The Romantic Period Flashcards
Brad Richter’s song, “Stepping On A Spider,” is an example of _________ music, which is music with literary or pictorial associations.
program
If a composer draws on the inspiration of his or her homeland they are using the compositional technique known as ________.
nationalism
Music written for the sake of music, with no literary associations is called _______ music.
absolute
Puccini’s opera, “Madame Butterfly,” is an example of ________, in which the composer draws on the inspiration of foreign lands.
exoticism
The dates of the Romantic Period encompass the years _____ to _____.
1820 to 1900
When a performer slightly holds back or speeds up the tempo it is known as ______.
rubato
Of all the inspirations for Romantic composers the most important is _____.
nature
The typical orchestra in the Romantic period had _____ members.
100
Many Romantic composers modeled their careers after ______.
Beethoven
______ was the most famous virtuoso violinist during the Romantic.
Niccolo Paganini
______ was the most famous virtuoso pianist during the Romantic.
Franz Liszt
A ______ is a piano piece associated with the night.
nocturne
Felix Mendelssohn reached the highest point in his career when his oratorio ______, premiered in London.
Elijah
In Hector Berlioz’s “Symphonic Fantastique” the movements are unified by a reoccurring theme, called the ________.
idee fixe
The reoccurring theme in “Symphonic Fantastique” represents the Irish Shakespearian actress, __________, whom Berlioz eventually married.
Harriet Smithson
The last movement of Berlioz’s “Symphonic Fantastique” features a liturgical melody called the ________, or Day of Wrath, which is part of Catholic Funeral Mass.
dies irae
Franz Liszt is credited with creating the programmatic genre known as the ______, which based to some extent on a literary or pictorial idea.
symphonic poem
Mendelssohn rekindled interest in the music of _____ in 1829, when he conducted the St. Matthew Passion.
Bach
__________________ was Russia’s most famous composer.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
_______ was known as the “poet of the piano.”
Frederic Chopin
The _________ were a group of Russian Nationalistic composers, who were famous during the Romantic.
Russian Five
The most famous and original composer of the group was _________.
Mussorgsky
In 1830, Berlioz was awarded the ____________, the Paris Conservatory’s most coveted prize for musical composition.
Prixe de Rome
The composer _______, followed Smetana as the leading composer of the Czech national music.
Antonin Dvorak
Bredrich Smetana composed the widely popular six symphonic poem cycle _______ despite being totally deaf.
ma vlast
Antonin Dvorak’s music was promoted by the composer ________, who recommended Dvorak to his publisher.
Brahms
Franz Schubert wrote over ______ songs.
600
The German word for “song,” which typically refers to an art song is ________.
lied
The founder of Czech national music is ________.
Bedrich Smetana
Music criticism was a source of income for both ______ and ______.
Hector Berlioz and Robert Schumann
One of Smetana’s most popular works is the symphonic poem ________, which depicts a river in his native Bohemia.
The Moldau
A(n) _________ is a composition for solo voice and piano.
art song
As a person, Chopin had a ______, _______ personality. He disliked crowds.
shy, reserved
As a writer and critic, Robert Schumann founded the ___________, which helped “discover “ composers like Chopin and Berlioz.
New Journal of Music
In an art song, when the same music is used for each stanza of text it is called _______ form.
strophic
In an art song, when new music is used for each stanza of text it is called __________ form.
through-composed
Johannes Brahms was a close friend to ______ and ______.
Clara and Robert Schumann
A(n) ______ is a study piece, intended to help a performer master a specific musical technique.
etude
_____, _____, and _____ are the three most famous ballets by Peter Tchaikovsky.
- Swan Lake
- Sleeping Beauty
3 The Nutcracker
Verdi’s first political opera was ______, which has strong political overtones.
Nabucco
Richard’s first successful opera was called
Rienzi
Wagner called his operas _______ , to emphasize the connection between music and drama.
music dramas
Berlioz’s “Symphonic Fantastique” is a example of _________, which is a symphony with a program.
program symphony
________, one of the four properties of sound, was more important in Romantic music than ever before.
Tone color/timbre
In 1844, Hector Berlioz’s ________________ signaled the recognition of orchestration as an art form.
Treatise on Instrumentation
Franz Schubert and Robert Schumann probably died from ________.
syphilis
Romantic composers sought the texts of _____ and _____ for many of their art songs. They were two of the most popular writers in the Romantic era.
Goethe and Heine
Chopin became famous on the basis of only _____ or so performances.
30
