Quiz 4: Romantic Era
Clara is looked after by an adoring composer named
Brahms
Which instrument among the following was a favorite in the Baroque Era?
Harpsichord
Brilliant pianist, teacher, lady's man-turned-priest.
Liszt
These two were considered conservative in their music. HINT: Midsummer Night's Dream, German Requim.
Mendelssohn-Brahms
It is said that a little dog playing in the garden was the inspiration for this composer to write:
Minute Waltz
Smetana, Czech composer who went deaf, got VD, and ended up in an asylum like Schumann, wrote a musical work depicting a twisting, turning river. What was it?
Moldau
Which of these is not a Romantic composer?
Mozart
Which opera composer doesn't belong in the Romantic Era?
Mozart
Sold his soul to the devil for his amazing violin virtuosity, he was
Niccolo Paganini
This great violinist influenced Liszt, Mendelssohn, and many others, his name is:
Niccolo Paganini
Tchaikovsky wrote a concert overture about two star crossed lovers, is was called
Romeo and Juliet
Two composers are most known for Lied or Art Song.
Schubert/Schumann
Ruined hands, music critic, faithful wife, asylum.
Schumann
Which composer does NOT belong to the classical era.
Tchaikovski
Music filling in the spaces at plays, theaters, or other visual events is
incidental
The orchestra in the Romantic era
larger and highly colored
Thomas Edison is credited as the inventor of the:
phonograph
Clara Schumann is among the finest
pianists of the Romantic
Which is NOT characteristic of the Romantic Era?
restraint/balance
Program music is:
story, event, picture, idea set to music
What doesn't belong to Romantic era themes?
successful love
What are the Baroque dates
1600-1750
What are the Classical Dates?
1750-1820
Romantic dates:
1820-1900
Classical composer who served as model for Brahms, Wagner, and others
Beethoven
Besides Liszt another noted piano virtuoso was
Chopin
Polish pianist moved to Paris at age 21
Chopin
Which woman best represented a growing equality for women musicians during the Romantic era?
Clara Schumann
Begun in Spillville, Iowa this composer wrote a work called "The New World Symphony" who was it?
Dvorak
This Art Song by Schubert is about a wild ride through the forest, it also had a supernatural character as well. What was this song called?
Erl King
After his mastery of the Keyed Ballista Tchaikovsky wrote several Concertos for it.
False
Chopin was considered a great composer of Opera and Ballet.
False
Liszt and his virtuosity stunned the world, both in his career and when he decided to become a lawyer.
False
Liszt is the greatest violinist of his day.
False
Mozart and Tchaikovsky worked together on their opera, Night on a Bald Mountain, while living in Paris
False
The phonograph is an invention of the 20th century
False
Beethoven was a transitional person into the Romantic Era
True
Brahms wrote in all forms except opera
True
During the Romantic Era new instruments were added to the orchestra
True
Writing music that reflects a place different or more unusual than your own is
exoticism
Which of the following terms doesn't belong to descriptive music used in the Romantic era?
free verse poem
What doesn't belong?
fugue
Deliberately attempting to draw inspiration from the composer's homeland is
nationalism
Tchaikovsky included the national anthem of Russia in many of his pieces--indicative of what term?
nationalism
Romantics drew upon the dark side of human emotion and
nature
Art Song is written for which two?
voice/piano
