Composers
The composer of The Trout
Who is Schubert
This device refers to the practice of representing or evoking sounds, styles, or cultural elements from places or peoples perceived as “foreign” or “outside” the composer’s own cultural experience.
What is exoticism
The Romantic era in music is generally dated from approximately this time period
1820-1900
The components that make a Lieder
What is a German vocal work with piano accompaniment
This composer was on an opium induced dream before writing his famous symphony
Who is Berlioz
This Romantic Composer wrote lieder and struggled with mental illness.
Who is Schumann
Explain Through Composed vs Strophic Form
Strophic and through-composed are two types of forms. Strophic form repeats the same music for every stanza (like a hymn), whereas through-composed music continuously changes with new melodies for each section.
Schubert died young in this year, leaving many unfinished works
1828
A dramatic vocal form combining music and storytelling, often with orchestra and costumes
What is Opera
This composer married Liszts daughter.
Who is Wagner
This composer coined the term
Gesamtkunstwerk which means?
Who is Wagner and it means total art work.
The definition of a Leit Motif
What is a short, recurring musical phrase or melodic theme associated with a specific character, place, emotion, or idea in a story.
In Der Fremde was written in this year.
1840
A multi-movement orchestral work based on a narrative.
What is a Program Symphony
The rockstar of the Romantic Era
Who is Liszt
This Hungarian composer and virtuosic pianist helped popularize the symphonic poem
Who is Liszt
A style of music where composers use the sounds, traditions, and cultural elements of their own country—such as folk melodies, rhythms, and stories—to reflect and express a sense of national identity.
What is nationalism.
How many years did it take to compose the ring and how long is it to view?
25 years to write and 16 hours to watch
Music that focuses purely on sound, without a specific story
What is absolute music
What is a patron? Why are they no longer?
Patrons were people who paid musicians to create music. This was prior to the French Revolution. Because of the over throwing of the monarchy there are no more patrons. Composers can write the music they want.
The names of the 4 movements in Berlioz's Symphony Fantastique
a recurring musical idea or theme that represents a specific person, idea, or emotion and appears throughout a piece in different forms.
This composer was born in 1813
Who is Wagner
The Romantic piano genres studied in this class
1. Four-hand piano (4-hand piano) refers to music played by two people at the same piano, each using both hands
Which composers had syphilis?
Schumann and Schubert