Music Appreciation

Romantic texture

-predominantly homophonic -dense and rich

Fredric Chopin (1810-1849)

1810-1849

Romantic period

1820-1900

The course places the Romantic period in music between the years:

1820-1910

The composer pictured above is best known for taking older forms and styles and redefining them in modern ways. Antonin Dvorak was inspired by his Hungarian Dance No. 1. What is this composer's name?

Brahms

The following choral work, based on the German Bible, was written by:

Brahms

The dance-like characteristics of the following piece indicate that it was written by:

Chopin

Which of the following was NOT known as a composer of choral music?

Chopin

Notes that don't belong to the traditional scale are known as ______________ alterations.

Chromatic

The following piano sonata was composed by one of the first female virtuoso performers. Identify this composer.

Clara Wieck Schumann

Which one of the following is not a general characteristic of Romantic music:

Compositions were based on logic and controlled feelings.

The dynamics of this excerpt indicate that it was composed in the Romantic period because:

Dynamics range from extreme soft to very loud

Which of the following is not a composer from the Romantic period?

Eugene Delacroix

Which of the following excerpts features frequently changing tempos?

Excerpt B

Which of the following excerpts is most likely a composition by Paganini?

Excerpt C

Which of the following is an example of increasing tempo (accelerando), and the increasing excitement that goes with it?

Excerpt D

Romantic form

Expansion of forms and interest in continuous as well as miniature programmatic forms

According to the text, Romantic composers abandoned the principles of unity and variety in pursuit of more innovative and expressive sounds.

False

According to the text, art of the Romantic period valued emotional restraint and clarity of form.

False

According to the text, composers of the Romantic period were reluctant to stray from the seven tones of the traditional scale (i.e., A, B, C, D, E, F, G)

False

Changes in tempo were rarely found in music of the Romantic period, in keeping with Classical period values.

False

The following excerpt is from Chopin's Revolutionary Etude.

False

The following selection is from Berlioz's Symphony Fantastique.

False

The name of the composer pictured above, who wrote more than 600 art songs (lieder) is:

Franze Schubert

From the following composers, select the one that best understood the intrinsic nature and potential of the piano as an expressive instrument:

Frederic Chopin

Which of the following composers, upon arriving in Paris in 1831, quickly became closely associated with the most prominent intellectuals, artists, musicians, political activists, and financiers of his day, thus launching his career?

Frederic Chopin

In broad terms, music and the other arts of the Romantic period...

Gave full expression to a wide range of feelings, dreams, and the heroic human potential.

Lieder

German art songs

Robert Schumann (1810-1856)

German, early/mid Romantic composer. Works intensely autobiographical and have descriptive titles, texts, programs. Gifted writer and music critic. Piano pieces (10 years); 1840 (marries Clara Wieck): art songs. After 1840: symphonies and chamber music.

Franz Schubert (1797-1828)

He established the German art song (Lied) as an important genre in the 19th century. He wrote over 600 Lieder, as well as song cycles, symphonies, string quartets, sonatas, and Masses. Erlkönig [Lied] 1815

According to the text, the Traditionalists were composers of the Romantic era who:

Held reverence for the music of the masters

During the Romantic period, most composers were:

Independent business persons, earning their living by performing music, writing music for specific occasions and commissions, and collecting royalties on published music.

The melody in this composition is representative of Romantic music because it:

Is long, flowing, and lyrical

This excerpt is representative of Romantic music because...

It expresses strong emotion through extreme loud and soft dynamics, wide pitch ranges, and a variety of timbres.

Which one of these composers was considered a national hero in his homeland?

Jean Sibelius

This composer pictured above wrote The Blue Danube, arguably the most famous waltz of all time. His name is:

Johann Strauss Jr.

The composer pictured above, an international artist of Hungarian heritage, decided to become a technical wizard at the keyboard after hearing Paganini playing the violin. What is his name?

Liszt

Who was NOT a nationalist composer?

Liszt

According to the text, which of the following is NOT considered a form of program music?

Mazurka

The following difficult piece for the violin was written by one of the few musicians of the time who could play it. Identify this composer.

Paganini

Which of the following was not a member of the Five?

Pyotr Tchaikovsky

According to the text, which of the following are Post-Romantic composers?

Rachmaninoff and Holst

A musical genius, but also someone with strong anti-Semitic views, the man pictured above was one of the most influential composers of the Romantic period. His name is:

Richard Wagner

Married Clara Wieck

Robert Schumann

Which of the following statements best describes musical form in the Romantic period?

Romantic composers worked with traditional forms but expanded them in innovative ways to meet their expressive needs.

Franz Liszt (1811-1886)

Romanticist musician sometimes called the greatest pianist of all time who called his orchestral works "symphonic poetry" because of its break from orthodoxy. Many say that romantic music peaked during his career.

Which of the following statements best characterizes the "mood" of the Romantic period?

Rules and logic are less important than the free expression of human feelings. Humans can only "fully become" by exploring their inner feelings.

The Five was a group of nationalist composers who sought to incorporate elements of ____________ in their work.

Russian music

An important Romantic composer founded The New Journal of Music, an influential musical periodical in which this same composer frequently published his own musical criticism and promoted the works of other musicians. His name is:

Schumann

During the Romantic period, choral music enjoyed its highest popularity since the Renaissance period.

True

An important artistic product of the Romantic period was:

Vincent van Gogh's paintings

Which of the following composers envisioned operas as "musical dramas" - a combination of all the arts?

Wagner

song cycle

a collection of several songs united by a common textual theme or literary idea

art song

a composition for solo voice and piano

Robert Schumann's goal

becoming a virtuoso pianist

Romantic dynamics

changes can be sudden or gradual with extremely wide ranges

Franz Schubert music

composed over 170 songs, 2 symphonies, an opera, and a mass by 20

Franz Shubert most famous lieder

erkling

Romantic rhythm

extremely diverse and tempos are flexible

Robert Schumann's first pieces were

for the piano

chromatic harmony

harmony utilizing chords built on the five chromatic notes of the scale in addition to the seven diatonic ones; produces rich harmonies

Robert Schumann's weakness

his right hand due to some illness

Romantic composer

independent, working class, studied philanthropic studies

romantic melody

long, complex, and highly expressive

art song theme

nature, legends, love

Fredric Chopin wrote for

piano

Where did Chopin play?

saloons

Franz Schubert most famous symphony

unfinished symphony

dissonance

used more freely in the Romantic period

tone color

wide range of expressive tone color and sensuous sound