1: Schubert (Franz Seraph Peter Schubert)
(1) Famous introduction:
Schubert (1797-1828), Austrian composer , born in Vienna on January 31, 1797. I was exposed to music in my childhood. Schubert lived at the transition between classicism and romanticism. His symphonic style inherited the tradition of classicism, but his art songs and piano works were completely romantic. His wonderful lyricism led Liszt to call him "the most poetic musician ever". Schubert infused traditional chamber music with his own spiritual character. They are also the last works of Viennese Classicism. In "Impromptu" and "Musical Moment", Schubert made the piano sing a new lyrical style. Their whimsy, spontaneity and unexpected charm became elements of Romanticism.
(2) Representative works
Schubert is most widely known for his more than 600 songs that were inspired by his feelings. We are also familiar with the famous "Schubert Serenade", which has beautiful melody and is intoxicating.
2: Fredric Chopin
(1) Famous introduction:
Chopin (1810-1849), Polish composer. Chopin showed musical genius as a child. When he was nineteen years old, he wrote the "Piano Concerto in F minor". In 1831, Chopin came to Paris and interacted with many outstanding artists, such as musicians Liszt and Berlioz, writers Hugo, Balzac, and Haier. Nietzsche, painter Delacroix. In his association with the world-famous novelist George Sand, Chopin entered the most vigorous period of creation. Chopin was one of the most original artists of the Romantic era, and his style was unique. Among the first-class artists, Chopin was the only master who concentrated his creative life on the piano. He cleverly overcame the piano's major limitation of being unable to play sustained notes of any length. He plays an important role in the formation of modern piano style. For the first time, he highlighted Slavic national elements in music, bringing Slavic national elements into the mainstream of European music. The melodies of his works are vigorous and brave; the mazurkas are as glorious as knights; the waltzes are full of sweet tenderness. Chopin also wrote fantasies, scherzos, ballades, impromptu, preludes, and sonatas. The emotions he expresses are mysterious and ecstatic.
(2) Representative works:
"Piano Concerto in F minor", C minor etude "Revolution", etc.
3: Weber
(1) Famous introduction:
Weber (1786-1826) German composer. Born into a theater family, he also has deep experience in German folk music and customs. This is of great significance to his future music creation. Weber learned piano at the age of ten, and later studied composition. At the age of twelve, he began to write opera music. After 1813, he served as permanent conductor of the Prague Theater and the Dresden Symphony Orchestra, playing an important role in the fame of these two performance groups.
(2) Representative works:
Weber’s representative work is the opera "Dragon Shooter" or "Magic Bullet". With its strong German style and romantic atmosphere, it is considered to be Germany's first comic opera. In addition, he also wrote the opera "Oberon", as well as a few overtures, concertos, and sonatas. Among them, the piano piece "Invitation to Dance" is the most popular.
4: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
(1) Famous introduction:
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky ( 1840-1893) was a great Russian composer and music educator in the 19th century, known as the great Russian music master. He was born on May 7, 1840 in the Ural city of Vodginsk into a family full of musical atmosphere. He had shown extraordinary musical talent since childhood. In 1862, Tchaikovsky entered the Petersburg Conservatory of Music to study, embarking on the decisive path of receiving real professional music education. In 1866, he took up the post of professor at the Moscow Conservatory of Music, which lasted eleven years. He created a variety of excellent works. Beginning in 1877, it was the heyday of Tchaikovsky's creation. Tchaikovsky is a great Russian on a world scale who summed up the entire era of musical development in Europe. He established his own grand symphonic music system and became one of the pinnacle figures in symphonic music. Tchaikovsky wrote seven symphonies in his lifetime, among which "Symphony No. 1 in G minor" was his debut in the symphony genre. It is a real Russian symphony, characterized by its focus on psychological description, Full of patriotic lyricism. This symphony is also the stepping stone and "doorway" for people to understand his symphonic works.
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In 1866, he created the first three symphonies, the symphonic poem "Francesca da Limini", and the Fantasy Overture "Romeo and Juliet", dance drama "Swan Lake" and "Piano Concerto No. 1", etc. This was the first period of Tchaikovsky's creation. Tchaikovsky's later years were the peak of his creativity. From 1888 to 1889, he visited Germany, the Czech Republic, France and the United Kingdom, and formed friendships with Brahms, Grieg, Dvo?ák, Cournot, Massenet, etc.
Beginning in 1877, it was the heyday of Tchaikovsky's creation. He began to compose two works of genius - the opera "Eugene Onegin" and his famous work "Fourth Symphony". Tchaikovsky's later years were the peak period of his creation. During this period, in addition to composing "Eugene Onegin" and "The Fourth Symphony", he also composed the "Fifth Symphony", "Manfried Symphony", the opera "The Queen of Spades", "Yolanta", the dance drama "The Sleeping Uncle", "The Nutcracker"; as well as "The Tempest", "Italian Caprice", "1812 Overture", "Violin Concerto in D major", cello "Lotus" Variations on a Theme of Coco" as well as various instrumental ensembles, piano solos, vocal romances, etc., covering almost all genres. In particular, the Sixth (Pathétique) Symphony, which he wrote in the summer of 1893, is his final work.
5: Robert Schumann
(1) Famous introduction:
Robert Schumann (1810-1856), a famous German composer and music critic . He was born in Zwickau, Germany, and loved music and literature since childhood. Schumann was emotionally sensitive by nature and had democratic ideas. In 1834, he founded the "New Music Magazine", which played an important role in changing the outdated music atmosphere at that time and promoting the development of romantic art. He cared about and supported unknown musicians such as Chopin, Berlioz, Liszt, Brahms, Wagner, etc.
(2) Representative works:
Schumann’s representative works include: piano music "Butterfly", "Carnival", "Symphonic Etudes", "Fantasia", etc. 1840 In 2001, he wrote 138 songs, known as the "Song Literary Collection". He also wrote four symphonies, as well as "Piano Concerto in A Minor", "Manfred Overture", etc.
6: Gioacchino Rossini
(1) Famous introduction:
Groacchino Rossini [1792-1868] Nineteen One of the three great figures of Italian opera in the first half of the century, he was born in Besallo, Italy. He learned harmony from Tisset at the age of ten, and later studied opera composition. "The Barber of Seville" is a representative work of Italian comic opera that embodies the essence of Italian comedy. It has vivid language, free form and is full of fantasy. His creations inherited the Italian tradition of focusing on melody and bel canto. The music is full of dazzling decoration and humorous and joyful spirit. He also absorbed the techniques of contemporary composer Beethoven, using orchestral music to replace and enrich the original music-only composition. Highly prompted fortepiano accompaniment. In 1829, Rossini wrote the final work "William Tell". This work reflected the desire for national independence and played a role in promoting the formation of the grand opera genre.
(2) Representative works:
Rossini created nearly forty operas, and his representative works include "The Barber of Seville", "William Tell", "Gray" "Girl", "The Stealing Magpie" and the operas "Othello", "Moses", etc.
7: Rimsky-Korsakov
(1) Famous introduction:
Rimsky-Korsakov [1844- 1908〕Russian composer and music educator. He is recognized as the best master of "sea landscape painting". But he is first and foremost a famous Russian composer, especially a master of Russian opera art. He was born into an aristocratic family and was influenced by the family's musical atmosphere since childhood. He began to learn piano at the age of six and tried to write music at the age of eleven. The premiere of his "Symphony No. 1" in December 1865 was a success. Officially became a professional musician in 1871. He has been teaching for thirty years, and his students are all very outstanding, including: Alensky, Asafyev, Glazunov, Lyadov, Ippolitov Ivanov, Zhuas Kovsky and Prokofiev and more than 200 famous musicians. During the last twenty years of his life he wrote little in the purely symphonic form. His symphonic music creations all have the tendency of title, narrative and sound-picture style. The plots of his symphonic music works are closely related to Russian warrior songs and legends, oriental folk tales and scenes of people's lives. His symphonic music works have strong national characteristics and strong oriental color. He is also the author of "Practical Tutorial on Harmony", "Orchestral Instrumentation" and the biography "My Musical Life".
(2) Representative works:
His main works include: fifteen operas, including musicals, epic operas, mythological operas, lyrical comedy operas, and monster revues and other genres , the most famous of which are "The Pskov Girl", "May Nights", "The Snow Lady", "Christmas Eve", "Satko", "The Tsar's Bride", "The Story of King Sadan" "wait. His last opera, The Golden Cockerel, was a biting satire. The number of his symphonic music works is not large, but they are very exciting: the works in the 1960s mainly include "Symphony No. 1", the symphonic suite "Antal" and the symphonic music painting "Satko"; the works in the 1980s There are symphonic suites "Shehra Chadha", "Spanish Caprice" and "Symphony No. 3", etc.
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