VOCAL COMPOSERS OF THE ROMANTIC PERIOD

Question 1

characters are more like real
persons

wrote operas with political
overtones and for middle-class
audience

first opera “Oberto”

Answer 1

Giuseppe
Verdi

Question 2

born in a poor family on
December 22, 1858 in Lucca,
Italy group of composers who
stressed realism

drew material from everyday
life, rejecting heroic themes
from mythology and history

Answer 2

Giacomo
Puccini

Question 3

was born in Leipzig, Germany on
May 22, 1813

very much inspired by Ludwig
van Beethoven
introduced new ideas in
harmony and in form, including
extremes of chromaticism

Answer 3

Richard
Wagner

Question 4

was born October 25, 1838 in
Paris, France

entered the Paris Conservatory
of music at a very young age
Bizet became famous for his

operas

Answer 4

Georges
Bizet

Question 5

proper name for Franz Peter
Schubert songs is “lieder”
German word for song
powerful dramatic impact on the

listeners

considered the last of the
classical composers and one of
the first romantic ones

Answer 5

Franz Peter
Schubert

Question 6

what is the meaning of lieder?

Answer 6

song

Question 7

what is george bizet famous opera?

Answer 7

carmen

Question 7

what is george bizet famous opera?

Answer 7

carmen

Question 8

famous works of richard wagner

Answer 8

Tristan and Isolde,
Die Walkure,
Die Meistersinger,
Tannhauser and Parsifal

Question 9

famous works of Giacomo
Puccini

Answer 9

“La Boheme”
“Tosca”
“Madame Butterfly”
“turandot”

Question 10

famous works of Giuseppe Verdi

Answer 10

La Traviata,
Rigoletto,
Falstaff,
Otello and Aida

Question 11

famous works of franz schubert

Answer 11

“Gretchen am Spinnrade”,
“Erlkonig”, “Ellens Gesang
III”
(“Ave Maria”)
“Schwanenge sang”
(“Swan Song”)