Romantic Era

Question 1

Exoticism

Answer 1

Fascination with foreign lands and cultures

Question 2

Nationalism

Answer 2

Patriotism expression

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

Question 3

Program Music

Answer 3

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

Question 4

Romanticism

Answer 4

Creative imagination and expression of emotions

Question 5

Schubert’s birthplace

Answer 5

Austria

Question 6

Schubert’s birth and death years

Answer 6

1797 - 1828

Question 7

Schubert’s educations

Answer 7

Imperial chapel choir school

Antonio salieri mentored him

Question 8

Instruments Schubert played

Answer 8

Violin

Piano

Viola

Voice

Question 9

Schubert’s employment

Answer 9

School teacher

Question 10

Schubert’s patrons

Answer 10

Esterházy family

Question 11

Genres Schubert cultivated

Answer 11

Combines classical and romantic traits

Increased role of piano

Question 12

Hallmarks of schubert’s style

Answer 12

Formal structure

Juxtaposition of +/- tonality

Chromatic harmony

Unexpected modulation

Depicts elements of poems

Psychological intensity

Vocal lyricism

Personal emotions reflected

Question 13

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Answer 13

Author or the Erlkönig poem

Question 14

Lied

Answer 14

Solo voice with piano accompaniment

Question 15

Durchkomponiert

Answer 15

Song structure that avoids repetition of entire sections of music

Question 16

Chopin’s birthplace

Answer 16

Poland

Question 17

Chopin’s birth and death years

Answer 17

1810 - 1849

Question 18

Chopin’s education

Answer 18

Counterpoint, harmony, and composition

Question 19

Instruments Chopin played

Answer 19

Piano

Question 20

Chopin’s employment

Answer 20

Teacher

Question 21

Chopin’s patrons

Answer 21

Polish aristocrats

Question 22

Genres Chopin cultivated

Answer 22

New harmonic language

New capabilities of the piano

Greater virtuosity

Question 23

Hallmarks of chopin’s style

Answer 23

Wrote exclusively for the piano

Vocal qualities

Improv

Unusual chord spacing a

Sweeping arpeggiation

Ornamental passages

Question 24

George sand

Answer 24

10 year love affair with Chopin

Question 25

Chromaticism

Answer 25

Extensive use of notes outside the prevailing key signature

Question 26

Polonaise

Answer 26

Polish Dan d in triple meter transformed into virtuosic piano composition

Question 27

Rubato

Answer 27

“Robbed time”

Rhythmic flexibility

Question 28

Berlioz’s birthplace

Answer 28

France

Question 29

Berlioz’s birth and death years

Answer 29

1803 - 1869

Question 30

Berlioz’s education

Answer 30

Medicine

Music

Question 31

Instruments Berlioz played

Answer 31

Guitar

Flute

Question 32

Berlioz’s employment

Answer 32

Career as a conductor

Question 33

Genres Berlioz cultivated

Answer 33

Orchestral writing

Question 34

Hallmarks of Berlioz’s style

Answer 34

Chromatic harmony

Thematic transformation

Cyclical forms

Question 35

Harriet smithson

Answer 35

Berlioz’s wife

Question 36

Cloches

Answer 36

“Bells”

Pinched percussion instrument

Question 37

Col legno

Answer 37

“With the wood”

Players tap on the strings with wooden parts of the bows

Question 38

Dies Irae

Answer 38

“Day of wrath”

Chanting melody

From Roman Catholic Requiem (mass for the dead)

Question 39

Idée Fixe

Answer 39

“Fixed idea”

Recurring theme that undergoes transformation

Question 40

Ophicléide

Answer 40

Brass instrument, does not exist anymore

Question 41

Portamento

Answer 41

“Carrying” sliding smoothly from one note to the next

Question 42

Pentatonic Scale

Answer 42

A scale consisting only of 5 different pitches

Question 43

Verismo

Answer 43

“Realism”

Story lines project gritty realism

Question 44

Whole-tone scale

Answer 44

Whole step apart