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Difficult drama
100
For solo voice and piano, this Romantic genre is a poem set to music
What is an art song
100
This opera by Puccini is set in Paris and tells the tragic love of "Mimi" and "Rodolfo"
What is La Boheme'
100
This symphony had 5 movements and was program in nature
What is "The Symphonie Fantastique"
100
This composer grew his hair long, turned the piano sideways on the stage and memorized his music to dazzle his audiences
Who is Liszt
100
Wagner's collection of operas about a corrupt ring of power
What is "The Ring Cycle"
200
This term means "beautiful singers;" opera singers train in this type of vocal technique
What is bel canto
200
This Russian composer had a disastrous first marriage but was later financially adopted by an heiress under bizarre terms
Who is Tchaikovsky
200
This German composer wrote 4 symphonies that rival the popularity of Beethoven's...his works are Romantic but still use Classical forms
Who is Brahms
200
This Polish composer wrote Mazurkas, Polonaises, Nocturnes and Etudes for the piano, but suffered from performance anxiety
Who is Chopin
200
Wagner's operas were really termed
What are "music dramas"
300
This Schubert art song tells the story of a father and his sick child, galloping through the forest
What is "The Erlking"
300
This husband/wife Romantic duo also shared their portion of troubles in life; from performance woes to insane asylums...
Who are Robert and Clara Schumann
300
A romantic piece that is called a "night piece"
What is a nocturne
300
This type of musician can play the most difficult of technical pieces
What is a "virtuoso"
300
Unlike Classical music and its emphasis on form, restraint and balance, Romantic music is all about the
What is emotion
400
Title of a Beethoven symphony that features a choir and soloists
What is The 9th Symphony or Choral Symphony
400
The slowing down and speeding up of "robbed" beats in Romantic music
What is rubato
400
This opera composer wrote the following: Madame Butterfly and Tosca
Who is Puccini
400
This piece is called a "teaching piece" or "a study"
What is an etude
500
Plural German word for art songs
What is lieder
500
This composer, "the poet of the piano," fell in love with a lady who dressed like men, smoked cigars and wrote under a novelist's "pen-name"
Who is Chopin
500
This Italian composer of Romantic operas wrote "La Traviata" and "Rigoletto"
Who is Verdi
500
This epic piano and orchestra work is a collection of character pieces that represent "pictures" at an art gallery
What is "Pictures at an Exhibition"
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