Terms
Cui, Mussorgsky, Borodin, Balakirev, Rimsky-Korsakov
What is the Mighty Five?
The name and composer of this piece
What is Ballade in G minor, Op. 23 by Frédéric Chopin?
Believed that the future of American music would be found in African-American culture.
Who was Dvořák?
A theme that returns and evolves dozens of times within an opera.
What is a leitmotif?
What is La Bamboula Louis Moreau Gottschalk?
Liszt, Wagner and Berlioz
What is the New German School?
The name and composer of this piece
What is Symphony No. 1, Movement 4 by Johannes Brahms?
An American composer who experienced great success in Europe and Latin America.
Who is Louis Moreau Gottschalk?
Wagner's vision for the ultimate artistic masterpiece.
What is Gesamtkunstwerk?
The name and composer of this piece
What is Les Préludes by Franz Liszt?
Music that doesn't have a literal meaning behind it.
What is absolute music?
The name and composer of this piece
What is "Habanera" from Carmen by Georges Bizet?
Fled Russian-occupied Poland. Known for his virtuosity on piano.
Who is Chopin?
Fetishization of non-Western European cultures.
What is orientalism/exoticism?
The name and composer of this piece
What is "Brünnhilde's Immolation," finale to Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner
A composition style that Mussorgsky utilized in Boris Godunov.
What is musical realism?
The name and composer of this piece
What is Symphony No. 9 ("For the New World"), Movement 2 by Antonín Dvorâk?
Wrote Beethoven's "10th symphony," and wrote mostly absolute music.
Who is Brahms?
Chopin is credited with creating this performance technique.
What is tempo rubato?
The name and composer of this piece
What is "La donna e mobile" from Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi?
An orchestral work that attempts to depict a longer narrative with many themes woven in.
What is a tone poem/ symphonic poem?
The name and composer of this piece
What is Symphony No. 4, Movement 1 by Pyotr Tchaikovsky?
A piano virtuoso and composer of Variations de concert sur la cavatine du Pirate de Bellini.
Who is Clara Wieck?
The foundation for the development of a U.S. school of composition according to Nathaniel Dett and Antonín Dvorâk
What are folk melodies of an enslaved people?
The name and composer of this piece
What is "Un bel di" from Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini?