symphonist
Large-scale orchestral composer
A symphonist is a composer of symphonies.
The term typically implies serious engagement with the symphonic form rather than casual attempts: Brahms was among the great symphonists of the Romantic era.
Less commonly, symphonist can refer to a member of a symphony orchestra.
German classical music giant
- MozartEighteenth-century Austrian composer
- BrahmsRomantic German composer
- MahlerAustrian composer-conductor
- SchubertViennese song composer
Tchaikovsky · Haydn · Bruckner · Shostakovich · Sibelius · Dvořák · Mendelssohn · Schumann
Large instrumental ensemble
- conductorOne who directs musicians
- philharmonicLarge orchestra organization
- ensembleUnified group or outfit
- stringsThin flexible lines
brass · woodwinds · percussion · score · baton · podium · premiere · performance
Scoring for instrumental ensemble
- movementsChanges in position
- developmentProgress toward maturity
- expositionSystematic explanatory presentation
- recapitulationSummarizing what came before
coda · thematic · motif · scoring · instrumentation · counterpoint · modulation · leitmotif
Supreme creative achievement
- repertoireWorks ready to perform
- canonAccepted authoritative works
- influencePower to affect others
- oeuvreComplete artistic output
romanticism · classicism · nationalism · innovation · patron · virtuosity · genius · prodigy
Beethoven
German classical music giant
- MozartEighteenth-century Austrian composer
- BrahmsRomantic German composer
- MahlerAustrian composer-conductor
Tchaikovsky · Haydn · Schubert · Bruckner · Shostakovich · Sibelius · Dvořák · Mendelssohn · Schumann · Prokofiev
orchestra
Large instrumental ensemble
- conductorOne who directs musicians
- philharmonicLarge orchestra organization
- ensembleUnified group or outfit
strings · brass · woodwinds · percussion · score · baton · podium · premiere · performance · rehearsal
orchestration
Scoring for instrumental ensemble
- movementsChanges in position
- developmentProgress toward maturity
- expositionSystematic explanatory presentation
recapitulation · coda · thematic · motif · scoring · instrumentation · counterpoint · modulation · leitmotif · variation
masterwork
Supreme creative achievement
- repertoireWorks ready to perform
- canonAccepted authoritative works
- influencePower to affect others
oeuvre · romanticism · classicism · nationalism · innovation · patron · virtuosity · genius · prodigy · revision
symphonistperformer
One who entertains audiences
instrumentalist · soloist · session musician · accompanist · conductor
- symphonic musicLarge-scale orchestral compositions
- symphonic bandLarge wind instrument orchestra
- symphonic rockRock fused with classical
- Beethoven symphoniesNine major orchestral compositions
- symphonic poemProgrammatic orchestral composition
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