Beethoven
piano composition, Germany, studied with Haydn
Schubert
Erlkonig, wrote a lot of piece at a young age, lived in Vienna, Lied
Felix Mendelssohn
extremely successful at a young age, in England and Germany, travelled most of Europe like Mozart, came from a not so musical family
Belioz
autobiographical music, father wanted him to be a doctor, sent him to school in paris and ended up enrolling in the national conservatory of music, Symphonie Fantastique
Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel
woman, older sister to Felix, struggled being Felix's sister and being a woman, published under Felix's name for a while
Chopin
Mazurka (polish folk dance), Character pieces, nationalism, training in Poland and paris, western Europe extended tour, made a living from teaching and selling works, popular for solo piano pieces, lived on an isolated island with someone and died there f
Gottschalk
Union, native of New Orleans, studied piano in Paris, orchestras would feature him in pieces, nationalism
Verdi
La Traviata (about a prostitute), reform political conventions, Italy, traveling doing operas, Italian Parliament
Brahms
a recluse, the hedgehog- prickly composer, unknown until shumann introduced him as the savior of music, instant celebrity
Debussy
Voiles, outskirts of Paris, studied at the Conservatory of Paris, pushed the boundaries of composition, impressionism, not out in public very much
Ives
the unanswered question, born in Danbury, Connecticut, learned pieces in peoples parlors, worked them into pieces, tonal vs, atonal, modernism, against the grain
Schoenberg
Columbine from Pierrot Lunaire, expressionism, Sprechstimme (halfway between song and speech), an outsider and tourtured soul, Austrian by birth, travelled between Vienna and berlin, moved to LA and worked at UCLA, discovered the twelve tone music
Stravinsky
the rite of spring, ballet russe, modernism, many people hated the piece, pentatonic scale,
Still
Black Pierrot, African American, with many firsts, art song, born in Woodville, Mississippi, and grew up in Little Rock, AR, studied at the Wilberforce University, Oberlin Conservatory, New England Conservatory of Music
Copland
Hoedown from Rodeo, born in Brooklyn, had European traditional training, wrote many movies scores
Cage
born in LA, studied with Arnold Scheonburg, Sonata II, electronic music, made people rethink music
Glass
Knee play 1 from Einstein on the Beach, minimalist, ostinato, born and raised in Baltimore, Peabody Conservatory of Music and Julliard in NY