1830 - 1900

Question 1

What major innovation in form is seen in Berlioz’ Symphonie Fantastique (1830)?

Answer 1

Use of a recurring idea (idee fixe) to tie the work together and make it cohesive

Question 2

What other experimentation is seen in the movements of Symphonie Fantastique?

Answer 2

5 programmatic movements with an explicit narrative

Question 3

How many players did Berlioz’s score need for Symphonie Fantastique?

Answer 3

nearly 100

Question 4

How did Berlioz use pitch to create tension in Movement IV?

Answer 4

Low rumbling timpani and four low parts given to cello and double bass in the opening

Question 5

What instrument not used before in the orchestra did Berlioz use in Movement 5 of his symphony?

Answer 5

high Eb clarinet (usually a marching band instrument)

Question 6

What makes Tchiakovsky’s Symphony No. 5 typical of Romanticism?

Answer 6

Its soaring melodies and emotional anguish.

Question 7

What dance is used instead of a minuet in Tchiakovsky’s 5th?

Answer 7

Waltz

Question 8

What in the overall form of Tchaikovsky’s 5th makes it typical of Romanticism?

Answer 8

Emin to EMaj (tragedy to triumph)

Question 9

What form is expanded upon in movement I of Tchaikovsky’s 5th?

Answer 9

Sonata - more themes in the exposition

Question 10

The expansion of which subject in sonata form was an important feature of Romanticism?

Answer 10

Subject 2

Question 11

Dance rhythms such as the waltz influenced symphonies such as __________

Answer 11

Tchaikovsky’s 5th

Question 12

What is unusual about the movements in Tchaikovsky’s 6th (Pathetique)?

Answer 12

2nd movement is like a waltz, 3rd movement is an unexpectedly triumphant march, 4th is unusually gloomy and has a downbeat ending