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1. the most important composer of this period and was best remembered for his keyboard pieces

2. Many of his works were similar in structure to Baroque styles suites and gave them fancy, Baroques titles

3. He also wrote church pieces that combined different bits of Italian and French vocals and harmony

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1. Mozart was openly emotional with his works, his feelings often fueling his inspiration. This was a level of musical humility most composers were not displaying but it did not cause much of a disturbance to audiences.

2. Thankfully, he was much freer with his abilities. Living in Vienna for most of his career allowed him to rely on the public and less on the church or aristocrats.

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Much like composers were more able to rely on the support of the public, an interest in literature and literary works was making its way down to the general public. Mediums like pamphlets, dictionaries, biographies, and various speeches became much more popular than mystery, fantasy or romance.

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As stated in the Music: The Art of Learning textbook, symphony is an instrumental genre that is comprised of shortly written pieces than only use so many instruments (usually before an Italian opera). During the mid 1700’s symphonies were a popular genre for a lot of composers and was expanded upon.

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1. A pretty stable life, being born in Austria but very close to Hungary, Haydn grew up as a choir boy for almost the entirety of his youth. He later taught choir boys in Vienna as a young adult before being picked up to work for Prince Paul. This job, although very taxing, provided him with the better resources.

2. His works are often compared to Mozart because of the variety of their works.

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A famous transitional composer, beginning his musical journey in the Classical period and continuing it on through the early parts of the Romantic era. He understood that while times were changing, that did not mean that he had to abandon his own personal strategy. Entering into the Romantic era, he took his own experience and simply evolved it to thrive. He took his Classical style and highlighted it with various Romantic aspects

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Brahms was not so popular during the Romantic era. He often felt that he was born in the wrong movement, longing to have been around during 1780’s with famous Classical composers like Beethoven. He made classical compositions but saturated them in the Romantic elements of the time.

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A strong Russian composer that was much more interested and inspired by the west and its compilation of composers. His inspiration stems from Germany, Italy and France. He hated having to learn the art of composition from an instructor so once he was able, Tchaikovsky put all his melancholy into his compositions

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As materialism and religious values rose around the same time, it left many wanting a much simpler life. Nature became a much-wanted escape for many and the focus of many art works at the time. Many began to associate God with nature, in a way, looking at Good in the same light as some soft and all forgiving being. Religion is brought back but in an idealistic way, a way that is much easier to digest. Industrialism also plays a hand in the want to return back to nature.

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Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1829–1869)     

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Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1829–1869)     

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Gottschalk was from New Orleans but wanted to gain more experience, so as an adult he left for France. He was quickly accepted and became the first well-known composer-performer. It was common for him (as well as a few other composers) to go back and forth between Europe and the States, but after a few years he came back to share all that he’d learned with smaller composers.

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1. Across all areas: literature, music, art-Romanticism and a lust of the unknown was apparent. Music was often written with a story or folk tale (fairytale) in mind.

2. The idea of some far-off land, some other time and place. It could be magical, whimsical, it could be frightening- as long as the idea was romanticized or overblown

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Chopin fled from Poland during the Russian takeover and spent the rest of his short life in France where he composed beautiful works loved by many- yet he was not happy. He grew to love a woman who could not entirely love him back. Due to his emotional and physical fragility, Chopin ended up passing away at the age of 39.

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Literature v. The Unknown & Romanticism 

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Literature v. The Unknown & Romanticism 

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I chose these two topics simply because they focus on the two polar opposites in literature. Is it fictional or is it nonfictional? During the Classical era, learning was much more popular. Popular may not be the best word to use- philosophers and scientists felt that the general public should have better access to the information they had. It would also be helpful to mention that books were something that only rich people had in their home, and they cost a lot to make. Scholars of course didn’t care about the money so much as the fact that everyone should have enough reach to know what they knew.

Romanticism, although it’s full of pastels and a dreamy mist and fairytale waiting to whist you away, came after a dark point in European history. People needed a distraction from the social and economic mess. If making up a tale that takes place once upon a time, accompanied by a wistful musical score distracts people from their dull or sad lives then many were on board.