Romantic: Overview + Programme Music

Question 1

What is distinctive about Romantic Music?

Answer 1

Music is highly expressive and conveys emotion. Often intense and dramatic.​

Question 2

What did romantic music focus on?

Answer 2

focused on expression within music. Composers sought to evoke particular emotions within their music and to conjure particular images, moods, story lines and feelings within the music.

Question 3

What is programme music?

Answer 3

Music that is purposefully meant to evoke or convey images and tell a story

Question 4

What is Concert Overtures?

Answer 4

a type of Programme music; it was usually played before an opera or concert to set the mood or scene, making you envisage the scenery. ​

Question 5

Tone Poem

Answer 5

piece of orchestral music that is evoking the feelings or story portrayed in a poem

Question 6

German Leid

Answer 6

Generally, any type of German song​

Question 7

Waltz

Answer 7

form of dance with usually ¾ tempo​

Question 8

Song Cycles

Answer 8

form of vocal music with groups of complete songs​ (album)

Question 9

March

Answer 9

a strong and steady percussive beat reminiscent of military field drums

Question 10

Symphony movements

Answer 10

fast, slow, medium, fast