romantic solo concerto

Question 1

time of romantic

Answer 1

1820 - 1900

Question 2

ROMANTIC - harmony and tonality

Answer 2

• mainly diatonic
• more use of chromatic harmony and dissonance
• added note chords

Question 3

ROMANTIC - rhythm, tempo and metre

Answer 3

frequent changes of time signature and tempo

Question 4

ROMANTIC - texture

Answer 4

homophonic
- melody and accompaniemtn
-(more complex than in classical)

Question 5

ROMANTIC - dynamics

Answer 5

• extreme dynaimcs
• ex ppp fff
• specific expression marking ex dolce, espressivo , appassionato

Question 6

ROMANTIC - melody

Answer 6

• more freedom (regular and balanced classical phrases were less important with composers)
• long, dramatic
• loud powerful
• emotional

Question 7

ROMANTIC - soloists

Answer 7

• more virtuosic
• cadenza (not improvised)
• soloists often enters immediately (no orchestral indtroductions) at the start of the 1st movement sharing themes with the orchetsra

Question 8

ROMANTIC - articulation

Answer 8

• melodic decoration
• ornamentation
• fast scale passages

Question 9

ROMANTIC - 4 composers

Answer 9

• beethoven
• brahms
• liszt
• mendelssohn

Question 10

ROMANTIC - instruments

Answer 10

• new timbres and sonorities
  -> rich and powerful
• everything was enlarged

Question 11

ROMANTIC - how many players

Answer 11

90 - 100

Question 12

ROMANTIC - percussion

Answer 12

• vast array of percussion
• drums, cymbals, pitched percussion and others

Question 13

ROMANTIC - popular choices for solo instruments

Answer 13

violin and piano
- but romantic composers wrote solo concertos for almost any orchestral intrsument