Romantic

Question 0

Characteristics

Answer 0

Use of music to tell story or express idea
Melodies are fuller and more dramatic -increased attn to extended melodic lines
Brass -large roles
Nationalism in music

Question 1

Time period

Answer 1

1800-1900

Question 2

Types of music…..

Answer 2

Orchestra- purely instrumental (Berlioz symphonies fantastique -traveling artist suffering from love)
Piano miniature -short emotionally charged (Chopin)
Opera- Verdi Italian nationalist, opera style bel canto (beautifully sung)
End of 19c combined Lieder and symphony for solo vocal/orch -Mahler wrote numerous (included in some of his 9 symph’s)

Question 3

Wagner…..

Answer 3

Nationalist
Dominated German opera
Free of It/Fr influence -no aria
Single dramatic idea

Question 4

Brahms

Answer 4

No operas
Instrumental
Believed by Germans to be Beethoven’s first worthy successor