Characteristics and Chronology
1820 - 1910
It became the most important instrument of the Romantic period due to its great expressive capacity.
The piano
The German word that means "song". It is a short poem for a solo singer accompanied only by the piano.
Lied
The most popular ballroom dance in Vienna, made famous by the composers Johann Strauss I and II.
This famous piece by the Russian nationalist composer Rimsky-Kórsakov is inspired by the exotic stories of The Arabian Nights. Tipe of music and title
Sherezade
Romantic composers wanted total freedom to express this.
Emotions
A new percussion instrument that looks like a small piano and has a magical, bell-like sound.
The celesta
In the 19th century, this new term was created to describe first-class, outstanding opera singers with fan clubs.
Divo / Diva
In Romantic ballet, this is a special duet performed by one male and one female dancer.
Pas de deux
This composition by Hector Berlioz is the first and most famous example of a Programmatic Symphony.
Fantastic Symphony
The most important musical element used to express feelings. It is often long and dramatic.
Melody
The number of musicians in a Romantic orchestra. More than...
80
Wagner used this special musical theme to represent a specific character or situation in his musical dramas.
Leitmotiv
The Swan Lake and The Nutcracker are famous ballets composed by this Russian musician.
Tchaikovsky
This is a very famous 19th-century Spanish Zarzuela composed by Tomás Bretón, belonging to "Género chico".
La verbena de la paloma
Compositions were flexible. They wrote small pieces for salons, and large symphonic pieces for these big buildings.
Concert halls and theatres
A symphonic work inspired by a story or text that has SEVERAL movements. Berlioz created it.
Programmatic Symphony
The type of Spanish Zarzuela that has only 1 act, few characters, and more spoken text than singing.
Género Chico
Nationalist composers used plots inspired by the history and the traditional ______ of their nations.
folklore
This powerful and dramatic piece belongs to a famous opera (Musical Drama) by Richard Wagner.
The ryde of the Valkyries
Incredible technical skill on an instrument, played mainly on the piano and the violin.
Virtuosity
A single-movement symphonic work inspired by a text. Les Préludes by Franz Liszt is a famous example of this.
Symphonic Poem
The Italian opera style that uses realistic, everyday characters and emotions without romantic idealizations.
Verismo
This Spanish nationalist composer wrote the famous Ritual Fire Dance from the work El amor brujo.
Manuel de Falla
This is an intimate, beautiful, and expressive short piece for solo piano composed by Frédéric Chopin.
Nocturne