Composers
Composers cont.
Opera
Program Music
Other Genres
100
This composer was gay and suffered from depression
Who is Tchaikovsky
100
These three composers were caught in a bit of a love triangle
Who is Robert Schumann, Clara Schumann and Brahms
100
This type of opera featured the "bel canto" singing style.
What is Italian opera
100
This genre features an overture and pieces between acts of a play and during scenes.
What is incidental music
100
Name two ballets by Tchaikovsky
The Nutcracker, Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty
200
This composer was in love with Aurore Dudevant, known as George Sand in the literary world
Who is Chopin
200
This man composed more than 600 lieder
Who is Schubert
200
This type of opera was famous for exoticism.
What is French opera
200
This genre is a multi-movement orchestral work.
What is a program symphony
200
Liszt wrote a series of these types of pieces, based off of works by Paganini
What is an etude
300
This composer grew up in a family of intellectuals and worshipped Classical composers
Who is Felix Mendelssohn
300
This composer is known for his vast dynamics and expressiveness
Who is Mahler
300
This new type of opera featured "endless melodies".
What is music drama
300
This genre has an extremely free structure
What is a tone poem (symphonic poem)
300
Name three genres of choral music that are still being composed in the Romantic era
What are part songs, oratorios, masses, and requiem masses
400
This composer was encouraged by Brahms to compose and spent time in both America and Europe
Who is Dvorak
400
What is the pen name of novelist Countess Marie d'Agoult, the mother of Liszt's three children?
Who is Daniel Stern
400
Define verismo opera and name the main composer behind it.
Verismo opera is based off of everyday life and down-to-Earth subjects. Puccini
400
Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet is an example of this work.
What is a concert overture
400
What is a song cycle?
Groups of lieder connected by a common theme or story
500
This composer fell in love with an actress, and had a physician for a father
Who is Berlioz
500
Where in America did (1)Stephen Foster grow up and (2) Louis Gottschalk grow up?
(1) Where is Pittsburgh (2) Where is New Orleans
500
Name a famous composer of (1)French opera, (2) Italian opera, and (3) German opera.
Who is (1) Bizet, (2) Verdi, and (3) Wagner
500
How many movements does Symphonie Fantastique have, and how many instruments does it require?
What is 5, and over 90 instruments
500
Name 6 of the 8 types of short lyric piano pieces
Prelude Intermezzo Impromptu Nocturne Mazurka Polonaise Waltz Scherzo
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