Romantic Composers
Famous Pieces
Beethoven
Music Terms
Potpourri
100
This composer wrote over 600 lieder
Who is Franz Schubert
100
This symphony is famous for its "short-short-short long" motive.
What is Beethoven's Fifth
100
Beethoven lived with this disability for much of his life.
What is deafness
100
This type of music tells a story or depicts a scene.
What is program music
100
This venerable composer was Beethoven's teacher from 1790 to 1792.
Who is Franz Joseph Haydn
200
This composer wrote Mazurkas, Waltzes and Polonaises for the piano
Who is Frederik Chopin
200
This piece tells a story of doomed love and quotes the Dies Irae from the Mass for the Dead.
What is Berlioz's Symphonie Fantasique
200
Beethoven had a fascination with this political figure.
Who is Napoleon Bonaparte
200
This type of music is written for small groups to perform in intimate settings.
What is chamber music
200
This lied (song) by Schubert is also the basis for the theme and variations movement of a string quintet.
What is "The Trout"
300
This composer revived Bach's music by conducting a concert of St. Matthew Passion
Who is Felix Mendelssohn
300
This symphony tells the story of a hero's struggle and triumph
What is Beethoven's Third
300
Beethoven's final symphony is commonly referred to by this name.
What is "Ode to Joy"
300
These intimate song settings of poetry were popular during the Romantic Era.
What are lieder
300
This movement of mechanical and technological advances rapidly changed the culture of Europe in the 19th century.
What is the Industrial Revolution
400
1841 was this composer's "year of the symphony"
Who is Robert Schumann
400
This "dreamy" piece is a selection from Schumann's Scenes from Childhood.
What is "Traumerei"
400
The first movement of most of Beethoven's large works is in this Classical form.
What is sonata form
400
This technique, literally translated as "robbed," involves tempo changes and creates a sense of expressive freedom.
What is rubato
400
This work by Goethe, which tells the story of a man selling his soul to the devil, was the basis of many musical works in the Classical Era
What is Faust
500
This composer's unconvential style was misunderstood by the French establishment.
Who is Hector Berlioz
500
This piano sonata is unique in that it has a "symphonic" slow introduction.
What is Beethoven's Pathetique Sonata
500
Beethoven wrote this letter to his brothers in 1802 when he learned his deafness was incurable.
What is the Heiligenstadt Testament
500
This type of mass setting was popular among Romantic Era composers because of its drama.
What is a Requiem
500
Songs in this form use the same music for each stanza of poetry
What is stropic
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