Opera
Believe it or not, this now classic French opera set in Spain bombed at the box office in 1875.
What is Carmen?
This composer is often seen as the founder of the national Czech style.
Who is Bedrich Smetana?
Bruckner used this Schubertian model for his sonata forms.
What is three-key exposition?
This Viennese music critic defined the War of the Romantics.
Who is Eduard Hanslick?
This grand symphony was written in memory of Hans v. Bülow and is all about death and rebirth.
What is Mahler Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection"?
This opera was commissioned for the opening of the Suez Canal, and was premiered in Cairo in 1871
What is "Aida"?
Wagner was out for arrest after this German Revolution.
What is the "March Revolution" of 1848?
What is Passacaglia?
The head of the Weimar school, and Wagner's father-in-law.
It took the composer many years to write this symphony, with the tred of a giant in his back.
What is Brahms Symphony No. 1?
This German opera is about love and desire that can only be fulfilled in death. Love, Death...you get the gist.
What is Tristan und Isolde?
This was the political movement that strived for a unified Italy. VIVA VERDI!
What is Risorgimento?
Wagner took the idee fixe and turned it into this.
What is leitmotif?
This composer hated Brahms and made it known in his music criticisms.
Who is Hugo Wolf?
This symphony was the first published work of its kind by a female American composer.
What is Amy Beach's Gaelic Symphony?
This librettist (and composer), convinced Verdi to come out of retirement.
Who is Arrigo Boito?
Saint-Saens, Faure, France, Duparc, founded the Société Nationale de Musique in reaction to what conflict?
What is the Franco-Prussian War?
A signature Brahmsian technique of motivic development. The term was coined by Schoenberg years later.
What is developing variation?
"New wine demands new forms". This symphonic genre combines both literature and music.
What is symphonic poem/tone poem?
This "American" symphony was inspired by both spirituals and Native American legend.
What is Dvořak Symphony No. 9 "New World"?
The four operas of Wagner's Ring Cycle, IN ORDER!
What are Das Rheingold, Die Walküre, Siegfried, and Götterdämmerung.
This collective of Russian composers was strictly opposed to professional training and Western European influences. Name them all.
Who are Balakirev, Cui, Borodin, Mussorgsky, and Rimsky-Korsakov?
This large-scale form is a combination of both a single movement and a four-movement symphonic form.
What is double function form?
This conductor, pianist, and composer started out on the Liszt side but ended up on the conservative side later in life. He was also Cosima Liszt's first husband...
Who is Hans v. Bülow?
A lot of mystery and speculation surrounds this symphony. The composer died seven days after its premiere.
What is Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6?