Unit 3

Question 1

Robert Schumann Birth and Death Years

Answer 1

1810-1856

Question 2

Where was Robert Schumann active?

Answer 2

Leipzig

Question 3

Which genres did Robert Schumann compose?

Answer 3

Piano Music, Songs, Chamber Music, and Symphonies

Question 4

Why is Robert Schumann significant to music history?

Answer 4

Created the “New Journal of Music,” music critic that introduced the world to Chopin and Brahms, major advocate for “classic” music and fought against the “music of the future.”

Question 5

Robert Schumann Major Works

Answer 5

Carnaval, Album for the Young, Neue Zeitschrift für Musik, 75 partsongs, and about 300 songs.

Question 6

What did you find interesting about Robert Schumann?

Answer 6

He made up fake characters for his music journal and even wrote pieces about them.

Question 7

Franz Liszt Birth and Death Years

Answer 7

1811-1886

Question 8

Where was Franz Liszt active?

Answer 8

Hungary

Question 9

What genres did Franz Liszt compose?

Answer 9

Piano Music, Partsongs, Chamber Music, Piano Concerto, Symphony

Question 10

Why is Franz Liszt significant to music history?

Answer 10

Virtuoso pianist, “Rockstar” super famous during his lifetime, invented the masterclass, fought for the “music of the future,” and established the modern recital.

Question 11

Franz Liszt Major Works

Answer 11

Hungarian Rhapsodies, Sonata in B minor, Symphonic Poems, Mazeppa, and Faust Symphony.

Question 12

What is something you found interesting about Franz Liszt?

Answer 12

“Lisztomania,” coined by his fans, got the true rockstar treatment of modern celebrities.

Question 13

Gioachino Rossini Birth and Death Years

Answer 13

1792-1868

Question 14

Where was Gioachino Rossini active?

Answer 14

Paris

Question 15

What genres did Gioachino Rossini compose?

Answer 15

Opera

Question 16

Why is Gioachino Rossini significant to music history?

Answer 16

Most important European composer at the time, created the Rossini Code for opera scene structure, and created French Grand Opera.

Question 17

Gioachino Rossini Major Works

Answer 17

Barber of Seville, Otello, Guillaume Tell, Semiramide, and Tancredi

Question 18

19th Century Song by Nation

Answer 18

Germany: Lied
France: Mélodie
Britain: Drawing Room Ballads
North America: Parlor Songs

Question 19

19th Century Song Composers by Nation

Answer 19

Germany: Shubert and Schumann
France: Messenet, Debussy
Britain:
U.S.: Stephen Foster

Question 20

What is the significance of 19th century song?

Answer 20

Fueled by the market, created for the home music-making industry, and piano and voice.

Question 21

“Symphonie Fantastique” Design

Answer 21

5 movements, tells a dark love story, ends with macabre themes.

Question 22

“Symphonie Fantastique” Movements

Answer 22

Passions, A Ball, Scene in the Fields, March to the Scaffold, and Dream of the Witch’s Sabbath

Question 23

What was the significance of “Symphonie Fantastique”?

Answer 23

Music drama, programmatic work, audience must read the program provided by the composer, established the “Music of the Future.”

Question 24

What is “Romantic” music?

Answer 24

Music that focused on the new ideals of individuality, originality, fantasy, and expression of pure emotion. Now refers to music of the 19th century.