Composers
Traits of Romanticism
Dirty Words
Shapes and Forms
Don't Be a Diva!
100
He only composed small miniature piano forms because he could not sustain the larger forms.
Who is Frideric Chopin?
100
The approximate dates of the Romantic period
What is 1825-1900?
100
Music that depicts a story or an image.
What is program music?
100
The number of years it took Johannes Brahms to complete his first successful symphony.
What is ten?
100
The number of operas composed by Ludwig van Beethoven.
What is one?
200
His life greatly parallels Beethoven and his music has a direct influence on the 19th century.
Who is Franz Schubert?
200
The poetry of Goethe, English Poets, France, and E.T.A. Hoffman
What are the roots of Romantic music?
200
A theme that represents a person or an object in instrumental music.
What is an idee fixe?
200
The last stage of Johannes Brahms systematic approach to writing his first symphony consisted of him composing in this "strictest" form.
What is the string quartet?
200
The Italian composer who condenses the scena ed aria and decreases the amount of recitative.
Who is Guiseppe Verdi?
300
He was hailed by Robert Schumann as the "savior" of music after the death of Beethoven.
Who is Johannes Brahms?
300
Emotional, infinite, instinct, imagination, and narcissim.
What are traits of the Romantic period?
300
Linking movements through the use of a common musical idea.
What is cyclic form?
300
Many composers struggled with how to compose instrumental music, mainly symphonies, after the death of this composer.
Who is Ludwig van Beethoven?
300
Italian term(s) for "beautiful singing" style.
What is bel canto?
400
He literally wrote his obsession in life into his music by creating his famous "idee fixe."
Who is Hector Berlioz?
400
Instrument that became more readily available in the home due to the Industrial Revolution.
What is the piano?
400
The music stays the same, but the words are different.
What is strophic form?
400
One of two influences that raised the popularity of instrumental music during the Romantic period.
Who is Beethoven and the writings of E.T.A. Hoffman?
400
Italian operatic composer who focused on the melody and used added instruments to the repetition of each phrase, increasing the dynamic level.
Who is Giachino Rossini?
500
The period of Beethoven's life when he becomes completely deaf; it is also the time that he writes is Symphony No. 9.
What is his late years?
500
Extreme tonality, expanded chromaticism, lyrical melodies, and no formal structure.
What are characteristics of Romantic music?
500
The text of the lieder fits the music of the piano.
What is onomatopoetic devices?
500
A German art song that is sung in the vernacular.
What is a lied/lieder?
500
German operatic composer deemed "The most controversial composer who ever lived."
Who is Richard Wagner?
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