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Crazy Stuff
100
What is Beethoven's major cause for his misery in "Immortal Beloved?"
What is his deafness?
100
What term means "robbed time," in Italian?
What is rubato
100
This piano piece means joke in Italian.
What is a Scherzo?
100
Frederic Chopin's girlfriend was forced to use a man's name because of prejudice against women writers.
Who is George Sand?
100
I told you about a new "buzz" word which means that a person will experience a high from listening to different kinds of music.
What is Idosing?
200
When did Mozart decide that Beethoven was a talented composer?
What is when he improvised for him?
200
What is a short music lesson?
What is an etude
200
This composer was married to Robert Schumann.
Who is Clara Schumann?
200
The upper class held these concerts in their own homes.
What is a salon concert?
200
The age of Clara Schumann when Robert came for piano lessons at her house.
What is nine years old?
300
What profession did Berlioz attempt to go to college for?
What is a physician?
300
What listening example is referred to as German lieder?
What is the "Erlking," by Schubert?
300
Hector Berlioz wrote this listening example.
What is Concerto for Violin and Orchestra?
300
When a group of songs were designed to be performed together and were centered around a common thing this is called....
What is a song cycle?
300
This composer was one of the greatest piano virtuosos of the 19th century.
Who is Franz Liszt?
400
What piece of music did Berlioz dedicate to his girlfriend, Harriet?
What is "Symphonie Fantastique?"
400
In the "Erlking," the melodies keep changing with little or no return. This form is referred to as...?
What is through composed?
400
This piano piece incorporates the use of rubato and is composed by Chopin.
What is Fantaisie - Impromptu?
400
Who mimics the galloping horse in the "Erlking?"
What is an accompanist?
400
How did Mendelssohn motivate his orchestra to work harder than they had ever before?
What is paying them with his own money.
500
Was Berlioz's main instrument piano or organ?
What is neither, he didn't have lessons as a child.
500
What is the English translation for "mein sohn," used in the "Erlking?"
What is my son?
500
This tone poem uses the idee fixe and Dies irae (Day of Wrath).
What is Symphonie Fantastique
500
Composers from other countries besides Germany wrote art songs. What were the other countries?
What are France and Norway?
500
What kind of concert did Mendelssohn offer to patrons that was new to the romantic time period?
What is music by living and dead composers?
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