Romantic

Question 1

Vincenzo Bellini

Answer 1

• Italian

- swan of Catania

Question 2

Chopin

Answer 2

• piano man extraordinaire
• nocturnes
• creator of the instrumental ballad
• wrote primarily for solo piano (focused on soloistic aspect of music)
• études!!!!!

Question 3

Louis-Hector Berlioz

Answer 3

French dude

Symphonie Fantastique=suuuper programmatic

Question 4

Franz Liszt

Answer 4

• creator of the symphonic poem
• 700+ compositions
• improviser guy

Question 5

Richard Wagner

Answer 5

Anti-Semitic prices

-the Ring Circle (inspired HP etc)

Question 6

Robert Schuman

Answer 6

Beautiful, human music

• wrote a lot for his wife Clara
• pianist
• checked himself into a mental asylum :(

Question 7

Tchaikovsky

Answer 7

Cmon m8 u kno this
Ballet man
Nutcracker
Swan lake

Question 8

Guiseppe Verdi

Answer 8

Opera man (25 of em)

Question 9

Symphonic poem

Answer 9

Orchestral music that illustrates or evokes a poem/story/painting/other non musical source
-type of programmatic music

Question 10

Program symphony

Answer 10

Piece that directs the attention of the listener to a literary context
-music has a story
Created by Beethoven
Used by Berlioz

Question 11

Concert overture

Answer 11

Piece in the style of an overture but intended for indépendant performance

Question 12

When was the romantic era?

Answer 12

1820-1900ish???

Question 13

Romantic trends?

Answer 13

• music is meant to be heard (often written for large public events)
• subjects=love and nationalism instead of for the church
• emphasis on secular works
• fascination with the past
• focus on the nocturnal, the mystic and supernatural
• extreme subjectivism
• expression of intense feelings