Years of the romantic era
1820-1900
Music for musics sake
Absolute music
A slow lyrical composition for solo piano
Nocturne
Wagners most popular music drama
The Valkyrie
what is the term for degrees of loudness and softness
Dynamics
A cultural movement that stressed emotion, imagination, and individuality.
Romaticism
Music associated with a story, poem, idea, or scene
Program music
He is one of the best known opera composers of all time.
Verdi
the number of symphonies Haydn wrote
104
the term for when the entire orchestra is playing
Tutti
Music in the romantic era was grander than ever and had greater ranges of what 3 three things
tone color, dynamics, and pitch
A composition for solo voice and piano
Art song
A short musical idea associated with a person, object or thought.
Leitmotif
The years of the Renaissance
1450-1600
the years of the classical era
1750-1820
A 19th century development that included folk songs, dances, and other national materials associated with a certain country
Nationalism
He was best know for his Art Songs
Schubert
His operas were much grander than anything else we had ever seen
Wagner
This was a common medieval dance that was typically done at parties or balls that is performed in a group where each participant has a partner.
how are the four movement pieces arranged
1. fast
2. slow
3. dance
4. fast
Use of melodies, rhythms, or instruments that suggest foreign lands.
Exoticism
He was called the poet of the piano
Chopin
Wagner called operas this instead of operas
Music Dramas
The church saw this musical evolution in the 14th Century.
New Art
The primary texture of the Renaissance.
Polyphonic