Life and Works of Chopin, Tchaikovsky, Verdi, Puccini, Liszt and Wagner

1. ROMANTIC
PERIOD
COMPOSER
S

2. FREDERIC FRANCOIS
CHOPIN
 Born on March
01, 1810
 Completed his
musical
education from
the Warsaw
Conservatory

3. FREDERIC FRANCOIS
CHOPIN
 Had his first
formal piano
lessons in 1816.
 At 7, he started
performing in
public and
composed two
Polonaises.

4. FREDERIC FRANCOIS
CHOPIN
 At 18, he earned
the title “Poet of
the Piano”.
 History says that
no other
composer has
made the piano
sound so beautiful
as Chopin.

5. FREDERIC FRANCOIS
CHOPIN  His works are
described to be
elegant,
graceful, and
melodic.
 At 39, he died of
Tuberculosis in
October 17,
1849.

6. FREDERIC FRANCOIS
CHOPIN
POLONAISE IN
A FLAT MAJOR
OP. 53

7. PETER ILYICH
TCHAIKOVSKY
 Born in May 7,
1840
 Son of Petrovich
Tchaikovsky and
Alexandra
Andreyevna
 At 5, he started
taking piano
lessons.

8. PETER ILYICH
TCHAIKOVSKY
 He pursued his
career as a civil
servant.
 At 21, he began
studying music
theory
 He became a
professor of music
in Moscow
Conservatory.

9. PETER ILYICH
TCHAIKOVSKY
 At 30, he made
“Romeo and
Juliet”
 Tchaikovsky
underwent
several
emotional
disturbances.

10. PETER ILYICH
TCHAIKOVSKY
His works were
influenced by
French, Italian,
German and
Russian.
He blended national
and exotic elements
to produce subjective
and passionate
music.

11. GIUSEPPE VERDI
Born on October
9, 1813 in Le
Roncole Italy
He began
studying music in
Busseto.
Married to
Margerita Barezzi

12. GIUSEPPE VERDI
“Oberto”, his
first opera
Death of his
wife and two
children.

13. GIUSEPPE VERDI
A LIBRETTO
about Jews
exiled from their
homeland is
what changed
Verdi’s heart.

14. GIUSEPPE VERDI
He composed
“NABUCCO”
(Nebuchadnezza
r, King of
Babylon) that has
proved him being
nationalistic.

15. GIUSEPPE VERDI  Verdi’s opera
symbolizes
Italian
Independence.
His compositions
were merely for
the public whose
main
entertainment
was opera.

16. GIUSEPPE VERDI
Themes of his
works:
 Mature
 Serious
 Ends unhappily
 Hatred, love,
jealousy and fear

17. GIUSEPPE VERDI
Three greatest
works:
 Aida
 Otello
 Falstaff
 He died of stroke
on January 27,
1901 in Milan.

18. GIUSEPPE VERDI  Verdi’s opera
symbolizes
Italian
Independence.
His compositions
were merely for
the public whose
main
entertainment
was opera.

19. GIUSEPPE VERDI
“NABUCCO”
(Nabucodnozor)

20. GIACOMO PUCCINI
The Greatest
Italian Opera
Composer after
Verdi
Born in Tuscany,
Italy on
December
22,1858

21. GIACOMO PUCCINI
Fortuna Magi, his
uncle, assisted
him in his musical
education. He
bare have
enough money or
food to supply his
needs.

22. GIACOMO PUCCINI
 He got his diploma
from Pacini School
of Music in Lucca in
1880.
 In 1893, he became
popular all
throughout Italy for
his Manon Lescaut.

23. GIACOMO PUCCINI
Became wealthy
because of his
world-famous
composition La
Boheme (1896),
Tosca (1900) and
Madame Butterfly
(1904)

24. GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini, who
was a chain
smoker, felt he
had a chronic
soar throat an
later diagnosed
to throat cancer
in 1923.

25. GIACOMO PUCCINI
Died of
continuous
bleeding due to
radiation therapy
treatment in
November 29,
1924.

26. GIACOMO PUCCINI
MADAME
BUTTERFLY

27. FRANZ LISZT
Born in Hungary
on October 22,
1811
Only child of
Adam Liszt and
Anna Lagen
At 6, he had his
first music
lessons

28. FRANZ LISZT
His father was his
first teacher who
was an
administrator for
the Esterhazy
Family.
In Vienna, Carl
Czerny taught his
piano techniques.

29. FRANZ LISZT
Antonio Salieri,
taught him
different
techniques in
composition.
Liszt was inspired
by Paganini, a
great violinist.

30. FRANZ LISZT
He is the inventor
of Symphonic
Poem/Tone Poem
His music is
controversial.
His piano works
require extreme
dynamics.

31. FRANZ LISZT
At 74, he died of
Powemonia in
Bayreuth,
Germany on June
30, 1886.
He composed
“Transcendental
Etudes”

32. FRANZ LISZT
HUNGARIAN
RHAPSODIE
S

33. RICHARD
WAGNBoErn Ron May
22, 1813 in
Leipzig,
Germany.
At 7, he began
his music
studies under a
Latin teacher.

34. RICHARD
WAGNHisE R
compositions
were well-known
for its
rich harmonies,
complicated
texture and
orchestration.

35. RICHARD
WAGNHeE diRed of heart
attack in
February 13,
1883.
He composed
“Bridal Chorus”
from the opera
Lohengrin.

36. RICHARD
WAGNER