Romanticism
Nationalism in composition became more common in the Romantic Era. Name two songs that we looked at that are representative of this.
Pictures at an Exhibition....
Mazurka....Chopin
Hungarian Rhapsody, liszt,
Slavonic Dances Dvorak....
Two German Composers famous for composing Lieder (art songs) among other things
Schubert and Schumann
Romantic Era song composed for solo voice and piano
Art song (or lied, chanson...depending on where it's from)
Composer and what does the opening piano motive represent?
Schubert, Erlkonig, Hoofbeats
Composer/Title
Beethoven, Symphony 5
Longing/Unrequited/or "forbidden" Love is a common theme in Romantic Era Music....name a work that we listened to that are about this....
Tristan and Isolde
Symphonie Fantastique
Madame Butterfly
a bunch of the other operas....
1. German Composer famous for writing his own librettos and creating "music dramas"
2. Composer who is one of the true crossover composers between the Classical and Romantic eras. His final symphony contains a chorus.
Wagner
Beethoven
Term for Wagner's idea of opera being a "total work of art" where sets, orchestra, etc are all just as important as the singing.
Gesamptkunswerk
Composer? Inspiration?
Mussorgsky, art gallery of pictures created by a friend that had passed away
Composer/ Genre
Tchaikovsky, Ballet
Some Romantic composers are considered more traditional compared to those who pushed the standards of instrumentation and harmony. Name one composer who was more traditional and one who was solidly not.
Traditional:
Brahms, early Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky, Schumann,
Modernist:
Wagner, Berlioz, Liszt....
Hungarian piano virtuoso, inspired by Paganini
Liszt
Recurring musical theme associated with a specific character or action
leitmotif
Composer? Genre? What is the recurring motive called?
Berlioz, Program Symphony, Idee fixe
Composer
Chopin, Mazurka
"Supernatural" or "mythological" topics became popular in compositions of the Romantic era. Name two examples that we listened to that fit this description
Symphonie Fantastique
The Ring Cycle
Erlkonig
Swan Lake
Russian Composer famous for creating Ballets
Tchaikovsky
1. Word for instrumental music that does NOT have anything to do with a specific program
2. Group of songs written for voice and piano that are related by a common theme or poet and often performed together
1. Absolute Music
2. Song Cycle
1. Title? Composer? Genre?
2. Composer? Genre?
1. Midsummer Nights Dream/ Mendelssohn/Concert Overture
2. R. Schumann/Art Song (or Lied)
1. Composer/Genre
2. Composer
1. Brahms/Symphony
2. Dvorak/Slavonik Dances
Name three specific trends in Romantic era music and compare them to the Classical Era (not including subject matter)
-Orchestra size increased
-more dissonance/harmonies outside of "the key"
-Longer Symphonies, Operas, etc. everything bigger
- More differing individual styles
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1. Italian composer mainly famous for his operas, his name came to be associated with the Italian Risorgimento
2. Three other Italian composers famous for composing in "Bel Canto" style....composed Don Giovanni, La Sonnambula, Lucia Di L'ammermoor
1. Verdi
2. Bellini, Rossini, Donizetti (no particular order)
1. The term for the specific recurring theme throughout Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique and What that theme is representative of
2. Compare and contrast two characteristics from Beethovens early period to his later works
1.Idee Fixe
Harriet Smithson-the woman he was obsessed with
2.
1. Composer
2. Composer, Genre
1. Clara Schumann
2. Rossini, Opera
Composer
Verdi