milan, Italy.
- 10. Giuseppe Verdi •Almost of his works are serious love story with unhappy ending.
- 11. Giuseppe Verdi •He was noted for operas such as Rigoletto (1851), Iltrovatore (1853) Latraviata (1853), Don Carlos (1867), Aida (1871), Otello (1887), and Falstaff (1893), and for his Requiem Mass (1874).
- 12. Giacomo Puccini
- 13. Giacomo Puccini •Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini, was born on December 22, 1858 at Lucca, Tuscany Italy, died on November 29, 1924 at Brussels, Belgium.
- 14. Giacomo Puccini •He was an Italian composer whose one of the greatest exponents of operatic realism, who virtually brought the history of Italian opera to an end.
- 15. Giacomo Puccini •His mature operas included La Bohème (1896), Tosca (1990), Madame Butterfly (1904), and Turandot (left incomplete).
- 16. RICHARD WAGNER
- 17. RICHARD WAGNER •Wilhelm Richard Wagner weas born on May 22, 1813, Leipsig Germany, died on February 13, 1883 at Venice, Italy.
- 18. RICHARD WAGNER •He was a German dramatic composer and theorist whose operas and music had a revolutionary influence on the course of Western music, either by extension of his discoveries or reaction against them.
- 19. Some of his major works are; • The Flying Dutchman (1843) • Tannhäuser (1845) • Lohengrin (1850) • Tristan und Isolde (1865) • Parsifal (1882), • And his great tetralogy, The Ring of the Nibelung (1869-76).
- 20. George Bizet
- 21. George Bizet •Alexandre-César-Léopold Bizet was born on October 25, 1838, Paris, France, died on June 3, 1875 at Bougival, near Paris.
- 22. George Bizet •He was a French composer best remembered for his opera Carmen (1875). His realistic approach influenced the verismo school of opera at the end of the 19th century.