Schubert
Unfinished Symphony creator
Franz Schubert was an Austrian composer of the early Romantic period, known especially for his lieder (German art songs), symphonies, and chamber music.
He composed prolifically in his short life, dying at 31, leaving over 600 songs including "Ave Maria" and "Erlkönig." His name appears in music history discussions and concert programs: We're performing Schubert tonight.
Austrian capital
- VienneseOf Austria's capital
- HabsburgEuropean imperial dynasty
- DanubeMajor Central European river
- SalzburgAustrian city, composer's birthplace
Mozart · Haydn · Beethoven · Brahms · coffeehouse · Germanic · waltz
Prayer to the Madonna
- song cycleUnified group of art pieces
- art songComposed vocal setting poetry
- GoetheGerman poet-dramatist, 1749-1832
- MüllerGerman grain-grinder surname
baritone · soprano · tenor · piano accompaniment · through-composed · poetry · vocal
Extended composition for orchestra
- string quartetFour-piece chamber group
- piano sonataClassical composition for keys
- impromptuWithout advance preparation
- MassCatholic worship service
octet · chamber music · opus · manuscript · posthumous
Showing feelings outwardly
- lyricalMusically expressive
- emotionalShowing strong feelings
- poeticOf or like verse
- melancholySubdued, lasting sadness
longing · intimate · introspective · sublime · nature · wandering · Mendelssohn · Schumann
Musically pleasing to hear
- harmonicOf musical overtones
- modulationVarying signals to transmit
- chromaticismUse of non-scale tones
- tonalityMusic organized around tonic
motif · accompaniment · texture · lyricism · songful · cantabile · pianistic · orchestration
Vienna
Austrian capital
Salzburg · Mozart · Haydn · Beethoven · Brahms · coffeehouse · Germanic · waltz
Ave Maria
Prayer to the Madonna
- song cycleUnified group of art pieces
- art songComposed vocal setting poetry
- GoetheGerman poet-dramatist, 1749-1832
Müller · baritone · soprano · tenor · piano accompaniment · through-composed · poetry · vocal
symphony
Extended composition for orchestra
- string quartetFour-piece chamber group
- piano sonataClassical composition for keys
- impromptuWithout advance preparation
Mass · octet · chamber music · opus · manuscript · posthumous
expressive
Showing feelings outwardly
melancholy · longing · intimate · introspective · sublime · nature · wandering · Mendelssohn · Schumann · Chopin
melodic
Musically pleasing to hear
- harmonicOf musical overtones
- modulationVarying signals to transmit
- chromaticismUse of non-scale tones
tonality · motif · accompaniment · texture · lyricism · songful · cantabile · pianistic · orchestration · counterpoint
- ComposersBach, Beethoven, Mozart, Brahms, Haydn
- Austrian ComposersMozart, Haydn, Mahler, Schoenberg, Bruckner
- classical musicBach, Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Brahms
- 1800s FiguresDarwin, Marx, Dickens, Beethoven, Napoleon
- European MusiciansBach, Beethoven, Mozart, Chopin, Brahms
- 1800s GermanyBismarck, Prussia, German unification, German Confederation, Congress of Vienna
SchubertJohn Cage
Prepared piano inventor
Philip Glass · Bach · Stravinsky · Schoenberg
SchubertPaganini
Famed nineteenth-century violinist
Liszt · virtuoso · Rachmaninoff · Horowitz · Rubinstein