Composer - Classical Flashcards
(10 cards)
Hayden - Austria
Sings at St. Stephens in Vienna
Kapellmeister to Prince Nikolai’s Esterhazy - lives in Eisenstadt Hungary
Serves Nikoluase and son Anton (not a music lover and disbands music)
Travels to London
Famous works:
Creation - influence of Handle (messiah and Israel in Egypt)
Nelson Mass - associated with British Admiral Nelson
Little Organ Mass
W.A.Mozart - Salzburg
studies with father
Child prodigy
First symphony - 8
Concert master at Salzburg court - 16
Embraced enlightenment philosophies
Moves toward greater accessibility in church - language vernacular, shorter services, less music
Moves to Vienna
Salzburg performances: 24 singers, lack of violas, calla parte trombones, trumpets and timpani for festive orchestration
Works:
Coronation Mass
Requiem
Hasse - German
Tenor in Hanbert Opera
Studies with Scarlatti
Marries soprano Faustina Borodin
Kapellmeister in court in Dresden
Prominent composer of opera
Piece: Te Deum
Haydn - Austria
Younger brother of Joseph Haydn
Succeed Mozart at Salzburg Court
Stays in Salzburg rest of career
Offered job by Nicklaus Esterhazy but turns it down
Considered greatest composer of church music in his day
Piece: Missa anti Hieronymi
Schubert - Vienna
1797-1828
Music training from father and brother
Chorister at Imperial court
Teaches at father’s school
Dies from sickness at 31
Known as a parlor composer
Schuberttiades
Piece: Lebenslust
Belcher - US
1751-1836
Born in Massachuetts
Son of a physician
Sang under William Billings
Publishes music in Harmony of Main
“The Handel of Maine”
Billings - US
1746-1800
Born in Boston
Apprentice to tanner
Works in leather trade
Pirate
Published New England psalm singer
Self-taught
Piece: Chester - a hymn, text about independence
Rossini - Italy
1792–1868
Musical family
Singer studied under Padre Martini
Famous Operatic composer
Retires at 37
Piece: Petite messa solenelle
Marianna Martines - Vienna
1744-1812
Lived in same apartment building as F. J. Hayden and Esterhazy’s
Studies piano with Haydn
Composition with Hasse
Piece: Dixit Dominus - very Baroque instrumental, reminiscent of Hasse
Nunes Garcia - Brazil
Born in Rio de Janeiro
Ordained priest in 1972
