C19 Music Themes
This musical era is known for heightened emotion, individuality, and expansion of musical forms.
What is the Romantic period?
The German word 'Lied' refers to a song for these two musical instruments.
What are voice and piano
'Piano' is the Italian word for this dynamic
What is 'soft'?
This ornament is a rapid alternation between two notes.
What is a trill?
This Polish composer wrote the 'Funeral March' and the 'Raindrop Prelude' for piano.
Who is Frederic Chopin?
Romantic composers expanded the size of this group of instruments to create richer, thicker textures.
What is the orchestra?
This famous Lied tells the story of a child whose life is taken by a supernatural being.
What is Der Erlkonig (the elf-king)
'Forte' is the Italian word for this dynamic.
What is 'loud'?
Literally meaning 'robbed time', this expressive technique means to play with a flexible beat.
What is rubato?
This composer wrote over 600 Lieder and helped to popularise the form before he died at 29 years of age.
Who is Franz Schubert?
This Polish dance form in 3/4 time inspired compositions by Chopin and many others.
What is Mazurka?
'Der Einsiedler' is a Lied by this famous composer/critic.
Who is Robert Schumann
Mezzo-piano is the Italian word for this dynamic.
Medium-soft
This ornament means to play a very short, decorative note before the main note.
This composer was also an influential critic who helped popularise Chopin, Brahms, and many others.
Who is Robert Schumann?
The string family of the orchestra includes violins, violas, double-basses and this instrument.
What is the cello?
This compositional form, used in many Lieder, uses a single section repeated over and over again.
What is strophic?
The Italian word for a gradual increase in volume is.
What is 'crescendo'?
This expressive technique means to play a note with subtle fluctuations in pitch.
What is vibrato?
'Hungarian Dance' is an orchestral work by this composer.
Who is Johannes Brahms?
This instrument family in the orchestra includes flutes and oboes.
What are woodwinds?
This composer wrote over 600 lieder and helped popularise the form.
Who is Franz Schubert?
The Italian word for a gradual decrease in volume is.
What is 'diminuendo'?
This expressive technique means to decorate the main note by going back and forth with a neighbouring note.
What is a mordent?
One of Schubert's best-known compositions is an arrangement for voice and piano of this Latin Mass.
What is 'Ave Maria'?