short works which portray some definite mood of character
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Lied
“song” in German, but it is also a “miniature” genre of the romantic area w/ text generally from a Romantic poem
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Song cycle
a group of songs associated by a common poetic theme or an actual story
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Program music
instrumental compositions associated w/ poems, stories, etc.
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Concert overture
pieces for the theatre- started by Felix Mendelssohn
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Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Viennese composer that started music early, lead an unspectacular life, wrote almost 700 lieder and many choral songs, and died young
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Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Started as a piano virtuoso, later worked as a teacher/conductor and wrote musical criticism, composed a lot of piano pieces (character), had many serious mental health issues
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Franz Liszt
"Rock star" composer, highly talented pianist, "had three careers"
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Clara Wieck Schumann (1819-1896)
Piano prodigy who once composed her own music to perform- married Robert Schumann
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Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Very successful composer who founded the Leipzig Conservatory of Music, stuck with a foundation of Classical technique, and wrote largely concert overtures
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Fanny Mendelssohn (1805-1847)
Highly prolific but not very popular composer; sister of Felix Mendelssohn
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