Musical Forms and Genres
Music for the sake of music with no back story or imagery is called this.
What is Absolute Music
This composer lived in exile, and was known for his piano music, which helped keep his culture alive in his home country.
Who is Frederic Chopin
A recurring melody used by Berlioz to portray his love-interest
Idee fixe
This improvement made the piano an important and widespread Romantic Era instrument
Making the frames out of metal instead of wood.
(Also, heightened string tension, and expanding the keyboard from 5 to 8 octaves)
Who wrote this?
Brahms
(Hungarian Dance no. 5)
The Romantic period in music spanned these dates.
What is 1820-1900
One of the Polish dances that inspired many solo piano pieces, especially by Chopin.
What is the Mazurka?
This composer was also a virtuoso performer had a following comparible with the Beatles
Who is Franz Liszt
Instrumental music that tells a story
Program music
Fluctuating the tempo for expressive effect
Rubato
Who wrote this?
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
(Hiawatha's Wedding Feast)
These events shattered old aristocratic structures, promoting ideals of liberty, equality, and individualism that fueled the romantic focus on personal emotion and freedom.
the French Revolution (as a response to the The Napoleanic Wars)
A typical Romantic symphony consists of this number of movements.
He experienced racism throughout his life, despite being a sought-after and respected composer.
Who is Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
The same music repeated for multiple verses with different lyrics
Strophic writing
This addition made brass instruments much more expressive, which increased their prominence in orchestral writing
Valves
Who wrote this?
Schumann
(Eusebius from Carnival)
This family built a vast global empire through strategic marriages and diplomacy, dominating central Europe and Spain for centuries
The Habsburgs
(Also known for their really big chins)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky helped to establish this as a major art form.
What is Ballet?
He converted to Lutheranism to have access to more education and career opportunities.
Who is Mendelssohn
A German movement emphasizing safe, comforting (non-political) writing for small audiences
Biedermier
Using music to portray a scene or character
Word painting
Who wrote this?
Rosinni
(Barber of Seville)
Urbanization led to the rise of the _______which was a new-found source of patronage for composers and performers.
What is the Middle Class?
A form of several movements for solo instrument and orchestra. Coleridge-Taylor was commissioned to write one of theses during one of his trips to America.
Concerto
(his violin concerto)
He was in love with another composer's wife, and wrote her "theme" into much of his music.
Who is Johannes Brahms
A term describing early romantic opera
Bel Canto
(literally means beautiful singing)
This compositional device was used to create harmonic ambiguity, which then heightened emotional tension
What is Chromaticism?
Who wrote this?
Donizetti
Lucia di Lammermore mad scene
This event in France led to the rise of nationalism in music
The Revolution of 1848