Opera
This Italian opera composer wrote over 17 bel canto operas and was politically active.
Who is Verdi?
Poetry set to music for solo singer & piano
What is Art Song?
Music that tells an existing story
What is Program Music?
This female composer was a concert pianist and wrote songs for piano and voice before the death of her husband
Who is Clara Wieck Schumann?
This is the German term for art song (solo singer + piano)
What is Lieder?
This opera composer was a German Nationalist and wrote in a through-composed "endless melody" style
Who is Wagner?
A one-movement programmatic piece for orchestra
What is a Tone Poem?
This is the term for someone with the highest level of technical ability on their instrument
What is a virtuoso?
This Russian composer is best remembered for his ballets (Nutcracker, Swan Lake) and orchestral music such as the 1812 Overture
Who is Tchaikovsky?
This Austrian city remained the musical center from the Classical period into the Romantic
What is Vienna?
This realistic opera by George Bizet uses Spanish influence
What is Carmen?
This is a collection of art songs that are all related by subject matter
What is a Song Cycle?
This is the term for when the same music repeats, but the words change (such as verse-chorus)
What is strophic?
This French composer is best remembered for the Symphonie Fantastique.
Who is Hector Berlioz?
This term, meaning "first lady" is the title soprano role in an opera
What is a primma donna?
This Italian opera composer wrote in the verismo (realistic) style
Who is Puccini?
This shorter-length piece for solo piano represents a single mood and doesn't follow a specific form
What is a Character Piece?
When a composer draws upon folk music of their native country to honor it through music
What is Nationalism?
This Hungarian composer was an extremely popular piano virtuoso and created many conventions of the modern piano recital
Who is Franz Liszt?
This was the name for a gathering of friends & artists in middle-class parlors to share music & ideas
What is a Schubertiade?
This 17-hour opera by Wagner in four installments premiered at Bayreuth in Germany
What is The Ring Cycle?
This new large-scale genre told a story through 3-5 movements for orchestra.
What is a Program Symphony?
Nationalist composers Rimsky-Korsakov, Cui, Mussorgsy, Borodin, and Balkirev share this nickmane
What is the "Russian Five" or "Mighty Handful"
This Polish-born pianist wrote many types of character pieces for piano, including Polonaises, Mazurkas, and Nocturnes.
Who is Frederic Chopin?
This term used to describe Wagnerian opera means "universal artwork"
What is Gesamtkunstwerk?