characteristics
romantic music was written to express
What are feelings and emotions?
instrumental music that is representational. It is associated with a story, poem, idea, or scene.
What is program music?
Drama that is sung to orchestral accompaniment, usually a large-scale composition employing vocal soloists, chorus, orchestra, costumes, and scenery.
What is Opera?
Composer who wrote operas in spirit of Italian nationalism
Who is Giuseppe Verdi?
A single melody line. “one sound”.
What is Monophonic?
the freedom in composing created on a new emphasis on
What is art songs?
instrumental music is non-representational and abstract. It is not associated with a story, poem, idea, or scene.
What is absolute music?
term that means "beautiful singing."
What is bel canto?
the most revolutionary and controversial composers in musical history.
Who is Richard Wagner?
sets the volume of the piece
What is dynamics?
during the Romantic era, we see an expansion of
What is orchestra?
a symphony composed for orchestra in several movements. The composer applies the principle of program music to the genre of the symphony.
What is program symphony?
german comic operas with light themes and spoken dialogue.
what is singspiel?
Who is Bedrich Smetana?
Classical Period: themes are developed by changing keys to build tension
What is development?
Romantic music has dense ______ and dramatic ______.
What is textures and contrasts?
A multi-movement work for orchestra which makes use of the 19th century style elements, but which may or may not be programmatic.
What is romantic symphony?
short melodic ideas that represent a dramatic element in the story.
What is leitmotifs?
German composer who did not become famous for her compositions until years after her death.
Who is Clara Schumann?
Renaissance: the text of secular music is
What is Not religious or about God.
The new musical themes of romantic music are _____, ______, and _______.
What is nature, literature, and nationalism?
a one-movement programmatic work for ochestra
what is symphonic poem?
the concept of german opera "Gesamtkunstwerk" is a fusion of ____, ____, and _____.
What is Music, poetry, and painting.
Austrian composer known for his light dance music like waltzes and polkas.
Who is Johann Strauss II?
Baroque: the subject is in one voice while different melodies are in other voices
what is episodes?