Romantic Period
True or False: Romantic period music was written during the 18th century...
What is False?
What century was Wagner born in?
What is the 19th century?
True or False: Tchaikovsky wrote music that was creative and about stories.
What is True?
Brahms was known as a big old man with a ________.
What is a beard?
Mahler bridged the gap between these two musical eras.
What are the Romantic and Modern Eras?
Music from the Romantic Period was structured or unstructured?
What is Unstructured?
True or False: Wagner was know as being self-centered.
What is true?
Tchaikovsky is from this country.
What is Russia?
Brahms wanted to be as good as this famous composer.
Who is Beethoven?
In the beginning, when Mahler struggled as a composer he took a break to become a _________.
What is a conductor?
Yes or No: Nationalism a part of Romantic Period music?
What is Yes?
Wagner was led to music through nature, the theater, or the church?
What is the theater?
Some of Tchaikovsky's best pieces were written for the _______?
What is the ballet?
Brahms composed works for piano and _________?
What is voice?
Mahler became known as a difficult boss because he required so much ______.
What is practice?
Classical period music was all about form, Romantic period music was all about _______?
What are feelings?
Wagner was best know for writing music for this kind of production...
What is the opera?
During one concert that he was conducting, Tchaikovsky, who was a hypochondriac, thought that this part of his body was going to fall off and held onto it for the whole concert.
What is his head?
Who are the 3 Great B's of composition?
Who are Bach, Beethoven and Brahms?
Mahler's final compositions focused on:
What is death?
Romantic composers took much of their inspiration from these these two sources....
What are art and literature?
Over a period of more than 20 years Wagner wrote the words and music to a 4 opera series of sagas called The Ring of the Nibelung. How many hours long is this cycle?
What is 16 hours....
Name Tchaikovsky's two most popular ballet compositions?
What are Swan Lake and The Nutcracker?
Brahms thought this aspect of music was as important as melody and harmony.
What is Rhythm?
What are choirs?