Test 1

Question 1

How does music history inform our musical decision making

Answer 1

Musical style
Interpretation
Programming
How we listen
Ming li goldston

Question 2

Johann Wolfgang bob Goethe
Occupation
Examples
Influence

Answer 2

Poet considered founder of German Romanticism
Author of epic poems Faust 1 and 2
-the story and tone prepared Germany for Romantic movement in music
His poems set by composers hundreds of times
-Schubert

Question 3

What genre Faust 1 and 2
Who by

Answer 3

Epic poems
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Question 4

Niccolo Paganini
Occupation
Personality
Influence

Answer 4

Virtuoso violinist
Flamboyant public lifestyle. Very long hair, tight black clothes at all time
INTENTIONALLY SPREAD RUMORS THAT HE HAD MADE A PACT WITH THE DEVIL SO HE COULD PLAY AS HE DID
Developed many virtuoso techniques for violin
Personified idea of Romantic virtuoso

Question 5

Romantic era
Most notable ideals

Answer 5

Emotions and feelings govern behavior rather than reason like classical era
Heroic conception (Napoleon Bonaparte)
Emphasis on individuality
Interest in rural life, nature, pastoral settings, simple life, “peasant as hero”
Fascinations with occult, “spirit world”, supernatural, seances, etc
Importance of piano
Age of virtuoso
Independence of musicians and composers

Question 6

What governed behavior in romantic era

Answer 6

Emotions and feelings

Question 7

What were people in the romantic era especially interested in

Answer 7

Rural life, nature, pastoral settings, simple life, “peasant as a hero”
Occult, “spirit world”, supernatural, seances, etc

Question 8

Musical manifestations of Romantic

Answer 8

Push boundaries of classical conventions
Mixing with non-musical influences (poetry, fiction, philsphphy, and politics)
Extension of sonata-allegro form
Non-functional harmonic leading to dissolution of tonal music
Extend harmonic structures to more 9ths, 11th, and 13ths
More complex instrumental timbres
Individual styles in composers

Question 9

Ludwig van Beethoven contributions

Answer 9

Great disruptive force in history of western music
Transitional figure from classical to romantic
Model for all romantic composers
Changed status/role of artists
Reinterpreted sonata allegro form

Question 10

How did Beethoven lead romantic generation

Answer 10

Elevate status of symphony as genre
Expanded orchestra
Expanded expressive capabilities of serious music in general