Historical Influences 1
An event that took place BEFORE the Romantic Era that influenced the music.
What is the French or American Revolution? What is the Enlightenment?
The Romantic Era was a reaction against the __________________ of the Enlightenment.
What is "rationalization"?
2 core values of the Romantic Era.
What are _____________ & ____________?
Name 2 of the places you could hear music in the Romantic Era.
What are "concert halls", "social dances", "exclusive salons", and/or "conservatories"
One of the composers from the "Mighty Five".
Who is ________________?
An event that took place DURING the Romantic Era that influenced music.
Musicians in the Romantic Era wrote not just to please patrons, but to please the _________________________.
What is the "general public"?
2 core values of the Romantic Era.
What are __________________ & ____________________?
The main general type of music that you would hear at a social dance.
What is "dance music"? (+100 points > polka, waltz, galop, and mazurka"
One other composer from the "Mighty Five".
The revolution that influenced people to want to use music to "escape reality" (BONUS if you can name the core value associated)
What is the Industrial Revolution?
The music world primarily functioned under the ___________________ for years (before the Romantic Era)...
What is the "patronage system"?
Summarize "Individualism" and how it was seen in Romantic Era music.
What is "the view that one’s personality fuses with their art. Emphasis on artist expression. In music, this looks like each composer having his/her own very distinct and individual style and using all the musical techniques they could to express the emotion; unfettered creativity."
Conservatories gave opportunities for ______________: music becomes an established ______________.
What is "teaching" & "profession"?
They used unusual scales, modal harmonizations, different textures, and the __________________ to create “the ____________ sound” to prevent the _____________ ideals from seeping into their culture.
"They used unusual scales, modal harmonizations, different textures, and the Russian language to create “the Russian sound” to prevent the western ideals from seeping into their culture."
How would you describe a "patron" and how they helped music composers BEFORE the Romantic Era?
Who is a person who sponsored a composer to create a piece or works of music. What is helping composers to be able to make money with their music.
After the French & American Revolution there was a rise in __________________ (Pick 1)
What are liberalism (limited government, individual autonomy, economic and political freedom) OR nationalism (pride of one’s country)
Gothicism was the fascination with ___________, _________, _____________ (Pick 3)
What are "horror, the mysterious, dark, gloomy, and morbid"
In exclusive salons, skilled performers perform exclusive ________ and ____________ music performances for members of high society and the upper class.
What is "solo" (single performer + accompanist) & "chamber" (small group of instruments)
Another name for the "Mighty Five".
What is "The Mighty Handful"?
2 reasons why people would use music as an "escape from reality" in the Romantic Era.
2 ways The Industrial Revolution impacted music during the Romantic Era.
What is "increase in production of music (printing press", "increase in production of musical instruments (factories and assembly lines), "increase of the reliance of music to distract from reality"
Describe "Transcendence" and how it influenced the music of the time + how is it tied to a historical influence of the era?
What is "beauty in timelessness and otherworldlines;beyond the present, an escape from reality... it is tied to the Industrial Revolution and wanting to escape the ever-changing world"
Summarize how the access and places that music could be heard or performed differed/changed in the Romantic Era compared to eras prior.
Exclusive nature of performances (past eras), music became more social in nature and less formal, music could be pursued as professions and as ways to make money... etc.
The Mighty Five's purpose was to stand against the ________________ of the ___________________, and to use ___________________ to capture music “more authentically Russian,” building _____________ pride by returning to a more rural ideal.
What is "The Mighty Five's purpose was to stand against the elitism of the conservatories, and to use folk melodies to capture music “more authentically Russian,” building national pride by returning to a more rural ideal."