test 4

Question 1

What year was the romantic period through?

Answer 1

1820-1900

Question 2

romanticism

Answer 2

important in poetry, literature and music

Question 3

Who elevated music to be a vehicle of self-expression

Answer 3

beethoven

Question 4

self-expression, artistic freedom

Answer 4

characteristic of romantic music

Question 5

growing importance of instrumental music

Answer 5

characteristic of romantic music

Question 6

transformation, not total rejection of symphonic forms

Answer 6

characteristic of romantic music

Question 7

dominance of concert hall- issues it brought of audience v. composer

Answer 7

characteristics of romantic music

Question 8

romantic period themes of “Romantic” - not just “love”, nature, macabre, revolt, etc.

Answer 8

characteristic of romantic music

Question 9

virtuoso

Answer 9

characteristic of romantic music

Question 10

thematic unity and thematic transformation

Answer 10

characteristic of romantic music

Question 11

robbed time

• tempo speeds up then slows down
• melody can move in and out of phase with beat

Answer 11

rubato

Question 12

a sign of individual expressivity

Answer 12

rubato

Question 13

reflected romantic “blurring” tendency

Answer 13

rubato

Question 14

use all notes of chromatic scale

Answer 14

chromaticism

Question 15

wider ranges, more dramatic

Answer 15

melody

Question 16

to accompany melody and is also for its own sake

Answer 16

harmony

Question 17

more creative combinations of instruments, new timbres on the piano

Answer 17

tone color

Question 18

wide variety ,extremes. sudden shifts. orchestra size grew

Answer 18

dynamics

Question 19

conductor

Answer 19

standard in orchestra now

Question 20

(program music)

single movement, often still based on sonata form

Answer 20

concert overture

Question 21

(program music)

multi movement

Answer 21

program symphony

Question 22

(program music)

single movement, no prescribed form

Answer 22

symphonic (tone) poem

Question 23

particularly the lied and the character pieces for the piano

Answer 23

miniatures

Question 24

pieces that last only a few minutes

Answer 24

miniature compositions

Question 25

convey a particular, momentary emotion

Answer 25

miniature compositions

Question 26

dramatically opposed to miniatures

Answer 26

grandiose compositions

Question 27

more movements, more instruments, longer time spans, than miniature compositions

Answer 27

grandiose compositions

Question 28

often blended poetry, philosophical or religious ideas, and drama

Answer 28

grandiose compositions

Question 29

composed almost exclusively for piano, innovative timbres, Nocturne in F

Answer 29

Chopin

Question 30

"fixed idea" a term popular in medical literature of the day

Answer 30

Idee fixe

Question 31

3 kinds: strophic, through-composed and a combination of both of these

Answer 31

lied

Question 32

accompanied by piano

Answer 32

lied

Question 33

usually romantic poem

Answer 33

lied

Question 34

intimate and personal mood

Answer 34

lied

Question 35

most important of the miniatures

Answer 35

lied

Question 36

most prominent solo instrument

Answer 36

piano

Question 37

piano (greatest piano virtuoso of the of the 19th century); had influence on program music

Answer 37

Liszt

Question 38

brother and sister, Jewish composers

Answer 38

Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn

Question 39

flourished all over Europe

Answer 39

Romantic Opera

Question 40

Verdi in his Aida

Answer 40

Italian Opera

Question 41

"Beautiful singing" most important background, general story, video clip

Answer 41

Bel Canto

Question 42

Wagner and his The Valkyrie from the Ring

Answer 42

German Opera

Question 43

"music drama"

Answer 43

German opera characteristic

Question 44

guiding or leading motives | -associated with a person, thing or idea or symbol in the drama

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leitmotivs | German Opera

Question 45

made use of dramatic transformation | -pioneered by Liszt in symphonic poems

Answer 45

leitmotivs | German Opera

Question 46

total work of art

Answer 46

Gesamtkunstwerk

Question 47

Romeo and Juliet, Swan Lake, The Nutcracker, and Sleeping Beauty

Answer 47

Tchaikovsky

Question 48

Pictures at and Exposition Nationalism

Answer 48

Modest Musorgsky

Question 49

used folk music as one element

Answer 49

modest musorgsky

Question 50

designed to evoke the sounds of the composer's native lands

Answer 50

modest musorgsky

Question 51

Russian kushka (not each member by name)

Answer 51

modest musorgsky

Question 52

returned to older structures; Viennese Classism and Violin Concerto in D

Answer 52

Brahms | Late Romanticism

Question 53

"nostalgia" important, huge orchestras, great orchestrator and his Symphony No. 1

Answer 53

Mahler