Module 11

Question 1

Romanticism

Answer 1

• Began in early 1800s
• As a reaction to the neoclassical love of reason and order that dominated the previous century
• Who championed creativity and artistic freedom

Question 2

Emotional Subjectivity

Answer 2

• Extreme emotional states was a hallmark of this era
  ~Used bold colors
  ~Subjects in motion

Question 3

Tone color

Answer 3

-Romantic musicians like using bold tone color
~Unique sound of a musical instrument
-New instruments were developed
~Triangle 
~Tuba 
~Concert Harp
~Celesta 
-Pyotr Tchaikoysky
~The story of Romeo and Juliet perfectly captures the young lovers and a fiery intense of the sward fights between the dulling families

Question 4

The Erotica

Answer 4

• Descriptive title

- Rather than generic one

Question 5

The Raft of the Medusa

Answer 5

• The highly controversial 1816 shipwreck of a French navel vessel

Question 6

Eugene Delacroix

Answer 6

-Liberty Leading the People
~Depicts the allegorical figure of liberty at the head of a motley crowd of French revolutionaries all social classes
~July revolution of 1830, a rebellion that dethroned King Charles the tenth

Question 7

Frederic Chopin

Answer 7

-A Poland composer that promoted nationalism by incorporating folk music
~Many pieces are written in the style of Polish folk tunes and dances like a Zika

Question 8

Clara Wieck Schumann

Answer 8

-Wrote music with allegorically political lyrics

~Forward

Question 9

Bedrich Smetana

Answer 9

-Combined the themes of nationalism and nature

~Die Moldau an orchestral piece that takes the listener on a musical journey along the river of Latifah

Question 10

John Constable

Answer 10

-Recreated sweeping landscapes like Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows painted in 1831

Question 11

Realms of Fantasy

Answer 11

-Exploration of all things fantastic, including the idyllic, the irrational, the world of dreams, and the surreal was encouraged during the Romantic Era

Question 12

Felix Mendelssohn

Answer 12

-Musical depiction of mischievous varies in its overture

~Midsummer Night’s dream

Question 13

Francisco de Goya

Answer 13

-Painting witches’ sabbath

Question 14

Hector Berlioz

Answer 14

• Fifth movement of Fantastic Symphony titled Dreams of A Witches Sabbath

Question 15

Adding exotics sound to compositions

Answer 15

-Avoiding traditionally western scales, creating unusual harmonies and using innovative compositional practices

Question 16

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Answer 16

• Symphonic poem based on the story of Arabian Nights
  ~Scheherazade a musical depiction of the legendary harem storyteller who kept herself alive through her ability to charm a cruel emperor with her in thrall entails

Question 17

Ludwig Van Beethoven

Answer 17

• Moonlight Sonata
• Fur Elise
• Ode to Joy
• Fifth Symphony

Question 18

Franz Schubert

Answer 18

• Prolific songwriter whose career was cut short by an early death from syphilis

Question 19

Lieder

Answer 19

-Mean SONGS in German
-In classical music it means
~German songs from the Romantic period for the piano and voice

Question 20

Schubertiades

Answer 20

-Musical parties

Question 21

Franz Liszt

Answer 21

-A piano virtuoso who showed off his skills on trans-European concert tours

Question 22

Lisztomania

Answer 22

-A craze that swept Europe

Question 23

New German School of Music

Answer 23

-Expanded musical forms and new harmonies

Question 24

Transcriptions

Answer 24

-Rewriting orchestral music so that it could be played on the piano

Question 25

Frederic Chopin

Answer 25

-Was very shy and hated to preform in public

Question 26

Character Pieces

Answer 26

-Short, one movement works | ~Created for home performances on the piano

Question 27

Giuseppe Verdi

Answer 27

-Known mainly for his operas ~La Donna e Mobile from Rigoletto ~The Brindisi (a drinking song) from La Traviata

Question 28

Risorgimento

Answer 28

-Italian political movement that sought to unify Italy

Question 29

Robert Schumann

Answer 29

-Focused on composition and started New Journal of Music

Question 30

New Journal of Music

Answer 30

- Critiqued new music, reviewed concerts, helped promote new composers, and revived interest in the music of older ones

Question 31

Clara Wieck

Answer 31

-Talented pianist and composer

Question 32

Johannes Brahms

Answer 32

- Discovered by Robert Schumann, who became his mentor and guide - Was more traditional than most romantics and deeply inspired by the music of the two previous eras especially that of Bach and Mozart - He was his own harshest critique by destroying hundreds of works that he believed weren't good enough to be preformed

Question 33

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Answer 33

-Inextricably linked to the magical worlds he created for the ballet with music such as 'Sleeping Beauty' and 'Swan Lake' -His music for 'The Nutcracker' ballet is some of the most often performed music in the world -He was a master of orchestral music that extended beyond the ballet stage -Other notable works ~1812 Overture ~The love theme from the Romeo and Juliet Overture ~First Piano concerto