Music - Vocal music of romantic period

Question 1

One of the best tools for expressing one’s feelings. This form of expression became more evident during the romantic period

Answer 1

Vocal Music

Question 2

_____ coincided with the Industrial Revolution in Western Europe that brought about the rise of ____ and ____

Answer 2

Romanticism, socialism and capitalism

Question 3

The romantic period’s basic quality is _____ _____

Answer 3

emotional subjectivity

Question 4

Composers explore feelings of:

Answer 4

grandiosity, intimacy, unpredictability
sad, rapture, and longing

Question 5

Romantic vocal forms like the art songs and operas were about:

Answer 5

fantasy, supernatural, romance, and the nature as mirror of the human heart

Question 6

Composers interpret
____, ____, ____, and _________

Answer 6

poems, mood, atmosphere and imagery into music.

Question 7

Musical compositions such
as the art song was written for ____ ____ and ____

Answer 7

solo voice and piano

Question 8

Like all program music,
___ ____ has its inspiration from poetry in this period.

Answer 8

Art song

Question 9

is often set at the beginning with piano introduction and concluded with a piano postlude

Answer 9

Mood

Question 10

Romantic artists found inspiration in _________. Their subjects were traditional _____,
______, and ______ usually dealing with the supernatural,
grotesque, and less ordinary.

Answer 10

landscapes. myths, legends, and folklore

Question 11

Vocal music in this period require singers to perform a greater range of ___ ___, ____ and ____

Answer 11

tone color, dynamics and pitch.

Question 12

_____ became an important
source of musical expressions. The ___ __ __ _____ houses came. It was the place where all the arts converged: not only music, but poetry, painting,
architecture and the dance as well.

Answer 12

Opera, birth of the opera

Question 13

became an important
source of musical expressions. It was the place where all the arts converged: not only music, but poetry, painting, architecture and the dance as well.

Answer 13

Opera

Question 14

OPERA COMPOSERS OF THE ROMANTIC PERIOD

Answer 14

• Franz Peter Schubert
• Giuseppe Verdi
• Giacomo Puccini
• Richard Wagner
• Georges Bizet

Question 15

What is the proper name for Franz Schubert songs?

Answer 15

Lieder (which is the German word for songs)

Question 16

Developed lieder so they had a powerful dramatic impact on the listeners

Answer 16

Franz Schubert

Question 17

• He is considered the last of the
  Classical composers and one of the first
  romantic ones.
• He tapped the poetry of writers like
  Johann Goethe.

Answer 17

Franz Schubert

Question 18

Famous vocal music works/lieder of Franz Schubert:

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• “Gretchen am Spinnrade”,
• “Erlkonig”, “Ellens Gesang III” (“Ave Maria”) a
• “Schwanenge sang” (“Swan Song”).
• Symphony No.8 in B minor (“Unfinished Symphony”)
• piano pieces, string quartets, operetta

Question 19

• His characters are ordinary people and not those of the royal family like those found in German operas.
• He insisted on a good libretto and wrote operas with political overtones and for middle-class audience.

Answer 19

Giuseppe Verdi

Question 20

born in Parma, Italy on October 9, 1813 and died in Milan, Italy on January 27,1901

Answer 20

Giuseppe Verdi

Question 21

He studied in Busseto and later went to Milan where his first opera “Oberto” was performed in La Scala, the most important opera house at the time

Answer 21

Giuseppe Verdi

Question 22

What is the soul of a Verdi opera?

Answer 22

Expressive vocal melody

Question 23

• Almost all of his works are serious love
  story with unhappy ending.
• He completed 25 operas throughout his career.
• His final opera ends with “All the world’s a joke.”

Answer 23

Giuseppe Verdi

Question 24

Famous Works of Giuseppe Verdi

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• La Traviata
• Rigoletto
• Falstaff
• Otello
• Aida were he wrote for the opening of
  the Suez Canal

Question 25

was born in a poor family on December 22, 1858 in Lucca, Italy

Answer 25

Giacomo Puccini

Question 26

• He studied at the Milan Conservatory.
• He belonged to a group of composers who
  stressed realism.

Answer 26

Giacomo Puccini

Question 27

• he drew material from everyday life, rejecting heroic themes from mythology and history.

Answer 27

Giacomo Puccini

Question 28

Famous Operas Of Giacomo Puccini:

Answer 28

• “La Boheme”,
• “Tosca”,
• “Madame Butterfly”,
• “Turandot”.

Question 29

born in Leipzig, Germany on May 22, 1813. and died of a heart attack on February 13,1883 at
age of 69

Answer 29

Richard Wagner

Question 30

• He attended Leipzig University.
• He was very much inspired by Ludwig van
  Beethoven.

Answer 30

Richard Wagner

Question 31

Wagner introduced new ideas in
______ and in form, including ______ __ ______

Answer 31

harmony, extremes of
chromaticism.

Question 32

He also explored the limits of the
traditional tonal system that gave keys and chords its own identity which paved the way for the rise of atonality in the 20th century.

Answer 32

Richard Wagner

Question 33

Wagner exerted a strong influence on the ______ ______. He was an advocate of a new form of opera which he called “ _____ _____” where musical and dramatic elements were fused together.

Answer 33

operatic medium, music drama

Question 34

musical and dramatic elements were fused together

Answer 34

Music drama (new form of opera where Wagner was an advocate)

Question 35

He developed a __________ _____in which the orchestra has of equal importance in
dramatic roles as the singers themselves.

Answer 35

Richard Wagner

compositional style

Question 36

The expressiveness is aided by the
use of “_________” or musical sequences standing for a particular character/plot element. (Wagner)

Answer 36

Leitmotifs

Question 37

Famous works of Richard Wagner:

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• “Tristan and Isolde”,
• “Die Walkyrie”,
• “Die Meistersinger”,
• “Tannhäuser”,
• “Parsifal”

Question 38

His work would later influence modern film scores, including those of the Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings film series.

Answer 38

Richard Wagner

Question 39

was registered with the legal name Alexandre-Cesar-Leopold Bizet, but was baptized Georges Bizet and was always known by the latter name

Answer 39

Georges Bizet

Question 40

born October 25, 1838 in
Paris, France and died (June 3,
1875). He was only 36

Answer 40

Georges Bizet

Question 41

He entered the Paris Conservatory of music at a very young age. Became famous for his
operas. His most famous opera is
“Carmen”

Answer 41

Georges Bizet

Question 42

The shows were criticized in
horrible ways that resulted in poor
audience. Four months later, “Carmen” opened in Vienna, Austria, and was a smash hit

Answer 42

Georges Bizet

Question 43

It is now one of the most popular operas ever
written. Bizet never knew that audiences would come to consider it as his masterpiece.

Answer 43

Carmen (Georges Bizet)

Question 44

an art form in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work combining text (libretto) and musical score

Answer 44

Opera

Question 45

Opera is considered to be a complete art
that combines _____, _____, _____ and _____ ___

Answer 45

literary, visual, music, and theatre arts

Question 46

born on Jan. 31 1789 Himmelpfortgrund, Austria and died in 1828 Vienna Austria at 31

Answer 46

Franz Schubert