HANDOUT IN MUSIC QUARTER 4 GIACOMA PUCCINI

- Late Romantic Italian composer who composed the score for “La Boheme”
OPERA COMPOSERS OF THE ROMANTIC PERIOD
- Born on December 22, 1858 in Luca, Italy
FRANZ PETER SCHUBERT - Stressed realism, drew material from everyday life.
- WORKS
- Viennese composer who wrote over 600 art songs and the “Unfinished  La Boheme
Symphony”  Tosca
- the proper name for his songs is actually leider.  Madame Butterfly
- Lieder – German Word for songs.  Turandot
- Considered as the last of the classical composers and one of the first romantic
ones. RICHARD WAGNER
- Born Jan 31, 1797 in Himmelpfortgrund, Austria
- Born in Leipzig, Germany on May 22, 1813
- Died 1828 in Vienna, Austria at age 31.
- Died of heart attack on February 13, 1883 at age of 69.
- WORKS
- Advocate of the form called “Music Drama” where musical and dramatic
 Gretchen am Spinnrade
elements are fused together.
 Erlkonig
- Expressiveness is aided by the use of “Leitmotifs” or musical sequences.
 Ellens Gesang III (Ave Maria)
- WORKS
 Scwanenge Sang (Swan Song)
 Tristan and Isolde
GIUSEPPE VERDI  Die Walkyrie
 Die Meistersinger
- Romantic Opera composer who wrote his final opera that ends with “All the  Tannhauser
World’s a joke”  Parsifal
- Born in Parma, Italy on Oct. 9, 1813
- Died in Milan, Italy on January 27, 1901. GEORGE BIZET
- WORKS
- Legal name Alexandre-Cesae-Leopold Bizet
 La Traviata
- Born October 25, 1833 in Paris, France
 Rigoletto
- Died June 3, 18575
 Falstaff
- CARMEN – most famous opera which became a smash hit in Vienna, Austria.
 Otello
 Aida ( for the opening of the Suez Canal)