Romantic

Question 1

Romanticism

Answer 1

marked by emphasis on originality and individuality, personal emotional expression, and freedom and experimentation of form. (1830-1900)

Question 2

Lied

Answer 2

a type of German song, especially of the romantic period, typically for solo voice with piano accompaniment

Question 3

Absolute music

Answer 3

music that is not explicitly “about” anything- it is non-representational. Developed at the end of the 18th century in the writings of authors of early German Romanticism, such as Wilhelm Heinrich Wackenroder, Ludwig Tieck and E. T. A. Hoffmann

Question 4

Program music

Answer 4

a type of instrumental art music that attempts to render an extra-musical narrative musically

Question 5

Character music

Answer 5

a musical composition which is relatively brief and is expressive of a specific mood or non-musical idea

Question 6

Gesamtkunstwerk

Answer 6

a work of art that makes use of all or many art forms or strives to do so. Richard Wagner used the term in two 1849 essays