Composers and their Pieces

Question 1

Richard Wagner

Answer 1

Parsifal
Der ring des Nibelungen
tristan und isolde

Question 2

Giuseppe Verdi

Answer 2

La traviata
rigoletto
aida

Question 3

Ludwig Van Beehtoven

Answer 3

Pastoral symph
waldsein sonata
pathetique sonata
fidelio
eroica symph
The 8th symph

Question 4

Franz liszt

Answer 4

faust symph
mephisto symph
etudes
les preludes

Question 5

Mussorgorsky (exhibition)

Answer 5

Pictures at exhibition
boris godonov

Question 6

rimsky korsakov

Answer 6

sheherezade

Question 7

tchaikovsky

Answer 7

nutcracker
romeo & juliet
swan lake

Question 8

Berlioz 1symph

Answer 8

symph fantastique

Question 9

schubert

Answer 9

The unfinished symph
der wanderer
die schone mullerin
erlkonig

Question 10

greig

Answer 10

peer gynt suite

Question 11

mendelssohn

Answer 11

midsummer nights
oratorio elijah
song without words

Question 12

borodin

Answer 12

polovetsian dances

Question 13

strauss

Answer 13

also sprachzarusthra

Question 14

brahms

Answer 14

german requiem

Question 15

puccini

Answer 15

madame butterfly

Question 16

dvorak

Answer 16

new world symph

Question 17

wilde

Answer 17

solome

Question 18

schumann

Answer 18

papillions
kinderscenin
im wunderschonen monat mai
carnival
rhenish symph

Question 18

chopin

Answer 18

4 ballades for piano

Question 18

wrote 9 symphonies

Answer 18

beehtoven

Question 18

rachmninoff (Isle)

Answer 18

isle of the dead
symphonic dances

Question 19

wrote 9 symphs withe an unfinished 10th

Answer 19

mahler

Question 20

wrote 8 symphs with the last unfinished

Answer 20

schubert

Question 21

wrote a symphony based on his passion for an english irish acctress

Answer 21

berlioz

Question 22

writer of primarly german lied

Answer 22

schumann

Question 23

writer of tone poems and numerous piano works

Answer 23

strauss

Question 24

writer of primarily keyboard works with a couple piano concertos

Answer 24

chopin

Question 25

opera composer who stretched the limits of functional tonality in the 19th century

Answer 25

strauss

Question 26

had a love affair with a french writer named george sand

Answer 26

chopin

Question 27

associate with lietmotif

Answer 27

wagner

Question 28

associate with idee fixe

Answer 28

berlioz

Question 29

associate with thematic transformation

Answer 29

berlioz and liszt

Question 30

first composer of programmatic symphony

Answer 30

berlioz

Question 31

composer associated with nocturnes preludes and waltzes

Answer 31

chopin

Question 32

associate with gesamkunstwerk

Answer 32

wagner

Question 33

german composer who returned to the use of classical forms

Answer 33

brahms

Question 34

2 opera composers

Answer 34

verdi rossini

Question 35

german composer became the resident conductor for the new york symph

Answer 35

mahler

Question 36

german romantic composer who wrote numerous boring symphs according to doc

Answer 36

bruckner

Question 37

writer of music drama

Answer 37

wagner

Question 38

russian composer of numerous ballets

Answer 38

tchaikovsky

Question 39

wrote over 600 lieder

Answer 39

schubert

Question 40

when schubert died this composer cried

Answer 40

beehtoven

Question 41

after writing a lied for orchestra and voice this composers young daughter died

Answer 41

mahler

Question 42

gesamkuntswerk

Answer 42

excellent art work/ total art work

Question 43

lied

Answer 43

german song

Question 44

dies irae

Answer 44

day of wrath on judgement day

Question 45

symphonic fantasy ( overture)

Answer 45

tchaikovsky romeo and juliet

Question 46

renewal of classicism

Answer 46

brahms did in

Question 47

idee fixe

Answer 47

idea that dominates and berlioz uses it

Question 48

lietmotif

Answer 48

a reocurring significant melody that reflects character and wagner uses it

Question 49

tone poem

Answer 49

high point of program music strauss uses it

Question 50

programmatic symphony

Answer 50

blend musical compositions with literary narratives

Question 51

dissolution of tonality

Answer 51

liszt nuages gris wagner tristan, ring cycle strauss solome, electra means avoiding the dominant and tonal center