The Man in the Middle
Who is the "Man in the Middle?" What era of music is he from?
Beethoven; Classical
What are the dates of the Romantic Era?
1830-1900
What is an etude?
a short piece of music that would be used to help develop skills.
How would you describe what a musical theme is?
An idea used to help tell a story through music.
Who is the most popular Russian composer of all time?
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Why did we talk about Beethoven in the Romantic Era?
His musical style closely aligned with the characteristics of the Romantic Era.
Where was the musical capital during the Romantic Era?
Vienna
What is program music?
Program music tells a specific story or describes a specific picture.
What theme would emulate things like anger, sadness, and happiness.
Emotion
What themes did Franz Liszt's music typically have? (There is two)
Nature and Art
What did Beethoven struggle with in the later part of his career?
Deafness
What happened to the amount of instruments needed for musical works?
They needed more instruments.
It could be a stand-alone work
What theme would emulate things like storms, animals running through the forest, and a sunny sky?
Nature
Describe Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's musical works.
invoking powerful emotional responses.
What musical idea did Beethoven introduce with multi-movement pieces?
Not stopping between movements
What three "things" helped music get into the Romantic Era? Bonus points if you can tell how they helped.
Nationalism, Enlightenment, Industrial Revolution
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What theme would emulate things like vampire, religion, and fairy-tale stories.
The Supernatural
What instrument did Franz Liszt play? Describe what he did for that instrument's music.
Piano; he expanded what it was believed to be capable of
What did Beethoven add to his 9th Symphony that was new?
Choir Finale
Describe the superstition that people believed revolving around the 9th Symphony.
Composers would die after completing their 9th symphony.
Which musical style was already popular and a driving force into the Romantic Era?
Opera
What theme would you attach to a song that had a lot of loud and sporadic crashed and booms?
Nature (storm)
What musical style did Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky populairze?
Ballet