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Romantic Era Flashcards

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Exoticism

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Fascination with foreign lands and cultures

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Nationalism

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Patriotism expression

Influences from folk song, dance, myth and legend, historical events

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Program Music

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Instrumental music with extra associations like literary, poetry, and visual

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Romanticism

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Creative imagination and expression of emotions

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Schubert’s birthplace

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Austria

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Schubert’s birth and death years

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1797 - 1828

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Schubert’s educations

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Imperial chapel choir school

Antonio salieri mentored him

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Instruments Schubert played

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Violin

Piano

Viola

Voice

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Schubert’s employment

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School teacher

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Schubert’s patrons

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Esterházy family

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Genres Schubert cultivated

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Combines classical and romantic traits

Increased role of piano

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Hallmarks of schubert’s style

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Formal structure

Juxtaposition of +/- tonality

Chromatic harmony

Unexpected modulation

Depicts elements of poems

Psychological intensity

Vocal lyricism

Personal emotions reflected

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Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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Author or the Erlkönig poem

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Lied

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Solo voice with piano accompaniment

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Durchkomponiert

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Song structure that avoids repetition of entire sections of music

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Chopin’s birthplace

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Poland

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Chopin’s birth and death years

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1810 - 1849

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Chopin’s education

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Counterpoint, harmony, and composition

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Instruments Chopin played

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Piano

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Chopin’s employment

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Teacher

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Chopin’s patrons

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Polish aristocrats

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Genres Chopin cultivated

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New harmonic language

New capabilities of the piano

Greater virtuosity

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Hallmarks of chopin’s style

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Wrote exclusively for the piano

Vocal qualities

Improv

Unusual chord spacing a

Sweeping arpeggiation

Ornamental passages

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George sand

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10 year love affair with Chopin

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Chromaticism

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Extensive use of notes outside the prevailing key signature

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Polonaise

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Polish Dan d in triple meter transformed into virtuosic piano composition

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Rubato

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“Robbed time”

Rhythmic flexibility

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Berlioz’s birthplace

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France

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Berlioz’s birth and death years

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1803 - 1869

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Berlioz’s education

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Medicine

Music

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Instruments Berlioz played

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Guitar

Flute

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Berlioz’s employment

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Career as a conductor

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Genres Berlioz cultivated

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Orchestral writing

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Hallmarks of Berlioz’s style

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Chromatic harmony

Thematic transformation

Cyclical forms

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Harriet smithson

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Berlioz’s wife

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Cloches

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“Bells”

Pinched percussion instrument

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Col legno

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“With the wood”

Players tap on the strings with wooden parts of the bows

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Dies Irae

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“Day of wrath”

Chanting melody

From Roman Catholic Requiem (mass for the dead)

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Idée Fixe

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“Fixed idea”

Recurring theme that undergoes transformation

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Ophicléide

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Brass instrument, does not exist anymore

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Portamento

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“Carrying” sliding smoothly from one note to the next

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Pentatonic Scale

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A scale consisting only of 5 different pitches

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Verismo

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“Realism”

Story lines project gritty realism

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Whole-tone scale

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Whole step apart

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