Final Exam Study Guide
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Final Exam Study Guide
2017 Vocal Literature Final exam study guide
1. What is important to remember about each composer?
2. List one composition of each composer.
ALPHABETICAL LISTING OF COMPOSERS:
ALFVÉN: Hugo Alfvén (1872–1960)
ANCHIETTA: Juan de Anchieta (1462–2006)
ARGENTO: Dominick Argento (b. 1927)
BACON: Ernst Bacon (1898–1990)
BARBER: Samuel Barber (1910–1981)
BARTÓK: Béla Bartók (1881–1945)
BEACH: Amy Marcy Cheney Beach (1867–1944)
BEETHOVEN: Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
BELLINI: Vincenzo Bellini (1801–1835)
BERG: Alban Berg (1885–1935)
BERIO: Luciano Berio (1925–2003)
BERLIOZ: Hector Berlioz (1803– 1869)
BERNSTEIN: Leonard Bernstein (1918–1990)
BIZET: Georges Bizet (1838–1875)
BOLCOM: William Bolcom (b. 1938)
BORODIN: Aleksandr Porfir’evich Borodin
BOULANGER: Lili Boulanger (1893–1918)
BOWLES: Paul Bowles (1910–1999)
BRAGA: Francisco Ernani Braga (1868–1945)
BRAHMS: Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)
BRITTEN: Benjamin Britten (1913–1976)
BURLEIGH: H. T. Burleigh (1866–1949)
BUSH: Geoffrey Bush (1920–1998)
BUTTERWORTH: George Butterworth (1885–1916)
CACCINI: Giulio Caccini (1546– 1618)
CAMPION: Thomas Campion (1567–1620)
CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO: Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895–1968)
CHABRIER: Emmanuel Chabrier (1841–1894)
CHAMINADE: Cécile Chaminade (1857–1944)
CHANDLER: Theodore Chandler (1902–1961)
CHAUSSON: Ernest Chausson (1855–1899)
Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849)
CIMARA: Pietro Cimara (1887–1967)
CLARK: Rebecca Clark (1886–1979)
COPLAND: Aaron Copland (1900–1990)
CUI: César Antonovich Cui
DEBUSSY: Claude Debussy (1862–1918)
DELIUS: Frederick Delius (1862–1934)
DICKINSON: Peter Dickinson (b. 1934)
DONAUDY: Stefano Donaudy (1879–1925)
DONIZETTI: Gaetano Donizetti (1797–1848)
DOWLAND: John Dowland (1563–1626)
DRING: Madeleine Dring (1923–1977)
DUKE: John Duke (1899–1984)
DUPARC: Henri Duparc (1848–1933)
DURANTE: Francesco Durante (1684–1755)
DVORÁK: Antonín Dvorák (1841–1904)
ENESCU: George Enescu (1881–1955)
FAITH: Richard Faith (b. 1926)
FALLA: Manuel de Falla (1876–1946)
FAURÉ: Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924)
FINZI: Gerald Finzi (1901–1956)
FOSTER: Stephen Collins Foster (1826–1864)
FRANCK: César Franck (1822–1890)
FRANZ: Robert Franz (1815–1892)
GINASTERA: Alberto Ginastera (1916–1983)
GLINK: Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka
GLUCK: Christoph Wilibald Gluck (1714–1787)
GOUNOD: Charles Gounod (1818–1893)
GRANADOS: Enrique Granados (1867–1916)
GRIEG: Edvard Grieg (1843–1907)
GRIFFES: Charles Griffes (1884–1920)
GUASTAVINO: Carlos Guastavino (1912–2000)
GURIDI: Jesús Guridi (1886–1961)
GURNEY: Ivor Gurney (1890–1937)
HAGEN: Daron Aric Hagen (b. 1961)
HAHN: Reynaldo Hahn (1874–1947)
HANDEL: George Frideric Handel (1685–1759)
HAYDN: Franz Josef Haydn (1732–1809)
HEAD: Michael Head (1900–1976)
HOIBY: Lee Hoiby (b. 1926)
HORDER: Mervyn Horder (1910–1997)
HUNDLEY: Richard Hundley (b. 1931)
IBERT: Jacques Ibert (1890–1962)
IRELAND: John Ireland (1879–1962)
IVES: Charles Ives (1874–1954)
JANÁČEK: Leoš Janáček (1854–1928)
KILPINEN: Yrjö Kilpinen (1892–1959)
KODÁLY: Zoltán Kodály (1882–1967)
KORNGOLD: Erich Korngold (1897–1957)
LAITMAN: Lori Laitman (b. 1955)
LARSEN: Libby Larsen (b. 1950)
LEGUERNEY: Jacques Leguerney (1906–1997)
LISZT: Franz Liszt (1811–1886)
LOEWE: Johann Carl Gottfried Loewe (1796–1869)
MAHLER: Gustav Mahler (1860–1911)
MARX: Joseph Marx (1882–1964)
MENA: Gabriel Mena (fl. 1511–1516)
MENDELSSOHN: Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847)
MENDELSSOHN-HENSE: Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel (1805–1847)
MILHAUD: Darius Milhaud (1892–1974)
MOMPOU: Federico Mompou (1893–1987)
MONTEVERDI: Claudio Monteverdi (1567–1643)
MONTSALVATGE: Xavier Montsalvatge (1912– 2002)
Cristóbal de Morales (1500–1553)
MOZART: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)
MUDARRA: Alonso Mudarra (1510–1580)
MUSSORSKY: Modest Petrovich Mussorsky
MUSTO: John Musto (b. 1954)
NIELSEN: Carl Nielsen (1865–1931)
NIN: Joaquín Nin (1879–1949)
OBRADORS: Fernando Obradors (1897–1945)
ORR: Charles Wilfred Orr (1893–1976)
PASATIERI: Thomas Pasatieri (b. 1945)
PAULUS: Stephen Paulus (b. 1949)
PERGOLESI: Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710–1736)
PERSICHETTI: Vincent Persichetti(1915–1987)
PFITZNER: Hans Pfitzner (1869–1949)
PIZZETTI: Ildebrando Pizzetti (1880–1968)
POULENC: Francis Poulenc (1899–1963)
PROKOFIEV: Sergey Sergeyevich Prokofiev
PURCELL: Henry Purcell (1659–1695)
QUILTER: Roger Quilter (1877–1953)
RAKHMANINOV: Sergey Vasil’evich Rakhmaninov
RANGSTRÖM: Ture Rangström (1884–1947)
RAVEL: Maurice Ravel (1875–1937)
RESPIGHI: Ottorino Respighi (1879–1936)
RIGHINI: Vincenzo Righini (1756–1812)
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Nikolay Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov
RODRIGO: Joaquín Rodrigo (1901–1999)
ROREM: Ned Rorem (b. 1923)
ROSSINI: Gioachino Rossini (1792–1868)
ROUSSEL: Albert Roussel (1869–1937)
SANTOLIQUIDO: Francesco Santoliquido (1883–1971)
SATIE: Erik Satie (1866–1925)
SCARLATTI: Alessandro Scarlatti (1660–1725)
SCHOENBERG: Arnold Schoenberg (1874–1951)
SCHUBERT: Franz Schubert (1797–1828)
SCHUMANN: Robert Schumann (1810–1856)
SCHUMANN: Clara Wieck Schumann (1819–1896)
SHOSTAKOVICH: Dmitry Dmitriyevich Shostakovich
SIBELIUS: Jean Sibelius (1865–1957)
STENHAMMER: Wilhelm Stenhammar (1871–1927)
STRAUSS: Richard Strauss (1864–1949)
STRAVINSKY: Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky
STROZZI: Barbara Strozzi (1619–1664)
SZYMANOWSKI: Karol Szymanowski (1882–1937)
TCHAIKOVSKY: Pyotr Il’ich Tchaikovsky
THOMPSON: Virgil Thompson (1896–1989)
TORRE: Francisco de la Torre (1485–1504)
TOSTI: Francesco Paolo Tosti (1846–1916)
TURINA: Joaquín Turina (1882–1949)
VERDI: Giuseppe Verdi (1813–1901)
VIARDOT: Pauline Viardot (1821–1910)
VILLA-LOBOS: Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887–1959)
VIVALDI: Antonio Vivaldi (1676–1741)
WAGNER: Richard Wagner (1813–1883)
WARLOCK: Peter Warlock (1894–1930)
WEILL: Kurt Weill (1900–1950)
WILLIAMS: Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958)
WOLF: Hugo Wolf (1860–1903)
WOLF-FERRARI: Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari (1876–1948)
ZAIMONT: Judith Lang Zaimont (b. 1945)