The document provides biographical information about several famous composers from the late 19th century including Richard Strauss, Edward Grieg, Issac Albeniz, Richard Wagner, Fredric Chopin, Vincent d'Indy, Antonin Dvorak, Alexander Borodin, Giuseppe Verdi, and Sir Edward Elgar. It discusses their backgrounds, notable works, and contributions to music with a focus on nationalism in their compositions.

1. Section III Nationalism In Music

2. Richard Strauss Lived from 1864 – 1949 Was born into a musically enriched family. His father was a superb, professional horn player. Strauss is known for his famous tone poem, “Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks” Strauss planned Till Eulenspielgel’s Merry Pranks to be an opera, but in 1984, he decided to change it to a tone poem.

3. Edward Grieg Grieg’s famous piece is the suite From Holberg’s Time: Suite in the Olden Suite. The piece was originally written for the piano, but Grieg completed an arrangement for string orchestra. Movements from the Holberg Suite are: Praeludium, Sarabande, Gavotte, Air, and Rigaudon. (all of the of these movements are in the KEY OF G )

4. Issac Albeniz Issac Albeniz lived from 1860 to 1909. He began piano lessons with his older sister at the young age of three. One of Albeniz’s best known works is The Suite Espanola No. 1 . The piece has an original piano version as well as orchestral and guitar arrangements. The movements of this piece are: Granada (Serenata); Cataluna (Corranda); Sevilla (Sevillanas); Cadiz (Saeta); Asturias (Leyenda); Aragon (Fantasia); Castilla (Seguidillas); and Cube (Capricho)

5. Richard Wagner Wagner was born into a huge family mess. His mother was claimed to be an illegitimate daughter and his father was not his biological father, and to top it off, his father passed away when Wagner was just an infant. In 1833, Wagner became a musical director of a traveling theatre company. After getting married to one of his lead actresses, Wagner began to compose several operas that later on became some of his best work. Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg was one of his best operas. IT was also the only opera that he devised the storyline. Die Meistersinger was first performed in Munich in 1868, and each show lased about four and half hours.

6. Fredric Chopin Chopin was born near Warsaw, Poland into a well-connect middle class family. By the age of seven, Chopin has found his God-given talent of music. He was a musical prodigy and became a published composer by this age. In 1817, he composed two polonaises that won him praise over the whole city. Chopin’s final (published after his death) and best known pieces was Mazurka in Gminor, Opus 67, No. 2 .

7. Vincent d’Indy D’ Indy was born into aristocracy of Ardeche region of France. His mother died in childbirth. His famous piece is The Symphonie . It was written for piano and orchestra, but more for a traditional symphony.

8. Antonin Dvorak Dvorak began to take violin and voice lessons at the age of 6. Dvorak composed his Czech Suite in 1879. The suite has five movements: Preludium, Polka, Sousedska, Romance, and Finale.

9. Alexander Borodin At the age of 9, Borodin composed his first piece (Polka) in piano. He later on learned flute and cello. In 1869, Borodin wrote his famous opera, Knyaz’ Igor. Sadly, he never finished the opera. He always put it off and picked it up randomly, but died from heart failure before he completed it.

10. Giuseppe Verdi Verdi received his first instrument at the age of 7. It was a spinet, which is like a mini keyboard. He began to compose music at the age of 13. In 1842, Verdi composed his famous opera, Nabucco. Nabucco was about a biblical story from the book of Jeremiah.

11. Sir Edward Elgar Elgar never had a set position in music. Sometimes he was a conductor, violinist, bassoonist, or sometimes a composer.