1.  Friday, Monday and Tuesday, 19-23 – Crash  Wednesday, 24 – Reflection (Sub)  Thursday and Friday, 25-26 – Final  Monday and Tuesday, 29-30 – Chapter 9 Sections 3 and 4 – Notes Only  Wednesday - Friday, 1-3 (Final time will be given later) – American History X  Monday – Thursday, 6-9 – End of course testing

2.  Monday, 22 – Romantic Music ppt.  Tuesday, 23 – Music and Art Review  Wednesday, 24 – Romantic/Realism Drama & Dance worksheet with Sub  Thursday & Friday, 25&26 – Final  Monday, 29 – Binder Check  Tuesday, 30 – Test  Wednesday, 1 – Make-up test  Thursday & Friday, 2&3 – Final  Monday-Thursday, 6-9 – End of course testing

3. Tchaikovsky and Wagner

4.  Very diff. from Neoclassical – emotion, adventure, and imagination  Beethoven inspired composers to become self-supported  Opera very popular  Soft/dreamy music accomplished by: Chromatic scale – moving in half steps Dissonance – harsh sounds to the ear Modulations – change from one key to another

5.  Composers focused on melodies and themes  Cycle – complete story told w/ several related songs  Improved range power of piano/improvements to orchestral instruments

6.  Studied music as a child  At 21 entered the St. Petersburg Conservatory/ studied composition  Graduated and taught theory and composition at Moscow Conservatory

7.  Mme. Von Meck – contributions allowed him to dedicate himself to his music  Best remembered for his ballets: Nutcracker, Swan Lake and Sleeping Beauty  Performed 6 th symphony (Pathetique) as the opening concert for Carnegie Hall in 1891 – died a few days later

8.  Symphony #6 In B Minor, Op. 74, "Pathétique"  Symphony #5 In E Minor, Op. 64 – Finale  Symphony #2 In C Minor, Op. 17, "Little Russian" – Finale  The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71 - Russian Dance  Sleeping Beauty Suite, Op. 66A  Swan Lake Suite, Op. 20  1812 Overture, Op. 49

9.  Born in a theatrical family  Began composing at 17  Chorus master for several theatres  Built his own theatre (Das Festspielhaus) in 1872

10.  Most significant works – Tristan and Isolde and Ring Cycle (covers German and Scandinavian mythology – over 16 hrs.)  Leitmotif – assigning short melodies to people or ideas in operas (used in many 20 th century films)  Adolf Hitler well known admirer of Wagner and adopted much of his work for the Nazi party

11.  Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg  Overture to Tannhäuser  The Ride of the Valkyries  Prelude to Act III of Lohengrin  Tristan and Isolde: Prelude to Act 1

12.  3-4 descriptive sentences