Romantic Period Vocab Flashcards
(22 cards)
Individuality of Style
self expression and individualism by the artists/composers
nationalism
music based on national identity
exoticism
music depicting foreign lands
program music
music associated with a story, poem, idea or scene, sometimes including an explanation (program)
program
explanatory comments used to describe program music
chromatic harmony
harmonies using the chromatic scale (twelve chords) to exploit a broader range
rubato
slight holding back or pressing forward of tempo
miniature and monumental
descriptions of the times of pieces (3 minutes v 4 hours)
thematic transformation
use of dynamics, orchestration or rhythm to transform the character of a later movement.
strophic form
repeating the same music for each stanza of the poem
through-composed form
new music is written for each stanza throughout the poem
song cycle
group of romantic art songs
New Journal of Music
edited by Robert Schumann; contained appreciative reviews of radical young composers like Chopin and Berlioz
romance
short, lyrical pieces for piano
nocturne
“night Piece” slow lyrical, intimate composition for piano
etude
study piece designed to help a performer master specific technical difficulties (Chopin)
symphonic poem/ tone poem
one-movement orchestral composition based to some extent on literary or pictorial ideas
absolute music
non programmatic music
program symphony
composition in several movements in a certain program
concert overture
one movement, usually in sonata form.
pentatonic scales
a musical scale or mode with five notes per octave in contrast to a heptatonic (seven note) scale such as the major scale and minor scale
syncopation
rhythms which are in some way unexpected which make part or all of a tune or piece of music off-beat
