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Composer
Time Period
Historical Context
Genre
Musical Aspects
100
The composer of this piece, who wrote over 100 symphonies.
Who is Joseph Haydn?
100
The period from which this piece comes.
What is the Romantic period.
100
The fascination with the "Other" commonly reflected in late 19th century music.
What is exoticism?
100
The genre of this piece.
What is a lied?
100
What the four notes heard here and through this piece are called.
What is a motive?
200
A composer who became a symbol of the newly formed Italian nation in the mid-19th century.
Who is Guiseppe Verdi?
200
The century in which the Enlightenment took place.
What is the 18th Century?
200
A genre of opera that reflects the late 18th century interested in comedy and satire.
What is opera buffa?
200
The genre of this piece and featured instrument.
What is a clarinet concerto?
200
Wagner was famous for using these musical ideas that represent people, objects, or feelings throughout his operas.
What are lietmotif-s?
300
The composer of this nocturne.
Who is Frederic Chopin?
300
The composer who helped the transition from the Classical to the Romantic periods.
Who is Beethoven?
300
This piece, one that grew out of the Finnish nationalist movement.
What is Finlandia by Sibelius?
300
Music that tells a story or depicts a scene.
What is program music?
300
The singing style heard here.
What is Bel Canto?
400
The composer of this piece, who integrated Russian folk melodies into his compositions.
Who is Modest Musorgsky?
400
The time period in which this piece was composed.
What is the Classical period?
400
A key city in the classical era, capital of the Hapsburg's Empire.
What is Vienna?
400
This genre.
What is a string quartet?
400
The form of this movement, like most first movements of symphonies in the classical era.
What is sonata form?
500
The composer of this piece, who wrote a number of German lieder, as did her husband.
Who is Clara Schumann?
500
Even though this story takes place in the 16th or 17th centuries, this piece is from this century.
What is 19th Century?
500
The drug featured in this piece's story, a commodity that caused global conflicts in the early 18th century.
What is opium?
500
The thing we are hearing here that are quite unusual for a symphony.
What are vocals?
500
What this section of this form is called.
What is the exposition?