19th Century Piano
This type of piano music, unique to the Romantic era, features two pianists playing on one piano or two pianos.
What is four-hand piano music?
How old was Chopin when he died
What is 39?
The true identity of George Sand
Who is Aurore Dudevant?
Another name for Polonaise in A Major
What is Military Polonaise?
Nocturnes are calm and lyrical, and mean this
What is “of the night”?
Someone who’s career was to perform music composed by other musicians
What is a virtuoso pianist?
Chopin died from this disease
What is tuberculosis?
Chopin was influenced by this composer (who wrote the well tempered clavier) to write 24 contrasting preludes
Who is Bach?
The sectional form of Polonaise in A Major
What is ABA?
This piece written by Chopin was played at his own Funeral
What is Funeral March?
Hungarian dance no.5 by Brahms was originally composed as this form of music
What is four-hand piano music?
The city in Poland where Chopin was born
What is Warsaw?
Chopin met George Sand at a gathering hosted by this famous composer
Who is Liszt?
Section B of Polonaise in A major is in this key
What is D major?
This piece by Chopin triggers strong emotion with only a simple rhythm and melody
What is Prelude in E Minor?
Other than a wider range, the concert grand piano was an improvement of the pianoforte because of this feature.
What is increased dynamics?
Frédérich Chopin is known as the _____ of the piano
What is the poet?
This term, often present in Chopin’s music, allows the player to alter the tempo according to their personal interpretation
What is rubato?
Prelude in E Minor by Chopin has this musical texture
What is homophonic?
This type of piece means spontaneous, and is written to sound improvised
What is impromptu?
Some composers wrote this style of piano music based non pre-existing dance music
What is short-lyrical?
Who did Chopin tell “everything must be made to sing”
What are his students?
A social gathering the originated in 19th century Paris, where artists and musicians came to talk and listen to music
What is a salon?
The traditional polonaise rhythm appears in this section of Polonaise in A Major
What is section B?
This type of piece means “introduction”, and was a popular short lyrical form in the 19th century
What is prelude?