Composers
This composer ruined his right hand trying to make all of his fingers play with the same strength.
Who is Robert Schumann?
This genre gained weight and importance in the Romantic era, almost doubling its length and performing forces.
What is the symphony?
What are singing, soaring melodies?
What are symphonic poems?
This lowest of the brass instruments was added to the orchestra in the Romantic era.
What is the tuba?
This composer caused a frenzy with his public concerts at the piano.
Who is Franz Liszt?
This "micro opera," sung in German, is a fusion of art and poetry.
What is a Lied?
This MR HIGS characteristic is described using terms like chromatic, full, lush, and consonant.
What is harmony?
Smetana and other composers used the music of their homeland as inspiration for their compositions, making them this kind of composer.
What is a nationalist?
This instrument, now most closely associated with jazz, was created by Adolphus Sax during the Romantic era.
What is the saxophone?
Who is Frederick Chopin?
This single stand-alone work for an orchestra saved the composer from writing an entire opera.
What is a concert overture?
This composer is credited with creating the modern piano style.
Who is Frederick Chopin?
Chopin is credited with a flexible rhythm in his piano works called:
What is rubato?
This composer commissioned new brass instruments to provide the distinct sounds he was looking for.
Who is Richard Wagner?
This composer didn't write opera, he wrote music drama.
Who is Richard Wagner?
What is verismo?
This genre, featuring a soloist against an orchestra, was the favored vehicle for composers in the Romantic era.
What is the solo concerto?
This German term, meaning "total artwork," was coined by Richard Wagner.
What is Gesamtkunstwerk?
This instrument, common in many households, came into its fullest potential thanks to the steel production of the Industrial Revolution.
What is the piano?
This composer helped publish his sister's compositions by obscuring his first name.
Who is Felix Mendelssohn?
Berlioz's "Symphonie Fantastique" was the first of this kind of symphony.
What is a program symphony?
The _____ of Puccini's operas were frequently doubled in the orchestra.
What are melodies?
This term, encapsulating the overall feeling of the Romantic era, literally means "Storm and Stress."
What is Sturm und Drang?
This instrument, featured by Tchaikovsky in his ballet the Nutcracker, is played like a piano but sounds like bells.
What is a celesta?