Schumann Musical Style and Contributions

Question 1

Drew inspiration from who for what?

Answer 1

Bach for counterpoint and Beethoven for structural innovations

Question 2

Admired the music of his contemporaries:

Answer 2

Schubert, Chopin, Mendelssohn, and Berlioz

Question 3

Embodied the spirit of ____: intensely ___ ___, heightened ___, underlying ___ ___ ___

Answer 3

Romanticism: subjective viewpoint, emotionalism, sense of pathos

Question 4

Experimented with ___ ___

Answer 4

Formal structures

Question 5

___ elements include descriptive titles identifying specific ___ ___

Answer 5

Programmatic; extramusical associations

Question 6

Employed ___ ___

Answer 6

Thematic transformation

Question 7

Masterful use of ___, ___, and ___ ___

Answer 7

Syncopation, hemiola, and cross rhythms

Question 8

Moderate use of ___

Answer 8

Chromaticism

Question 9

Strongest influences were ___: especially ___ ___ and ___ ___

Answer 9

Literary; Jean Paul and ETA Hoffmann

Question 10

Did not embrace ___

Answer 10

Virtuosity for its own sake (unlike many pianist-composers of his time)