Romantic Terms Flashcards
Romantic music
Intense passion and emotional expression
Subjective perspective
An individual person’s emotion,thoughts and perceptions
Chromaticism
The idea of borrowing notes from a diffrent key signature to add flavor
Virtuoso
Incredible technical skill on a musical instrument or preforming arts, mastered
Symphony
A multi movement composition for orchestra
Comedic opera
Light hearted style of opera with, comedy, happy endings also light opera
Light opera
Also comedic opera, light hearted style with pleasant subject matter happy ending
Rossini crescendo
When a them or melody Is reapted many times in a row, while going faster and louder each time
Song cycle
Series of art songs that are ment to be preformed together, all adress the same or similar theme or topics
Art song
Usually written for solo voice and piona accompaniment, music is ment to further enhance the emotions in the text of the poem
Symphonic poem
Single movement work for orchestra that is ment to evoke a poem,story or piece of art
Program music
music that is intended to evoke images or convey the impression of events
