Romanticism Flashcards
Paganini
A virtuoso violinist
Virtuoso
VERY talented person on their instrument
Art song
Solo voice and piano accompaniment of high artistic aspiration
Lied (Lieder)
German form of art song
Romantic era
1820-1900
Rubato
Manipulating the speed of the rhythm
Franz Schubert
1797 through 1828
Composed more than 600 Lieder
Through composed
New music on each stanza projects a series of changing moods
Strophic form
Same music for each stanza
Robert Schumann
1810 through 1856 and grow mentally ill after being married
Program music
Instrumental music that tells a story of a historical event or natural wonder
Absolute music
Regular straightforward music
Program symphony
A genre of program music with 3 to 5 movements
Hector Berlioz
1803-1869 original figure in music and became a musical critic and skilled in orchestra
Symphony Fantastique
Composed by Berlioz
Ballet
Artistic dance that tells a dramatic story
Sustaining Pedal
A pedal that holds the notes for a longer period of time
Soft-pedal
The pedal that softens notes being played
Frederic Chopin
1810 through 1849 poet of the piano born in Warsaw Poland
Nocturn
Night peace with slow dreamy composition
Leitmotif
Associated with emotions often repeated in a sequential pattern
Gesamtkunstwerk
More realistic drama with seamless flow of music
Richard Wagner
1813 to 1883 a determined ruthless visionary that exerted enormous influence
Giuseppe Verdi
1813 to 1801 most popular opera composer throughout Europe and performed more than anyone else with a domestic fee and personal comfort and intense passion and nonstop action