Chapter 6 - Nineteenth-Century Music and Romanticism Flashcards
symphonic poem
program music in the form of a single-movement composition for orchestra that portrays images of a place, story, novel, landscape, or non-musical source or image; sometimes called a tone poem
nationalism
pride in one’s nation or cultural identity, often expressed in art, literature, and music
art song
a composition setting of a poem to music, generally for one solo voice and piano accompaniment
Idée fixe
famous melody that appears in all five movements of Berlioz’s “Symphonie fantastique” to represent “the beloved”
Leitmotiv
“guiding motive” associated with a specific character, theme, or locale in a music drama, and first associated with the music of Richard Wagner
mazurka
a Polish dance in triple time, with emphasis on beat 2
tempo rubato
the momentary speeding up or slowing down of the tempo within a melody line, literally “robbing” time from one note to give to another
song cycle
a collection of art songs, unified by poet, narrative, musical style, or composer
through-composed
a movement or composition consisting of new music throughout, without repetition of internal sections
lied
a German song for voice and piano
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809-1847)
Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel (1805-1847)
Frederick Chopin (1810-1849)
Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
