The Romantic Period

Question 1

Brad Richter’s song, “Stepping On A Spider,” is an example of _________ music, which is music with literary or pictorial associations.

Answer 1

program

Question 2

If a composer draws on the inspiration of his or her homeland they are using the compositional technique known as ________.

Answer 2

nationalism

Question 3

Music written for the sake of music, with no literary associations is called _______ music.

Answer 3

absolute

Question 4

Puccini’s opera, “Madame Butterfly,” is an example of ________, in which the composer draws on the inspiration of foreign lands.

Answer 4

exoticism

Question 5

The dates of the Romantic Period encompass the years _____ to _____.

Answer 5

1820 to 1900

Question 6

When a performer slightly holds back or speeds up the tempo it is known as ______.

Answer 6

rubato

Question 7

Of all the inspirations for Romantic composers the most important is _____.

Answer 7

nature

Question 8

The typical orchestra in the Romantic period had _____ members.

Answer 8

100

Question 9

Many Romantic composers modeled their careers after ______.

Answer 9

Beethoven

Question 10

______ was the most famous virtuoso violinist during the Romantic.

Answer 10

Niccolo Paganini

Question 11

______ was the most famous virtuoso pianist during the Romantic.

Answer 11

Franz Liszt

Question 12

A ______ is a piano piece associated with the night.

Answer 12

nocturne

Question 13

Felix Mendelssohn reached the highest point in his career when his oratorio ______, premiered in London.

Answer 13

Elijah

Question 14

In Hector Berlioz’s “Symphonic Fantastique” the movements are unified by a reoccurring theme, called the ________.

Answer 14

idee fixe

Question 15

The reoccurring theme in “Symphonic Fantastique” represents the Irish Shakespearian actress, __________, whom Berlioz eventually married.

Answer 15

Harriet Smithson

Question 16

The last movement of Berlioz’s “Symphonic Fantastique” features a liturgical melody called the ________, or Day of Wrath, which is part of Catholic Funeral Mass.

Answer 16

dies irae

Question 17

Franz Liszt is credited with creating the programmatic genre known as the ______, which based to some extent on a literary or pictorial idea.

Answer 17

symphonic poem

Question 18

Mendelssohn rekindled interest in the music of _____ in 1829, when he conducted the St. Matthew Passion.

Answer 18

Bach

Question 19

__________________ was Russia’s most famous composer.

Answer 19

Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Question 20

_______ was known as the “poet of the piano.”

Answer 20

Frederic Chopin

Question 21

The _________ were a group of Russian Nationalistic composers, who were famous during the Romantic.

Answer 21

Russian Five

Question 22

The most famous and original composer of the group was _________.

Answer 22

Mussorgsky

Question 23

In 1830, Berlioz was awarded the ____________, the Paris Conservatory’s most coveted prize for musical composition.

Answer 23

Prixe de Rome

Question 24

The composer _______, followed Smetana as the leading composer of the Czech national music.

Answer 24

Antonin Dvorak

Question 25

Bredrich Smetana composed the widely popular six symphonic poem cycle _______ despite being totally deaf.

Answer 25

ma vlast

Question 26

Antonin Dvorak’s music was promoted by the composer ________, who recommended Dvorak to his publisher.

Answer 26

Brahms

Question 27

Franz Schubert wrote over ______ songs.

Answer 27

600

Question 28

The German word for “song,” which typically refers to an art song is ________.

Answer 28

lied

Question 29

The founder of Czech national music is ________.

Answer 29

Bedrich Smetana

Question 30

Music criticism was a source of income for both ______ and ______.

Answer 30

Hector Berlioz and Robert Schumann

Question 31

One of Smetana’s most popular works is the symphonic poem ________, which depicts a river in his native Bohemia.

Answer 31

The Moldau

Question 32

A(n) _________ is a composition for solo voice and piano.

Answer 32

art song

Question 33

As a person, Chopin had a ______, _______ personality. He disliked crowds.

Answer 33

shy, reserved

Question 34

As a writer and critic, Robert Schumann founded the ___________, which helped “discover “ composers like Chopin and Berlioz.

Answer 34

New Journal of Music

Question 35

In an art song, when the same music is used for each stanza of text it is called _______ form.

Answer 35

strophic

Question 36

In an art song, when new music is used for each stanza of text it is called __________ form.

Answer 36

through-composed

Question 37

Johannes Brahms was a close friend to ______ and ______.

Answer 37

Clara and Robert Schumann

Question 38

A(n) ______ is a study piece, intended to help a performer master a specific musical technique.

Answer 38

etude

Question 39

_____, _____, and _____ are the three most famous ballets by Peter Tchaikovsky.

Answer 39

1. Swan Lake
2. Sleeping Beauty
   3 The Nutcracker

Question 40

Verdi’s first political opera was ______, which has strong political overtones.

Answer 40

Nabucco

Question 41

Richard’s first successful opera was called

Answer 41

Rienzi

Question 42

Wagner called his operas _______ , to emphasize the connection between music and drama.

Answer 42

music dramas

Question 43

Berlioz’s “Symphonic Fantastique” is a example of _________, which is a symphony with a program.

Answer 43

program symphony

Question 44

________, one of the four properties of sound, was more important in Romantic music than ever before.

Answer 44

Tone color/timbre

Question 45

In 1844, Hector Berlioz’s ________________ signaled the recognition of orchestration as an art form.

Answer 45

Treatise on Instrumentation

Question 46

Franz Schubert and Robert Schumann probably died from ________.

Answer 46

syphilis

Question 47

Romantic composers sought the texts of _____ and _____ for many of their art songs. They were two of the most popular writers in the Romantic era.

Answer 47

Goethe and Heine

Question 48

Chopin became famous on the basis of only _____ or so performances.

Answer 48

30