New Romantic
The 3 components of this new romantic genre are: poem, solo voice, piano accompaniment
LIED
Who invented the MASTERCLASS?
Franz Liszt
How many operas are in the RING cycle?
4
What were Schubert’s parties called?
Schubertiade
Music not meant to express anything
Absolute music
First person to perform a solo concert?
Franz Liszt
Where was Tchaikovsky and Mussorgsky from?
Russia
Type of song that is part of an opera and expresses the emotions of a character.
ARIA
The Festspielhaus was this composer's own operahouse. Who is that?
Richard Wagner
Composer of the 21 Hungarian Dances.
Johannes Brahms
What was the first American romantic nationalist music?
The New World simphony
Who was the first composer who wrote American nationalist music?
Antonin Dvorak
Who composed the famous “Bridal chorus”?
Richard Wagner
This compositional technic connects the romantic period music to "Darth Vader", to the sharks, to "The Lord of the Ring", and to "Harry Potter".
LEITMOTIF
Why was the romantic music diverse?
It was created by diverse human emotions.
First in the history of music, Franz Liszt performed without THIS in concert.
Sheet music
What was Franz Liszt's nationality?
Hungarian
In his operas, Wagner created the artistic unity of music, poetry, scenery, and architecture. What is it called?
Gesamtkunstwerke = total work of art
Mussorgsky's music the "Gnome" and the "Ballet of the Chicks" got its theme from .......
his friend's exhibition
What is the type of music that expresses emotions, illustrates a story, describes a character.
Program music
In Austria, Johann Strauss wrote hundreds of popular dance music and was responsible for the popularity of the waltz during the 19th century. That's why he is known as ....
Waltz King
What was Dvorak the director of?
the American National Conservatory of Music in NYC
How we call the theme that composers use (first Wagner) to introduce a character, place, object, or thought.
LEITMOTIF
What was the nationality of the first composer who wrote American nationalist music?
Czech
What does RUBATO mean?
flexible tempo