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1
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What century is the Romantic Era in?

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19th Century

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musical ideas or motifs that are identified with a specific country, region, or ethnicity

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musical nationalism

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self taught musician, anarchist, lived in exile in Switzerland and France because he was banned in Germany

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Richard Wagner

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Who had a horrible reputation for using patrons, had affairs with several wives of his patrons

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Richard Wagner

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Composer of the Ring Cycle

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Richard Wagner

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The patron of Wagner’s music

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King Ludwig II of Bavaria (The Mad King)

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A special opera house designed by Wagner with the financial support of King Ludwig II. It includes an invisible orchestra pit and stadium style seating.

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Bayreuth Opera House

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He revived Teutonic stories and legends and wrote the music as well as the librettos for his operas.

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Richard Wagner

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9
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Who placed enormous emphasis on the orchestra? (heavy use of brass)

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Wagner

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Who employed extreme chromaticism, advancing the harmonic language of the romantic era to the point of no return?

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Wagner

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11
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the synthesis of all the poetic, visual, musical, and romantic art

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Gesamtkanstwerk

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12
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motive or theme that is associated with a particular character or theme

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Leifmotifs

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13
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List Wagner’s Operas

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Tannhauser, Lohengrin, Die Meistersinger von Nurnburg, The Ring Cycle, Tristan and Isodolde, Parsifal

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Characters in Das Rheingold

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Rhinemaidens, Nibelung, Gods, Albert

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15
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Half Diminished Chord

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Tristan Chord

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16
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Two main composers of Italian Opera

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Verdi and Puccini

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17
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A political figure who united city-states of Italy and defied the Austro-Hungarian Empire’s control of Northern Italy as part of the Girabaldi

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Verdi

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18
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Composer who was open to new trends, relied heavily on his natural melodic gift, used the “Big Guitar Approach”

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Verdi

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19
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When the entire orchestra sounds as if it were one large accompanying instrument

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Big Guitar Approach

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20
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List Verdi’s Operas

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Nabrucco, Rigoletto, Il Trovatore, Aida, Otello, Falstaff

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21
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Characters of La Traviatta (Verdi)

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Violetta and Adolfo

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22
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His orchestration shows the strong influence of Wagner and Debussy with its rich use of instruments and orchestral colors.

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Puccini

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23
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List Puccini’s Operas

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Madama Butterfly, la Tosca, Turandot, la boheme

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24
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Name this Opera: Characters are Mimi and Rodolfo, tragedy, used detailed scale, influences of French impressionism and unforgettable melodies.

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la boheme

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25
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New Opera House built in Paris (1861-1875)

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Palais Garnier

26
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Three composers of French Opera

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  1. Charles Gounod
  2. Camille Saint-Saens
  3. Jules Massenet
27
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Who composed: Symphony in C, The Pearl Fisherman, L ‘Arlesienne, and Carmen

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Georges Bizet

28
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genre credited to Italian composers Leoncavallo and Muscagni

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Verismo Opera

29
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distinguished by realistic - sometimes sordid or violent - depictions of contemporary everyday life, life of lower classes, and rejected the historical subjects of Romanticism

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Verismo Opera

30
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Born in Hamburg, composed on piano, due to playing in taverns and brothels he was exposed to lots of music, especially dance music.

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Johannes Brahms

31
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His music reflects R. Schuman’s style. “FAF” Free But Joyful, represents classical-conservative side of Romantic music, looked at Bach and Renaissance for inspiration

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Johannes Brahms

32
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He had bold and new approaches to harmony and timbre, but he was self critical and wanted his music perfectly crafted.

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Johannes Brahms

33
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He waited until he was 43 to write his first symphony, he wrote beautiful melodies, harmony, and form.

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Johannes Brahms

34
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Who wrote: German Requiem and The Blue Danube Waltz

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Johannes Brahms

35
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Who wrote Hungarian Dances that were inspired by listening to gypsy music in cafe’s

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Johannes Brahms

36
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character is usually grave and is based on bass-ostinato, written in triple-meter, a common form in the Baroque Era

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Chaconne or Passacaglia

37
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Czech Nationalist Composer, director of Conservatory of Music in NY and spent his summers in Spilleville, Iowa

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Antonin Dvorak

38
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Who wrote Slavonic Dances? He wrote in his native “Furiants”

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Antonin Dvorak

39
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compositions with related thematic material

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cyclical form

40
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Who had 9 symphonies that were renumbered in 1960?

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Antonin Dvorak

41
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Who renumbered his symphonies when he approached his 9th?

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Anton Bruckner

42
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Stylistic Traits of whose Symphonies: classical but borrowed from Wagner, very long, rely heavily on brass, tremolo

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Anton Bruckner

43
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Was founded on Feb 25, 1871 to promote French music and to allow young composers to present their music in public.

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Societe Nationale de Musique

44
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List three Late Romantic Composers in France

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  1. Cesar Frank
  2. Camille Saint-Saens
  3. Gabriel Faure
45
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What were the centers of Russian Music?

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St. Petersburg and Moscow

46
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Name two famous churches in Russia

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St. Basil’s Cathedral and Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood

47
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Father of Russian art music, famous for his opera, Rusland and Ludmilla

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Michael Glinka

48
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His music was the most popular of the Romantic era, highly emotional and dramatic, he had a tragic life, homosexual, and mysterious death

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Piotr Ilich Tchaikovsky

49
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Personal patroness of Tchaikovsky’s music

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Nadezhda von Meck

50
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Known for: orchestral music, beautiful melodies, wrote for ballet, used sequences, incorporates a Russian melodic sense, favored Viennese classical tradition, loved beauty and suffering

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Tchaikovsky

51
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Name three of Tchaikovsky’s ballets

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Sleeping Beauty, Nutcracker, Swan Lake

52
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Name the Russian 5

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  1. Mily Balakirev
  2. Cesar Cui
  3. Alexander Borodin
  4. Nidolai Rimsky-Korsakov
  5. Modest Mussorgsky
53
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Who was a master orchestrator who wrote a treatise on orchestration?

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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

54
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The Russian 5 used what in their music

A

exoticism

55
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A fascination with cultures foreign to Europe

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exoticism

56
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Who took lessons from Mily Balakirev and wrote Boris Gudunov

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Modest Mussorgsky

57
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Who’s music is extremely progressive and highly influenced French impressionist composers?

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Modes Mussorgsky

58
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Who’s opera makes use of Russian Orthodox melodies, orchestral colors and harmonies influenced Debussy. “Basso Profundo” voice

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Modest Mussorgsky

59
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What was Mussorgsky’s song cycle called?

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Sunless “Four Walls”

60
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Who was a chemist and a composer?

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Alexander Borodin

61
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What opera did Borodin never finish?

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Prince Igor

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