Unit 6 Flashcards
What did composers during the Romantic period use music to express?
emotion and feeling
Which instrument usually accompanies art songs?
piano
Which term names an instrumental composition associated with a story, poem, idea, or scene?
program music
What type of music is Hector Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique an example of?
program symphony
Who wrote the play on which Tchaikovsky based his concert overture Romeo and Juliet?
William Shakespeare
Wagner called his vision of opera Gesamtkunstwerk.
What does Gesamtkunstwerk mean?
total artwork
Which composer or composers brought Russian music to an important place in the international music scene?
Russian Five
Which style of music incorporates native folk songs, stories, and history?
nationalistic music
Which events inspired American patriotic songs?
wars
Which famous American composer was known as “The March King” for his marches that inspire patriotism?
Sousa
How did the difference between consonant and dissonant chords change in twentieth-century music?
The difference began to disappear.
Which term describes music with no tonal center?
atonal
How many times can a specific pitch appear in a tone row?
one
John Cage’s melodies were based on procedures like a random set of numbers.
What term names that type of music?
chance music
How long does it take to perform the entire Der Ring des Nibelungen?
18 hours
