Music 152 quiz 4 Flashcards
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When was the romantic period?
nineteenth century
The romantic period represents a break from what?
classical ideals of clarity, order, and logic
The romantic period represents what?
idealization of nature, nature with terrifying power, the supernatural, mysticism, the unconscious, nationalism, distant times, myths, nationalism, emotions and ideals
What was the Lied romantic art song?
German-text solo art song, Favored romantic genre: emerging popularity of piano, very suitable for amateurs and professionals
Who were the favorite Romantic poets of the composers of Lied?
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749-1832), and Heinrich Heine (1797-1856)
Describe poems
typically short, personal, and “lyric” with themes of love, longing, beauty of nature
Who was Franz Schubert?
(1797-1828), shy, first great romantic song writer, born in Vienna, began adulthood as a schoolteacher, but then went full time into composing, in 1815, at age 18, while teaching, he composed 144 songs
What was Schubert’s lied?
Composed at age 18, based on a Danish legend, four characters (one singer)
Explain the nineteenth-century piano
central to western music tradition, suitable for polyphonic and homophonic textures, attractive to both amateurs and professionals, financial advantages
When was the piano was a fixture in middle-and upper-class homes?
Twentieth century
Explain the Romantic short lyric (songlike) piano piece
No singer, short, songlike melody, fanciful titles
Explain Chopin’s etudes
Didactic (learning) pieces, and can be repetitive and uninteresting
Explain Chopin’s revolutionary etude
1831–> Linked to Chopins distress over Poland’s revolution against Russia
Who was Fanny Mendelssohn Hansel?
1805-1847–> Composer of September, Born into a highly cultured family; raised in Berlin (germany), trained in piano, theory, composition, over 125 piano works, and over 250 Lieder (art song)
Who was Felix Mendelssohn?
1809-1847–>Renowned pianist, organist, conductor, and composer, music combines romantic expressivity with classical forms and techniques
What important roles did women play in the nineteenth century?
patrons, sponsors, teachers, and coordinators of musical activity in the home, and a few became successful composers
Hensel: September: At the river
1841–>Twelve character pieces, each piece is named for a month, melancholy mood, daring, distant key areas
Explain romantic program music
instrumental music with literary or pictorial associations, romantics cultivated program music over absolute music
Who was Hector Berlioz
1803-1869–> French composer, conductor, and critic, he produced music criticism, memoirs, and a famous orchestration treatise, known for his huge performing forces, one of the first to make a career in orchestral conducting, left medical school to study music, influenced by Beethoven and Shakespeare, musical style: intense, bold, passionate
Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique
1830–>example of program music, is Berlioz’s best-known work, inspired by his infatuation with the Irish actress Harriet Smithson, five-movement program symphony
What were the five movements for Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique
- Reveries-passions, 2. A ball, 3. Scene in the countryside, 4. March to the Scaffold, 5. Dream of a Witchs sabbath, movements are unified by a recurring melody that Berliox called idee fixe (fixed idea)
Explain March to the scaffold
artist dreams he has killed his beloved and is witnessing his own execution
Where did distinct national styles of opera appear
Italy, Germany, and France
Operas by what kind of composers were beloved all over Europe
Italian
