Romantic music

Question 1

romantic era is from..

Answer 1

1850- 1910

Question 2

famous composers of romantic era

Answer 2

debussy
chopin
liszt

Question 3

melodic features of romantic era

Answer 3

dissonance
expressive melodies
long melodic ideas
chromatic
melisma
mostly pianos

Question 4

Harmonic features of romantic era

Answer 4

suspension
augmented chords I III bV
diminished chords I bIII bV
cluster chords-> lots of notes close together gets played together

Question 5

rhythm and meter of romantic era

Answer 5

• time is not strict -> RUBATO. Not sticking to the beat, slowing down/speeding up to make the piece more expressive
• triplets
• tempo and time signature changes a lot

Question 6

tonality and dynamics

Answer 6

• major and minor

- crescendo and diminuendo

Question 7

Structure of romantic music

Answer 7

• sonata form

- preludes (like an intro)

Question 8

Texture of romantic music

Answer 8

mostly homophonic

think & thin -> huge contrast