Romantic 101
What were the dates of the Romantic Period?
1825-1910
Type of music composers were writing at the end of the 20th century that didn't follow the normal rule?
Atonal music
I wrote the famous set of operas called the Ring Cycle?
Richard Wagner
I was completed during this time period and I made it easier for people to travel across the continent. What am I?
The Transcontinental Railroad
I was the 16th president of the United States and also was president during the Romantic Time Period. Who was I?
Abraham Lincoln
Where Classical time period had been about reason, order and rules. The Romantic time period was about?
Emotion, Adventure and Imagination
What type of scale was used more often in the modern time period that made music sound more abstract and strange?
Whole tone scale
I wrote the music for some of the most famous ballets, Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty and The Nutcracker?
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
I was the war happening in America between the North and the South?
The American Civil War
I invented instruments during the Romantic time period. Instruments I invented were the saxophone, tuba and baritone. Who was I?
Adolf Sax
The Romantic movement in music coincides with a.....?
Who composed the "piece of music" titled 4 minutes and 33 seconds?
John Cage
Famous Italian opera composer. Wrote 28 Operas in total. My opera La Traviata was watched in class this week?
Guiseppe Verdi
This invention replaced the horse and buggie. Who is the man behind the invention and what is the invention?
Henry Ford
The Automobile
I was a famous painter during this time period. I painted a famous painting called The Scream. Who was I?
Edvard Munch
What is a song cycle?
A complete story told with several related songs.
Which modern composer found himself as a movie composer?
Phillip Glass
I was the famous German composer of the song ErlKonig/The Earl King that we listened to in class? The song described a boy on his death bed and his father racing him to the hospital.
Franz Schubert
What were two ways the opera changed in the Romantic time period?
Dissonance and Modulation
I was a famous composer who bridged the gap between the Classical and the Romantic time periods in music. Who was I?
Ludvig von Beethoven
Romantic composers saw themselves as...?
outsiders, isolated from mainstream society, struggling to express their creative ideas.
What is 12 tone music?
Composed music by selecting the 12 tones of a scale at random to create their piece. The use of a matrix helped composers place the notes at random.
I am a very tall Russian composer who wrote some very difficult pieces due to my enormous hands?
Sergi Rachmaninov
During the romantic time period the orchestra changed. It grew from players to players. Which meant it was time to add a.........?
70 to 100+
Conductor
I am a famous writer of the Romantic time period. I was kind of a creepy dude. I wrote some amazing short stories, such as , The Raven and The Tell Tale Heart. Who was I?
Edgar Allen Poe